The Surne Bilbao Basket starts this wednesday round of 16 of the Champions Leagueand it does so by receiving in peephole to the Darussafakaat 8:00 p.m.. eitb.eus and ETB4 will offer the match live, with which the “Men in Black” will open a phase of the competition in which, in addition to the Turkish team, Jaume Ponsarnau’s team will have Lenovo Tenerife and UCAM Murcia as rivals.
Bilbao Basket faces these round of 16 after finishing first in the group in the previous phase. Thus, it has avoided the uncomfortable “Play Ins”, which Darüssafaka did have to face, surpassed by Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem and the German MHP Riesen in the previous phase. Darüssafaka subsequently beat Portuguese SL Benfica in just two games.
In the Champions League, as in the Endesa League, the Bilbao Basket leaders are Lude Hakanson (11.4 points and 5 assists per game, with a PIR average of 15) and Adam Smith (11.2 points, 3, 7 assists and a PIR of 10.3), along with centers Michale Kyser (9.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and a PIR of 14) and Jeff Withey (7.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.2 blocks and a PIR of 13.2), in addition to a Xavi Rabaseda who marks the defensive intensity.
Source: Eitb
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