Injury-hit Joventut Badalona (3-4) will look to bounce back from consecutive home losses with a trip to face direct rival Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv (4-2) in Belgrade in their first meeting since last season's quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals rematch as Hapoel hosts Joventut in Belgrade
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Hapoel's potent offense – 97.0 points per game, second-best in the league – was outgunned by Prometey and Paris to suffer consecutive losses, but Jaylen Hoard will aim to maintain his hot streak after scoring at least 15 points in every game so far this season. Joventut, which could give a debut to new signing Tyler Cook, needs to address its defensive deficiencies after allowing 87 and 101 points in its last two defeats against London and Paris. The visitors will hope that teenage big man Michael Ruzic can stay hot after scoring 17 points last week.
