A key battle in the playoff race will see Partizan (13-16) attempt to stay in the top 10 by downing Baskonia (16-13), which is still in the hunt for a top-six finish.
Game Notes: Partizan vs. Baskonia
Baskonia is on a roll after winning four of its last five, but those were all at home and the Spanish team has won only one of its last six on the road. Similarly, Partizan has suffered on the road recently to slip down the standings, but has tasted victory in four of its last five games in Belgrade and knows a victory of 2 points or more would grant it the head-to-head advantage over Baskonia after an 84-83 win for the Spanish team in Vitoria. Chima Moneke led the way with 16 points, including the game-winning free throws. Aleksa Avramovic will try to maintain his magnificent form for Partizan, after scoring 30, 19 and 27 points in the last three games.
- In Round 6, Baskonia edged Partizan 84-83 on a pair of game-winning free throws from Chima Moneke with 1.1 seconds to go. Moneke paced Baskonia with 16 points, 6 rebounds and a career-high 4 steals.
- Last season in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Baskonia pulled out an improbable 103-96 overtime win in Round 2 after Markus Howard hit a buzzer-beating triple at the end of regulation that sent the game into extra session. Howard scored 33 points making a career-best 8 three-pointers made.
- In 2008, Baskonia and Partizan faced off in the best-of-three EuroLeague Playoffs. Each team won on its home floor, with Baskonia winning the series 2-1 and advancing to the Final Four.
- Baskonia sharpshooter Vanja Marinkovic grew up with his hometown club Partizan, where he made his professional debut and played until the end of the 2018-19 season. He was a teammate there of Danilo Andjusic.
- Marinkovic was a teammate of Partizan's Aleksa Avramovic on the Serbian national team that won the silver medal at the 2023 Basketball World Cup.
- Andjusic, Avramovic and Marinkovic have also been teammates of Partizan's Alen Smailagic and Uros Trifunovic on the Serbian national team.
- Codi Miller-McIntyre played for Partizan for the better part of the 2020-21 season. He was a teammate of Ognjen Jaramaz and Uros Trifunovic.
- Trifunovic had career-highs in PIR (18) and points (15) in an 83-65 home win over Baskonia in January 2023.
- Partizan big man Zach Leday had a career-best 6 offensive rebounds playing for Olympiacos Piraeus against Baskonia in January 2019.