Overview
- Gran Canaria beat Tenerife 72-70 after erasing a 17-point second-half deficit, with Kassius Robertson scoring 16 as the hosts’ lone double-figure scorer.
- The result leaves both Spanish clubs at 2-1 in Group L, with Gran Canaria holding first place on the head‑to‑head tiebreak.
- Bruno Fitipaldo hit a late three for Tenerife to tighten the finish, but Gran Canaria closed out the derby to level the group’s top two records.
- Eurobasket honored Bogoljub Markovic as ABA League round 17 Player of the Week for a 29-point, 10-rebound performance in Mega’s 107-102 win over Crvena zvezda, and Marko Kovacevic as ABA 2nd League honoree after a 32-point, 14-rebound outing for Jahorina.
- National and regional weekly awards also went to Justin Thomas (28 points, 7 assists) for Vllaznia in Liga Unike, Aleksandar Bulatovic (36 points, 11 rebounds) for Decic in Montenegro, and 18-year-old Vasilije Jovanovic (38 points, 11 rebounds) for Sloboda Uzice in Serbia’s JLS.