Retin Obasohan narrowly lost to Panathinaikos with ASVEL. — © EPA-EFE
In the Euroleague there were defeats for Ismael Bako (Virtus Bologna) and Retin Obasohan (ASVEL Lyon). Manu Lecomte lost in the EuroCup with Podgiroca Buducnost.
Patrick Ceulemans
No win for Belgian Lion Ismael Bako (8 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist) and with Virtus Bologna. The Italian team lost 81-68 to Monaco. Colleague Lion Retin Obasohan (8 points, 3 rebounds) 1 assist) also lost with the French ASVEL Villeurbanne 82-86 against the Greek Panathinaikos Athens. Valencia, without Sam Van Rossom (knee), won after a nail biter and 82-80 against the Turkish Fenerbahce Istanbul. The Spanish team is in tenth place with 14 out of 29. Virtus Bologna counts 13 out of 29 and is twelfth and ASVEL Villeurbanne and dangles with 8 out of 29 in seventeenth and penultimate place. After 34 match days, the top 8 of the 18 teams have qualified for the quarter finals (best of five) of the Euroleague. The Final Four will take place on May 19 and 21 in Kaunas, Lithuania.Defeat for Manu Lecomte in EuroCupIn the EuroCup, Manu Lecomte (4 points, 1 rebound) lost 79-76 against the Italian team Trento on the 16th matchday. With 9 out of 16, the team from Montenegro is in sixth place in group B and has already qualified for the 1/8th finals. The top eight of the two groups of ten advance to the last sixteen. From that moment on, the knock-out system is played.