By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
And while the holiday spirit may ask for presents, nobody wants to give away wins, which can be more than crucial for the qualification to the next stage.
Group A
There is only one game on Tuesday night in the group A. AS Monaco will be hosting Hapoel Holon and this will be the last test in 2017 for Monaco, which remains the only unbeaten team in the Basketball Champions League. On the other side, Hapoel is on a 2-6 record and they will give their best to improve that record in the last match of the year.
On Wednesday Pinar Karsiyaka is traveling to Lithuania to meet Juventus Utena in a game that both teams will look to bounce back after being beaten last week.
EWE Baskets Oldenburg beat Bamberg Baskets, the German reigning champion this week. So, they will try to stay on that pace in the Basketball Champions League as well. It will be difficult for them as they are hosting Dinamo Sassari a team that won their last three games in the BCL.
In the last match in this group, UCAM Murcia will meet Enisey Krasnoyarsk, which has lost four games in the row.
Group B
Neptunas Klaipeda suffered two defeats in the last two BCL games. This week they are not traveling too far as they are going to Latvia. Ventspils will host them and this is going to be a pretty balanced match up.
The biggest of this group will be also played on Tuesday as MHW Lisen Ludwigsburg will host Iberostar Tenerife. The German team stands on a strong 7-1 record as they won six games in a row suffering the only loss to Tenerife. This will be a chance for revenge, but Tenerife is the reigning champion and nothing is going to be ease.
Elan Chalon will have to travel to Italy in order meet Capo d’Orlando. In the previous meeting, the French team had no problems against the Italians, but Capo improved their game lately. The last match in this group will be played on Wednesday night as Gaziantep will host PAOK in Turkey.
Group C
In this group, four teams are tied on the top of the standings as SIG Strasbourg, medi Bayreuth, Banvit and Umana Reyer Venezia all have a 5-3 record.
There will be only one game on Tuesday in this group as Petrol Olimpija will host Banvit. Both teams are in the good mood after big wins last week.
The program on Tuesday starts in Poland where Rosa Radom will host Movistar Estudiantes.
After that SIG Strasbourg will try to end the two-game winning streak of medi Bayreuth. Venezia will try to bounce back this week as they lost the last two games in the BCL. On Wednesday night they are visiting AEK in Greece.
Group D
Three out of four games in group D are scheduled on Tuesday night. The first one is between Besiktas Sompo Japan and Oostende. After winning six in a row Turkish team got beaten last week so they are looking to get back on the winning track.
CEZ Nymburk is the hottest team in this group as they won the last three games. This week they are going to Greece to meet Aris.
Stelmet Zielona Gora and Telekom Baskets Bonn are on the bottom of the standing, both having a 2-6 record so far. This week they will meet in Germany.
The last game of Group D in the year 2017 will be placed in Italy. Sigidas Avelino will be hosting Nanterre 92 on Wednesday night.