Bilbao survives in overtime at Eurocup

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

The 1st gameday of Eurocup is over and the win of Bilbao over Buducnost at overtime (85-78) was the most thrilling game of the night. The host team almost lost the game but at the end of the fourth quarter Kostas Vasiliadis won two free throws with the score being 71-68 in favor of the guests, made the first one, then missed in purpose, got the rebound and then with a basket at the buzzer send the game to overtime. Here are the boxscores from the 1st gameday of the competition.

Eurocup 2012-2013 – 1th Day

Banco di S. Sassari	87 – 84	Cajasol
Telenet Oostende	84 – 65	Panionios
Le Mans	71 – 76	Triumph Lyubertsy
G. Bizkaia Bilbao	85 – 78	Buducnost VOLI
Trefl Sopot	65 – 94	Galatasaray MP
Cholet	71 – 93	Ratiopharm Ulm
Artland Dragons	72 – 82	VEF Riga
Crvena Zvezda Beograd	93 – 73	Orléans
Stelmet Zielona Góra	67 – 74	UNICS Kazan
Cibona	56 – 64	Spartak St.Petersb.
Donetsk	75 – 78	Lokomotiv Kuban
CEZ Nymburk	91 – 78	Budivelnyk Kyiv
Lukoil Academic	93 – 75	Belgacom Spirou
Valencia	88 – 78	Banvit BK
s.Oliver Baskets	81 – 77	Azovmash
Prienai	85 – 72	Hapoel Jerusalem

Here are also the results from the 1st gameday of Eurochallenge’s new season. Eurochallenge, organized exclusively by FIBA Europe is the third class intercontinental competition in the old continent.

Eurochallenge 2012-2013 – 1th Day

Hapoel Holon	84 – 69	Armia
Krasnye Krylia	79 – 74	Keravnos
Antwerp Giants	72 – 81	Telekom B. Bonn
Mons-Hainaut	77 – 84	Okapi Aalstar
Krka Novo Mesto	100 – 73	ETHA Encomi
Tofas	63 – 64	Pinar Karsiyaka
EWE Baskets	87 – 70	Szolnoki Olaj
Timisoara	75 – 65	Kormend
BCM	96 – 63	Minsk-2006
Pitesti	75 – 91	Paris Levallois
Apollon	65 – 81	Nancy
Ventspils	72 – 68	Norrkoping Dolphins
Sodertalje Kings	74 – 68	Tampereen Pyrinto
Joensuun Kataja	91 – 67	Asesoft Ploiesti
Gaz Metan Medias	92 – 89	Dijon
Khimik Yuzhny	77 – 76	Tartu Ulikool/Rock