In the BKT EuroCup group A, where Ukrainian Prometey plays, 4 battles of the 4 round were held yesterday. According to their results, the sole leader has outlined – French Paris Basketball – 4 wins in 4 matches. Parisians, in an incredible by its dramatism match, which was underway for more than two and a half hours, in the second overtime defeated on the road London Lions– 106:102. Exactly against Paris Basketball, on November 1, Prometey will play its next home game.
Hapoel Tel Aviv also has the maximum result, but after 3 matches. Israeli club outpaced Hamburg on the road – 11:72.
The fight for advancing to the playoffs made matters worse in the low part of the tournament standings. Reyer Venice and Vilnius Wolves gathered their first wins. Italian team at home trounced Joventut Badalona, Spain (79:64), and the Lithuanian one, also at home, beat Turkish Besiktas (90:88). The clash in Vilnius turned out to be almost as hot as in London. The hosts of the court managed to turn the game in the last minute thanks to 6 straight points by their American forward Tre’Shawn Thurman (overall 31 points and 37(!) points of efficiency rating).
Today’s match in Ljubljana between the local Cedevita Olimpija and our Prometey will cap the group A 4th tour. If succeed, the “titans” will step up to 5th place.