A battle between the league's bottom two has ALBA (1-6) hosting ASVEL (1-6) as both look above them to see that they are still just two victories away from the eighth-place team in the standings.
Israel Gonzalez, ALBA: 'We're giving our all in every game'
Seasons
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Regular Season
Round 8 of 34
Regular Season
ALBA BerlinBER
6873
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The French team, which has the worst defensive record in the competition with 89.6 points per game allowed, will hope that Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot continues his great form after scoring 19 and 18 points in the last two games in his return from injury. ALBA will look to improve its inside defense after allowing opponents to convert 60.8% of their two-point shots, the highest rate in the league. Louis Olinde is key player for the hosts, starting all seven games so far and averaging 10.1 points with strong shooting percentages (66.7% 2PT, 43.5% 3PT).
Israel Gonzalez, ALBA head coach
"The level of the EuroLeague is really high and I think we're doing a good job so far. We're giving our all in every game. That's how we'll approach the game against ASVEL Villeurbanne: We want to get as close as possible to our maximum performance in order to win the game."
Matteo Spagnolo, ALBA player
"ASVEL is playing better and with a lot of energy under their new coach. I know Coach Pozzecco very well from the national team. With his emotional coaching style, he knows perfectly how to push his players to top performances. That's why we have to get everything out of ourselves on Wednesday to win this important game."