Premiere at Basketball Champions League with AEK and Prometheus trials

The Basketball Champions League begins and tonight two Greek teams are thrown into the battle, with the AEK (21:00) and the Prometheus Patras (19:00) to target an ideal start. Union traveled to Latvia to deal with the Stripewhile the Patriots welcome the Heidelberg At their own European premiere.

AEK, under Dragan Sakota, has a clear goal of returning to the top or repeat its course as the Final-4. After joining the Super Cup and Prometheus’ defeat, the Union showed signs of improvement in the premiere of the championship, dominating Colossus in Rhodes 85-87.

THE Frank Bartley He was the top scorer with 18 points, Kuzminskas added 16 and Fliais 13, in a match that showed that there is quality and room for improvement mainly in defense. Without racing problems, the “queen” goes to Riga for the most difficult game to give – on paper – to the 6th group, but having three wins in the last four games with the Latvian team.

Prometheus, on the other hand, continues with George Limniati On the bench and with a refreshed roster, wanting to combine experience with youth energy. Despite the victory over AEK in the Super Cup, the start in the league was not positive, as he was defeated by him Hercules 90-79 in Ivanofio.

Hamonds, Matsura and Gray stood out aggressively, while Karagiannidis offered solutions to the racket. Limnatis has no injuries and aims to start with the victory in the demanding 1st group against the silver Heidelbergmaking its debut in Europe and comes from three defeats in Germany.

It is recalled that the Basketball Champions League involve 32 teams, divided into eight groups of four. The first of each group qualify directly in the ’16’ phasewhile the second and thirds play “barrage”. Then, four new groups of the four teams are formed, of which the two best go to the quarter -finals of the competition.