By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
AEK won the game against medi Bayreuth 83-81 at home on the last Day of the Basketball Champions League. The Greek team needed to win this game in order to advance to the Play-Offs. They also needed SIG Strasbourg and Umana Reyer Venezia to win their game. AEK did their job, but so did Strasbourg and Venezia.
The Key: With nine seconds left in the last quarter AEK was trailing by 1 point (81-80) when Dusan Sakota called the game with a three-pointer.
The Germans were in control until the last period which they lost 26-15. They were up by 14 points in the third quarter, but they managed to lose the game after all.
The Stars: Manny Harris pulled out the big gun tonight scoring 23 points for the winning side while Sakota had 20.
Gabe York’s 18 points didn’t cut it for Bayreuth.
Both teams finished the regular season with an 8-6 record and both of them qualified for the next round.