February 10, 2012
2000-01 EIGHTHFINALS
The best-of-three eighthfinals provided some major upsets and thrilling games along the way. Three teams stole the home court advantage to make it to the next round. Benetton Treviso downed Barcelona 0-2 behind an outstanding Marcus Brown, who had 30 points in Game 1 to lead his team to a 85-86 road win and added 17 in Game 2 to sweep the series. Tau Ceramica beat Peristeri 79-81 in Game 1 and made it to the next round with a convincing 81-68 home win in Game 2. Saulius Stombergas had 20 points in Game 2 in Vitoria. Union Olimpija needed 3 games - the only team to do so - to reach the quarterfinals but reached the next round by downing PAOK 69-73 in Thessaloniki with 18 points from Sani Becirovic. All other five qualifiers swept the series by winning Game 1 at home and stealing a road win in Game 2. Kinder Bologna ousted Estudiantes, AEK knocked off Zalgiris, Paf Bologna downed Cibona, Real Madrid defeated Buducnost while Olympiakos beat Verona.

Marcus Brown - Benetton Basket
 EIGHTHFINAL PLAYOFFS GAME 1
Two road warriors stole the home court advantage in Game 1 of the best-of-three Euroleague eightfinals. Benetton upset Barcelona 85-86 with 30 points from an unstoppable Marcus Brown. In Athens, Tau Ceramica edged Peristeri 79-81 with 25 points from Saulius Stombergas. Alphonso Ford led Peristeri with a Euroleague season-high 41 points. Olympiakos edged Mash Verona 94-92 behind 33 points from Nikos Ekonomou.
Aleksandar Djordjevic - Real Madrid
 EIGHTHFINAL PLAYOFFS GAME 2
As many as seven teams - Paf Bologna, Real Madrid, Virtus Bologna, Olympiakos, Tau Ceramica, Benetton and AEK - reached the quarterfinals by sweeping their respective best-of-three series. Paf edged Cibona 74-75 in overtime behind 10 blocks from Stojko Vrankovic. Virtus topped Estudiantes 80-85 with 17 points from Antoine Rigaudeau while Benetton knocked off Barcelona 99-82, as Petar Naumoski led the winners with 26 points.
Sani Becirovic - Union Olimpija
 EIGHTHFINAL PLAYOFFS GAME 3
Union Olimpija was the last team to make it to the quarterfinals by edging PAOK 69-73 in do-or-die Game 3 in Thessaloniki. Sani Becirovic led the winners with 18 points. Emilio Kovacic added 16 and 10 rebounds for Olimpija, that outrebounded PAOK by 29-42. Evangelos Koronios led PAOK with 24 points. The quarterfinal matchups were: Paf - Real Madrid, Virtus - Olimpija, Olympiakos - Tau and AEK - Benetton.
PLAYOFFS
GROUP EIGHTHFINAL 1
AEK Athens
 AEK Athens
2
69-60
71-73
Zalgiris Kaunas
 Zalgiris
0
GROUP EIGHTHFINAL 2
FC Barcelona
 FC Barcelona
0
85-86
99-82
Benetton Treviso
 Benetton Treviso
2
GROUP EIGHTHFINAL 3
Fortitudo Bologna
 Fortitudo Bologna
2
76-64
74-75
cibona
 Cibona
0
GROUP EIGHTHFINAL 4
Real Madrid
 Real Madrid
2
91-63
62-76
Buducnost
 Buducnost
0
GROUP EIGHTHFINAL 5
olympiacos
 Olympiakos
2
94-92
84-96
Scaligera Basket Verona
 Muller Verona
0
GROUP EIGHTHFINAL 6
PAOK
 PAOK Thessaloniki
1
75-64
85-77
69-73
Union Olimpija
 Union Olimpija
2
GROUP EIGHTHFINAL 7
Peristeri
 Peristeri
0
79-81
81-68
Tau Ceramica
 Tau Ceramica
2
GROUP EIGHTHFINAL 8
Virtus Bologna
 Kinder Bologna
2
113-70
80-85
Estudiantes
 Estudiantes
0

Thursday, November 19, 2009
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