Name: The Fantasy Challenge Podcast gang reunites for the double week
Channel: Euroleague Basketball

Geoff Gillingham explains why he can envisage Jaka Lakovic’s CB Gran Canaria going all this way in the EuroCup this season.

Why Gran Canaria can win the EuroCup

Been there, done that, got the postcard. That’s certainly the message [Jaka Lakovic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/dreamland-gran-canaria/can/lakovic-jaka/) will be stressing to his [Dreamland Gran Canaria](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/dreamland-gran-canaria/can/) players ahead of the BKT EuroCup Semifinals.

Just two years ago (yes, time does fly when you’re having fun), Gran Canaria lifted its first major trophy by winning the EuroCup. That team, led by Coach Lakovic, really was the crème de la crème of the EuroCup in 2022-23, and five players on the current roster were part of that triumph: [Andrew Albicy](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/andrew-albicy/003425/), [Nico Brussino](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/nicolas-brussino/008121/), [Miquel Salvo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/miquel-salvo/005005/), [John Shurna](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/john-shurna/006588/) and [Jovan Kljajic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/jovan-kljajic/007560/).

Remembering the 2023 EuroCup Final!

Immediately, that is something that should play in Gran Canaria’s favor at this stage of the campaign. Experience and know-how are what teams lean on during the playoffs and, in that sense, the Canary Island side have it in abundance. [Mike Tobey](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/mike-tobey/008966/), one of the new recruits last summer, is another who knows what it takes after winning the 2019 EuroCup title with Valencia Basket, a team Gran Canaria may meet in the finals.

But first, Bahcesehir College Istanbul. The Turkish club has lofty ambitions, yet this is its first year back in the EuroCup. To date, Bahcesehir has played 29 games in the competition. Gran Canaria? 267, the most all-time. The 2023 champion knows the EuroCup inside out, and that’ll become clear during its series with Bahcesehir.

These two teams did already meet in the regular season, splitting the series, but the playoffs are a different beast altogether. This is when the real Gran Canaria comes to play.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PermitidoSo%C3%B1ar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PermitidoSoñar</a>. Conocemos el camino. Esfuerzo, sacrificio y trabajo en equipo. El martes arranca una batalla que llegará el viernes a nuestra casa ⚔️🔥 <a href="https://t.co/6BccL4cEYn">pic.twitter.com/6BccL4cEYn</a></p>&mdash; Dreamland Gran Canaria (@GranCanariaCB) <a href="https://twitter.com/GranCanariaCB/status/1903794192179945799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

On top of the experience that Gran Canaria can offer, it has such a deep roster that any player could step up on any given night. So far in this postseason, we’ve already seen big games by [Mehdy Ngouama](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/mehdy-ngouama/009556/), a EuroCup champion with Paris Basketball last season, Tobey, Brussino and [Joe Thomasson](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/joe-thomasson/012095/) in the last 16, then [Caleb Homesley](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/caleb-homesley/011251/) and the trio of Tobey, Thomasson and Brussino once again in the quarterfinals.

The impressive thing about Gran Canaria is that, in any of the semifinal games, it wouldn’t come as a shock if Salvo, Shurna, Albicy, [Pierre Pelos](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/pierre-pelos/010452/) or [George Conditt](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/george-conditt-iv/012016/) had a telling impact on the contest. That variety makes Coach Lakovic’s group a scary proposition for any team.

For now, Gran Canaria will be wanting to take it one game at a time. That said, if we end up getting an all-Spanish finals against Valencia Basket, the Canary Island outfit is 1-0 against Pedro Martinez’s men in the Spanish League this season. As they say in Spain, *ojo*.

Ever since winning the EuroCup title in 2023, Gran Canaria has been sponsored by Dreamland, which feels fitting given that’s exactly where their fans will be if – as I suspect – they witness another championship run.

Game News

Geoff Gillingham explains why he can envisage Jaka Lakovic’s side going all this way this season

Dreamland Gran Canaria v Bahcesehir College Istanbul (2025-03-28T20:00:00.000Z)

Vasiliki Karamouza makes her long-awaited return to the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast for Episode No. 24. Reunited with co-hosts Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs of Euroleague.net, the gang discusses what worked – and didn't in Round 30 – as well as who's hot, who's hurt and, of course, who they believe in for Rounds 31 and 32.

The Fantasy Challenge Podcast gang reunites for the double week

Vasiliki Karamouza makes her long-awaited return to the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast for Episode No. 24. Reunited with co-hosts [Javier Gancedo](https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fganchetto&data=05%7C02%7Cgeoff.gillingham%40euroleague.net%7Cd5538e3885f74e148dae08dd6ad32641%7C2b3d64f0329542979f1528435f0a62ce%7C1%7C0%7C638784177282492773%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cqHvS%2Fo%2BuTedtCFtxT8V7ee%2FvopzX1kyjXZD0oLgatI%3D&reserved=0) and [Frankie Sachs](https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FMrEuroleague&data=05%7C02%7Cgeoff.gillingham%40euroleague.net%7Cd5538e3885f74e148dae08dd6ad32641%7C2b3d64f0329542979f1528435f0a62ce%7C1%7C0%7C638784177282517913%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=jYTqaHWOmXpdpUJew4Ihsp615bj%2Fc8Hyn4kpubedxxM%3D&reserved=0) of [Euroleague.net](http://Euroleague.net), the gang discusses what worked – and didn't in Round 30 – as well as who's hot, who's hurt and, of course, who they believe in for Rounds 31 and 32.

Once again centers were a hot topic with [Daniel Theis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/daniel-theis/004132/) of AS Monaco, [Walter Tavares](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/walter-tavares/005791/) of Real Madrid and [Moustapha Fall](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/moustapha-fall/008811/) of Olympiacos Piraeus among the names mentioned. Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade big man [Filip Petrusev](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/filip-petrusev/011194/) was also universally recommended.  

The gang also discussed which teams have advantages you may want to exploit for the second set of games this week. Javi, Frankie and Vasiliki share their lineups for Round 31, including who are their choices for captain (#VezforPrez), too. Time is of the essence in this double round, with the action beginning at 18:45 CET on Tuesday when Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul hosts Paris Basketball, so be sure to have your lineups set before then! Good luck, fantasy fans.

Vasiliki, Javi and Frankie are together again to offer their best insights for Rounds 31 and 32

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens v Paris Basketball (2025-03-28T19:15:00.000Z)

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade v Real Madrid (2025-03-28T19:00:00.000Z)

ALBA Berlin v Virtus Segafredo Bologna (2025-03-28T19:00:00.000Z)

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul v Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (2025-03-28T17:45:00.000Z)

Anadolu Efes Istanbul v Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (2025-03-28T17:30:00.000Z)

FC Bayern Munich v Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade (2025-03-27T19:30:00.000Z)

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan v FC Barcelona (2025-03-27T19:30:00.000Z)

Olympiacos Piraeus v AS Monaco (2025-03-27T19:15:00.000Z)

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne v Zalgiris Kaunas (2025-03-27T19:00:00.000Z)

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv v Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (2025-03-26T19:05:00.000Z)

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade v Virtus Segafredo Bologna (2025-03-26T19:00:00.000Z)

Anadolu Efes Istanbul v Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (2025-03-26T17:30:00.000Z)

Real Madrid v EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (2025-03-25T19:45:00.000Z)

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade v ALBA Berlin (2025-03-25T19:45:00.000Z)

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne v Olympiacos Piraeus (2025-03-25T19:45:00.000Z)

FC Barcelona v FC Bayern Munich (2025-03-25T19:30:00.000Z)

AS Monaco v Zalgiris Kaunas (2025-03-25T18:00:00.000Z)

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul v Paris Basketball (2025-03-25T17:45:00.000Z)

Javier Gancedo goes into what makes Valencia Basket the favorite, not just in its series against Hapoel Tel Aviv but also overall.

Why Valencia Basket can win the EuroCup

Sometimes, things are meant to be and the best team takes home the trophy. It's as simple as that.

[Valencia Basket](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/valencia-basket/pam/) has consistently proved to be the best team in the BKT EuroCup this year. It comes into the semifinals with just two losses to its name, which came when the team was already on the right track to be first in its regular-season group. It has dominated the competition in style, playing great basketball. It has scored 100 points or more in 11 of its 19 games this season and even reached 127 points in the Spanish League this past weekend, a new club record. Good momentum is everything in a playoff series, and Valencia heads into the most decisive games of the season at full speed.  

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">🔥🇪 🇸🔥<br>🔥🇱 🇦🔥<br>🔥🇭 🇴 🇷 🇦🔥<br><br>Fonteta... ¿Estamos preparados para lo que viene? <br><br>🏆 P1 1/2 <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroCup</a><br>🏡🆚 <a href="https://twitter.com/HapoelTLVBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HapoelTLVBC</a><br>⌚ Martes-20:30h<br>📺 <a href="https://twitter.com/MovistarPlus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MovistarPlus</a><br>🤝🏻 <a href="https://twitter.com/pamesaceramica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@pamesaceramica</a> <a href="https://t.co/QulWaHCXQM">pic.twitter.com/QulWaHCXQM</a></p>&mdash; Valencia Basket Club (@valenciabasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/valenciabasket/status/1904226637962527006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Sure, Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv has the star power and a two-time EuroLeague-winning coach like Dimitris Itoudis. It managed to bounce back from [Patrick Beverley](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/patrick-beverley/001927/)'s departure by bringing back homegrown hero [Yam Madar](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/yam-madar/011052/), a former EuroLeague Rising Star award winner. Valencia has everything else in its favor: know-how, depth and home-court advantage.

This is Valencia's 10th EuroCup semifinal appearance and it is aiming to lift its fifth title. No other team has won the EuroCup more than twice. Every time Valencia played a semifinal under the current format, it went through: against Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem in 2017 and UNICS Kazan in 2019. Valencia means serious business when is this close to the goal.

Valencia has a really deep roster and the fact that I didn't mention any of its players until now is not a coincidence. Anyone can step up and contribute. As many as nine players average over 7.0 points per game, led by small forward [Semi Ojeleye](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/semi-ojeleye/011982/) (12.8 ppg.). [Matt Costello](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/matthew-costello/010444/) and [Jean Montero](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/jean-montero/010042/) have stepped up in recent games, but it could be just anyone. Hapoel has very well-defined scoring options and in that sense, coach Pedro Martinez's team is way more unpredictable... in a good way.

Semi Ojeleye of Valencia Basket averages 12.8 points so far in this 2024-25 BKT EuroCup season.

Semi Ojeleye: Valencia's top scorer

Home-court advantage means a lot to Valencia as it has won 86.6% of all EuroCup games played at La Fonteta. Only four teams have ever beaten Valencia in postseason action: Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar in the 2013 semifinals, Khimki Moscow Region in the 2015 quarterfinals, Unicaja Malaga in Game 3 of the 2017 Finals and Virtus Bologna in the 2022 semifinals. Valencia rarely loses at home, and it has an extra motivation. 

At the end of this season, the club will move to the bigger, brand-new Roig Arena. There is no better way to say goodbye to La Fonteta than winning the EuroCup and opening Roig Arena in the EuroLeague, the best stage possible.

Coach Martinez is looking to reach his third EuroCup Finals. In 2008, his Akasvayu Girona side lost against Joventut Badalona in Turin, Italy. In 2017, his Valencia squad had everything in their favor, leading by 13 points with 9 minutes left but ended up losing a do-or-die Game 3 against Unicaja Malaga. This is the kind of painful memory that never goes away, and I think Valencia can use it as an extra motivation, like it did in the 2019 Finals against ALBA Berlin. Given Valencia's strength at home, it is unlikely that it loses twice against any opponent this season.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">🗣️ Habla Pedro<br>&quot;𝘚𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘺 𝘭𝘢 𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪ó𝘯 𝘦𝘴 𝘮á𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘢. 𝘝𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘴&quot;<br><br>🏆 P1 1/2 <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroCup</a><br>🏡🆚 <a href="https://twitter.com/HapoelTLVBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HapoelTLVBC</a> <br>⌚ Martes-20:30h<br>📺 <a href="https://twitter.com/MovistarPlus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MovistarPlus</a> <br>🤝🏻 <a href="https://twitter.com/pamesaceramica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@pamesaceramica</a> <a href="https://t.co/sKKNYNNTSv">pic.twitter.com/sKKNYNNTSv</a></p>&mdash; Valencia Basket Club (@valenciabasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/valenciabasket/status/1904134348607041814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

If you want numbers, Valencia has them all. It leads the competition in scoring (96.5 ppg.), defensive rebounds (27.7 drpg.), assists (23.6 apg.), three-point shots attempted (34.6) and accuracy (39.1% 3FG). The faster Valencia plays the better chance it has to win, and with such depth and physicality, it will make sure to speed up the game tempo as often as possible.

Four excellent teams made it to the EuroCup Semifinals and any of them could lift the trophy at the end of the season. But, personally, I would be surprised if that team is not Valencia.

Javier Gancedo goes into what makes Valencia the favorite, not just in its series against Hapoel Tel Aviv but also overall

Why Valencia can win the EuroCup

Valencia Basket v Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv (2025-03-25T19:30:00.000Z)

Hear from Georgios Printezis and his Olympiacos BC teammates Vassilis Spanoulis and Kyle Hines, as well as CSKA Moscow center Nenad Krstic, is this third episode of the EuroLeague 25 Moments series.

EuroLeague 25 Moments: Olympiacos and its historic 2012 comeback

Every championship is special, but for [Olympiacos Piraeus](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/olympiacos-piraeus/oly/), nothing can compare with its triumph in Istanbul.

In 2012, the Reds completed an unthinkable comeback from 19 points down to defeat CSKA Moscow 61-62 on a last-second floater by [Georgios Printezis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/georgios-printezis/amm/) in the championship game in the Turkish metropolis.

CSKA was considered the favorite as Olympiacos was the younger team with only one former champion on the roster. But the Reds turned out to be the team of destiny.

Hear from Printezis and his teammates [Vassilis Spanoulis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/vassilis-spanoulis/juo/) and [Kyle Hines](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/kyle-hines/002812/), as well as CSKA center [Nenad Krstic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nenad-krstic/auo/), is this third episode of the EuroLeague 25 Moments series as they break down that special night that launched an Olympiacos dynasty that continued with another crown the following year.

You can also watch [episode one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTOQS-w-PNs&t=86s) and [episode two](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHqpRVU6VVs&t=518s) now.

More Olympiacos News

CSKA Moscow v Olympiacos Piraeus (2012-05-13T18:00:00.000Z)

Frankie Sachs breaks down why he likes Hapoel’s chances to go all the way this season, starting with the semifinal series against top-ranked Valencia.

Why Hapoel Tel Aviv can win the EuroCup

Do you believe in destiny? Because the good folks at [Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/hapoel-shlomo-tel-aviv/hta/) do.

What do [Johnathan Motley](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/johnathan-motley/011157/), [Bruno Caboclo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/bruno-caboclo/012096/), [Noam Yaacov](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/noam-yaacov/011386/) and [Yam Madar](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/yam-madar/011052/) have in common? They all played in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague last season – two of them even reached the Final Four – and they chose to take a proverbial step back to the BKT EuroCup and accept the challenge of making history with Hapoel. Add to them former EuroLeague champion head coach [Dimitris Itoudis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/hapoel-shlomo-tel-aviv/hta/itoudis-dimitris/) and [Ish Wainright](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/ishmail-carzell-wainright/013284/), who spent the last three seasons in the NBA, and you have a team determined to make noise regardless of the opponent.

Hapoel has certainly faced some ups and downs, including two players pegged for meaningful roles ([Patrick Beverley](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/patrick-beverley/001927/) and [Ben Bentil](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/benjamin-bentil/009818/)) being released during the season. But the team seems to be peaking at the right time, having now won eight straight games in all competitions.

Talk to the players on the team and they will tell you how the mid-season introduction of Coach Itoudis has made them better. The numbers will show you how the mid-season signing of Madar has made the offense better. Another late addition, [Marcus Bingham](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/marcus-bingham/013506/), has made the team deeper and more dangerous on defense.

Marcus Bingham: Hapoel's X-factor

Between Motley, Caboclo and Bingham, Hapoel has as deep a big-man rotation as any EuroCup side, including the dangerous Valencia trio of [Jaime Pradilla](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/jaime-pradilla/010393/), [Matt Costello](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/matthew-costello/010444/) and [Amida Brimah](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/amida-brimah/012075/). Between [Marcus Foster](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/marcus-foster/010386/) and [Antonio Blakeney](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/antonio-blakeney/013402/), there is a lethal scorer on the floor at all times. With Madar, Wainright, [Guy Palatin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/guy-palatin/013283/) and Bingham, there are stud defenders. And thanks to [Joe Ragland](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/joe-ragland/005181/), [Bar Timor](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/bar-timor/004846/) and Madar, playing with multiple ball-handlers is always an option for Coach Itoudis.

Championships are naturally won on the court. But the amount of work off the court to get a team there cannot always be measured. And this Hapoel team has been putting in the work all season long, even when it wasn’t trying to.

Unable to play home games in front of its raucous crowd in Tel Aviv, Hapoel has been on the road all season. Its home games have been played in tiny Samokov, Bulgaria. So, in addition to road games in Spain, Serbia, Italy, Lithuania, Montenegro and Germany, the players have boarded a flight to the Balkans 10 times. All of that time together on planes and buses has forged a chemistry that makes the team better on the court.

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Something to prove? You betcha! Hapoel management did an excellent job of convincing players to join the project, but Motley, Caboclo, Madar and Wainright all checked to see if there were better options before putting their names on the dotted line. Ragland, 35, wants to show everyone that he's still got it. Bingham and Yaacov want to prove that they have stardom in front of them, And Timor and [Tomer Ginat](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/tomer-ginat/010550/), like Madar, want to reward the Hapoel faithful.

I could go on with numbers to show how good Hapoel can be. But I don’t think numbers will make the difference against Valencia in the semifinals. I think Hapoel has the advantage in terms of chemistry, depth and, thanks to Coach Itoudis, defense and tactical acumen. And that should be enough.

All four teams still standing have good reasons to believe that they can capture EuroCup glory. Hapoel may just have more reasons.

Frankie Sachs breaks down why he likes Hapoel’s chances to go all the way this season, starting with the semifinal series against top-ranked Valencia

Check out what the protagonists are saying ahead of the BKT EuroCup Semifinals.

Semifinals, Game 1: Pregame quotes

## Tuesday, March 25: Game 1

### Bahcesehir College Istanbul vs. Dreamland Gran Canaria (18:00 CET)

**Jaka Lakovic, Dreamland Gran Canaria head coach**

"Tomorrow we face Bahcesehir in Istanbul in the EuroCup Semifinals. We face this semifinal series with a lot of enthusiasm, ambition and desire to compete. We are playing against a team that is structured both in terms of budget and players, with the goal of winning the competition and qualifying for the EuroLeague. It is a team that is built with players of great quality, talent, experience and physicality in every position. It is a team that plays very consistently throughout the season, and it is no coincidence that they were first in our group in the regular season. We have a very difficult, physical and demanding series ahead of us."

**Mike Tobey, Dreamland Gran Canaria center**

"It's a semifinal, so logically it's a super important game. They are a tough team, very physical. We've already fought them twice, so we know how good they are, but we're going to Turkiye to win. We want to reach the final, we want to win the title, so it's a very important game, but we'll be ready. The physical level will be very important. Being tough, playing our game... It's a semifinal, so obviously you have to score important shots, but defense and matching their physical intensity will be key."

### Valencia Basket vs. Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv (20:30 CET)

**Valencia Basket head coach Pedro Martinez**

"It's a great moment, the semifinal of a European competition. It is very difficult to get here. We have worked for many months, we have gone through all kinds of moments. The motivation and our hopes are very big. We live to play these games. The players are motivated. We are privileged to play these games, to have this pressure that we have: the fear of defeat, excitement for victory. We have all that before this game. We are going to enjoy it, we are going to fight, and hopefully we can win. I'm expecting a very tight series, it's going to be tremendous. If you had told me in preseason, when you see how the teams are, I think we were one of the favorites. We are not hiding, nor are we afraid or embarrassed to say it. Valencia is a team that has been playing EuroLeague in the last few seasons and we are one of the favorites. But Hapoel Tel Aviv was the other big favorite in the competition. When they put together their roster, when you see the players they signed and then they have reinforced very well during the year with \[Marcus\] Bingham, with the change of coach, a legend like \[Dimitris\] Itoudis. It's a very big matchup. It could have been in the final, but it's in the semifinal. It doesn't matter, you have to play against everyone. Whoever wins this series is not going to immediately be crowned the champion. Whoever it is will have to play in the EuroCup Finals. But it's a big tie. We have to be prepared to play against a great team that will make it very difficult for us, and we have to be in good spirits to get through it."

**Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv head coach Dimitris Itoudis**

"We take great pride in building, creating, and writing history for all Hapoel Tel Aviv fans, supporters, and, of course, the club itself. We know the challenge ahead won’t be easy, but we are here to embrace the tough moments. We will give everything we have on the court. Beating Valencia in a best-of-three series requires much more because they are an exceptional team. They excel at running the floor and scoring a variety of creative spot-up shots. Based on our analysis, they are the best team outside the NBA in terms of scoring, three-point shooting efficiency, and the ability to generate high-percentage three-point opportunities from their offensive play."

**Bar Timor, Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv guard**

"We are extremely excited and happy to have reached this stage. Both teams have different playing styles. Valencia plays at a very fast pace and tries to control the tempo, so we have a lot to focus on in that aspect. We will prepare well, come ready, stick to our game plan, and I believe it will work."

Check out what the protagonists are saying ahead of the BKT EuroCup Semifinals

Bahcesehir College Istanbul v Dreamland Gran Canaria (2025-03-25T17:00:00.000Z)

Fantasy Challenge guru Javier Gancedo shares some tips for the start of the BKT EuroCup Semifinals

Javier Gancedo's fantasy tips for the EuroCup Semifinals

The 2024-25 BKT EuroCup season is nearing its end, but there are still at least four rounds to be played in the [EuroCup Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/11), which could rise to five or even six if any of the best-of-three playoff series goes to a third game. Player choice is now limited, so allow me to get straight to the point. I am recommending one player per team for Games 1 and 2 of the semifinals. Here they are.

### Jean Montero, Valencia Basket (11.8 credits)

The time has come for "El Problema" to showcase his talent. [Jean Montero](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/jean-montero/010042/) has been unstoppable lately and the EuroCup Semifinals should be another opportunity for him. Montero had 12 points and a PIR of 12 in 14 minutes in the [quarterfinals against Cluj](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/valencia-cruises-past-cluj-98-74-and-into-last-four/) and has been unstoppable in Spanish League action. His matchup against [Yam Madar](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/yam-madar/011052/) is a critical one in this series.

### Axel Bouteille, Bahcesehir College Istanbul (12.3 credits)

Bahcesehir has many hungry, experienced players ready to fight for the EuroCup title. [Axel Bouteille](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/axel-bouteille/003840/) was close in 2023 when he reached the final with Turk Telekom Ankara. He is one of the best three-point shooters in competition history (44.6% on 377 attempts) and should step up against a tough team like Gran Canaria. Expect him to lead his team all series long.

Mike Tobey, Matt Costello, Jean Montero, Axel Bouteille and Marcus Foster are featured in this week's article.

EuroCup Fantasy tips: semifinals Games 1-2

### Mike Tobey, Dreamland Gran Canaria (11.6 credits)

Speaking of EuroCup experience, [Mike Tobey](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/mike-tobey/008966/) won the competition with Valencia in 2019 and is looking for his second crown. Gran Canaria needs his defensive skills to stop [Johnathan Motley](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/johnathan-motley/011157/) down low. Tobey has been playing well, too, going for 14 points and 8 rebounds for a PIR of 21 in the [quarterfinals against Jerusalem](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/gran-canaria-beats-hapoel-89-92-to-advance-to-semifinals/) and amassing a PIR of 23 in Spanish League action.

### Marcus Foster, Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv (12.2 credits)

All eyes will be on [Johnathan Motley](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/johnathan-motley/011157/) and [Yam Madar](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/yam-madar/011052/), but [Marcus Foster](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/marcus-foster/010386/) has been incredibly solid in recent games. Foster finished the regular season in style, averaging a PIR of 18.0 in the last three games. He did well in the [quarterfinals against Turk Telekom](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/hapoel-fights-off-turk-telekom-moves-into-semifinals/), too, getting 21 points and 8 rebounds for a PIR of 15. If Hapoel advances, expect Foster to be a big part of that.

### Matt Costello, Valencia Basket (12.0 credits)

Valencia is looking for its fifth EuroCup championship and has the home-court advantage in all series. There is pressure, of course, and it needs its most experienced players to play a big role in the series against Hapoel. [Matt Costello](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/matthew-costello/010444/) already delivered [against Cluj](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/valencia-cruises-past-cluj-98-74-and-into-last-four/) with 10 points and 7 rebounds for a PIR of 15. This weekend, he had a PIR of 20 in 13 minutes in domestic action. His time is now.

Fantasy Challenge guru Javier Gancedo shares some tips for the start of the semifinals

Fantasy Challenge guru Javier Gancedo shares his recommendations ahead of Rounds 31 and 32 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

EuroLeague Fantasy tips for Rounds 31-32: A critical double-round week

Here it comes! This is the last double-round week of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season and a key one for all [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/) managers. 

Four trades are allowed before each round so keeping an eye on the game during the week will be critical. I am here to help you with some recommendations from pretty much every price range. These are five players I like ahead of Rounds 31 and 32.

### Filip Petrusev, Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade (11.5 credits)

He should be the most-bought player before Round 31. [Filip Petrusev](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/filip-petrusev/011194/) returns to an injury-plagued Zvezda frontcourt and should have a big role going forward. Over the weekend, Petrusev needed just 23 minutes to get 20 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks for a PIR of 29 in Adriatic League action. He will see plenty of playing time and it should be a good week for him.

### Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes Istanbul (14.7 credits)

A couple of rounds ago, after a [big road win in Munich](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/larkin-leads-efes-past-bayern-92-97/), [Shane Larkin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/shane-larkin/007200/) said that Efes "basically is in playoff mode". He has the numbers to prove it, too. Larkin has had a PIR of at least 17 in each of the last four rounds, paking at a PIR of 33 against Bayern. [Vincent Poirier](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/vincent-poirier/004887/) might miss the game, which means Larkin should have even more responsibilities on offense.

Rokas Jokubaitis, Walter Tavares, Filip Petrusev, Shane Larkin and Dario Brizuela are featured in this week's article.

EuroLeague Fantasy tips: Rounds 31-32

### Rokas Jokubaitis, Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (13.0 credits)

Despite being eliminated and not having a full roster, Maccabi has been playing well lately and with a lot of pride. Maccabi is on a four-game winning streak and several players have stepped up. [Rokas Jokubaitis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/rokas-jokubaitis/007519/) is one of them. He has averaged 19.5 points and 4.5 assists for a PIR of 21.5 since missing three games because of injury. Jokubaitis is a reliable player for the next four games.

### Walter Tavares, Real Madrid (14.9 credits)

[Walter Tavares](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/walter-tavares/005791/) was simply unstoppable in the first 7 minutes of his team's game [against ASVEL](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/tavares-leads-real-past-asvel-81-70/) as he amassed a PIR of 19. Tavares also had a solid game over the weekend with 14 points and 10 rebounds for a PIR of 24 in Spanish League action. It looks to be only a matter of time before he has another monster performance. If Tavares is healthy and in shape, he is a must in the game.

### Dario Brizuela, FC Barcelona (8.4 credits)

[Dario Brizuela](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/dario-brizuela/009992/) is playing point guard for the first time in his career and the big question is: how come he hasn't before? He is showcasing some of his best basketball with a lot of freedom to create his own shot but also sharing the ball really well. He had a PIR of 21 [against Zalgiris](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/barcelona-wins-third-straight-gets-past-zalgiris-82-70/) with 20 points. All for less than 9.0 credits. Buy him now!

More Fantasy Challenge News

Fantasy Challenge guru Javier Gancedo shares his recommendations for this week

EuroLeague Fantasy tips, Rounds 31-32: A crucial double-round week

The BKT EuroCup Semifinals begin on Tuesday, with the regular-season group winners hosting the openers of a three-game series. This is what we can look forward to.

Game Center: Who is ready for Game 1 of the semifinals?

## Tuesday, March 25

### [Bahcesehir College Istanbul 74-66 Dreamland Gran Canaria](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/game-center/2024-25/bahcesehir-college-istanbul-dreamland-gran-canaria/U2024/189/#boxscore)

Bahcesehir is one win away from the EuroCup Finals after defeating former champion Gran Canaria in the opening game of their best-of-three semifinals series at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall. After trailing by 5 in the opening quarter, Axel Bouteille fueled a 13-0 run for the hosts who held on the rest of the way. The lead would reach 18 at one point. Before Gran Canaria was able to rally within 5 in the fourth quarter. However Marko Simonovic made sure Bahcesehir held on for the victory by scoring 10 of his game-high 20 points in the last period. Bouteille finished with 15 points for the winners, while Mike Tobey posted 14 points in defeat.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">🔥 STARTING THE SEMI-FINALS STRONG WITH THE HOME W!<br><br>BKT EuroCup | Yarı Final - 1. Maç | Maç Sonucu | Bahçeşehir Koleji 74 - 66 Dreamland Gran Canaria<br><br>•⁠ ⁠Marko Simonovic: 20 sayı, 8 ribaund, 3 asist<br>•⁠ ⁠Axel Bouteille: 15 sayı, 3 ribaund, 1 asist<br>•⁠ ⁠Şehmus Hazer: 9… <a href="https://t.co/ypO3T1YYzr">pic.twitter.com/ypO3T1YYzr</a></p>&mdash; Bahçeşehir Koleji Spor Kulübü (@BKBasketbol) <a href="https://twitter.com/BKBasketbol/status/1904609206705283420?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

### [Valencia Basket 91-82 Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/game-center/2024-25/valencia-basket-hapoel-shlomo-tel-aviv/U2024/190/)

Valencia got closer to its eighth EuroCup Finals by downing Hapoel at La Fonteta in Game 1 of their best-of-three series. Jean Montero led the winners with 24 points. Chris Jones and Matt Costello each added 13 while Nate Reuvers had 12 for Valencia. Yam Madar and Marcus Foster were Hapoel's top scorers with 20 points apiece. Johnathan Motley had 12 while Antonio Blakeney added 10 for the visitors.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">1️⃣-0️⃣🧡<br>¡¡SEGUIMOS, FAMILIA!! <a href="https://t.co/LIE3vv9v8P">pic.twitter.com/LIE3vv9v8P</a></p>&mdash; Valencia Basket Club (@valenciabasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/valenciabasket/status/1904651237704032485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Both semifinals get underway on Tuesday night

Game Center: Valencia, Bahcesehir win series openers at home

The hosts have won four straight, mostly through explosive offense spearheaded by in-form guard [Rokas Jokubaitis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/rokas-jokubaitis/007519/) (12.6 points and 5.0 assists per game), but also showing toughness at the defensive end in last week's low-scoring win over Virtus. And that will definitely be required against a free-scoring Green machine which has been augmented by a return to form by ex-Maccabi ace [Lorenzo Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/lorenzo-brown/009622/), who is coming off consecutive double-digit scoring nights for just the second time this season. Another key battle will take place in the paint between [Trevion Williams](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/trevion-williams/012604/) and [Wenyen Gabriel](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/wenyen-gabriel/013383/), who both delivered strong performances in last week’s wins.

### Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv

 

**Streaks**

Jake Cohen has made 21 consecutive free throws.

Tamir Blatt has made 18 consecutive free throws.

Jaylen Hoard has had PIRs of at least 10 in 22 of his 23 EuroLeague appearances.

Hoard has scored 12 points or more in 14 of his last 15 games.

Hoard has collected at least 1 steal in four straight and nine of his last 10 games.

Rokas Jokubaitis has scored at least 10 points in seven of his last eight games.

Jokubaitis has had PIRs of at least 14 in seven of his last eight games.

Jokubaitis has made 14 straight free throws.

Roman Sorkin has scored at least 10 points in 11 straight games.

Sorkin has posted PIRs in double figures in seven straight games.

Sorkin has made 10 straight free throws.

Will Rayman has made 17 straight free throws.

 

**Season rankings**

Jaylen Hoard ranks 10th in average index rating with 18.1 per game.

Hoard ranks second in steals with 1.3 per game.

Trevion Williams ranks eighth in rebounding with 6.1 per game.

Tamir Blatt ranks second in assists with 7.0 per game.

Rokas Jokubaitis ranks ninth in assists with 5.0 per game.

Blatt ranks second in free-throw shooting at 95.0%.

Maccabi ranks second in offensive rebounding with 12.1 per game.

 

**Records/Milestones**

John DiBartolomeo is 12th all-time with a 2.5-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.

Rokas Jokubaitis needs 1 three-point shot made to reach 100 for his career.

Game Videos

### Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens

 

**Streaks**

Kendrick Nunn has made at least 1 three-point shot in 35 straight games.

Nunn has scored 17 or more points in seven of his last eight games.

Juancho Hernangomez has had PIRs of 12 or more in 12 straight games.

Hernangomez has pulled down 6 or more rebounds in 12 straight games.

Kostas Sloukas has at least 1 steal in nine of his last 10 games.

Sloukas has posted a PIR in double figures in eight of his last nine games.

Mathias Lessort has pulled down at least 5 rebounds in 11 straight and 23 of his last 24 games.

Lessort has had a PIR of 10 or more in 25 of his last 26 games.

Omer Yurtseven has scored in double figures in four straight games.

 

**Season rankings**

Kendrick Nunn is the league co-leader in scoring with 20.0 points per game.

Mathias Lessort ranks fifth in average index rating with 20.5 per game.

Nunn ranks ninth in average index rating with 18.2 per game.

Nunn ranks second in three-pointers made with 2.9 per game.

Lessort ranks second in rebounding with 7.1 per game.

Juancho Hernangomez ranks fifth in rebounding with 6.4 per game.

Lessort ranks third in two-point shooting at 74.1%.

Lessort ranks third in offensive rebounding with 2.8 per game.

Wenyen Gabriel is tied for ninth in offensive rebounding with 2.0 per game.

Gabriel ranks fourth in blocks with 1.2 per game.

Kostas Sloukas ranks 10th in assists with 4.9 per game.

Sloukas ranks fifth in free-throw shooting at 93.8%.

Panathinaikos ranks second in the league in average PIR with 102.9 per game.

Panathinaikos ranks second in scoring with 87.0 points per game.

Panathinaikos ranks third in two-point shooting at 58.6%.

Panathinaikos ranks second in defensive rebounding with 24.1 per game.

Panathinaikos has allowed 9.7 offensive rebounds per game, the third-lowest this season.

 

**Records/Milestones**

Kostas Sloukas is in third place all-time with 416 games played.

Sloukas ranks third all-time with 1,843 assists. Sergio Rodriguez is second with 1,874.

Sloukas is in fourth place all-time with 983 free throws made. Mike James of AS Monaco is third with 1,117.

Sloukas is eighth all-time with 3,963 career points. Nikola Mirotic of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan is seventh with 3,998 and counting.

Sloukas is ranked fourth all-time with 4,953 index rating points. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is third with 5,099 and counting.

Sloukas is 12th all-time with 500 three-point shots made. Nando De Colo of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne is 11th with 503, and Rodrigue Beaubois of Anadolu Efes Istanbul is 10th with 507.

Marius Grigonis ranks seventh all-time in free-throw accuracy at 90.6%.

Sloukas ranks 16th all-time in free-throw accuracy at 89.0%.

Sloukas is in 18th place on the all-time charts with 263 career steals. Vassilis Spanoulis is 17th with 273 steals.

Tibor Pleiss is ranked seventh all-time with 228 career blocks. Alex Tyus is sixth with 238.

Pleiss ranks 10th all-time with 1,009 two-pointers made. Paulius Jankunas is ninth with 1,011.

Pleiss is ranked 15th all-time with 1,399 rebounds. Kostas Papanikolaou of Olympiacos is 14th with 1,407 and counting.

Grigonis needs 4 steals to reach 100 for his career.

Jerian Grant is the all-time leader with a 3.1-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.

Grant needs 5 steals to reach 100 for his career.

Maccabi (10-20) will attempt to retain its status as the hottest team in the league by upsetting the top-four aspirations of reigning champ Panathinaikos (19-11). 

Game Facts: Maccabi vs. Panathinaikos

\- This is a rematch of last season's playoff series, which Panathinaikos won thanks to an 81-72 victory in a deciding Game 5 in which Kendrick Nunn scored 26 points on 6 three-pointers.

\- Mathias Lessort had a career-high 4 blocks in an 88-95 victory in Game 4 of last season's playoffs to tie the EuroLeague Playoffs record.

\- In Game 2, Panathinaikos celebrated a 95-79 win in Athens behind a career-high 29 points from Kostas Sloukas who made a career-best 8-of-9 two-point shots.

\- Maccabi won Games 1 and 3 of that playoff series. Maccabi rallied to beat Panathinaikos 87-91 in Athens in Game 1 and held on for an 85-83 victory in Game 3 in Belgrade.

\- Kostas Sloukas dished a career-high 13 assists in Game 1 of last season's playoffs.

\- Maccabi swept Panathinaikos during the 2023-24 regular season, including an 81-86 overtime win in Athens as Lorenzo Brown, now with Panathinaikos, tied Maccabi's single-game record and his personal best with 12 assists, while also collecting a career-high 5 steals.

\- In that same game, John DiBartolomeo scored 15 points on a career-best 5-of-7 three-point shooting and pulled down a career-high 9 rebounds.

\- The Greens won a classic five-game playoff series against Maccabi to reach the 2012 Final Four. Three of the games in that series were decided by a single basket, including Game 2, which went to overtime, and the deciding Game 5.

\- The Panathinaikos single-game record for blocks by a player is 6, which Stephane Lasme set against Maccabi on November 14, 2013.

\- Panathinaikos and Maccabi squared off in the 2000 EuroLeague final in Thessaloniki, Greece. Panathinaikos prevailed 73-67 behind 20 points from Zeljko Rebraca, who was chosen as the Final Four MVP.

\- Panathinaikos and Maccabi met again in the 2001 SuproLeague final in Paris. Maccabi won 81-67. Arriel McDonald earned Final Four MVP honors with 21 points in the title game.

\- Panathinaikos defeated Maccabi 70-78 in the 2011 EuroLeague championship game in Barcelona behind 18 points from Mike Batiste and 16 points and 9 assists from Dimitris Diamantidis.

\- Panathinaikos playmaker Lorenzo Brown spent the last two seasons with Maccabi. He earned All-EuroLeague honors each season and led the team to a pair of EuroLeague Playoff appearances.

\- Maccabi head coach Oded Kattash coached Panathinaikos in 2021. He also played for the Greens, which he helped win the EuroLeague in 2000 by scoring 17 points in the final against Maccabi.

\- Panathinaikos center Mathias Lessort played for Maccabi in the first part of the 2021-22 season.

\- Lessort pulled down a career-best 7 offensive rebounds for Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade against Maccabi in November 2022.

\- Panathinaikos guard Marius Grigonis was a teammate of Maccabi's Rokas Jokubaitis at Zalgiris Kaunas. Grigonis and Jokubaitis were teammates for three seasons, from 2018 to 2021.

\- Grigonis and Jokubaitis have also been teammates on the Lithuanian national team.

\- Panathinaikos center Wenyen Gabriel played the first part of the season with Maccabi, making his EuroLeague debut with the club.

\- Maccabi guard Marial Shayok and Wenyen Gabriel have been teammates on the national team of South Sudan.

\- Panathinaikos forward Panagiotis Kalaitzakis scored a career-high 17 points against Maccabi in Round 23 in Belgrade last season.

\- Panathinaikos big man Konstantinos Mitoglou blocked a career-high 3 shots against Maccabi in December 2019.

Maccabi (10-20) will attempt to retain its status as the hottest team in the league by upsetting the top-four aspirations of reigning champ Panathinaikos (19-11).

Game Notes: Maccabi vs. Panathinaikos

Home team coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos will hope his injury problems in the paint ease, but he can rely on backcourt leadership from [Codi Miller-McIntyre](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/codi-miller-mcintyre/009048/) after his double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds in the win at Olympiacos. [Isaiah Canaan](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/isaiah-canaan/010612/) will be another major threat after netting 3 triples in each of the last three games. Virtus has lost eight straight, going down by double digits in the last four, but still has the motivation of avoiding the wooden spoon. Some optimism comes from the return of [Will Clyburn](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/will-clyburn/004888/), who netted 13 points on his comeback from injury in last week's loss to Maccabi.

### Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade

 

**Streaks**

 

Joel Bolomboy has posted PIRs in double digits in seven of his last eight games.

Bolomboy has pulled down at least 5 rebounds in eight straight games.

Nemanja Nedovic has made at least 1 three-pointer in eight straight and 14 of his last 15 games.

Mike Daum has made all 23 of his free-throw attempts in his EuroLeague career.

Isaiah Canaan has made at least 1 three-point shot in six straight games.

Yago Dos Santos has made at least 1 three-point shot in five of his last six games.

 

**Season rankings**

Joel Bolomboy leads the league in rebounding with 8.3 per game.

Bolomboy leads the league in offensive rebounding with 3.4 per game.

Zvezda ranks third in assists with 19.6 per game.

Zvezda has allowed the third-fewest points with 80.7 per game.

 

**Records/Milestones**

Milos Teodosic is tied with Rudy Fernandez for fifth place all-time with 594 three-pointers made. Scottie Wilbekin is fourth with 608.

Teodosic is ranked fifth all-time in assists with 1,482. Vassilis Spanoulis is fourth with 1,607.

Teodosic ranks 13th all-time in career points scored with 3,414. Tornike Shengelia of Virtus Segafredo Bologna is 12th with 3,448 and counting.

Teodosic ranks 13th all-time in free throws made with 708. Sergio Llull of Real Madrid is 12th with 728 and counting.

Joel Bolomboy needs 3 more blocks to reach 100 for his career.

Luka Mitrovic needs 3 steals to reach 100 for his career.

### Virtus Segafredo Bologna

 

**Streaks**

Matt Morgan has made 17 consecutive free throws.

Toko Shengelia has pulled down 5 or more rebounds in 11 of his last 12 games.

Shengelia has had a PIR of 12 or more in 10 of his last 11 games.

Will Clyburn has posted a PIR of at least 10 in 12 of his last 13 games.

Clyburn has made at least 1 three-point shot in eight of his last nine games.

Clyburn has at least 1 steal in eight of his last nine games.

 

**Season rankings**

Tornike Shengelia ranks 10th in scoring with 15.8 points per game.

Ante Zizic ranks eighth in offensive rebounding with 2.0 per game.

Will Clyburn is tied for third in steals with 1.3 per game.

Alessandro Pajola ranks sixth in steals with 1.2 per game.

Virtus pulls down a league-low 32.0 rebounds.

 

**Records/Milestones**

Toko Shengelia ranks 12th all-time in scoring with 3,448 points. Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul is 11th with 3,522 and counting.

Will Clyburn is in 15th place all-time in scoring with 3,292 points. Kyle Hines is 14th with 3,339 points.

Shengelia ranks 10th all-time with 774 free throws made. Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul in ninth place with 776, and Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is eighth with 789 and counting.

Daniel Hackett ranks 16th all-time in assists with 955. Theo Papaloukas ranks 15th with 977 assists.

Hackett is in 19th place on the all-time charts with 262 career steals. Kostas Sloukas of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens is 18th with 263 steals. Vassilis Spanoulis is 17th with 273 steals.

Achille Polonara needs 2 blocks to reach 100 for his career.

Alessandro Pajola ranks third all-time with a 2.9-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.

Ante Zizic ranks 17th all-time in two-point accuracy at 64.3%.

Zizic needs 3 assists to reach 100 for his career.

On the back of last week's morale-boosting win in Piraeus, Zvezda (17-13) will attempt to keep climbing the standings by downing floundering Virtus (7-23).

Game Facts: Zvezda vs. Virtus

\- Crvena Zvezda set a club record with 7 blocks in a 94-79 win over Virtus last season in Belgrade.

\- Zvezda rallied from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to pull out an 87-94 win against Virtus in Round 14.

\- Virtus head coach Dusko Ivanovic coached Zvezda from November 2022 until October 2023. He guided the team to 2023 Serbian League and Cup double.

\- Zvezda forward Rokas Giedraitis played under Coach Ivanovic at Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz during the 2020-21 and the first part of the 2021-22 season.

\- Giedraitis was a teammate of Virtus big man Achille Polonara in the first of those seasons.

\- Milos Teodosic spent four seasons at Virtus and helped the team win the 2022 EuroCup as the EuroCup Finals MVP.

\- Ognjen Dobric played for Vitus last season.

\- Zvezda center Joel Bolomboy was a teammate of Virtus forwards Will Clyburn and Torrnike Shengelia and guard Daniel Hackett at CSKA Moscow. Bolomboy, Hackett and Clyburn played together at CSKA for four seasons, from 2018 to 2022, and won the 2019 EuroLeague together.  Shengelia was there with them for two seasons, from 2020 to 2022.

\- Virtus guard Daniel Hackett played under Zvezda head coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos at Olympiacos Piraeus for two seasons, from 2015 to 2017. They reached the EuroLeague 2017 championship game together.

\- Daniel Hackett and Zvezda big man Luka Mitrovic were teammates at Brose Bamberg in the 2017-18 season.

\- Virtus center Ante Zizic played for two seasons, from 2020 to 2022, under current Zvezda head coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos at Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv.

\- Clyburn, his Virtus teammate Ante Zizic and Zvezda's Mike Daum were teammates at Anadolu Efes Istanbul last season

\- Daniel Hackett set his career highs in PIR (39) and three-pointers made (6) while playing for CSKA Moscow in an overtime loss against Zvezda in October 2020.

\- Virtus's Isaia Cordinier blocked a career-high 3 shots in an 85-79 home win over Zvezda in October 2023.

On the back of last week's morale-boosting win in Piraeus, Zvezda (17-13) will attempt to keep climbing the standings by downing floundering Virtus (7-23). 

Game Notes: Zvezda vs. Virtus

Scoring star [Markus Howard](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/markus-howard/011948/) has rediscovered top form for the Spanish team with an average of 18.3 points over the last three games, and he faces a shooting duel with former Baskonia star [Shane Larkin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/shane-larkin/007200/), who has played a key role in his team's four-game winning run with an average PIR of 21.3. [Elijah Bryant](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/elijah-bryant/009846/) is also performing well with an average of 15.8 points during the winning streak, and he was the key player with 20 points when Efes triumphed 84-89 at Baskonia in November. The Spanish team has not won on the road since December, so needs a major momentum shift to upset an Efes hunting a playoff place.

### Anadolu Efes Istanbul

 

**Streaks**

Shane Larkin has had a PIR of 12 or more in nine of his last 10 games.

Larkin has made at least 1 three-point shot in 12 straight games.

Larkin has made 10 consecutive free throws.

Elijah Bryant has scored 12 or more points in 12 of his last 13 games.

Bryant has made 15 consecutive free throws.

Bryant has recorded at least 1 steal in six of his last seven games.

PJ Dozier has made at least 1 three-point shot in five straight and 10 of his last 11 games.

 

**Season rankings**

Dan Oturu is tied for ninth in offensive rebounding with 2.0 per game.

Oturu ranks fifth in two-point shooting at 70.7%.

Shane Larkin ranks seventh in steals with 1.2 per game.

Elijah Bryant ranks 10th in steals with 1.1 per game.

Vincent Poirier ranks fifth in blocks with 1.1 per game.

Ercan Osmani ranks fourth in free-throw shooting at 93.9%.

Rodrigue Beaubois ranks sixth in three-point shooting at 45.9%.

Darius Thompson ranks eighth in three-point shooting at 45.2%.

Efes leads the league in blocks with 3.7 per game.

Efes ranks second in two-point shooting at 58.8%.

 

**Records/Milestones**

Shane Larkin is ranked 11th all-time in scoring with 3,522 points. Georgios Printezis is 10th with 3,599 points.

Larkin is in eighth place all-time in three-pointers made with 542. Monaco's Mike James is seventh with 589 and counting.

Larkin is in ninth place all-time with 776 free throws made. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is eighth with 789 and counting.

Larkin is in ninth place all-time with 4,170 PIR points. Vassilis Spanoulis, the head coach of AS Monaco, is eighth with 4,183.

Larkin is in 12th place all-time with 1,094 assists. His former teammate Vasa Micic is 11th with 1,097.

Larkin is in 15th place all-time with 277 steals. Thomas Walkup of Olympiacos Piraeus is 14th with 279 and counting.

Rodrigue Beaubois is in 10th place all-time in three-pointers made with 507. Vassilis Spanoulis is ninth with 518 three-pointers made.

Beaubois is in 19th place in career scoring with 3,082 points. Scottie Wilbekin of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is 18th with 3,179 points.

Beaubois needs 2 steals to reach 200 for his career.

Vincent Poirier ranks ninth all-time in blocks with 206. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is eighth all-time with 216 and counting.

Poirier is in 11th place all-time with 455 offensive rebounds. Tibor Pleiss of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens is 10th with 470 offensive rebounds and counting.

### Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz

 

**Streaks**

Chima Moneke has posted double-digit PIRs in eight of his last nine games.

Moneke has scored 10 or more points in eight of his last nine games.

Nikos Rogkavopoulos has made at least 1 three-pointer in 23 straight games.

Donta Hall has posted a double-digit PIR in 18 of his last 19 games.

Markus Howard has made at least 1 three-pointer in eight straight and 15 of his last 16 games.

Trent Forrest has collected at least 1 steal in nine straight games.

 

**Season rankings**

Chima Moneke ranks seventh in average index rating with 19.3 per game.

Moneke ranks seventh in rebounding with 6.4 per game.

Moneke ranks seventh in offensive rebounding with 2.3 per game.

Donta Hall ranks third in blocks with 1.2 per game.

Hall ranks fourth in two-point shooting at 71.2%.

Markus Howard ranks seventh in three-pointers made with 2.5 per game.

Nikolaos Rogkavopoulos ranks ninth in three-point shooting at 45.2%.

Baskonia ranks second in rebounding with 36.2 rebounds per game.

Baskonia leads the league in offensive rebounding with 12.3 per game.

Baskonia's defense has held opponents to 53.8% two-point shooting, the third lowest in the league.

 

**Records/Milestones**

Markus Howard made 148 triples last season to set the all-time single-season record.

Donta Hall leads the all-time charts in two-point accuracy at 74.1%.

Tadas Sedekerskis ranks 12th all-time in two-point accuracy at 65.3%.

Kamar Baldwin needs 7 assists to reach 100 for his career.

Nikos Rogkavopoulos needs 44 points to reach 500 for his career.

After keeping its postseason hopes alive with last week's thumping win over Bayern, Baskonia (13-17) must now triumph on the road at red-hot Efes (16-14). 

Game Facts: Efes vs. Baskonia

\- This is the 13th consecutive season that these two teams are meeting in the EuroLeague.

\- Baskonia edged Efes 78-83 with Markus Howard netting 19 points last season in Istanbul.

\- Efes has scored at least 89 points in six of the last seven games it has played against Baskonia in Vitoria-Gasteiz, including 111 points twice. In Round 9, it pulled out an 84-89 win.

\- Darius Thompson played for Baskonia in the 2022-23 season and made his EuroLeague debut there. He was named to the 2022-23 All-EuroLeague Second Team and led the 2022-23 EuroLeague in assists with 6.7 per game.

\- Efes’s backcourt duo of Rodrigue Beaubois and Shane Larkin both played for Baskonia. They were there together during the 2016-17 season when Larkin made his EuroLeague debut. Beaubois played for Baskonia during the 2017-18 season, too.

\- Larkin has averaged 19.0 points in games against Baskonia in his career.

\- Efes center Vincent Poirier played two seasons for Baskonia from 2017 to 2019. He was also a teammate of Baskonia forward Tadas Sedekerskis.

\- Baskonia's Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot was a teammate of Poirier on the French national team at EuroBasket 2022; they won silver medals together.

\- Efes center Vincent Poirier tied a EuroLeague Playoffs record with 4 blocks for Real Madrid in a Game 2 win over Baskonia last season.

\- Efes guard PJ Dozier and Baskonia guard Ognjen Jaramaz were teammates at Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade last season.

\- Efes big man Rolands Smits had career-highs in PIR (27) and scoring (21) for Zalgiris Kaunas in an 82-99 road win over Baskonia last season.

Game Notes: Efes vs. Baskonia

The Greek giant has already secured home-court advantage in the playoffs and will hope that [Saben Lee](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/saben-lee/013389/) can continue to fill the gaps in an injury-hit backcourt. The recent signing spent more than 27 minutes on the floor and dished 6 assists in last week’s loss to Zvezda, which saw the Reds struggle for an inside presence as big men [Nikola Milutinov](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nikola-milutinov/003941/) and [Moustapha Fall](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/moustapha-fall/008811/) combined for just 6 points. ASVEL’s habitual problem is turnovers, averaging 14.0 per game – next-to-worst in the league – so ball handlers [Theo Maledon](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/theo-maledon/007027/) and [Paris Lee](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/paris-lee/011225/) will have to take better care of the basketball.

### LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne

 

**Streaks**

Joffrey Lauvergne has had a PIR of 10 or more in seven of his last eight games.

Lauvergne has at least 1 steal in four of his last five games.

Nando De Colo has made at least 1 three-point shot in 15 of his last 16 games.

Andre Roberson has blocked at least 1 shot in four of his last five games.

Roberson has pulled down 5 or more rebounds in 11 of his last 12 games.

Melvin Ajinca has made 10 consecutive free throws.

 

**Season rankings**

Theo Maledon ranks fourth in average index rating with 20.9 per game.

Maledon ranks sixth in scoring with 16.8 points per game.

Neal Sako ranks 10th in rebounding with 6.1 per game.

Sako ranks fourth in offensive rebounding with 2.7 per game.

Andre Roberson ranks sixth in blocks with 1.1 per game.

Nando De Colo ranks third in free-throw shooting at 94.8%.

Tarik Black ranks seventh in two-point shooting at 70.4%.

 

**Records/Milestones**

Nando De Colo is the all-time leader in free-throw accuracy at 93.1%.

De Colo is the all-time leader in free throws made with 1,163.

De Colo is the all-time leader in PIR with 5,410 index rating points.

De Colo is in second place all-time in scoring with 4,798 points. Mike James leads the all-time charts with 5,100 points and counting.

De Colo ranks sixth all-time in two-point shots made with 1,063. Mike James is fifth with 1,108 and counting.

De Colo is in fifth place all-time in steals with 356. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is fourth with 365 steals and counting.

De Colo ranks 10th all-time in assists with 1,195. Dimitris Diamantidis is ninth with 1,255.

De Colo ranks 11th all-time with 503 career three-pointers made. Rodrigue Beaubois of Anadolu Efes Istanbul is 10th with 507, and Vassilis Spanoulis is ninth with 518.

Tarik Black ranks 10th all-time in two-point accuracy at 65.9%.

Theo Maledon made 182 free throws so far this season, setting the single-season EuroLeague record.

### Olympiacos Piraeus

 

**Streaks**

Sasha Vezenkov has scored in double figures and posted a double-digit PIR in 31 straight games.

Vezenkov has made at least 1 three-pointer in 16 straight and 25 of his last 26 games.

Vezenkov has posted a PIR of 14 or more in 27 straight games.

Evan Fournier has made at least 1 three-point shot in 13 of his last 15 games.

Keenan Evans has scored at least 10 points in 10 straight and 21 of his last 22 games.

Evans has posted a double-digit PIR in nine of his last 10 games.

Evans has made at least 1 three-pointer in 17 straight games.

Evans has made 21 consecutive free throws.

 

**Season rankings**

Sasha Vezenkov leads the league in average index rating with 24.4 per game.

Vezenkov is the league co-leader in scoring with 20.0 points per game.

Vezenkov ranks fourth in rebounding with 6.5 per game.

Nikola Milutinov ranks fifth in offensive rebounding with 2.6 per game.

Moustapha Fall leads the league in two-point shooting at 78.4%.

Evan Fournier ranks fifth in three-pointers made with 2.5 per game.

Alec Peters ranks second in three-point shooting at 51.1%.

Alec Peters ranks ninth in free-throw shooting at 91.9%.

Olympiacos ranks third in scoring with 86.9 points per game.

Olympiacos leads the league in assists with 21.1 per game.

Olympiacos leads the league in team PIR with 103.1 per game.

 

**Records/Milestones**

Kostas Papanikolaou is the all-time leader in games started with 330.

Papanikolaou is in seventh place all-time in steals with 324. Theo Papaloukas is sixth with 335.

Papanikolaou is ranked 14th all-time with 1,407 career rebounds. Johannes Voigtmann of FC Bayern Munich is 13th with 1,414 and counting.

Nikola Milutinov is ranked sixth all-time in offensive rebounds with 640. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is fifth with 656, and Bryant Dunston of Zalgiris Kaunas is fourth with 666 and counting.

Milutinov is ranked 16th all-time with 1,398 career rebounds. Tibor Pleiss of Anadolu Efes is 15th with 1,399 and counting.

Milutinov is ranked 18th all-time with 155 blocked shots. With his next block, he will tie Jordan Mickey for 17th place. Nicolo Melli of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is 16th with 158 and counting.

Sasha Vezenkov needs 13 assists to reach 300 for his career.

Moustapha Fall ranks second all-time in two-point accuracy at 73.4%.

Fall is ranked 13th all-time with 164 career blocked shots. James Gist is 12th with 167.

Thomas Walkup ranks 18th all-time with a 2.5-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.

Walkup is ranked 14th all-time in assists with 996. Facundo Campazzo of Real Madrid is 13th with 1,080 assists and counting.

Walkup is ranked 14th all-time in steals with 279. Nicolo Melli of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is 13th with 281 steals and counting.

Alec Peters ranks 12th all-time in free-throw shooting accuracy at 89.7%.

Peters ranks fifth all-time in three-point accuracy at 46.1%.

Keenan Evans needs 2 steals to reach 100 for his career.

League leader Olympiacos (22-8) will look to get back to winning ways with a trip to an ASVEL team (11-19) which has been eliminated from postseason contention after seven straight losses.

Game Facts: ASVEL vs. Olympiacos

\- Olympiacos has won the last four games against ASVEL.

\- When Olympiacos defeated ASVEL 94-92 in Round 9, Theo Maledon shined with career highs in PIR (37), points (31) and throws made (11) and tied his career-best in rebounds (7).

\- When Olympiacos beat ASVEL 73-85 last December, Moustapha Fall produced a stat line no player has ever had before, while also blocking more shots than any other player in almost 23 years. Fall had a career-high in blocks with 8 and tied a career-high with 7 assists. He also had 7 rebounds.

\- ASVEL's single-game record for three-pointers made by a player is 7, which Harold Mrazek set against Olympiacos in December 2003.

\- Olympiacos center Moustapha Fall played at ASVEL during the 2020-21 season and made his EuroLeague debut there. He was a teammate of Charles Kahudi and David Lighty.

\- ASVEL guard Nando De Colo was a teammate of Olympiacos forward Alec Peters during the 2018-19 season at CSKA Moscow. They won the EuroLeague together.

\- Centers Nikola Milutinov of Olympiacos and Joffrey Lauvergne of ASVEL were teammates at Partizan Belgrade from 2012 to 2014.

\- Lauvergne and Olympiacos guard Thomas Walkup were teammates at Zalgiris Kaunas in the 2020-21 season.

\- ASVEL center Tarik Black spent the 2022-23 season with Olympiacos Piraeus and helped the team reach the championship game that season and win the Greek League. He played under Coach Georgios Bartzokas and was a teammate of Sasha Vezenkov, Alec Peters, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Shaquielle McKissic, Kostas Papanikolaou, Thomas Walkup and Moustapha Fall.

\- Black was a teammate of Olympiacos guard Tyler Dorsey at Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv during the 2019-20 season.

\- The Olympiacos duo of Evan Fournier and Moustapha Fall have been teammates of ASVEL's Nando De Colo, Joffrey Lauvergne and Theo Maledon on the French national team over the years.

\- Fournier, Fall and De Colo won silver medals together at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

\- Fournier and De Colo also won silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the bronze at the 2019 FIBA World Cup, and the bronze at EuroBasket 2015.

\- Fournier and Lauvergne teamed up to win the 2014 FIBA World Cup bronze, the EuroBasket 2015 bronze, and the bronze at the U20 European Championship in 2011.

\- Fournier and Fall have also been teammates of ASVEL's Theo Maledon and together won a silver medal at EuroBasket 2022.

\- ASVEL guard Edwin Jackson and Olympiacos forward Sasha Vezenkov were teammates for the second part of the 2017-18 season at FC Barcelona.

\- ASVEL big man Ben Bentil was a teammate of Olympiacos playmaker Luca Vildoza at Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade during the 2022-23 season.

\- De Colo grabbed a career-best 9 rebounds while playing for CSKA Moscow against Olympiacos in November 2016.

\- Olympiacos forward Sasha Vezenkov set a career-high with 3 blocks against ASVEL in January 2021.

\- Olympiacos guard Shaquielle McKissic made a career-high 10 free throws against ASVEL in January 2021.

\- Olympiacos guard Tyler Dorsey grabbed a career-high 7 rebounds against ASVEL in March 2022.

\- ASVEL guard Edwin Jackson dished a career-high 7 assists while playing for Buducnost VOLI Podgorica against Olympiacos in March 2019.

\- ASVEL's Mbaye Ndiaye recorded a personal-best 3 blocks in Round 9 against Olympiacos.

League leader Olympiacos (22-8) will look to get back to winning ways with a trip to an ASVEL team (11-19) which has been eliminated from postseason contention after seven straight losses. 

Game Notes: ASVEL vs. Olympiacos

The Serbian team was blasted by Efes last week for its heaviest-ever EuroLeague home loss, so it needs to improve at both ends of the floor against an ALBA team that put up a good fight against Panathinaikos in Round 30 before running out of gas in the final quarter. Partizan has lost three games straight but has been boosted by the return of French guard [Frank Ntilikina](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/frank-ntilikina/006591/) after two months out injured. New ALBA coach Pedro Calles will look to exploit Partizan’s defensive vulnerability through Australian playmaker [Will McDowell-White](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/will-mcdowell-white/008062/), who has dished at least 5 assists in seven consecutive games.

### Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade

 

**Streaks**

Tyrique Jones has had a PIR of 10 or more in six straight games.

Tyrique Jones has had at least 1 steal in five of his last six games.

Isaac Bonga has made at least 1 three-pointer and a PIR of 10 or more in five straight games.

Brandon Davies has made at least 1 three-point shot in six of his last seven games.

Iffe Lundberg has made at least 1 three-point shot in four of his last five games.

 

**Season rankings**

Tyrique Jones ranks ninth in rebounding with 6.1 per game.

Tyrique Jones ranks second in offensive rebounding with 2.8 per game.

Carlik Jones ranks eighth in assists with 5.1 per game.

Aleksej Pokusevski ranks seventh in blocks with 1.0 per game.

Sterling Brown ranks seventh in free-throw shooting at 92.7%.

Isaac Bonga ranks eighth in free-throw shooting at 92.3%.

Brandon Davies ranks fourth in three-point shooting at 50.0%.

Brown ranks fifth in three-point shooting at 47.0%.

Partizan has committed the second-fewest turnovers with 10.9 per game.

Partizan leads the league in steals with 7.4 per game.

Partizan's defense has allowed 80.1 points per game, the second-fewest in the league.

Partizan has forced 13.1 turnovers, the third-most in the league.

 

**Records/Milestones**

Iffe Lundberg needs 1 steal to reach 100 for his career.

Isaac Bonga's next assist will be the 100th of his career.

Brandon Davies needs 15 more two-point baskets to reach 1,000 for his career.

### ALBA Berlin

 

**Streaks**

Matt Thomas has made at least 1 three-pointer in 12 of his last 13 games. He has made multiple threes in 11 of those games.

Thomas has scored in double figures in 10 of his last 11 games.

Yanni Wetzell has scored 10 or more points in nine straight games.

David McCormack has had a PIR of 14 or more in four of his last five games.

McCormack has pulled down 5 or more rebounds four of his last five games.

McCormack has at least 1 steal in five straight and nine of his last 10 games.

 

**Season rankings**

Martin Hermannsson ranks fifth in assists with 5.4 per game.

Louis Olinde ranks ninth in two-point shooting at 69.1%.

Matt Thomas ranks third in three-pointers made with 2.6 per game.

ALBA has committed a league-high 15.4 turnovers per game.

ALBA has made a league-low 30.1% of its three-point attempts

ALBA has allowed a league-high 91.3 points per game.

 

**Milestones**

Matteo Spagnolo needs 15 assists to reach 200 for his career.

Struggling Partizan (15-15) will attempt to boost its playoff ambitions with a visit from last placed but rapidly improving ALBA (5-25).