Pre-game quotes: Barcelona vs. ASVEL
Sarunas Jasikevicius, Barcelona head coach
"It might not be the most beautiful game. Both teams play tough defense. ASVEL has the best defense in the EuroLeague right now. The team is put together to be able to switch on defense. They always compete. Their veterans like [Nando] De Colo come from some of the best teams of late in the EuroLeague. [David] Lighty and [Charles] Kahudi are two players who give a lot of fight and personality to ASVEL. And their young players are the type who can be going places in the future. For our part, we have think about how to improve on defense and avoid ups-and-downs."
Oriol Pauli, Barcelona player
"It will be an important game for us to recover our feelings, we want to keep growing as a team and take a step forward. When we are missing some players we need to make a double effort. It will be a difficult game against a team that is very athletic and which can do good switches."