ASVEL (5-21) will attempt to climb away from the bottom of the standings as it welcomes a Milan team (11-15) that still hopes to mount a playoff challenge.
Game Notes: ASVEL vs. Milan

Milan showed its potential by beating league leader Real Madrid in the last game before the break, led by 27 points from Shavon Shields and 23 from Nikola Mirotic. Shields was also the top performer, with 13 points and 6 assists, in a comfortable 84-61 home win over ASVEL in December, and the French team will look to end a three-game losing streak by using the ball-hawking skills of Paris Lee - top of the league's steals chart with 1.8 per game - to disrupt the visitor's rhythm.
- In Round 15, Milan thrashed ASVEL 84-61 with Shavon Shields collecting 13 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds and 3 steals, earning co-MVP of the Round honor with a PIR of 25.
- Diego Flaccadori posted his career high in assists with 7 in Milan's win over ASVEL in Round 15.
- ASVEL's Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot played for Milan last season and made his EuroLeague debut.
- Milan big man Kyle Hines was a teammate of ASVEL guard Nando De Colo for five seasons at CSKA between 2014 and 2019. They won Turkish Airlines EuroLeague championships together in 2016 and 2019.
- De Colo earned MVP honors for Top 16 Round 7 during the 2014-15 season when playing for CSKA Moscow in a 97-75 victory over Milan. He tallied 18 points, 7 assists and 4 steals for a performance index rating of 29.
- Melli was a teammate with ASVEL center Joffrey Lauvergne at Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul during the 2018-19 season. Together they helped the team reach the Final Four.
- ASVEL's DeShaun Thomas played for Milan last season.
- ASVEL's David Lighty set his career high in index rating with 29 and scored a career-best 28 points in an 80-81 home loss against Milan in April 2022.
- Milan's Nikola Mirotic had a career-high 3 blocks playing for FC Barcelona against ASVEL last January.
- Milan guard Stefano Tonut grabbed a career-high 6 rebounds against ASVEL in October 2022.
- ASVEL guard Paris Lee made a career-high 10 free throws and had a career-best 4 steals playing for Panathinaikos Athens against Milan in December of last season.