By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Laboral had a great chance to beat on the road Nizhny Novgorod and make a leap to the playoffs but allowed 20 points in the last 6 minutes and lost 89-85.
The Basques were controlling the game for almost 34 minutes (69-76) thanks to the excellent outside shooting. Still Nizhny is too hard to die. The Russians fought and came back having one player with a double-double (Thompkins 22 p, 10 r.) and three too close to that feet (Mekel 20 p., 7 as., Parakhouski 13 p., 9 r., Rochestie 14 p., 9 as.).
Bertans (21 p.) led the scoring for the visitors who had six players with double digits, but failed to keep themselves to the fourth place of the group (with 4-6 record). Nizhny celebrated its third victory in the Top 16 and has still few chances to qualify.