Strasbourg and Galatasaray will play the Eurocup Final

Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul will play for its first continental trophy after surviving overtime to knock out last season’s runner-up, Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas, on Wednesday in the Canary Islands. Gran Canaria won the game 94-81, but lost the series by a single point on aggregate since Galatasaray had won 75-89 a week earlier in the series opener. Galatasaray will face Strasbourg in the Eurocup Finals. Galatasaray held the aggregate lead for much of the game, but Gran Canaria used an 8-0 fourth-quarter run fueled by Xavi Rabaseda to tie the game on aggregate with four minutes to go. D.J. Seeley had the hosts up 1 with a minute remaining to set up a wild finish. Vladimir Micov’s basket with 2.1 seconds left tied the game and set up overtime. Errick McCollum made 3 free throws in the final minute, including 1 for the aggregate lead with 17.8 seconds left. Gran Canaria got the last ball to Albert Oliver, who drove into the paint, but ran into Micov who rejected his shot in the closing seconds to seal Galatasaray’s a ticket to the finals. Micov finished with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 1 huge block to lead Galatasaray, McCollum added 16 points, Stephane Lasme 11 and Chuck Davis scored 9 and in doing so moved past Rado Rancik for third place on the Eurocup’s career coring charts with 1,130 points. D.J. Seeley paced Gran Canaria with 23 points and 5 assists, Alen Omic scored 16 and Kevin Pangos 14 in what proved to be a pyric victory.

Strasbourg became the first French team to reach the Eurocup Finals when it defeated Dolomiti Energia Trento 78-86 in the second leg of their two-game, total-points series to win by 2 points on aggregate. Strasburg led by 1 at halftime, but still trailed on aggregate after losing 74-68 in Game 1 a week earlier. The visitors pulled away with a big third quarter and led by as many as 19 points – and 13 on aggregate – with six minutes left in the fourth quarter. Trento fought back and tied the game on aggregate on Trent Lockett’s acrobatic offensive rebound, score and foul with 57-seconds left. Romain Duport’s big three-pointer with 13 seconds left gave Strasbourg a 4-point lead and despite a three by Julian Wright seconds later, Trento ran out of time in the end. Its historic debut season in European competition ended when Davide Pascolo missed a desperation three as time expired. Duport and Mardy Collins paced the winners with 20 points apiece; Duport added 7 rebounds and Collins dished 7 assists. Bangaly Fofana posted 13 points and 2 blocks and Kyle Weems scored 10 in victory. Davide Pascolo posted 22 points and 13 rebounds to lead Trento, while Wright and Lockett finished with 16 points each.