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The brand-new Last 16 phase delivered tremendous excitement to the 2008-09 Eurocup as three-quarters of the Top 16 spots weren’t decided until the last two weeks. The fact that no team finished the phase winless says it all about how competitive it was. Benetton Basket Tamoil and Dynamo Moscow were undefeated after four weeks and the first teams to clinch a Final Eight spot. Dynamo would go on to become the only undefeated team in the stage. Pamesa Valencia, Lietuvos Rytas, iurbentia Bilbao Basket, Zadar and BC Khimki Moscow region all reached the Final Eight in Week 5. Hemofarm Stada was the last team to qualify for Turin, Italy, in Week 6, while Bilbao, Benetton and Pamesa joined Dynamo as group champions. The quarterfinal matchups became Bilbao vs. Zadar, Pamesa vs. Khimki, Dynamo vs. Hemofarm and Benetton vs. L. Rytas.
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LAST 16 GAME 1 |
The first week of Last 16 play in the 2008-09 Eurocup proved mostly good to home teams, but not so comfortable for all of them, even in victory. Seven of eight home teams took victories, but some barely escaped as four games were decided by a total of 20 points and another went to overtime. MORE | MVP |
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LAST 16 GAME 2 |
Several teams started to separate themselves from the rest after eight more games in Last 16, Week 2 on Tuesday on basketball courts across Europe. Five teams can boast perfect records through two Last 16 games including two in Group I, Maroussi Costa Coffee and Dynamo Moscow, who will meet next week ensuring that at least one team will reach the halfway point of this stage undefeated. MORE | MVP |
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LAST 16 GAME 3 |
The drama remains high in all four Last 16 groups after Tuesday’s eight games saw the competition reach the halfway point of the stage. Two teams – Dynamo Moscow and Benetton Treviso – could potentially advance to the Final Eight as early as in two weeks when the games resume after a one-week break. MORE | MVP |
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LAST 16 GAME 4 |
The 2008-09 Eurocup got its first pair of Final Eight qualifiers as Week 4 of the Last 16 brought amazing drama levels again, with five games decided by four points or fewer. Dynamo Moscow and Benetton Basket Treviso both improved to 4-0 and secured the first two spots at the Final Eight in Turin, Italy from April 2 to 5. MORE | MVP |
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LAST 16 GAME 5 |
Only one ticket to the Final Eight remains after an exhilarating Last 16, Week 5 of Eurocup basketball on Tuesday across Europe! BC Khimki, Zadar, Pamesa Valencia, Lietuvos Rytas and iurbentia Bilbao all advanced to the end-of-the-season classic in Turin, Italy, and now Hemofarm Stada and Azovmash Mariupol will vie for a spot in the Last 16 final next week. MORE | MVP |
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LAST 16 GAME 6 |
Hemofarm Stada claimed the last ticket to the Final Eight on Tuesday as the four quarterfinals matchups were set. Dynamo Moscow will face Hemofarm, Pamesa Valencia takes on BC Khimki, Benetton Basket gets Lietuvos Rytas and iurbentia Bilbao plays Zadar in the first games of the Final Eight, starting April 2 at the Palasport Olimpico in Turin, Italy. MORE | MVP |
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STANDINGS
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| GROUP I |
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*Dynamo Moscow |
6-0
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50
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*BC Khimki |
3-3
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22
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Maroussi CC |
2-4
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-27
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Panellinios BC |
1-5
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-45
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| GROUP J |
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*Benetton Basket |
5-1
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35
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*Zadar |
3-3
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-16
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Unics |
3-3
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51
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Turk Telekom |
1-5
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-70
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| GROUP K |
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*Pamesa Valencia |
4-2
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14
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*Hemofarm Stada |
4-2
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32
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Azovmash Mariupol |
3-3
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20
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Crvena Zvezda
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1-5
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-66
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| GROUP L |
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*Iurbentia Bilbao |
4-2
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34
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*Lietuvos Rytas |
4-2
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61
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Spirou Basket |
3-3
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-20
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Artland Dragons |
1-5
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-75
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| *Qualified to Final Eight |
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| POINTS |
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G. Neal 20.3 |
| T. Hansen 19.4 |
| K. McCarty 17.6 |
| B. Nachbar 17.5 |
| C. Eidson 17.0 |
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| REBOUNDS |
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J. Wallace 8.0 |
| R. Javtokas 7.3 |
| J. Garbajosa 7.2 |
| E. Dudley 6.6 |
| M. Banic 6.5 |
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| ASSISTS |
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C. Eidson 6.3 |
| K. El-Amin 5.4 |
| M. Pavkovic 4.1 |
| M. Palacio 4.1 |
| D. Wood 4.0 |
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| BLOCKS |
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D. Lavrinovic 1.8 |
| S. Lishchuck 1.8 |
| T. Mozgov 1.6 |
| M. Nielsen 1.4 |
| A. Glyniadakis 1.3 |
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| 2P SHOTS |
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V. Avdalovic 92.3% |
| D. Ostojic 88.2% |
| S. Guardia 76.9% |
| A. Riddick 75.0% |
| M. Bozovic 73.6% |
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| 3P SHOTS |
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M. Soragna 72.2% |
| R. Guinn 64.7% |
| M. Wilkinson 62.5% |
| J. Golemac 60.0% |
| T. Rannikko 58.8% |
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