By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
There are five more Gamedays left in the 2019-20 Basketball Champions League regular season and the playoff race is far from over. No team has yet been completely eliminated (at least mathematically) while nobody is safe yet.
Well, Tenerife is pretty safe as they hold the league-best record of 8-1 at the top of Group C. The playoff picture is quite ‘clear’ in this group but Brose Bamberg might complicate things if they catch up to Nizhny Novgorod and Peristeri winmasters.
Group D, on the other hand, is an ‘all-out war’. Telekom Baskets Bonn and JDA Dijon hold the top with 6-3 but they are far from securing a playoff ticket as even the bottom duo of Besiktas Sompo Sigorta and PAOK who stand at 3-6 have more than enough time to ‘spice things up’.
Dinamo Sassari and AEK Athens grabbed the top spots of their Group A and B respectively as they logged seventh wins but the playoff race is still going strong, especially for the fourth spot in each group.
Basketball Champions League Gameday 9 results and standings:
Group A
Lietkabelis – BAXI Manresa 77-61
UNET Holon – Filou Oostende 58-59
SIG Strasbourg – Polski Cukier Torun 75-97
Dinamo Sassari – Turk Telekom 92-89
Standings:
1. Dinamo Sassari 16 (7-2)
2. BAXI Manresa 15 (6-3)
3. Turk Telekom 15 (6-3)
4. SIG Strasbourg 13 (4-5)
5. Filou Oostende 13 (4-5)
6. Lietkabelis 13 (4-5)
7. UNET Holon 12 (3-6)
8. Polski Cukier Torun 11 (2-7)
Group B
RASTA Vechta – EB Pau-Lacq-Orthez 93-86
Teksut Bandirma – Telenet Giants Antwerp 89-81
Anwil Wloclawek – San Pablo Burgos 100-90
AEK – Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 91-78
Standings:
1. AEK Athens 16 (7-2)
2. Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 15 (6-3)
3. Anwil Wloclawek 14 (5-4)
4. San Pablo Burgos 14 (5-4)
5. RASTA Vechta 14 (5-4)
6. Teksut Bandirma 13 (4-5)
7. Telenet Giants Antwerp 11 (2-7)
8. EB Pau-Lacq-Orthez 11 (2-7)
Group C
Nizhny Novgorod – Brose Bamberg 76-75
Gaziantep – ERA Nymburk 69-79
Iberostar Tenerife – Mornar Bar 91-61
VEF Riga – Peristeri winmasters 64-71
Standings:
1. Iberostar Tenerife 17 (8-1)
2. ERA Nymburk 16 (7-2)
3. Nizhny Novgorod 15 (6-3)
4. Peristeri winmasters 15 (6-3)
5. Brose Bamberg 13 (4-5)
6. Mornar Bar 11 (2-7)
7. Gaziantep 11 (3-7)
8. VEF Riga 10 (1-8)
Group D
PAOK – Falco Szombathely 80-89
Telekom Baskets Bonn – Happy Casa Brindisi 101-93
JDA Dijon – Neptunas Klaipeda 92-71
Casademont Zaragoza – Besiktas Sompo Sigorta 80-73
Standings:
1. Telekom Baskets Bonn 15 (6-3)
2. JDA Dijon 15 (6-3)
3. Casademont Zaragoza 14 (5-4)
4. Falco Szombathely 14 (5-4)
5. Happy Casa Brindisi 13 (4-5)
6. Neptunas Klaipeda 13 (4-5)
7. Besiktas Sompo Sigorta 12 (3-6)
8. PAOK 12 (3-6)
Photo Credit: Basketball Champions League