By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Week 1 of the 2022-23 Basketball Champions League Round of 16 saw important debuts and the first exciting encounters between the best teams of the competition. And, as expected, Week 2 followed with possibly even more upsets and surprises.
On Tuesday, AEK opened up the conversation by getting an important away victory against Galatasaray thanks to another monstrous double-double by Akil Mitchell. Then, both Unicaja Malaga and UCAM Murcia won solidly respectively against Limoges CSP and Surne Bilbao, while Rytas Vilnius got dragged by Marcus Foster against Bahcesehir.
On Wednesday, the reigning champions of Lenovo Tenerife dismantled Darussafaka on the road with Marcelinho Huertas surpassing the 400 assists in the competition. Hapoel Jerusalem won the first-ever Israeli derby against last year’s Final Four participant Hapoel Holon, while SIG Strasbourg imposed itself in the French derby at Dijon. Finally, Telekom Baskets Bonn extended its winning streak against BAXI Manresa.
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The BCL Round of 16 Groups and Gameday 2 results
Group I
SIG Strasbourg 4 (2-0)
JDA Dijon 3 (1-0)
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 3 (1-1)
Hapoel Atsmon Holon 2 (0-2)
Gameday 2
Hapoel Atsmon Holon – Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 63-65
JDA Dijon – SIG Strasbourg 72-85
Group J
Telekom Baskets Bonn 4 (2-0)
BAXI Manresa 3 (1-1)
Rytas Vilnius 3 (1-1)
Bahcesehir Koleji 2 (0-2)
Gameday 2
Rytas Vilnius – Bahcesehir 95-88
BAXI Manresa – Telekom Baskets Bonn 69-87
Group K
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Galatasaray Nef 3 (1-1)
AEK 3 (1-1)
Limoges CSP 2 (0-2)
Gameday 2
Galatasaray Nef – AEK 71-81
Limoges CSP – Unicaja 67-84
Group L
Lenovo Tenerife 4 (2-0)
Surne Bilbao 3 (1-1)
UCAM Murcia 3 (1-1)
Darussafaka 2 (0-2)
Gameday 2
UCAM Murcia – Surne Bilbao 90-72
Darussafaka – Lenovo Tenerife 59-80
PHOTO CREDIT: Basketball Champions League