February 10, 2012
Fantasy Challenge, Top 16 Week 6 injury update
Fantasy ChallengeThe 2009-10 Sportingbet Euroleague Fantasy Challenge reaches a dramatic conclusion this week with several managers heading into the last week of the Top 16 still holding good chances to win a grand prize that is better than ever this season! The winner and a friend will be the Euroleague's special VIP guests at the 2010 Final Four in Paris: four hotel nights, two VIP tickets and the unique, one-of-a-kind chance to be allowed on-court to celebrate with the new champions. And now, for the first time this year, the winner will also get Sportingbet Free Bets worth €500! The top candidate to win the overall standings is Aivaras Rastauskas of Lithuania, whose team "Devil666" has come on strong in the Top 16 to soar into the lead with 2,528 points, almost 18 points better than second place. Aivaras climbed to first place just last week, but several teams are waiting to challenge him one last time. Vaggos Fetsis of Greece, who led the contest's overall standings just two weeks ago, is second with 2,510.8 points. Regular season champion and 2007 Fantasy Challenge winner Jorge Martinez of Spain is third at 2,506.7, while two other teams are within 50 points of first place. In other words, anything can happen in this final week! The Top 16 winner will also be revealed this week and receive another great prize - a signed jersey of his or her choice of Euroleague player plus Sportingbet Free Bets worth €100. Matija Roic of Croatia leads the standings with 901.5 points. It will not be easy, however, as five other teams are within 30 points of first place. Xabier Aramendi of Spain is second with 897 points and Top 16 Week 3 weekly winner Arale Weisberg of Israel third at 883.8 points. The last deadline of the 2009-10 Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge season will be 17:15 on Wednesday, March 10, one hour before that week's first game, CSKA vs. Zalgiris in Group G. Follow Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge to its exciting finish in Last 16 Week 6!



FANTASY CHALLENGE RUNDOWN
GROUP E
Regal FC Barcelona
 - Boni Ndong, who has missed the last week with an injury to his right calf, is questionable for the game against Partizan.
- Lubos Barton will miss the game against Partizan with a partially torn muscle in his left calf.
Panathinaikos
 - Kostas Tsartsaris remains sidelined with a broken bone in his left hand.
- Vassilis Spanoulis is not expected to play against Maroussi due to tendonitis.
- Dimitris Diamantidis is not expected to play against Maroussi due to a groin injury.
- Nikola Pekovic is not expected to play against Maroussi due to a leg injury.
- Stratos Perperoglou is also under treatment for injury and not expected to play against Maroussi.
Partizan
 - Head coach Dusko Vujosevic has a full squad available to face Barcelona.
Maroussi BC
 - Levon Kendall will not be available due to injury, however center Dimitrios Mavroeidis is fit after a leg injury caused him to miss a Greek League game over the weekend.
GROUP F
Real Madrid
 - Tomas Van den Spiegel will miss the rest of the season with a leg injury.
Montepaschi Siena
 - Head coach Simone Pianigiani has a full squad available to face Efes Pilsen.
Maccabi Electra
 - Head coach Pini Gershon has a full squad available for the game against Real Madrid.
Efes Pilsen
 - Head coach Ergin Ataman has a full squad available to face Montepaschi.
GROUP G
CSKA Moscow
 - Matjaz Smodis remains sidelined with a back injury.
- Ramunas Siskauskas is questionable with a neck injury. He also missed CSKA’s last Russian League game.
Unicaja
 - Head coach Aito Garcia Reneses has a full squad available to face Prokom.
Zalgiris
 - Povilas Cukinas will miss the rest of the season due injuries to his knee ligaments and meniscus.
- Travis Watson sat out a pair of Lithuanian League contests over the weekend. His status for Thursday’s game against CSKA is unclear.
Asseco Prokom
 - Head coach Tomas Pacesas has a full squad available to face Unicaja.
GROUP H
Olympiacos
 - Ioannis Bourousis did not travel to Russia to face Khimki as he recovers from illness. 
- Linas Kleiza sat out the last Greek League game with a minor injury, but will be available to face Khimki. 
Caja Laboral
 - Tiago Splitter is sidelined with an ankle injury and will miss the Top 16 finale against Cibona.
- Lior Eliyahu has missed practice time with a groin injury, but is expected to play against Cibona.
BC Khimki Moscow Region
 - Head coach Sergio Scariolo should have his whole team available to face Olympiacos.
Cibona
 - Last week's MVP, Bojan Bogdanovic, has not travelled with the team to Vitoria due to injury.
- Marin Rozic will be sidelined for several months with an Achilles injury.
- Vedran Vukusic is back to the team after almost a month away from the courts.
- Marko Tomas is slightly injured but he is expected to play without problems.
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Euroleague.net
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