By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
It was as close as it gets, but Galatasaray got the 64-62 win over La Laguna Tenerife and the ticker for the Basketball Champions League Final Four will be decided in Game 3.
With the game on the line, Marcelihno Huertas missed the chance to tie it all at 64 and then the ball went to Patty Mills who also missed, as the time had already expired.
John Meeks with 17 points and many big plays down the stretch, including crucial offensive rebounds, was the best player of Galatasaray.
James Palmer and Jerome Robinson also added 10 points each.
Tenerife got 12 points by Giorgi Shermandini and 11 by Mills, however had in total just five made threes in 24 attempts.
Galatasaray closed the first half up by three (30-27) and got a 10-point advantage (61-51), five minutes before the end. Still, Tenerife didn’t give up and everything was decided on the closing seconds.
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