By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Plenty of excitement all around the Basketball Champions League despite the games pushed back permitting only five to be played according to the original Round of 16 Gameday 3 schedule.
Starting with Group K, AEK and Nizhny Novgorod went to 2-0. The Queen dropped SIG Strasbourg to 0-3 and the Russian outlet upset Turk Telekom on the road one day later.
Group I features a three-way tie on top at the midway mark. Happy Casa Brindisi beat Tofas Bursa and Pinar Karsiyaka stopped Hapoel Unet-Credit Holon.
The fifth team pairing wins was Lenovo Tenerife with a convincing display against VEF Riga in the lone Group J meeting.
Group I
Happy Casa Brindisi – Tofas Bursa 77-75
Hapoel Unet-Credit Holon – Pinar Karsiyaka 63-72
1. Pinar Karsiyaka 5 (2-1)
2. Happy Casa Brindisi 5 (2-1)
3. Hapoel Unet-Credit Holon 5 (2-1)
4. Tofas Bursa 3 (0-3)
Group J
Lenovo Tenerife – VEF Riga 77-64
1. Lenovo Tenerife 5 (2-1)
2. Hereda San Pablo Burgos 4 (2-0)
3. Igokea 3 (1-1)
4. VEF Riga 3 (0-3)
Group K
AEK – SIG Strasbourg 77-68
Turk Telekom – Nizhny Novgorod 71-84
1. Nizhny Novgorod 4 (2-0)
2. AEK 4 (2-0)
3. Turk Telekom 4 (1-2)
4. SIG Strasbourg 3 (0-3)
Group L
1. Casademont Zaragoza 4 (2-0)
2. ERA Nymburk 4 (2-0)
3. Dinamo Sassari 2 (0-2)
4. Brose Bamberg 2 (0-2)
Photo Credit: Basketball Champions League