By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
AEK advanced to the Basketball Champions League Final Four after an 83 – 83 tie in the second quarterfinal against Strasbourg in France.
The Greek team had won the first match in Athens 78 – 69 and defended this advantage to punch its Final Four ticket by winning the series with an aggregate score 161 – 152.
Coach Dragan Sakota saw a lot of his players contributing substantially in this match. Kevin Punter scored 18 points while Mike Green had 12 points plus six assists. Manny Harris scored 11 and Vince Hunter 10.
It was Dusan Sakota (12 points) however that perhaps made the biggest shots among his teammates. The captain of AEK hit back-to-back triples with Strasbourg up by five and three minutes remaining. This kind of buckets pushed back the hosts in a key moment of the match.
Louis Labeyrie had 19 points plus seven rebounds for Strasbourg.