On Tuesday, FC Porto secured their place in the quarterfinals of the Basketball European Cup, after achieving their fourth consecutive victory in Group I of the second phase, 90-64 against Craiova, at the Dragão Arena.
The Porto players benefited from the defeat in Chemnitz, against Cholet, to secure one of the top two places in the group, whatever the result of the two games that remain to be played.
When all the teams have four games played, FC Porto has eight points, Cholet seven, Chemnitz five and Craiova four.
The ‘dragons’, who reached halftime winning 44-34, ‘destroyed’ in the fourth part, with a 23-9 run, for the biggest victory of this campaign.
The team led by Fernando Sá, who was already thinking about the historical classification, debuted the North Americans Jay Threatt and Marvin Clark, but once again it was Max Landis, with 29 points at the end of the game, the great figure of the ‘dragons’.
At the Dragão Arena, Teyvon Myers (15 points), Brian Conklin (8) and Miguel Cardoso (8) were also decisive in the defeat of the Romanian team, the weakest of the ‘poule’,
“I am very happy for the classification, for the players and for how they managed to change from the first part to the second. The game was heavy, guided by some fear, with somewhat weak emotions. In the second half we resolved with intensity defense, it gave us peace of mind and the shooting percentage increased”, said Fernando Sá at the end.
“I have immense ambition like the people at this club, who makes us dream. I am sure that things will continue to go well, that the group will continue to grow and that basketball will continue to satisfy our fans”, he added. .
In the fifth round of Group I of this second phase of the Basketball European Cup, FC Porto will receive Chemnitz at the Dragão Arena, on January 31.
Source: TSF
