Dreamland Gran Canaria won a real thriller against the Bahcesehir College Istanbul to move on to the EuroCup final, where they'll clash against Hapoel Tel Aviv, who won an intense game versus Valencia Basket.
Dreamland Gran Canaria will play against Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv in the EuroCup final for a place in next year's EuroLeague.
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Valencia BasketTheir final series will start on April 8th.
In the first semi, Gran Canaria secured a hard-fought 76-72 victory over Bahcesehir Koleji Istanbul in the decisive semifinal game.
The Turkish team had a chance to close out the series in the previous matchup, but a last-second thriller went in Gran Canaria’s favor. A similar scenario played out in Istanbul, where the Spanish side controlled the game after the first quarter.
For the winners, Caleb Homesley scored 19 points, dished 4 assists, and ended up with a PIR of 15. Mike Tobey contributed 11 points.
Jaleen Smith's dominant performance didn't get the win for Bahcesehir as he scored 22 points, added 4 assists. Sehmus Hazer added 13 points.
Gran Canaria already won the competition in 2022-23. Although they won, they decided not to compete in the EuroLeague the next year because of financial reasons.
The second semi was a real thriller as well, with both teams going back and forth and Hapoel celebrating victory 94-92 against Valencia Basket because of Marcus Foster's game-winner.
Valencia had only lost one game at home until this one.
For Hapoel, Antonio Blakeney was unstoppable with 5 threes just in the fourth quarter. He scored 32 points and grabbed 9 boards. Marcus Foster added 22 points and a game-winning basket.
Brancou Badio scored 20 points, dished out 4 assists for Valencia. Jean Montero contributed 17 points.
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