Gran Canaria (9-0) will look to protect its status as the competition's only unbeaten team with a visit from Aris (3-6), which needs a shock road win to push back toward the playoffs places.
Giannis Kastritis, Aris: 'We need to control the tempo'
Seasons
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Regular Season
Round 10 of 18
Regular Season
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Dreamland Gran CanariaDGC
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Aris Midea ThessalonikiARI
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Gran Canaria has the competition's best two-point shooting conversion rate, 61.5%, with forward Miquel Salvo particularly strong in the paint making 71.4% of attempts inside the arc in his average of 8.6 points per game. Aris has lost its last three games but still boasts the EuroCup's meanest defense, allowing an average of just 73.2 points. The visiting team will also hope Ronnie Harrell can maintain his hot hand after netting a personal-best 24 points in last week's last-second loss at Trento.
Giannis Kastritis, Aris head coach
"We are facing the leading and undefeated team of our group on the road. This describes perfectly the level of the difficulty of our upcoming game against Gran Canaria. We need to control the tempo of the game and their ability to score with many ways, so as to remain competitive during the 40 minutes."
Roberts Blumbergs, Aris player
"We have a difficult task ahead, facing the reigning champions of BKT EuroCup at their home. Gran Canaria has a perfect 9-0 in the first round of the competition and is a team with depth and quality. We need to play our game. You can’t be competitive here unless you play strong defense and stop the transition game of the Spanish Team. We will do our best to stay in the game until the end and claim our chances."