By Stefan Djordjevic / info@eurohoops.net
Probably the most exciting and striking one is a number of overtimes played in just two rounds, six in total. That is the best confirmation of how exciting were the past 2 weeks. Another amazing stat is that more than fifty players are shooting over 50% from the two-point territory (57 athletes to be exactly), but it sounds more stunning that the same number of players are shooting at least 50% beyond the arc.
Group A
On Tuesday night, there is only one game in the Group A as the leader of the group Monaco is facing Enisey at home. The French team is playing outstanding defense as they allowing only 54,5 points per game. Last week they smashed Hapoel Halon 85-56 on the road. The Russians will have to careful and patient in the offense if they want to win the battle.
In Lithuania on Wednesday Juventus will try to win their first game of the season as they will host Hapoel Halon. The Israelians are winless as well so one team will feel the taste of the winning.
In Germany, Oldenburg will meet Pinar Karsiyaka and their big man Jarrod Jones who has been outstanding so far.
In the last match of the Group A Murcia will play Sassari.
Group B
The Derby of this group will be played in Germany. Ludwigsburg will be the host as they will try to overcome the lossless Neptunas. This game is on a schedule on Tuesday at 20 CET.
In Italy Capo D’Orlando and PAOK will be fighting a battle for their first win as both teams suffered 2 losses at the beginning of the season. The third match on Tuesday in group B will be between Ventspils and Chalon.
The current champion Tenerife will we travel to Turkey to meet Gaziantep on Wednesday.
Group C
In this group, there will be 2 matches on Tuesday and 2 on Wednesday.
Venezia will play their first away game this season as they travel to Poland in order to face Rosa Radom. Time to see if Venezia will play another game with overtimes as they played 4 OTs in the first 2 weeks.
The Turkish side Banvit are heading to Greece to meet AEK and Petrol Olimpija will host Bayreuth.
French side Strasbourg signed Miro Bilan last week and they will try to overcome Estudiantes with a help from Croatian center.
Group D
German team Bonn is the only team without a victory in this group. They will try to overcome Nymburk at home in order cheer up their fans. The match will be played on Tuesday same as the game between Besiktas and Zielona Gora in Turkey.
Nanterre is on the top of the table as the only team with a 2-0 record in group D. They will have a difficult task to remain perfect as they are visiting Greece and Aris.
The last match in this group will be placed in Italy on Wednesday night at 20:30 CET.
Avelino will be hosting Belgium’s side Oostende.
Day 3 Full Schedule
| HOME | AWAY |
| BK VENTSPILS | CHALON/SAONE |
| BESIKTAS SOMPO JAPAN | STELMET BC ZIELONA GORA |
| AEK ATHENS BC | BANVIT BK |
| ROSA RADOM | UMANA REYER VENEZIA |
| MONACO BC | ENISEY |
| MHP RIESEN LUDWIGSBURG | NEPTUNAS |
| TELEKOM BASKETS BONN | CEZ NYMBURK |
| BETALAND CAPO D ORLANDO | PAOK BC |
| JUVENTUS BC | HAPOEL UNET HOLON |
| GAZIANTEP BASKETBOL | IBEROSTAR TENERIFE |
| ARIS THESALONIKIS BC | NANTERRE |
| KK PETROL OLIMPIJA | MEDI BAYREUTH |
| EWE BASKETS OLDENBURG | PINAR KARSIYAKA |
| SIDIGAS AVELLINO | BC OOSTENDE |
| STRASBOURG | MOVISTAR ESTUDIANTES |
| UCAM MURCIA CB | BANCO DI SARDEGNA SASSARI |