Krenuo je euroligaški tjedan s dva kola, odnosno 18 utakmica u četiri dana, a prve večeri 9. kola samo su dva od sedam susreta bila lišena neizvjesnosti u samoj završnici.
Onaj u kojem je ALBA lakše od očekivanog sredila Crvenu zvezdu te još jedan u kojem je Real Madrid sa 65 poena već do poluvremena razbio Himki, koji je u drugom dijelu potonuo još dublje, a u jednom trenutku je izgledalo kao da će sve otići i preko 50 razlike.
Srećom po Rimasa Kurtinaitisa, Pablo Laso računao je na još jednu utakmicu ovaj tjedan, otvorio minutažu svim igračima i Kraljevski klub je u posljednjih 10 minuta "digao nogu s gasa".
Izuzetno zanimljivo bilo je u Kaunasu, gdje je Žalgiris umalo okrenuo -6 u posljednjoj minuti, ali Arturas Milaknis nakon trice za -1 nije uspio promašiti dodatno bacanje (gađao od table, lopta ušla u koš) i tako otvoriti priliku za skok u napadu, izazvati erupciju i za Panathinaikos dupkom pune (15 tisuća navijača) dvorane.
Efes je prvi ove sezone uspio osvojiti Villeurbanne i tako su Kruno Simon i suigrači zajedno s Milanom, koji je u derbiju večeri slomio Maccabi, zasjeli na vrh tablice, gdje će im se u srijedu priključiti Barcelona ili CSKA, ovisno o tome tko bude bolji večeras u Blaugrani...
Žalgiris - Panathinaikos 85: 86 (16:19, 17:22, 20:23, 32:22)
ŽALGIRIS: Walkup 6p, 3s, 5a, 3il, Lekavičius 14p, 5a, 3il, Hayes 2p, 5s, Jankunas 5, Lukošiunas, Milaknis 11, Geben, Jokubaitis, Leday 15p, 3s, Landale 12p, 8s, Grigonis 9p, 7s, 4a, Ulanovas 11p, 3s.
PANATHINAIKOS: D. Thomas 13p, 4s, Rice 7, Papagiannis 8p, 3s, Papapetrou 12p, 5s, Pappas 5, Vougioukas 1, Johnson 2, Fredette 11, Calathes 19p, 5s, 12a, Wiley 4, Mitoglou 3s, Bentil 4p, 3s.
ALBA - C. zvezda 92: 78 (21:15, 25:19, 21:20, 25:24)
ALBA BERLIN: Mason, Giffey 13p, 4s, Eriksson 5, Mattisseck 3p, 3a, Schneider 2p, 3s, Brenneke, Hermannsson 16p, 3s, 4a, Ogbe, Giedratis 22p, 5s, Thiemann 3p, 4s, Nnoko 10, Sikma 18p, 9s, 4a, 3b, 4il.
CRVENA ZVEZDA: Kuzmić 10, D. Brown 7p, 4s, Čović 9p, 8a, L. Brown 9p, 4s, Davidovac 8, Lazić 2, Baron 9p, 3a, Dobrić 9, Jenkins 2p, 3s, Simanić, Jovanović 3p, 6s, Ojo 12p, 6s.
Bayern - Olympiacos 85:82 (23:17, 20:27, 12:19, 30:19)
BAYERN: King, Koponen, Monroe 15p, 7s, 3a, 3ul, Lučić 13p, 5s, 3ul, Lo 19p, 7a, Zipser 13, Nelson, Flaccadori 2, Barthel 18p, 4s, Lessort 5p, 3il, Radošević 4s, Grant.
OLYMPIACOS: Punter, Rochestie 9p, 3s, 6a, Baldwin 19, Paul 3, Koniaris, Spanoulis 6p, 3il, Milutinov 14p, 5s, Vezenkov, Printezis 12p, 4s, Papanikolaou 10p, 4s, Rubit 7p, 6s, Reed 2p, 3s.
ASVEL - Efes 84:90 (22:25, 23:21, 21:24, 18:20)
ASVEL: Jackson 3, Jo. Taylor 12p, 3a, Jekiri 12p, 5s, Kahudi 8p, 3s, Maledon 10p, 7a, Lomažs 4, Noua2, Jean-Charles 12, Diot 5p, 3a, Bako 8, Lighty 5p, 3s, Strazel 3p, 3a.
EFES: Larkin 19p, 3s, 4a, Beaubois 16, Singleton 8p, 5s, Balbay, Gečim, Šanli 15p, 5s, Tunčer, Pleiss 11, Micić 16p, 4s, 8a, 3il, Anderson, Peters 3p, 5s, Simon 2.
Milano - Maccabi 92:88 (21:21, 26:21, 24:22, 21:24)
MILANO: Mack 5, Micov 13p, 4s, Biligha 4, Roll 5, Rodriguez 18p, 11a, 3il, Tarczewski 10, Nedović 11, Cinciarini, Burns, White, Brooks 6p, 7s, Scola 20p, 7s, 3a.
MACCABI TEL AVIV: Bryant 4, Wilbekin 25p, 5a, 4il, Acy 4p, 3s, Hunter 6p, 5s, S. Cohen, Avdija 2, Dorsey 14p, 4s, DiBartolomeo 6, Wolters 8, J. Cohen 2, Black 13p, 9s, 3il, Zoosman 4.
Real Madrid - Himki 104:76 (31:25, 34:17, 27:14, 12:20)
REAL MADRID: Randolph 19p, 4s, Fernandez 3p, 3s, Campazzo 15p, 5a, 3ul, 3il, Laprovittola, Deck 9p, 5s, 4a, Garuba, Carroll 13p, 4s, Tavares 15p, 5s, Llull 6p, 6a, Mickey 13p, 4s, 4b, Thompkins 9p, 4s, Je. Taylor 2.
HIMKI: Šved 12, Kramer 14, Booker 7, Karasjev, Zajcev 6p, 4s, Jerebko 4, Monja 3p, 5s, Gill 12p, 4s, Jović 5p, 3a, Valiev, Evans 10p, 5s, Bertans 3.
Valencia - Zenit 94:90 (15:16, 18:22, 24:25, 37:27)
VALENCIA: Colom 5p, 7a, Marinković 2, Loyd 17p, 4a, Ndour 6, Abalde 18p, 3s, Labeyrie 7p, 5s, Tobey 12p, 3s, 5a, Motum 2, Dubljević 8p, 11s, Vives 10, San Emeterio 7, Doornekamp.
ZENIT: Iverson 3p, 5s, Albicy 7p, 3a, Ponkrašov 5p, 3s, Hollins 9, W. Thomas 17p, 3s, 4a, Balašov, Renfroe 17p, 5s, 6a, Hvostov 2, Puškov, Truškin 6, Abromaitis 11p, 3s, Ayon 13p, 4s, 3il.
Danas igraju: Barcelona - Fenerbahče (21.00), Baskonia - CSKA Moskva (21.00)
POREDAK: Efes, Milano 7-2, CSKA, Barcelona 6-2, Maccabi, Real Madrid 6-3, Panathinaikos, ASVEL 5-4, Bayern 4-5, Baskonia 3-5, Žalgiris, Olympiacos, ALBA, Valencia 3-6, Crvena zvezda, Zenit 2-7