tonight at night AEK Betsson BC and Prometheus of Patras complete their European obligations in the group stage Basketball Champions Leaguewith the two Greek teams – especially Patrinos – playing for their future in the event.
In the first time games of the evening, the AEK Betsson BC will welcome her Bonn at “Sunel Arena” (19:30, sport-fm.gr, CosmoteSport 4) in a very crucial match for the development of the group. And this is because the “Union” needs the same or better result than it Maccabi Ramat Gan to secure second place of the group and at the same time a more favorable draw in the knockouts of the institution with home advantage, while, otherwise, it will finish third.
At the same time, the whole of it Dragan Sakota maintains minimal chances even for the first place, since, for this to happen, it will have to overcome the -19 of the first match against the Germans (93-74), so that in the tie (at 4-2) it has that upper hand hand!
In the competition now, on Saturday, the “yellow and black” put an end to a negative streak of two defeats in all competitions, celebrating a difficult, but important, away victory with score 83-81 over Amarousi for Stoiximan GBL. A major player for AEK was Kuzminskas with 20 points and 6 rebounds, while valuable solutions were also given by Hump with 18 points and 7 assists.
With its home base as an ally and the support of its fans, where this year it has five wins and one loss – and even difficult against Olympiakos – the “Queen” will look for another great European victory. Against them, they will find a team that has recently been facing several problems, mainly in their defense. It is typical that the Germans count three defeats in their last five games, while, in four of those matches have conceded over 90 points! On Saturday, they were crushed 92-73 on the road by 14th-place Bamberg (!), dropping them to 10th place and 5-5.
Two hours later, specifically at 21:30, Mr Prometheus is playing… his last card for this year’s European continuation in the Czech Republic and its headquarters Nieburg (sport-fm.gr, CosmoteSport 5). Patrinoi, who are in last place in the 4th group standings with a record of 1-4, as well as Vechta, with the Germans winning the tie between them.
Therefore, tonight, the victory for his team Ilias Papatheodorou just needs a win against the pioneer with the absolute number of victories, Niburg, while, at the same time, he will wait a… gift from Galatasaray at the headquarters of Vechta and the victory of the Turks, in order to get that 3rd place that leads to the play-ins of the institution.
The Patrinis traveled to Niburg with her best possible psychology then the important double over Peristeri (75-82) last Saturday, with which they climbed to 3rd place in the Greek league. On the other hand, the Czechs are in an excellent “moon”, counting nine wins in the last ten games in all competitions, while in six of them they have achieved at least 90 points.
Source: Sport Fm
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