Kyiv basketball club became the first of three Ukrainian teams to manage to break through to the quarterfinals of the FIBA EuroLeague. After a victory in the match in Kyiv over the French "Paris Basket," the Kyiv team also defeated the opponents away with a minimal score of 72:71 and won the playoff series with a score of 2:0.
"Khimik" from Pivdenne has finished its struggle in the tournament, having lost two games in the duel with the Russian UNICS. In Kazan, the Ukrainian club was defeated by the hosts with a score of 69:51.
Mariupol's "Azovmash" was unable to secure a spot in the 1/4 finals in two matches. After a victory away over the Turkish "Tuborg," in Mariupol "Azovmash" lost 76:90 and on March 3 in Turkey will play the third game, which will determine the quarterfinal participant.
FIBA EuroLeague. Second matches of the 1/8 finals.
"Paris Basket" (France) - BC "Kyiv" (Ukraine) - 71:72 (23:23, 21:8, 11:18, 16:23) P: Harrison 19, Samnik 16, Webob 11 + 13 rebounds, Diarra 12. K: Greer 24, Yannoulis 16 + 4 rebounds, Chikalkin 12, Loncar 9, Nikola 6, Valeyko 3, Norris 2. Series score - 0:2.
"Azovmash" (Ukraine) - "Tuborg" (Turkey) - 76:90 (12:22, 21:20, 17:21, 26:27) A: Lyubin and Walters 16 each, Long and Gurtovyi 10 each, Weathers 8, Kazlauskas 7, Botichev 4. Yevstratenko 3, Skutelnyk 2. T: Pars 21, Koseoglu 18, Milicic 13. Series score 1:1.
UNICS (Russia) - "Khimik" (Ukraine) - 69:51 (17:12, 21:9, 17:18, 14:12) U: Williams 19, Ensti 15, Toporov 11. K: Poltoratskyi 11, Varnelis 8. Umbrashko 7, Lishchuk 6, Radovanovic, Aleksieiev 4 each, Lepinaitis, Bazylevskyi 3 each, Agafonov. Shylobad 2 each, Yushkin 1. Series score - 2:0.