The drama of Last 16 action returned in a big way on Tuesday of
Week 4, pairs of overtime and road wins with all but one game decided by 10 or fewer points. The highlight, however, had to be the Eurocup's most perfect team so far, Group K leader
Bizkaia Bilbao, downing Brose Baskets 76-66 to become the first team to reach the Quarterfinals! Jerome Moiso led Bilbao with 14 points. Second place in Group K now belongs to
Panellinios, which eliminated Benetton 81-85 on the road as Devin Smith and Kostas Charalampidis combined for 53 points. Other group standings tightened, however, especially Group L, which started the night with two potential qualifiers for the Quarterfinals, and finished with none. First, previously winless
Turk Telekom stopped previously undefeated Crvena Zvezda 76-78 on the road in Belgrade thanks in large part to Demond Mallet drilling 7 triples for 25 points. Then,
Nymburk beat Gran Canaria 79-71 in OT as Arthur Lee scored 19 points. The Group L standings breakdown is mirrored in Group I, whose new exclusive leader is
Joventut, which upended Le Mans 80-73 behind Clay Tucker's 17 points while
Aris bowled through Alba Berlin 80-67 and into second place behind 37 points between vets Michalis Kakiouzis and Andy Betts. That leaves Group J, the only one with co-leaders after
Hapoel Jerusalem downed Unics 82-73 as Yogev Ohayon poured in 19 points while
Valencia eliminated Galatasaray 98-95 in OT as Rafa Martinez scored 24 points. When it was over, seven more places in the Quarterfinals will be fought over during two more weeks of an already-exciting Last 16!