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May 25, 2012

Regular Season, Week 14 review

Plenty drama despite few changes

Considering the level of intensity and passion put on the floor in Week 14, the last of the regular season, it was hard to believe at its conclusion - especially after an amazing eight games were won by road teams - that only two teams changed places within any of the three groups. That's not to say there weren't big winners, however. Biggest of all were new Group B king Lietuvos Rytas and would-be Final Four host Real Madrid, which also became a first seed in Monday's Top 16 Draw by finishing with the best second-place record across all groups. L. Rytas rallied to defeat Cibona 79-86 on the road as Kenan Bajramovic scored 19 points while replacing the injured Matt Nielsen as a starter. In Group C, Madrid outlasted Panathinaikos 95-87 thanks to Louis Bullock's 3 consecutive triples late in OT. The only change in the standings came in Group C, too, as Partizan stopped Fenerbahce 86-91 on Nikola Pekovic's 20-point, 10-rebound show to move into fifth place ahead of Roma, a 67-74 home loser to Roanne. Mathematically, Partizan had not qualified before this week's action, but took the opportunity of another game to move up. Everything else in all three groups stayed the same, but it wasn't for lack of trying by lower-placed teams - many of them already qualified for the Top 16 - to move up. Group A already belonged to CSKA, which topped VidiVici 68-92 away in Bologna, Italy, thus finishing tied with Panathinaikos for the regular season's best record. Other teams clinging to second place were Group A's Montepaschi, which beat Olympiacos 73-80 in Athens, and Group B's Maccabi Elite, a 94-101 OT winner at Aris TT Bank in Thessaoliniki. Holding onto third place against direct challengers were Tau, which beat Zalgiris 84-66 in Group A, and Unicaja, which stopped Efes Pilsen 87-77 in Group B. The regular season is over. The Top 16 Draw comes on Monday in Madrid, so expect the intensity level to rise even higher very soon!

Wednesday-Thursday, January 30-31
GROUP A	STATS	REPORT	QUOTES	PREVIEW	WATCH
Virtus VidiVivi vs. CSKA Moscow	68-92
Prokom Trefl vs. Union Olimpija	79-68
Olympiacos vs. Montepaschi Siena	73-80
Tau Ceramica vs. Zalgiris	84-66

GROUP B	STATS	REPORT	QUOTES	PREVIEW	WATCH
Unicaja vs. Efes Pilsen	87-77
AJ Milano vs. Le Mans	63-83
Cibona vs. Lietuvos Rytas	79-86
Aris TT Bank vs. Maccabi Elite	94-101 OT
GROUP C	STATS	REPORT	QUOTES	PREVIEW	WATCH
Brose B. vs. AXA FC Barcelona	65-69
Real Madrid vs. Panathinaikos	95-87 OT
Fenerbahce Ulker vs. Partizan	86-91
Lottomatica vs. Chorale Roanne	67-74

STANDINGS, GAME 14

GROUP A
W-L

PTS

*CSKA Moscow
12-2

181

*Montepaschi
10-4

124

*Tau Ceramica
9-5

119

*Zalgiris
8-6

-16

*Olympiacos
7-7

86

Union Olimpija
4-10

-117

Prokom Trefl
4-10

-170

Virtus VidiVici
2-12

-207

GROUP B
W-L

PTS

*Lietuvos Rytas
11-3

128

*Maccabi Elite
11-3

54

*Unicaja
10-4

117

*Efes Pilsen
8-6

26

*Aris TT Bank
7-7

-18

Cibona
4-10

-108

AJ Milano
3-11

-92

Le Mans
2-12

-107

GROUP C
W-L

PTS

*Panathinaikos
12-2

122

*Real Madrid
11-3

122

*AXA FCBarcelona
9-5

91

*Fenerbahce Ulker
6-8

-26

*Partizan Igokea
6-8

-3

*Lottomatica
6-8

-25

Chorale Roanne
4-10

-120

Brose Baskets
2-12

-161

* Qualified to Top 16

OTHER INFO

· Standings

· Schedules

· Stats

· Results

· Past Matchups

STATISTICAL LEADERS
(Week 14)

Points	Aver.
Salyers, Chorale	21.8
Rebounds	Aver.
Watson, AJ Milano	9.7
Assists	Aver.
Collins, Zalgiris	4.9
Steals	Aver.
Mc Intyre , Montepaschi	2.6
Blocks	Aver.
Spiegel, Prokom Trefl	1.7

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