February 10, 2012
Fantasy Challenge, Top 16 Week 2 injury update
Fantasy Challenge A new phase of Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge opened with a clear winner in Top 16, Week 1 as Aitor Villanueva of Spain beat his tens of thousands of competitors with uncharacteristic ease. Aitor and his team "paquetes" posted a total of 224.5 points, which was almost 20 better than anyone else! That, of course, gives him a nice advantage to protect in a short round of six games after which the Last 16 winner gets a special prize. For the moment, Aitor can count on his weekly prize, an official Euroleague basketball! As stated, Aitor Villanueva and his team "paquetes" leads the Top 16 standings. When finished, the six-game round's winner will receive a couple special prizes, a signed jersey of his or her choice of Euroleague player and Sportingbet Free Bets worth €100! Of course, everyone is aiming for the grand prize, and for the moment, the leader in that race is Jorge Martinez and his team "KOKE MARTINEZ ES UN PELIGRO EN EL POSTE BAJO Y DESDE LA LINEA DE 3", who have an 11-week total now of 1,880 points, just 6.7 ahead of the second-place contender. Martinez was the regular season champ, but with a different team. He is also a former grand prize winner, so he knows all about what awaits the overall best manager at the end of the contest, five weeks from now: a VIP trip for two to the 2010 Final Four in Paris and €500 worth of Sportingbet Free Bets! With the start of the Last 16, the limitation of 3 player moves per week is back, so be sure to make your changes before the Week 2 deadline, which is 17:45CET , one hour before that week's first game, Zalgiris vs. CSKA in Group G.


FANTASY CHALLENGE RUNDOWN
GROUP E
Regal FC Barcelona
 - Terence Morris missed Barcelona’s Spanish League win on Sunday due to a hip injury. He returned to light practice on Monday and is expected to be available against Partizan.
- Lubos Barton remains sidelined with a torn tendon in his left leg suffered last season.
Panathinaikos
 - Kostas Tsartsaris has a broken bone in his left hand that will cause him to miss the Top 16.
- Mike Batiste could make his return to action this week after suffering a tear in a calf muscle in a domestic game two weeks ago.
Partizan
 - Aleks Maric remains sidelined with knee ligament damage.
Maroussi BC
 - Fanis Koumpouras has recovered from his leg injury and could play this week.
- Levon Kendall has begun light training after suffering ligament damage in his left ankle earlier this season. He could join Maroussi’s active roster this week.
- Igkor Milosevits has transferred to Lietuvos Rytas and is no longer a part of the Maroussi roster.
- Giorgos Diamantopoulos remains sidelined with a back injury.
GROUP F
Real Madrid
 - Felipe Reyes is not expected to play against Maccabi in Tel Aviv due to an unspecified injury
- Tomas Van den Spiegel will miss the rest of the season with a leg injury.
- Ante Tomic could make his Euroleague debut with Madrid this week.
- Louis Bullock missed Madrid’s last Spanish League game with a problem with the index finger on his shooting hand, but is expected to play against Maccabi.
- Travis Hansen returned to action in the Spanish League after a foot injury and is available to play this week.
Montepaschi Siena
 - Shaun Stonerook (plantar fasciitis) and Ksistof Lavrinovic (back problem) both missed practice earlier this week, but are expected to be available against Efes Pilsen.
Maccabi Electra
 - Yaniv Green missed Tuesday's practice with an undisclosed injury and will be a gameday decision to face Real Madrid.
Efes Pilsen
 - Head coach Ergin Ataman has a full squad available to face Montepaschi Siena this week.
GROUP G
CSKA Moscow
 - Matjaz Smodis remains sidelined with a back injury.
Unicaja
 - Saul Blanco remains sidelined with a leg injury.
- Joseph Gomis is sidelined with an Achilles tendon injury.
Zalgiris
 - Travis Watson is doubtful after suffering a leg injury last month.
- Povilas Cukinas will miss the rest of the season due injuries to his knee ligaments and meniscus.
- Zygimantas Janavicius has been sent on loan to Aisciai Kaunas for the rest of the season.
Asseco Prokom Sopot
 - Head coach Tomas Pacesas has a full squad available to face Unicaja.
GROUP H
Olympiacos
 - Ioannis Bourousis missed a Greek League game over the weekend after suffering a broken nose last week in the win over Caja Laboral. Bourousis could wear a protective mask to play against BC Khimki.
Caja Laboral
 - Tiago Splitter will miss at least two weeks with an ankle injury.
- Brad Oleson is expected to travel to Zagreb but following a long-term ankle injury it is uncertain if he will play.
- Stanko Barac is expected to miss the first half of the Top 16 with a stress fracture in his left foot.
BC Khimki Moscow Region
 - Head coach Sergio Scariolo has a full squad available to face Olympiacos.
Cibona
 - Marin Rozic will be sidelined for several months with an Achilles injury.
- Dalibor Bagaric is questionable due to injury.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
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