So the group stage starts tomorrow with Lietuvos rytas vs. Asvel. It will be live on Eurosport 2 so most of you should be able to watch. I was planning to go to the game myself but waited for too long.
Group A
Maroussi
Chorale Roanne
Zadar
ASK Riga
Group B
Unics Kazan
Barons/LMT Riga
Dynamo Moscow
Lukoil Academic
Group C
Benetton Basket
Khimki Moscow
Besiktas
STB Le Havre
Group D
Panellinios BC
Aris BSA 2003
Bnei Hasharon
Turk Telekom
Group E
Azovmash Mariupol
Kalise Gran Canaria
Lietuvos Rytas
Asvel Basket
Group F
PGE Turow
Brose Baskets
Spirou Basket
BC Red Star
Group G
BC FMP
Pamesa Valencia
Artland Dragons
Fortitudo Bologna
Group H
KK Hemofarm Stada
iurbentia Bilbao
KK Buducnost
CEZ Nymburk
does the UK Yahoo site still broadcast Eurocup games?
I am not sure. They used to do that last year. The best way to find out is to visit the site when the game starts.
ROUND 1
GROUP A
Zadar vs Maroussi
Roanne vs ASK Riga
GROUP B
Lukoil Academic vs Unics Kazan
Barons vs Dynamo Moscow
GROUP C
Khimki vs Le Havre
Besiktas vs Benetton Treviso
GROUP D
Panellinios vs Aris
Bnei Hasharon vs Turk Telekom Ankara
GROUP E
Lietuvos Rytas vs Villeurbanne
Azovmash Mariupol vs Gran Canaria
GROUP F
Bamberg vs Turow Zgorzelec
Spirou Basket vs Crveza Zvezda
GROUP G
Artland Dragons vs Fortitudo Bologna
Pamesa Valencia vs FMP Zeleznik
GROUP H
CEZ Nymburk vs. Buducnost
Bilbao vs Hemofarm Vrsac
Lots of close games, pretty entertaining round.
Great result for Benetton Treviso, beating Besiktas at away is surely not an easy task. Italian teams needs these types of result badly.
Azovmash Mariupol managed to beat a team that a few weeks ago was top of ACB (they are now third with only 2 losses), good result for them.
Artland Dragons keep defeating Goliaths, Fortitudo was just another one. What do they give to the players?
Bamberg is the opposite...
I couldn't belive my eyes when I saw Bamberg result. My first though was that it was a mistake but when I checked box score I saw that it is true. How should the players feel after scoring 39 points in the whole game?
probably the same as Ramat Gan felt when they lost to Maccabi TA 117-34 in 1964 (that means there were 3 pointers)
I was disappointed that Joel Freeland didn't recreate his form of the ACB against Azovmash. Wasn't expecting a Ukrainian team with budgetary problems to beat a team near the top of the ACB!
As for Bamberg...39 points? Come on guys, even Guilford Heat did better than that!
Quote:I was disappointed that Joel Freeland didn't recreate his form of the ACB against Azovmash. Wasn't expecting a Ukrainian team with budgetary problems to beat a team near the top of the ACB!
As for Bamberg...39 points? Come on guys, even Guilford Heat did better than that!
Haha.
Azovmash made some big signings last summer so even if they have financial problems, there too many good players. And also their coach is Lithuanian
It looks like Delininkaitis will leave the team in one way or another after he wasn't paid his wage.
ROUND 2
GROUP A
Maroussi vs Roanne
ASK Riga vs Zadar
GROUP B
Unics Kazan vs Barons
Dynamo Moscow vs Lukoil Academic
GROUP C
Le Havre vs Besiktas
Benetton Treviso vs Khimki
GROUP D
Turk Telekom Ankara vs Panellinios
Aris vs Bnei Hasharon
GROUP E
Villeurbanne vs Azovmash Mariupol
Gran Canaria vs Lietuvos Rytas
GROUP F
Turow Zgorzelec vs Spirou Basket
Crvena Zvezda vs Bamberg
GROUP G
FMP Zeleznik vs Artland Dragons
Fortitudo Bologna vs Pamesa Valencia
GROUP H
Hemofarm Vrsac vs CEZ Nymburk
Buducnost vs Bilbao
ROUND 3
GROUP A
ASK Riga vs Maroussi
Roanne vs Zadar
GROUP B
Unics Kazan vs Dynamo Moscow
Lukoil Academic vs Barons
GROUP C
Besiktas vs Khimki
Benetton Treviso vs Le Havre
GROUP D
Panellinios vs Bnei Hasharon
Aris vs Turk Telekom Ankara
GROUP E
Azovmash Mariupol vs Lietuvos Rytas
Gran Canaria vs Villeurbanne
GROUP F
Crvena Zvezda vs Turow Zgorzelec
Spirou Basket vs Bamberg
GROUP G
FMP Zeleznik vs Fortitudo Bologna
Pamesa Valencia vs Artland Dragons
GROUP H
CEZ Nymburk vs Bilbao
Buducnost vs Hemofarm Vrsac
Villeurbanne grabs the win after an OT against Gran Canaria. After a brilliant start, the season is just going downhill lately for the Spaniards.
Quote:Villeurbanne grabs the win after an OT against Gran Canaria. After a brilliant start, the season is just going downhill lately for the Spaniards.
I was sure about that, 'cause they are not used to play frequently games and tough games at the same moment.
ROUND 4
GROUP A
Maroussi vs ASK Riga
Zadar vs Roane
GROUP B
Dynamo Moscow vs UNICS Kazan
Barons vs Lukoil Academic
GROUP C
Khimki vs Besiktas
Le Havre vs Benetton Treviso
GROUP D
Bnei Hasharon vs Panellinios
Turk Telekom Ankara vs Aris
GROUP E
Lietuvos Rytas vs Azovmash Mariupol
Villeurbanne vs Gran Canaria
GROUP F
Turow Zgorzelec vs Crvena Zvezda
Bamberg vs Spirou Basket
GROUP G
Artland Dragons vs Pamesa Valencia
Fortitudo Bologna vs FMP Zeleznik
GROUP H
Hemofarm Vrsac vs Budu?nost
Bilbao vs ?EZ Nymburk
UNICS Kazan, Khimki, Crveza Zvezda, Spirou Basket, Pamesa Valencia and Bilbao have already qualified for the Last 16 with 2 games left.
GROUP A
Maroussi vs Zadar
ASK Riga vs Roanne
GROUP B
Dynamo Moscow vs Barons
UNICS Kazan vs Lukoil Academic
GROUP C
Le Havre vs Khimki
Benetton Treviso vs Besiktas
GROUP D
Turk Telekom Ankara vs Bnei Hasharon
Aris vs Panellinios
GROUP E
Gran Canaria vs Azovmash Mariupol
Villeurbanne vs Lietuvos Rytas
GROUP F
Turow Zgorzelec vs Bamberg
Crvena Zvezda vs Spirou Basket Charleroi
GROUP G
FMP Zeleznik vs Pamesa Valencia
Fortitudo Bologna vs Artland Dragons
GROUP H
Hemofarm Vrsac vs Bilbao
Budu?nost vs CEZ Nymburk
Disappointing performance by Rytas yesterday. They were in control for a big part of the game but then just couldn't stop opposite players. Ben Dewar scored 26 points and was unstoppable in the second half.
Mindaugas Lukauskis was once again underperforming. If there was the most inconsistent player award he would take it with no competition. Yesterday he had only 2 points in almost 28 minutes. After seeing his first shot I can tell if he will play well or crap. So far didn't make any mistakes. Being 29 years-old he should have overcome that. So far his scoring in each game: 23, 7, 19, 7, 2.
If Rytas reach play-offs and get draw against the likes of Dynamo Moscow, I see no chances for them if they play like that.
GROUP A
Zadar vs ASK Riga
Roanne vs Maroussi
GROUP B
Lukoil Academic vs Dynamo Moscow
Barons vs UNICS Kazan
GROUP C
Besiktas vs Le Havre
Khimki vs Benetton Treviso
GROUP D
Bnei Hasharon vs Aris
Panellinios vs Turk Telekom Ankara
GROUP E
Azovmash Mariupol vs Villeurbanne
Lietuvos Rytas vs Gran Canaria
GROUP F
Bamberg vs Crvena Zvezda
Spirou Basket Charleroi vs Turow Zgorzelec
GROUP G
Pamesa Valencia vs Fortitudo Bologna
Artland Dragons vs FMP Zeleznik
GROUP H
Bilbao vs Buducnost
CEZ Nymburk vs Hemofarm Vrsac
Chorale Roanne 72-83 Maroussi
Zadar 83-68 ASK Riga
Lukoil Academic 62-86 Dynamo Moscow
Barons/LMT Riga 81-86 Unics Kazan
Besiktas 96-91 Le Havre
Khimki 80-71 Benetton
Panellinios 82-74 Turk Telekom
Bnei Hasharon 89-86 Aris BSA 2003
Azovmash 87-74 Asvel
Lietuvos Rytas 74-64 Kalise Gran Canaria
Spirou 89-69 PGE Turow
Brose Baskets 53-67 Red Star
Pamesa 80-74 Fortitudo
Artland Dragons 73-62 FMP
Nymburk 80-82 Hemofarm
iurbentia Bilbao 69-66 Budocnost
Lietuvos Rytas made it to the Last 16 with a late run although Gran Canaria managed to come closer to just 4 points. This time it was Mindaugas Lukauskis day as he scored 19 points. He had twelve 3-point shot attempts! I had an impressiona that Rytas players played individually with little of a team play. That wasn't helping at all.