bwin-Tenerife Pigeon: His… rest for qualifying for the BCL quarter-finals

He is playing… his change for the qualification to the quarterfinals of this year’s Basketball Champions League Pigeon bwin.

The team of Vassilis Spanoulis welcomes in the closed “Andreas Papandreou” the Tenerife (19:30, Cosmote Sport 4, sport-fm.gr) for the last matchday of the 11th group of the “16” stage, wanting only victory, while at the same time needing a defeat Hapoel Jerusalem in Turkey and at its headquarters Karsijakaso as to overtake the Israelis and finish in privileged second place.

Despite a poor start with three consecutive defeats, Peristeri bwin found their footing in the second round, first defeating Karsijaka 76-73, while last week they prevailed with an emphatic 76-61 victory over Hapoel Jerusalem in Budapest, in a a match he had for their leaders Ragland (16pts, 10 assists) and Mitrou-Long (15p).

Last Saturday (16/3) they comfortably defeated Aris in Peristeri 84-62, ensuring their presence in the top six of the Stoiximan Basket League, while tonight they will play one of their most difficult games this season, against the overall admittedly the best team in the group and one of the favorites to win the trophy.

Group 11 leaders with a record 4-1 the Spaniards, who, however, did not come to our country indifferent in terms of points, since they have not secured the first place (they were defeated with a heavy 85-61 by Hapoel Jerusalem and are behind in the tie with them). They have only been beaten in four of their last 17 games in Spain and the BCL, twice by Barcelona, ​​once by Real Madrid and once by Hapoel. Consistently good in this year’s ACB, they are in fifth place with a record of 15-10, while last Saturday (16/3) they prevailed 79-66 against Andorra.

In the first round game, which was held in Spain on January 31 last year, Tenerife had prevailed 89-68 of Peristeri bwin.