Today, as part of the first day of the 21st round of the Euroleague, five matches will be played.
The first game that will start the round is the biggest derby. Real Madrid will welcome Barcelona in its Wizink Center from 19:00. Real and Barcelona are at the very top of the Euroleague with the same ratio of 13 wins and 7 losses (they share first place with Fenerbahce and Olympiakos).
While Real celebrated in the Super Cup, which is played before the start of the season in Spain, Barcelona celebrated in the ACB League and the Euroleague.
In the only duel in the Euroleague for Real, the best player was Gabriel Deck, who scored 21 points. Sanli and Vesely (Sanli, Vesely) were surprising for Barcelona with 14 and 13 points, respectively.
The team from Madrid should be without Albert Abalde, Carlos Alosen, Anthony Randolph, and Nigel Williams-Goss and due to these absences it is expected that the best scorer of the team and BH. National team member Dzanan Musa contributes even more to his team.
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Higgins and Veseli are question marks for Barcelona, and Martinez will definitely. Barcelona is expected to be led by the Spanish national team member Nikola Mirotic.
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Alba Berlin – Valencia
The team from the bottom of the Euroleague – Alba Berlin welcomes weakened Valencia today. Valencia will try to continue their streak of three wins in the Euroleague, although they will be without their main star and member of the Montenegrin national team – Bojan Dubljevic. Apart from him, Rivero, Hermanson, and van Rossum will also be missing.
The good news for Valencia is that Jones Jr. is back. (Jones Jr.) who recorded 14 points and 5 assists in fourteen games played.
After a good start to the season, the team from Berlin was on a 12-game losing streak while waiting for their players to return from injuries.
In the last five matches, they are 3-2, and they are led by an American with a Croatian passport, Jaleen Smith, who averages 13.5 points per game. Only Eriksson, who has been absent since the beginning of the season, will not play for them.
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ASVEL – Fenerbahce
In Viljerban near Lyon, the host ASVEL will welcome Fenerbahce.
ASVEL is one of the most inconsistent teams in the entire Euroleague. Often in matches in which they are the favorite, they suffer a heavy defeat, while as outsiders they scalped many teams, such as Barcelona or Olympiakos.
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The team’s biggest star, Nando de Colo, is no stranger to Fenerbahce and played for them the previous three seasons, before returning to his native France.
Nando de Kolo is recording 13 points on average this season, accompanied by twenty-four-year-old Matthews with 11 points. ASVEL will be missing Lovernj (Lauvergne), a center and another former member of Fenerbahçe.
After five straight defeats, due to injuries to the main players, Fenerbahce managed to put out the fire a little and tie three victories.
It coincided with the return of Wilbekin and Jonathan Motley. American center Motley recorded 15 points and 6 rebounds this season.
They will miss the former NBA star – Nemanja Bjelica, as well as the Nigerian center Tonje Dzekiri.
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— Olimpia Milano (@OlimpiaMI1936) January 26, 2023
Monaco – Olimpia Milano
Tonight, Monaco will host the biggest disappointment of this year’s Euroleague cycle – Olimpia Milano.
Yesterday, Milan brought former NBA player Shabazz Napier as a replacement for Kevin Pangos.
The team from Milan was not helped by the French representative Timothe Luwavu-Cabbarot, who drowned in gray and did not bring any difference to his team.
American center Brandon Davies is the team’s best player and scores 11 points.
Milan’s “Mannequins” come to the Principality with a streak of four defeats and it is certain that Monaco will be looking for a victory, which they badly need in the fight for the playoffs.
They will be welcomed by their former basketball player and one of the true stars of European basketball, Mike James, who averages 17 points and 4 assists per game. He is followed by Jordan Lloyd and Elie Okobo (Jordan Lloyd, Elie Okobo), who score 11 and 12 points, respectively.
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The Monaco team also brought in Chima Moneke, who should be a replacement for veteran Adrian Moerman, who left for Zenit from St. Petersburg.
This game is very important for the Monaco basketball players, in order to try to ensure the advantage of the home court in the playoffs, and the playoffs themselves.
Panathinaikos – Zalgiris
Zalgiris is the most positive surprise this season in the Euroleague. Led by coach Maksvitis, they managed to squeeze into the fight for the playoffs.
The team from Kaunas certainly wants to appear in the Final four, which will be played in their city, so in January they are the best team with a 4-0 record.
It becomes even more fascinating when you learn about the injury of the main player Keenan Evans, who tore his Achilles tendon and is done for the season. His replacement Izea Taylor was also injured in last week’s game, and Tyler Cavanaugh will also be missing.
Winger Edgaras Ulanovas took the main role, who last week turned the match against Crvena Zvezda with two three-pointers in the last minutes.
Panathinaikos basketball players are in big trouble. The best player Dwayne Bacon (Dwayne Bacon) is averaging 20 points, but in previous games, he failed with percentage and shot selection.
This forced the fans of “Athens Greens” to demand the resignation of coach Radonjić.
The rare bright spot of this team is the former second pick of the NBA draft – Derrick Williams, who is averaging 14 points and 5 rebounds.
Panathinaikos will most likely miss playmaker Nate Wolters and Lithuanian center Arturas Guaditis today.
21st round of the Euroleague:
Thursday 26.1.
Real Madrid – Barcelona
Alba Berlin – Valencia
AS Monaco – Olimpia Milano
ASVEL – Fenerbahce
Panathinaikos – Zalgiris Kaunas
Friday 27.1.
Red Star – Partizan
Baskonia – Anadolu Efes
Olympiakos – Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Bayern Munich – Virtus Bologna
