By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
After 10 weeks of action, one thing remained the same – AS Monaco is still the only perfect team in the competition.
They crushed Enisey Krasnoyarsk on the road for a 10-0 record. CEZ Nymurk is also on the roll as they couldn’t be denied the win during the last five weeks. Can this change this time around?
Stay tuned and follow the Basketball Champions League as Day 11 is around the corner with games being held on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Group A
All the games in this group are scheduled for Tuesday night. The first match will be played between Utena Juventus and Enisey. Both teams are in a bad place standing on a 2-8 record. The Lithuanians lost the last five matches in the competition and Russians lost the last six. Both teams will try to bounce back this week. In the first match, Enisey protected the home court with an 85-81 win.
Dinamo Sassari will have the most difficult job this week in the whole competition. They are traveling to France to meet Monaco hoping they will be the first team to beat them.
In Spain UCAM Murcia will be hosting EWE Baskets Oldenburg. Both teams are in a good shape as the hosts won the last four games and the Germans won the last three. In the last match of this group, Unet Holon and Pinar Karsiyaka will face each other in Israel.
Group B
The games start with PAOK trying to get their revenge. The Greek team is traveling to France to meet Elan Chalon. In the first match the French team record comfortable win 75-61. There are two more games along this one that will take place on Tuesday night.
The reigning champion Iberostar Tenerife are visiting Italy and Capo D’Orlando and MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg are hosting Ventspils in Germany.
Group C
All the games in this group will be played on Wednesday night. Rosa Radom will try to snap their losing streak against AEK at home.
In the first game between these two clubs, the Greeks took the win in a close game 96-92. Medi Bayreuth is hosting Banvit in Germany. The hosts will have to win this game in order to catch the Turkish team in the standings. Banvit has a 7-3 record at the moment while Bayreuth is on 6-4.
Petrol Olimpija edged Bayreuth on Day 10 and they will try to stay on the winning path. They are playing at home against Estudiantes which suffered a loss at home against Olimpija in their previous meeting of the Basketball Champions League.
The last game in this group will be played between SIG Strasbourg and UMANA Reyer Venezia. The Italians are traveling to France without injured Gediminas Orelik as the hosts will try to end their three games losing streak.
Group D
The action in this group starts with a game on Tuesday. Besiktas Sompo Japan is hosting the hottest team in the group CEZ Nymburk. Both teams are standing on a 7-3 record in the battle for the first position the group.
The other three games are scheduled on Wednesday night. Telekom Baskets Bonn will play against Aris at home. The Greeks are coming into this match after a tough loss last week against Nanterre 92.
Oostende will have a difficult task as they are hosting Nanterre 92 and Sigidas Avellino are playing in front of their crowd against Stelmet Enea Zielona Gora.