Two teams aiming to bounce straight back from bad losses meet with Virtus hosting (14-7) last-place ASVEL (4-17).
Game Notes: Virtus vs. ASVEL



The Italian team has won nine in a row at home, and also prevailed in a Round 5 thriller at ASVEL, 84-87, thanks to 20 points with just one miss from Isaia Cordinier. He and veteran Daniel Hackett will look to give more control to an offense that committed 18 turnovers in Friday's 24-point loss at Efes, while ASVEL hopes for a big improvement in long-range shooting after only making 2 triples in last week's blowout home loss to ALBA.
- In Round 5, Virtus pulled out an 84-87 win over ASVEL with Isaia Cordinier scoring a new personal-best 20 points and tying his career-best with 3 steals for a career-high PIR of 25.
- Last season, ASVEL and Virtus met for the first time in the EuroLeague in almost two decades, and ASVEL beat Virtus 79-84 in Bologna with David Lighty scoring 16 points.
- The two teams have played five times in the EuroLeague this century, and the road team has won all five of those games.
- Virtus and ASVEL faced each other in the 2006-07 EuroCup, with Virtus winning both games.
- Virtus's Rihards Lomazs played 33 games with ASVEL in the two years he spent with the club, from 2019 to 2021.
- ASVEL forward DeShaun Thomas was a teammate of Virtus center Bryant Dunston at Anadolu Efes during the 2016-17 season.
- ASVEL's Nando De Colo and Virtus forward Toko Shengelia were teammates at Valencia Basket during the 2009-10 season and won the 2010 EuroCup together.
- ASVEL center Youssoupha Fall was a teammate of Virtus forward Achille Polonara at Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz for two seasons, from 2019 to 2021. Together they won the 2020 Spanish championship.
- De Colo and Polonara were teammates at Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul during the 2021-22 season.
- Polonara scored a career-best 23 points for Fenerbahce against ASVEL in December 2021.
- ASVEL's Nando De Colo was a teammate of Virtus's Isaia Cordinier on the French national team at the 2023 Basketball World Cup.
- ASVEL's Paris Lee tied his career high with 4 steals in Round 5 against Virtus.
- Virtus center Ante Zizic scored a career-high 24 points playing for Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv against ASVEL in March 2022.
- Virtus big man Jordan Mickey set his career-high with a PIR of 36 playing for Khimki Moscow Region against ASVEL in March 2021. He also made a career-best 10 free throws in that game.
- Virtus guard Iffe Lundberg scored a career-high 23 points with CSKA Moscow against ASVEL in April 2021.

























































































