By Melody Gross 
With a thrilling victory over the Russian Parma team with 89-92 after extra time (24-15, 18-22, 17-21, 19-20, 11-14), which was guaranteed by the four free throws of Arnette Holman (10 points). , 5 rebounds) in the last minute, the last two seconds when there were only 0.4 seconds left on the clock, Benfica, in the fifth round, maintain the leadership of Group C in the European Basketball Cup and secure qualification for the second group stage, where they will face Sporting in Group K. May This duo also joins FC Porto, if the Dragons manage to qualify.
Interestingly, the effectiveness of the free-throw line (13/24, 54.17%) served as the team’s Achilles heel throughout the match and the strong point for the Ross (26/31, 83.87%), up to an additional 5 minutes. . In the next round, the Eagles receive Cheek Opava, last in the group with just one win in five matches and are already disqualified from moving forward. In the first round
Norberto Alves Parma’s men hit Na Luz 83-69.
Aaron Broussard (19 points, 2 hits, 4 behind), Makram Ramadan (14 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists) and Joao Betenho Gomez (12 points, 5 rebounds), the latter two being eliminated due to errors, and they were the most productive. Elements of the Reds got 10 points in the second quarter (38-28) and returned to the lead only for the first time since 9-11 at the start of the fourth game (59-60).
In the places highlighted are Artesium Barakhosky (16 points, 7 rebounds), Marx Mehres (13 points, 4 rebounds), Evgeny Voronov (13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 rebounds) and Artem Zabelin (6 points, 2 rebounds).