February 10, 2012
Fantasy Challenge, Top 16 Week 5 injury update
Fantasy Challenge We have a new prize winner at the Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge, none other than Dusan Filipovic of Serbia, who was the best of only six managers whose teams scored better than 215 points in Top 16 Week 4. Dusan and his team "KK Salabajzeri" came in at 225.4 points, just 7 better than the second-place team, but enough to receive the weekly prize, an official Euroleague basketball. Along with a new prize winner, there were a first-place change in the Top 16 standings this week. The new Top 16 leader is Nikos Perdikaris of Greece, which has a four-week total of 721.8 points. That's just 1.1 point more than his second-place pursuer and four other teams have broken the 700-point mark in what should be great race the rest of the way. When the Top 16's six games are finished, this 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, after this round is when the grand prize will be awarded to the full-season overall champion, too, and in Last 16 Week 4, the leadership in that ranking did not change hands. Vaggos Fetsis of Greece stays as the overall leader with a 14-week total of 2372 points. He scored 175.6 points in Top 16 Week 4 to stay atop the standings. That's 12.8 points more than the next-best team with two weeks left. The amazing grand prize - a VIP trip for two to the 2010 Final Four in Paris and €500 worth of Sportingbet Free Bets - awaits the champion at the end of the contest! Get your teams ready before the Top 16 Week 5 deadline, which is 17:30 CET on Wednesday, March 4, one hour before the week's first game, Cibona vs. BC Khimki in Group H.

FANTASY CHALLENGE RUNDOWN
GROUP E
Regal FC Barcelona
 - Regal Barcelona travels to Greece to face Maroussi without center Boni NDong, who injured his right calf in training and is expected to miss one week.
Panathinaikos
 - Kostas Tsartsaris has a broken bone in his left hand that will cause him to miss the Top 16.
Partizan
 - Head coach Dusko Vujosevic has a full squad available to face Panathinaikos.
Maroussi BC
 - Head coach Georgios Bartzokas has a full squad available to face Barcelona, including big man Levon Kendall, who is back in training after recovering from an ankle injury.
GROUP F
Real Madrid
 - Tomas Van den Spiegel will miss the rest of the season with a leg injury.
Montepaschi Siena
 - Head coach Simone Pianigiani has a full squad available to face Maccabi.
Maccabi Electra
 - Head coach Pini Gershon has a full squad available for the game against Montepaschi.
Efes Pilsen
 - Head coach Ergin Ataman has a full squad available to face Real Madrid.
GROUP G
CSKA Moscow
 - Matjaz Smodis remains sidelined with a back injury.
Unicaja
 - Berni Rodriguez suffered a blow to the head in practice on Tuesday and was hospitalized overnight. He will be kept out of Wednesday's game against CSKA as a precaution.
Zalgiris
 - Povilas Cukinas will miss the rest of the season due injuries to his knee ligaments and meniscus.
Asseco Prokom
 - Head coach Tomas Pacesas has a full squad available to face Zalgiris.
GROUP H
Olympiacos
 - Ioannis Bourousis missed his team's Greek League showdown over the weekend with Panathinaikos due to illness. Linas Kleiza sat out with a minor injury. Both are questionable for this weeks game against Caja Laboral.
Caja Laboral
 - Tiago Splitter remains sidelined with a foot injury and is not expected to play against Olympiacos.
- Lior Eliyahu has missed practice time with a groin injury, but is expected to play against Olympiacos.
- Taquan Dean has been released after his short-term contract expired.
BC Khimki Moscow Region
 - Head coach Sergio Scariolo should have his whole team available to face Cibona.
Cibona
 - Marin Rozic will be sidelined for several months with an Achilles injury.
- Vedran Vukusic is doubtful due to a back injury that has sidelined him for two weeks.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Euroleague.net
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