Benfica wins and leads group. Sporting suffers the third defeat followed

Bfica and Sporting added very different results on the latest FIBA Europe Cup basketball journey. If, on the one hand, the eagles held the lead of the G group of the proof, the lions missed the triumph in Group C and complicated the clearance.

Let us start with what happened at the Pavilion of Light in Lisbon, in a game that was played behind closed doors because of the indications of bad weather that were related to depression Charles. Only with victories in the home games, the incarnates sought to confirm this status in the match that was related to the sixth day of the G Group of the race.

In a duel that remained balanced from the first to the last period, the incarnates were almost always in the lead of the game, did not allow great approximations to the opponents and were very effective the triples. An almost perfect defensive display in the last period helped stamp the final triumph, with the eagles closing the match with a partial of 94-79 in front of the formation that traveled from Denmark.

Moreover, the incarnated class, which is led by Latvian Ainars Bagatskis, presented a very high percentage from the point of view of the release (53 percent of two points and 38.5 percent triple) and forced 20 losses of the opponent's ball.

Luke Barrett was the best scorer in the meeting, with 25 points 6 and two assists. Luther Muhammad has added 17 points, 6 points and 4 assists. For the Danes, Djahi Binet added a double (23 points and 10 points).

Accounts made, Benfica goes ahead with 11 points, plus one more than Geneva Lions and Bakken Bears, both with 10 points.

Sporting with new defeat in Europe

At the SamElyon Arena in the Bulgarian city of Samokov, Sporting added the third defeat followed in the FIBA Europe Cup, losing at the home of the Magicians of the Rilski Sportist, by 86-76. An outing that could complicate the clearance of green and white for the next phase.

After a perfect start of the group phase, with three victories in so many other games, Bernardo Pires's elect missed the triumph in Bulgaria. After the surprising defeat before Gence in the previous round, the Portuguese had the chance to smile again in this confrontation with the group's red lantern, only with defeats in the meetings held so far.

Still, a start to forget the lions in the first period, with 33% of right field, ended up dictating a disadvantage (23-18) which proved insurmountable. The lions' defensive weaknesses were in such clear ways that the green and white could never fight for triumph. A very positive fourth period of Lisbon turns out not to be enough to prevent the disengagement.

Malik Johnson (23 points, six assists and three caveats) was the great figure on the Rilski side. Kalscheur (18 points) was the best scorer in Sporting. Francisco Amarante (25 points and 5 points) and Liam O’Reilly (13 points and 3 assists) were also in evidence in leonin recovery.

With this defeat, Sporting is in the third place of group C with nine points, to one of Esenler Erokspor and Kolossos Rhodes, who occupy the two access places to the next phase.