After grabbing two great home wins last week, Zalgiris (10-15) will try to keep moving up the standings with a trip to direct rival Zvezda (10-15).
Ioannis Sfairopoulos, Zvezda: 'They will make everything difficult for us'
Seasons
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Regular Season
Round 26 of 34
Regular Season
Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet BelgradeCZV
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Zalgiris KaunasZAL
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The visitors will be wary of the shooting threat posed by Nemanja Nedovic, who netted 27 and 21 points in last week's two games, helping to beat Valencia, but not enough to overcome Barcelona. Zalgiris can rely on the inside presence of Laurynas Birutis, who has averaged 14.3 points in the last four games. Rolands Smits was the key man in the Round 2 meeting between the teams, netting 18 points with 7 rebounds to set up a 79-74 Zalgiris victory.
Ioannis Sfairopoulos, Zvezda head coach
"Zalgiris is coming to Belgrade. They are a team in excellent mood and rhythm. They won three of their last four games. As for us, we must be concentrated to play good defense above all, and control the game from the same. We must read what they will play in defense and be smart. They will make everything difficult for us, they play a lot differently than in the first leg of the season, so we have to be smart and get the maximum."
Luka Mitrovic, Zvezda player
"Zalgiris is in excellent form, they recorded some great victories. They play quite better after change of coach. They are recognizable for some time no by a solid game, military discipline in the game. We know what to expect - an extremely important, physically and tactical match."