By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
The last week of the regular season in the Basketball Champions League has arrived. Things are getting very hot as five tickets for the next are still open.
Group A
In this group, all four spots for the Play-Offs are filled. AS Monaco is on the top and they only need one more win to finish the regular season with a perfect score.
They are playing against Pinar Karsiyaka on the road on Wednesday night. On the same day EWE Baskets Oldenburg is hosting UNET Holon in Germany.
On Tuesday Dinamo Sassari will face Enisey Krasnoyarsk in Italy while UCAM Murcia will play against Juventus Utena.
Group B
Group B is the fun as there is only one place left in the race.
PAOK and Ventspils are playing each other on Wednesday. The winner takes all and the game will be played in Latvia. The first time they met the Greek side grabbed the win, but this week stakes are much higher.
Elan Chalon and Gaziantep will meet on Tuesday night in France and MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg and Capo d’Orlando will play on the same day. The regular season in group B will be concluded with a game between Neptunas and Iberostar Tenerife in Lithuania on Wednesday night.
Group C
There are only three tickets for the Play-Offs and five teams fighting for it in Group C. Only Banvit already booked their place in the next round while medi Bayreuth, Movistar Estudiantes, SIG Strasbourg, AEK and Umana Reyer Venezia are in the mix for the remaining spots.
All the games are playing on Tuesday at the same time 18:30 CET.
Venezia will host Estudiantes in Italy while Rosa Radom and Petrol Olimpija will play in Poland. AEK will have the guests from Germany as they are facing Bayreuth and Strasbourg is going to Turkey where they are playing against Banvit.
Group D
All the games in this group are scheduled for Wednesday. Three teams (Besiktas Sompo Japan, CEZ Nymburk and Nanterre 92) has already qualified for the Play-Offs. Stelmet Zielona Gora and Sidigas Avellino are fighting for the last place that leads to next round.
Nanterre is hosting Besiktas in France while Oostende is heading to Greece to meet Aris.
Telekom Baskets Bonn is playing Avellino and Zielona Gora travels to the Czech Republic to meet Nymburk.
Avellino needs to win away at Bonn, and Zielona Gora needs to lose away at Nymburk in order for something to change in standings. A win by Oostende and defeats to both Avellino and Zielona Gora would form a three-way tie, but Zielona Gora is 3-1 in that triangle, Avellino 2-2, Oostende 1-3, meaning that Zielona Gora stays fourth.