Top 16 Game 5

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Group E

Maroussi BC vs. Regal Barcelona

Partizan vs. Panathinaikos



Group F

Efes Pilsen vs. Real Madrid

Maccabi Electra vs. Montepaschi



Group G

Zalgiris vs. Asseco Prokom

Unicaja vs. CSKA Moscow



Group H

Cibona vs. BC Khimki

Olympiacos vs. Caja Laboral

[TalkBasket]

Unicaja vs. CSKA Moscow is being played right now. The rest of tonight's results:



Maroussi BC [url="http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=153"]58-85[/url] Regal Barcelona

Zalgiris [url="http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=158"]93-88[/url] Asseco Prokom

Cibona [url="http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=160"]82-63[/url] BC Khimki



Barca simply thrashed Maroussi. It seems they gained even more confidence after defeating Panathinaikos. Meanwhile Maroussi are basically out of competition.



Zalgiris recorded its straight win after wasting a 17-point lead. The difference between today's game and previous games was motivation. The whole team wanted to win and did everything they could in order to achieve that. And yet again they nearly blew it in the fourth quarter.



What win for Cibona! This game was meaningless to them but it was crucial for Khimki and yet they wasted their chance to continue fight for a play-off spot.

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Unicaja [url="http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamenumber=15&gamecode=157&phasetypecode=TS"]70-76[/url] CSKA Moscow



Unicaja is on its way of finishing 4th in Group G. This result also means that Asseco Prokom and CSKA are now in quarter-finals.

[kobimel]

Maccabi vs Montepaschi, Efes vs Real today. A key, key, KEY gameday for Group F. If Maccabi lose at home to the Italians they're probably out of contention. On the other hand, Efes must beat Real in order to keep their hopes of advancing realistic. Real and Montepaschi will both be looking to prevent upsets and inch closer to an advance to the next round, as was expected at the beginning of the Top 16 from both teams.



Partizan can clinch their spot in the next round by beating Panathinaikos, but it won't be easy as the Greeks are definitely fighting for their honor in order to avoid a potential win-less Top 16.



CSKA are in the next round, but how about Prokom??!! advancing over Unicaja (who fell to 1-4), who never fail to impress with their ability to disappoint and underachieve every single season.



Finally, Cibona with their first win of the Top 16 over Khimki allowed Caja Laboral some breathing space. A win over Olympiakos today will all but clinch their spot in the next round as they have Cibona at home in the last game.

[TalkBasket]

Indeed Prokom made history this season by reaching quarter-finals. That's the result of having a stable roster for a couple of seasons. Especially keeping the core player such as Logan, Woods and Ewing. I wonder if they will be able to keep Logan for next season (when his contract runs out?). But as Pole he might prefer to stay in his homeland <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> It is also good to see Tomas Pacesas becoming a good coach at Euroleague level.

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Maccabi Electra [url="http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamenumber=15&gamecode=155&phasetypecode=TS"]97-82[/url] Montepaschi

Efes Pilsen [url="http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamenumber=15&gamecode=156&phasetypecode=TS"]75-77[/url] Real Madrid

Partizan [url="http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamenumber=15&gamecode=154&phasetypecode=TS"]66-82[/url] Panathinaikos

Olympiacos [url="http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamenumber=15&gamecode=159&phasetypecode=TS"]102-85[/url] Caja Laboral



GROUP E

Regal FC Barcelona* 4-1

Partizan 3-2

Maroussi 2-3

Panathinaikos 1-4



GROUP F

Maccabi* 3-2

Real Madrid* 3-2

Efes Pilsen 2-3

Montepaschi Siena 2-3



GROUP G

CSKA Moscow* 4-1

Asseco Prokom* 3-2

Zalgiris 2-3

Unicaja 1-4



GROUP H

Olympiacos* 5-0

Caja Laboral 2-3

Khimki 2-3

Cibona 1-4



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[Roy M]

It was unbelieviable 4th quarter at the "Nokia".



MTA was draw from the crowd, and suddenly start to play an amazing basketball both sides of the field.

Siena was shock all around and couldn't even start the game from the out-side line, with 5 turnovers in a row.

[Royal]

yes' this waek the game on the first place in this group! i hope maccabi wil use the not showing great shape of real to win this game!