Winless Reyer (0-3) needs to overcome its poor start to the season by downing a Joventut (2-1) team boosted by last week's dramatic overtime win against Wolves. Rebounding could be key: Reyer is the worst team in the competition with just 30.7 boards per game, while Joventut is among the best with 40.7. Reyer's key performer in the paint, Aamir Simms (14 ppg., 6.7 rpg.), faces a tough task in overcoming Ante Tomic, who has shown he is still one of the league's best big men by averaging 9.3 points and 9.3 rebounds.
Pre-game quotes: Venice vs. Joventut
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Neven Spahija, Venice head coach
"I expect another difficult game for us. Not only because Joventut is good, credit to them, but also it will be interesting to see how we react one day after a demanding game in domestic competition. We have to play better offense and defense than in the last games. I am asking our fans to come support us. Our players deserve it, we are trying to do our best. Finally we will be together after a long time, even Jordan was back to the team. He will help with the rotation."
Carles Duran, Joventut head coach
"When you play on the road, your defense has to be pretty solid. It's one of the things we have to improve a lot in general, and it will be a challenge for us in Italy. We must be solid behind and we must crash the bards, another weakness we have this season. Venice will put us to the test and I hope we show ambition to improve on defense. We always want to win, and I hope the team has the experience to keep growing with a winning mentality."
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Rayjon Tucker, Venice player
"Against Joventut we need the same energy and focus of the last Treviso game. We want our first win in the BKT EuroCup. We expect al lot of fans because we need their energy. It's great to see how much our team is together and tied. We fight together through adversities and we trust each other."