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The Eurocup six-game regular season provided an excellent stage for excitement and thrilling showdowns in 2008-09. Three of the teams that reached the Eurocup through the qualifying rounds - Unics, Crvena Zvezda and Panellinios - advanced to the Last 16 while some classic squads in European club competitions such as Aris, Fortitudo Bologna, Buducnost m:tel and Asvel Basket could not reach the next round. No team qualified before Week 4, when seven teams advanced to the Last 16: Unics, Pamesa Valencia, Zvezda, Spirou Basket, Benetton Basket Tamoil, BC Khimki and iurbentia Bilbao Basket - a newcomer in European club competitions. Only two teams were looking for their first wins at that time, proving how competitive the regular season was. Dynamo Moscow was the only team that qualified in Week 5, leaving a host of do-or-die scenarios for the final week. Hemofarm Stada, Maroussi Costa Coffee, Zadar, Panellinios, Azovmash, Lietuvos Rytas, Artland Dragons and Turk Telekom survived to the Last 16 in an exciting Week 6.
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 1 |
With a short, potentially risky six-game regular season staring them in the face, 16 teams started the Eurocup on the right foot with key first victories in Week 1 on Monday and Tuesday. More than a third of them did even more than that by registering good-as-gold wins away from home. Those road warriors were concentrated in Group B MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 2 |
Week 2 of the Eurocup saw a number of twists and turns in the group standings as all teams are still trying to mount charges towards the Last 16. A third of the way through the regular season, only four teams can boast sole possession of first place in their groups. In two of the other groups, there are two undefeated teams that will square off next week in crucial matchups, while two more groups feature four teams all tied up at 1-1. Eight teams can boast perfect records after Week 2. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 3 |
The Eurocup regular season reached the halfway point on Tuesday with six teams winning big games on the road, some of them joining the ranks of the six undefeated teams by doing so. Unics Kazan, Benetton Treviso, Aris BSA 2003, Spirou Charleroi, Pamesa Valencia and iurbentia Bilbao are the outright group leaders – all with 3-0 records. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 4 |
A decisive avalanche of results in Week 4 has produced the first seven qualifiers to the Last 16 - all but two of them thanks to road wins on Tuesday. Unics Kazan, a 77-87 winner at mighty Dynamo Moscow, started the trend, getting 6 three-pointers and 25 points in 19 minutes from veteran Sergei Chikalkin to knock down the Last 16 gates. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 5 |
As road teams dominated Tuesday, only one more of six potential Last 16 qualifiers going into Week 5 was successful. Dynamo advanced with a victory and help from Unics. Three more would-be qualifiers were stopped by Artland, Panellinios and Maroussi, whose win meant that ASK Riga must wait, too. A sixth Top 16 hopeful, Turk Telekom, did not play its game with Bnei Hasharon. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 6 |
Eurocup fans, Week 6’s promise of high drama was served up big the last day of the regular season as seven new teams advanced to the Last 16. Hemofarm stole Group H's remaining Last 16 spot on the final play of its do-or-die game as teenager Milan Macvan lifted it to an 80-82 road win at CEZ Nymburk. MORE | MVP |
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STANDINGS
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| GROUP A |
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*Maroussi CC |
4-2
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25
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*Zadar |
4-2
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25
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ASK Riga |
3-5
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18
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Chorale Roanne |
1-5
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-68
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| GROUP B |
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*Unics |
6-0
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53
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*Dynamo Moscow |
4-2
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50
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Barons/LMT Riga |
1-5
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-46
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Lukoil Academic |
1-5
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-57
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| GROUP C |
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*BC Khimki |
5-1
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59
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*Benetton Basket |
4-2
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35
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Besiktas Cola Turka |
3-3
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-12
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STB Le Havre
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0-6
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-82
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| GROUP D |
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*Turk Telekom |
4-2
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49
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*Panellinios BC |
3-3
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18
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Aris BSA 2003 |
3-3
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-2
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Bnei Hasharon |
2-4
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-65
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| GROUP E |
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*Azovmash Mariupol |
4-2
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12
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*Lietuvos Rytas |
3-3
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26
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Asvel Basket |
3-3
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-39
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Kalise G. Canaria
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2-4
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1
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| GROUP F |
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*Spirou Basket |
5-1
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70
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*Crvena Zvezda
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5-1
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65
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PGE Turow |
2-4
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-42
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Brose Baskets
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0-6
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-93
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| GROUP G |
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*Pamesa Valencia |
6-0
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83
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*Artland Dragons |
3-3
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-31
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Fortitudo Bologna |
2-4
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13
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BC FMP
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1-5
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-65
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| GROUP H |
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*Iurbentia Bilbao |
6-0
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70
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*Hemofarm Stada |
3-3
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-28
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CEZ Nymburk |
2-4
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-36
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KK Buducnost
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1-5
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-6
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| *Qualified to Last 16 |
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| POINTS |
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C. Monroe 20.6 |
| C. Ozer 19.2 |
| K. El-Amin 19.2 |
| D. Alexander 18.3 |
| I. Radenovic 17.7 |
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| REBOUNDS |
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D. Alexander 9.2 |
| M. Slaughter 8.7 |
| T. Kirksay 8.7 |
| V. Dasic 8.3 |
| L. Roberts 8.0 |
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| ASSISTS |
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K. El-Amin 5.2 |
| R. Stipcevic 4.8 |
| A. Grundy 4.8 |
| J. Johnson 4.8 |
| M. Chatman 4.7 |
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| BLOCKS |
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M. Slaughter 1.8 |
| J. Turek 1.8 |
| S. Lishchuk 1.3 |
| P. Samardziski 1.3 |
| L. Roberts 1.2 |
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| 2P SHOTS |
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P. Calathes 92.9% |
| R. Seibutis 80.0% |
| F. Weis 78.6% |
| A. Renzi 76.5% |
| B. Marjanovic 75.9% |
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| 3P SHOTS |
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J. Blums 85.7% |
| Uvis Helmanis 65.4% |
| L. Roberts 61.1% |
| K. McCarty 60.0% |
| J. Pargo 56.3% |
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