M.Huerts and K.Guy, who were close in the semi-finals of the triple doubles, eliminated the pupils of V.Spanoulis

In the FIBA ​​Champions League, the first participants of the finals have been revealed – Lenovo from Tenerife will fight for the title.

The Spanish club in the semifinals in Belgrade 97:93 (19:23, 24:19, 23:18, 31:33) defeated Peristeri of Athens coached by Vasilis Spanoulis.

In the changing match, with six seconds left to play, the Greeks pulled within one shot (93:95), but after standing at the free throw line Marcelinho Huerta made no mistake, and Peristeri’s last shot missed the target.

The bright 40-year-old M. Huertas was close to a triple double – 36 minutes, 27 points (10/15 two-pointers, 0/1 three-pointer, 7/7 free throws), 9 rebounds and 5 turnovers, 7 assists, a foul and 32 utility scores.

The veteran is not slowing down and remains extremely productive this season, averaging 10.5 points, 7.3 assists and 12.8 assists.

Kyle Guy, who started the season in the Euroleague, contributed 34 points to the victory (6/11 three-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 errors), 21 – Giorgis Shermadinis (7/8 two-pointers). The remaining players of the Tenerife club scored just 15 points.

Elijah Mitrou-Long (6 rebounds, 3 rebounds), 14 – Joe Ragland (7/9 double-pointers, 5 rebounds), 13 – Nemanja Dangubičius (5 rebounds) brought the Athens team 18 points. ), 12 – Stelios Poulianitis (4/6 three-pointers), 11 – Trevor Thompson (4 rebounds).

The final will be Spanish – Lenovo will fight for the title against the winners of Unicaja of Malaga and UCAM of Murcia.

Spanish clubs have won four of the seven Champions League titles since its inception in 2016. Two of them belong to the Tenerife team that won in 2017 and 2022.

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