BCL: For the first step in the round of 16, Peristeri bwin against Hapoel Jerusalem of Kanzouris

After yesterday’s “civil war” and his victory Prometheus on her AEK Betsson BC in Patras with score 80-79, bwin’s Pigeon is entering the battle of the “16” of the Basketball Champions League tonight!

His team Vasilis Spanoulis welcomes this evening (19:30, CosmoteSport 4, sport-fm.gr) the Hapoel Jerusalem at “Andreas Papandreou”, in the premiere of the two teams for the group stage of the competition. The same group also includes Karsijaka and the Tenerifewith the Spaniards celebrating a great double yesterday in Turkey, thanks to an outstanding performance from former Panathinaikos player AKTOR, Kyle Guy.

Peristeriotes are located in excellent “moon” in recent times, counting three straight wins and seven in their last eight games in all competitions! In the most recent one, they triumphantly passed through Patras, beating me 81-75 of Prometheus for the Greek championship.

As for the BCL, Peristeri bwin finished in 3rd place in their group (3-3), as a result they have to overcome the hurdle of Lithuanian Rita (2-0 wins) in the play-ins to secure qualification to the stage of the “16” of the event.

On the other hand, Hapoel Jerusalem now comes from five consecutive wins in the Israeli league, while they have only one defeat in their last nine games in all competitions! His team Ilias Kanzouris advanced directly to the round of 16, as they finished first in their group with a 5-1 record.

“We have a very important game against Hapoel Jerusalem. We want to be extremely focused early on and execute our plan. We need to protect our home ground and continue the positive momentum we have built as a team moving forward.

They are a tough team and it will be a battle that we will have to be mentally and physically ready to fight for 40 minutes.” reported Kenny Williams on the bwin Dove site.