By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
It will be a busy week in the Basketball Champions League, after that Week 3 of the competition had to deal with the postponement of the games involving Turkish teams. In Week 4, in fact, both Gameday 3 and Gameday 4 encounters will be played.
In Group I, Hapoel Jerusalem will try to get back-to-back Israeli derby victories against Hapoel Holon after bringing home the State Cup. Later on, SIG Strasbourg will face JDA Bourgogne Dijon in the French matchup with Tim Frazier playing his first BCL game with Luca Banchi’s team.
In Group J, Bahcesehir will face BAXI Manresa in the postponed Gameday 3 game after losing to the Catalan side in Gameday 4. Two hours later, Telekom Baskets Bonn will host Rytas Vilnius to extend its winning streak after bringing back home Javontae Hawkins.
In Group K, Galatasaray, and Unicaja will face each other twice, first on March 7 in Spain and then on March 9 in Turkey following the amazing Copa del Rey win by Malaga. Limoges CSP and AEK, instead, will face each other for Gameday 4 after that the French team brought in Marek Klassen.
Finally, in Group L there will be another Spanish derby between the reigning champions Lenovo Tenerife, which will have Leandro Bolmaro for the first time in the Basketball Champions League, and Surne Bilbao Basket. Two hours before, Darussafaka will recover its Gameday 3 matchup against James Anderson and UCAM Murcia, which was postponed after the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
The BCL Round of 16 Groups and Week 4 schedule
Group I
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 5 (2-1)
SIG Strasbourg 5 (2-1)
JDA Dijon 5 (2-1)
Hapoel Atsmon Holon 3 (0-3)
Gameday 4
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem – Hapoel Atsmon Holon (07/03, 18:30 CET)
SIG Strasbourg – JDA Dijon (08/03, 20:00 CET)
Group J
Telekom Baskets Bonn 6 (3-0)
BAXI Manresa 5 (2-1)
Rytas Vilnius 4 (1-2)
Bahcesehir Koleji 3 (0-3)
Gameday 3
Bahcesehir Koleji – BAXI Manresa (08/03, 18:00 CET)
Gameday 4
Telekom Baskets Bonn – Rytas Vilnius (08/03, 20:00 CET)
Group K
AEK 5 (2-1)
Unicaja 4 (2-0)
Galatasaray Nef 3 (1-1)
Limoges CSP 3 (0-3)
Gameday 3
Unicaja – Galatasaray NEF (07/03, 20:30 CET)
Gameday 4
Limoges CSP – AEK (07/03, 20:30 CET)
Galatasaray NEF – Unicaja (09/03, 18:00 CET)
Group L
Lenovo Tenerife 6 (3-0)
UCAM Murcia 5 (2-1)
Surne Bilbao 4 (1-2)
Darussafaka 3 (0-3)
Gameday 3
Darussafaka – UCAM Murcia (07/03, 18:00 CET)
Gameday 4
Surne Bilbao – Lenovo Tenerife (07/03, 20:00 CET)
-The top two teams of each group advance to the Quarterfinals
-The top team of each group earns home-court advantage in the Quarterfinals best-of-three series
PHOTO CREDIT: Basketball Champions League