Pınar Karşıyaka, who lost the cup last season in the FIBA Champions League in the final and was shown as the biggest favorite of the championship at the beginning of the league with the ambitious team she formed this season, lost her ranking with critical defeats in front of Baxi Manresa.
Featuring players such as Tony Taylor and Amath M’Baye, who won the Champions League in 2019, Bonzie Colson, who was selected as the most valuable player in the organization last season, Euroleague patented Michael Roll, Semih Erden and Alex Tyus, Kaf-Kaf is in Group B. In Europe, where he started with 2, Manresa lost his leadership opportunity with his defeats.
Karşıyaka was able to find a place for itself in the 7th place in the list published at the beginning of the week in the ranking of the strongest team of the FIBA Champions League, where it took the first place in the first weeks of the season. In the new power ranking announced by FIBA, MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg is in the first place, Pınar Karşıyaka’s rivals Baxi Manresa are in the second place and Unicaja is in the third place. Kaf-Kaf, who will try to take the second place in order to gain an advantage in the Play-In stage after losing his chance to lead his group, is in the second place with 2 wins and 2 losses before the last 2 matches. Hapoel Jerusalem and Stal Ostrow, who competed for the second and third places, also had one win each. Karşıyaka will play the remaining matches with these two opponents.
Ergin KARATAŞ / İZMİR, (DHA)
