On the eve of the semifinals at the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, the four aspirants to the title are holding their first full practices at Zalgirio Arena on Thursday evening and attending to the hundreds of accredited media on hand this weekend in Kaunas.
The traditional media availability is a final opportunity for the journalists who have flocked to Kaunas to get the pulse of the players and coaches before they count down to the first tipoff on Friday between Olympiacos Piraeus and AS Monaco, whose winner will face the victor in the second semifinal, FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid.