February 07, 2012
Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge: Week 6, injury update
Fantasy Challenge The mid-point of the regular season came with one of the highest-scoring Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge prize winners ever in Week 5! Evaldas Cerniauskas of Lithuania posted one of the highest weekly scores in the contest's five-plus seasons so far with 246.3 points for his team "Kovotojai". That was 12.8 points better than second place during a week in which a whopping 43 Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge teams surpassed 200 points. Well done by everyone! For his great score, Evaldas will receive an official Euroleague basketball as his prize! How competitive is Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge? Not even a weekly winner with almost 250 points could crack the best 50 teams overall after five weeks. Halfway to the regular season winner's prizes - a team jersey signed by the winner's choice of player plus €100 worth of Sportingbet Free Bets - the overall leader is still Tomasz Pycia of Poland, whose team "himym" has a total of 885.4 points after scoring 127.3 in Week 5. The field is gaining on him, however, as the distance to second place is under 10 points and to third under 20. Of course, those heavy hitters are not just shooting to be Regular Season winner, but also to be the best overall after the Top 16 ends the contest. The top dog after all 16 weeks gets a grand prize that is unique in the world: a VIP trip for two to the 2010 Final Four in Paris and €500 worth of Sportingbet Free Bets! The Week 6 deadline is 17:15 CET on Wednesday, December 2, one hour before Week 6's first game, CSKA vs. Maroussi in Group C.

FANTASY CHALLENGE INJURY NEWS
GROUP A

Asvel Villeurbanne

 Asvel Villeurbanne:
- Center Curtis Borchardt had his hand operated on and will miss the remainder of the regular season.
- T.J. Parker is fit to make his Euroleague debut.

Cibona

 Cibona:
- Center Dalibor Bagaric remains sidelined with a leg injury.
- Antonio Graves missed the last Euroleague and Adriatic League games, so is doubtful for Cibona's road game at Montepaschi.

Fenerbahce Ulker

 Fenerbahce Ulker:
- Mirsad Turkcan remains sidelined with a hernia injury that is expected to keep him out until Week 8.

Montepaschi Siena

 Montepaschi Siena:
- Head coach Simone Pianigiani has a full squad available to face Cibona.

Regal FC Barcelona

 Regal FC Barcelona:
- Gianluca Basile remains sidelined with a sprained ankle and will miss this week’s game.
- Lubos Barton remains sidelined with a torn tendon in his left leg suffered last season.

Zalgiris

 Zalgiris:
- Danius Salenga has been ill but is expected to play at Asvel.
-Sarunas Vasiliauskas and Povilas Butkevicius did not travel with the team.
GROUP B

Efes Pilsen

 Efes Pilsen:
- Head coach Ergin Ataman has a full squad available to face Entente Orleanaise.

Entente Orleanaise

 Entente Orleanaise:
- Forward Marko Milic was released by Orleans last week.

Lietuvos Rytas

 Lietuvos Rytas:
- Vidas Ginevicius suffered a broken hand and will miss at least three weeks.

Olympiacos

 Olympiacos:
- Theo Papaloukas will be back to action after sitting out the game last week.
- Josh Childress travelled to the United States due to personal reasons. His availability against Orleans is not clear.
- Loukas Mavrokefalidis remains out since the beginning of the season with injury.

Partizan

 Partizan:
- Center Aleks Maric missed the last Adriatic League game due to back problems after he received hit in a game with Olympiacos but he is expected to play in Malaga against Unicaja.
- Petar Bozic is back in action for the Malaga game after missing last week.

Unicaja

 Unicaja:
- Carlos Jimenez and Robert Achibald have the flu and are likely to miss the Partizan game.
- Forward Georgios Printezis is out indefinitely with a shoulder injury.
- Guard Joseph Gomis will miss the regular season with an Achilles tendon injury.
GROUP C

Caja Laboral

 Caja Laboral:
- Marcelinho Huertas still has discomfort after suffering a muscle micro-tear in his left thigh. He will not be available.
- Lior Eliyahu, who also has a muscle micro-tear in his thigh, missed the last Euroleague and domestics games, therefore is doubtfull to play against Roma at home.
- Brad Oleson, resting an ongoing ankle injury, will also miss the game against Roma.
- Walter Herrmann hopes to return to practice in the coming weeks. He has not played yet this season after undergoing knee surgery.

CSKA Moscow

 CSKA Moscow:
- Dmitry Sokolov suffered torn ankle ligaments in a Russian League game and is still expected to be out.
- Andrey Vorontsevich is back in action after recovering from a ligaments injury.
- Matjaz Smodis is sidelined with a back injury.

Lottomatica Roma

 Lottomatica Roma:
- Angelo Gigli is expected to miss more time with a knee injury.
- Rodrigo de la Fuente will also miss the game in Vitoria due to back problems.
- Herve Toure is also having some muscle problems and is a question mark for the game.
- Luigi Datome is still out despite being better from a thigh muscle injury.

Maccabi Electra

 Maccabi Electra:
- Head coach Pini Gershon has a full squad available for the game against Maroussi.

Maroussi BC

 Maroussi BC:
- Center Stephen Arigbabu has not returned to action after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his knee and will sit out this one, too.
- Georgios Diamantopoulos and Marios Batis will be available to play the game.
- Levon Kendall will miss the remainder of the regular season with ligament damage in his left ankle.

Union Olimpija

 Union Olimpija:
- Vlado Ilievski is out again, possibly long-term, despite making his first Euroleague appearance of the season last week.
- Matt Walsh missed lat week's game with a sprained ankle, but is practicing and due to return against Maccabi.
GROUP D

Armani Jeans Milano

 Armani Jeans Milano:
- Alex Acker is doubtful for the trip to Athens due to a sprained left ankle.
- Marius Petravicius could also miss the game in Athens with a thigh muscle injury in his left leg.

Asseco Prokom

 Asseco Prokom:
- Pape Sow played the last Euroleague game despite a broken toe, but missed the weekend's Polish League game, so his participation is in doubt against Oldenburg
- Daniel Ewing is also doubtful after missing the last Euroleague and domestic games.
- Reserve guard Przemyslaw Zamojski has not played yet this season due to a leg injury.

EWE Baskets Oldenburg

EWE Baskets Oldenburg:
- Jason Gardner remains sidelined with a back injury.
- Ricky Paulding is questionable with an ankle sprain, but is expected to try to play.

BC Khimki Moscow Region

 BC Khimki Moscow Region:
- Raul Lopez will be back to action to play against his former team and therefore, coach Sergio Scariolo has the whole team available.

Real Madrid

 Real Madrid:
- Coach Ettore Messina will finally have the complete roster available to play against Khimki.

Panathinaikos

 Panathinaikos:
- Mike Batiste and Kostas Tsartsaris both returned from respective injurieslast week.
- Guard Sarunas Jasikevicius has not yet recovered from knee surgery.
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
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