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Coached by Vassilios Spanoulos, Peristeri of Athens easily won 90:62 (19:14, 27:20, 23:14, 21:14) against last year’s FIBA Champions League winners Telekom Baskets of Bonn and leveled the series at 1: 1.
Joe Ragland led the Greek club to victory. In this meeting, the defender who drowned “Ryta” scored 21 points (7/8 doubles, 2/5 triples, 1/2 penalties), made 9 assists and accumulated 27 utility points in 22.5 minutes.
Jermaine Love, who played for “Nevėžyje-Optibet” of Kėdainiai and “7bet-Lietkabelė” of Panevėžys in the Lithuanian Basketball League (Betsafe-LKL), scored 15 points for “Peristeri” (5/7 doubles, 1/3 triples, 2/2 penalty) and recovered 5 balls.
Meanwhile, Glynn Watson, former Jonava “CBet” legionnaire, played the most productively in the Bona team. The defender scored 13 points (3/8 doubles, 1/3 triples, 4/4 penalties), grabbed 8 rebounds, handed out 6 assists, committed 5 fouls and recorded a performance of 15 utility points in 30 minutes.
The decisive match in Bonn will take place on April 16.
We remind you that “Rytas” faced “Peristeri” in the qualifying round for the “Top 16”, where they beat the Vilnius team 2:0.
In the next home match, Bursa “Tofaš” beat the Lenovo “Lenovo” basketball players of Tenerife 90:81 (21:26, 22:12, 25:25, 22:18) and also leveled the series result (1:1).
Caleb Homesley led the Bursa team to victory. The defender scored 26 points (6/9 doubles, 3/5 triples, 5/6 penalty), 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 29 utility points in 31 minutes.
Former Klaipėda “Neptūnos” striker Austin Wiley managed to score 4 points (1/3 doubles, 2/2 penalties), rebound 3 balls, intercept 2 balls and collect 8 utility points in 11 minutes on the field.
Željko Šakić, who played in Panevėžys for several years, also scored 4 points (1/3 doubles, 0/4 triples, 2/2 penalties), grabbed 4 rebounds, made 3 assists and finished the match with 4 points in 28.5 minutes. utility points.
Lenovo was not saved from defeat by the phenomenal Kyle Guy. The American defender gave up 34 points (4/11 doubles, 5/10 triples, 11/11 penalties) for the Turkish club in 30 minutes and collected 25 utility points.
The decisive meeting in Tenerife will take place on April 17.
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