Five more teams joined Unics, DKV Joventut, Power Electronics Valencia and Bizkaia Bilbao Basket into the Last 16 in regular season Week 5, leaving seven open spots for what will certainly be an exciting final night in this first phase. Benetton Gioco Digitale reached the Last 16 in Group F by edging Cholet Basket 81-80 in overtime behind 28 points from Sandro Nicevic. Crvena Zvezda also advanced from that group by edging Dynamo Moscow 86-88 earlier on. Mike Taylow paced the winners with 22 points. In Group C, Aris had to battle hard to down Zadar 73-67 at home. Hapoel also sealed a Last 16 ticket with a convincing 81-96 road win against Siauliai, combined with that Zadar loss. Pooh Jeter led Hapoel with 26 points. Also through to the Last 16 is Alba Berlin, which beat Teramo 65-66 on Blagota Sekulic’s late score. Unics, Bilbao and Power VLC remained undefeated in their groups. Unics and Bilbao clinched first place in Week 5. Azovmash, Le Mans, Nymburk, Turk Telekom, Gran Canaria and Nancy all fought to survive in Week 6, so expect nothing but drama and thrillers next week!

96-85

65-66

72-87

73-67

81-96

73-67

70-98

66-64

86-73

90-70

86-88

81-80 OT

73-51

102-82

84-60

100-51

Ranking
Rizvic, H. BC Azovmash	27.8
Points
Chatman, M. Besiktas CT	23.5
Rebounds
Daniels, E. Azovmash	10.0
Assists
Valters, K. Joventut	6.8
Steals
Slaughter, M. House, F.	3.0
Blocks
Rizvic, A. Azovmash	3.6