{"id":441311,"date":"2025-05-09T11:01:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=441311"},"modified":"2025-05-09T11:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:01:19","slug":"bcl-final-four-2025-host-aek-takes-on-reigning-champs-unicaja-for-a-shot-at-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/bcl-final-four-2025-host-aek-takes-on-reigning-champs-unicaja-for-a-shot-at-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"BCL Final Four 2025: Host AEK takes on reigning champs Unicaja for a shot at glory"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>stage <\/span>is <\/span>set <\/span>for <\/span>an <\/span>electric <\/span>clash <\/span>at <\/span>SUNEL <\/span>Arena <\/span>in <\/span>Athens<\/span><\/strong> as <\/span>AEK <\/span>Betsson <\/span>BC<\/span><\/strong> meets <\/span>Unicaja <\/span>Malaga<\/span><\/strong> tonight <\/span>at <\/span>20:<\/span>00 <\/span>CET (<\/span>21:<\/span>00 <\/span>local <\/span>time) <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>second <\/span>semifinal <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>2025 <\/span>Basketball <\/span>Champions <\/span>League <\/span>Final <\/span>Four.<\/span><\/p>\n

AEK, <\/span>led <\/span>by <\/span>veteran <\/span>coach <\/span>Dragan <\/span>Sakota<\/span><\/strong>, <\/span>is <\/span>undefeated <\/span>at <\/span>home <\/span>this <\/span>BCL <\/span>season (<\/span>8-<\/span>0) <\/span>and <\/span>feeds <\/span>off <\/span>the <\/span>energy <\/span>of <\/span>a <\/span>passionate <\/span>home <\/span>crowd. <\/span>With <\/span>sharpshooter <\/span>Hunter <\/span>Hale<\/span><\/strong>, <\/span>versatile <\/span>forward <\/span>Mindaugas <\/span>Kuzminskas<\/span><\/strong>, <\/span>and <\/span>big <\/span>man <\/span>Grant <\/span>Golden<\/span><\/strong>, <\/span>the <\/span>Greek <\/span>side <\/span>will <\/span>try <\/span>to <\/span>upset <\/span>the <\/span>reigning <\/span>champs <\/span>in <\/span>front <\/span>of <\/span>a <\/span>sold-<\/span>out <\/span>crowd.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unicaja <\/span>enters <\/span>the <\/span>matchup <\/span>as <\/span>the <\/span>most <\/span>dominant <\/span>team <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>competition. <\/span>Ibon <\/span>Navarro\u2019s <\/span>squad<\/span><\/strong> has <\/span>won <\/span>23 <\/span>of <\/span>their <\/span>last <\/span>24 <\/span>BCL <\/span>games<\/span><\/strong>, <\/span>boasts <\/span>the <\/span>highest-<\/span>scoring <\/span>offense (<\/span>94.4 <\/span>PPG), <\/span>and <\/span>features <\/span>a <\/span>deep, <\/span>balanced <\/span>rotation <\/span>capable <\/span>of <\/span>punishing <\/span>opponents <\/span>from <\/span>all <\/span>angles.<\/span><\/p>\n

From <\/span>Kendrick <\/span>Perry\u2019s <\/span>leadership<\/span><\/strong> to <\/span>Tyson <\/span>Perez\u2019s <\/span>versatility<\/span><\/strong>, <\/span>Unicaja <\/span>will <\/span>need <\/span>a <\/span>complete <\/span>performance <\/span>to <\/span>overcome <\/span>the <\/span>Athenian <\/span>fortress.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tip-<\/span>off <\/span>at <\/span>20:<\/span>00 <\/span>CET, <\/span>officiated <\/span>by <\/span>Liszka (<\/span>POL), <\/span>Krejic (<\/span>SLO), <\/span>and <\/span>Anaya (<\/span>PAN).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The stage is set for an electric clash at SUNEL Arena in Athens as AEK Betsson BC meets Unicaja Malaga tonight at 20:00 CET<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":441310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-441311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball-champions-league"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/cwy5a5ladkl7cs6snxu5.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441311"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=441311"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=441311"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=441311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}