By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
With Gameday 3 in the books, just five out of 32 teams managed to stay undefeated while there are also five squads that will have to fight more for their first wins.
RJ Hunter scored 25 points and led Turk Telekom past Lietkabelis as they stay at the top of Group A while James Feldeine did the same for Hapoel Yahav Bank Jerusalem against RASTA Vechta in Group B.
Iberostar Tenerife and ERA Nymburk hold the 3-0 records in Group C after winning against Peristeri winmasters and Riga respectively. In group D, JDA Dijon was convincing vs. Happy Casa Brindisi and stayed perfect.
Jaime Smith stole the spotlight on Day 3 with 29 points in Teksut Bandirma’s win over San Pablo Burgos while UNET Holon set a new scoring record with 122 points in the match against Polski Cukier Torun.
Basketball Champions League Gameday 3 results and standings:
Group A
Polski Cukier Torun – UNET Holon 105-122
SIG Strasbourg – BAXI Manresa 81-63
Lietkabelis – Turk Telekom 77-91
Dinamo Sassari – Filou Oostende 90-71
1. Turk Telekom 6 (3-0)
2. SIG Strasbourg 5 (2-1)
3. BAXI Manresa 5 (2-1)
4. Dinamo Sassari 5 (2-1)
5. UNET Holon 4 (1-2)
6. Filou Oostende 4 (1-2)
7. Polski Cukier Torun 4 (1-2)
8. Lietkabelis 3 (0-3)
Group B
Anwil Wloclawek – EB Pau-Lacq-Orthez 95-87
Teksut Bandirma – San Pablo Burgos 84-81
AEK – Telenet Giants Antwerp 62-51
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem – RASTA Vechta 98-87
1. Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 6 (3-0)
2. San Pablo Burgos 5 (2-1)
3. AEK 5 (2-1)
4. RASTA Vechta 5 (2-1)
5. Telenet Giants Antwerp 4 (1-2)
6. Teksut Bandirma 4 (1-2)
7. Anwil Wloclawek 4 (1-2)
8. EB Pau-Lacq-Orthez 3 (0-3)
Group C
Nizhny Novgorod – Mornar Bar 89-69
Iberostar Tenerife – Peristeri winmasters 72-68
Gaziantep – Brose Bamberg 66-76
VEF Riga – ERA Nymburk 72-91
1. ERA Nymburk 6 (3-0)
2. Iberostar Tenerife 6 (3-0)
3. Nizhny Novgorod 5 (2-1)
4. Peristeri winmasters 5 (2-1)
5. VEF Riga 4 (1-2)
6. Brose Bamberg 4 (1-2)
7. Gaziantep 3 (0-3)
8. Mornar Bar 3 (0-3)
Group D
PAOK – Neptunas Klaipeda 72-94
Telekom Baskets Bonn – Besiktas Sompo Sigorta 86-82
Casademont Zaragoza – Falco Szombathely 70-69
JDA Dijon – Happy Casa Brindisi 95-79
1. JDA Dijon 6 (3-0)
2. Neptunas Klaipeda 5 (2-1)
3. Telekom Baskets Bonn 5 (2-1)
4. Casademont Zaragoza 5 (2-1)
5. Besiktas Sompo Sigorta 4 (1-2)
6. Falco Szombathely 4 (1-2)
7. Happy Casa Brindisi 4 (1-2)
8. PAOK 3 (0-3)
Photo Credit: Basketball Champions League