On Wednesday, Scottie Wilbekin had missed the three points of the equalizer at the buzzer in Villeurbanne. Friday, the American leader was more successful since his pass for an alley-oop from Othello Hunter propelled Maccabi Tel-Aviv to victory in Barcelona (67-68). This success concluded a hotly contested match in which Thomas Heurtel did not play on the Catalan side.
This result is CSKA’s business. The Moscow team, which will travel to Villeurbanne next Tuesday, is alone in the lead thanks to its success over Zenit Saint Petersburg (83-65) with a new full game from the leader Mike James (20 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds , 4 interceptions).
Bayern Munich and Real Madrid follow in third place after beating Vitoria (77-66) and Olympiakos (86-82) respectively. In this last match, Livio Jean-Charles was still starting (7 points, 4 rebounds) while Fabien Causeur came off the bench (5 points). In Belgrade, Louis Labeyrie stood out (15 points, 6 rebounds), but Valencia lost to the Red Star of Jordan Loyd (76-73).
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