Saski Baskonia (8-5) and Virtus Bologna (9-4) go head-to-head in Round 14 of the 2023-24 EuroLeague Regular Season, with both teams having been transformed under new head coaches.

Two sides on a roll face off when Saski Baskonia, Virtus Bologna meet

Before the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season got underway, not many would have predicted that [Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/carousels/baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz/?q=%7B%22articleId%22%3A%22%22%2C%22categoryId%22%3A%22%22%2C%22linkedId%22%3A%7B%22sourceSystem%22%3A%22FS_BASKETBALL_TEAM%22%2C%22sourceSystemId%22%3A%22bas%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%22%7D%7D&carouselTitle=Baskonia%20Vitoria-Gasteiz) (8-5) and [Virtus Segafredo Bologna](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/carousels/virtus-segafredo-bologna/?q=%7B%22articleId%22%3A%22%22%2C%22categoryId%22%3A%22%22%2C%22linkedId%22%3A%7B%22sourceSystem%22%3A%22FS_BASKETBALL_TEAM%22%2C%22sourceSystemId%22%3A%22vir%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%22%7D%7D&carouselTitle=Virtus%20Segafredo%20Bologna) (9-4) would be in the top four positions after 13 rounds of action.

Well, ahead of their Round 14 clash at Buesa Arena on Thursday night, fourth-placed Baskonia and third-placed Virtus are firmly in the race to make the EuroLeague Playoffs. And both teams have been on fire since making a change at the head coach position.

### Baskonia is a team transformed

Having begun the season with a 1-4 record through the first five games, Baskonia decided to part ways with Joan Penarroya. Baskonia had a chance at making the playoffs in the final games of last season, but a disappointing start to the 2023-24 campaign saw the club decide that fresh ideas were needed. [Enter: Dusko Ivanovic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/dusko-ivanovic-returns-for-a-fourth-stint-at-baskonia/).

Back at Baskonia for a fourth stint in charge of the club, Ivanovic hit the ground running with a memorable 84-83 win against Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade in Round 6. Then, one week later, Ivanovic’s squad came out on top by 1 point once again in Round 7, beating Olympiacos Piraeus 74-75. After that came a dominant 94-71 triumph over Spanish rival FC Barcelona. In short, it was the perfect start.

Ever since Ivanovic landed back at Baskonia, the team has gone 7-1 and improved to an 8-5 record overall, which has seen it catapult up the standings. The Montenegrin tactician has managed to get [Markus Howard](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/markus-howard/011948/) playing at an elite level once again, with the second-year guard having averaged 13.4 points per game under Penarroya in the first five games of the season before posting 21.6 points per night since Ivanovic’s arrival.

Another player who has thoroughly impressed for Baskonia in recent weeks is power forward [Chima Moneke](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/chima-moneke/012201/), although a look at his numbers makes for curious reading. Coming off his rookie EuroLeague season with AS Monaco, in which his game time was limited after arriving mid-season, the charismatic 27-year-old made an instant impression this season.

Through the first four rounds, having missed Round 5 due to an injury, Moneke averaged 17.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.0 steals with Penarroya at the helm. In the last eight games, his numbers have dropped to 14.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals, but most importantly he has contributed towards winning with crucial plays during Baskonia’s run under Ivanovic.

Markus Howard and Chima Moneke have impressed for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz since Dusko Ivanovic took over as head coach ahead of Round 6 in the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.

Best plays of Howard, Moneke since Ivanovic's arrival

Howard and Moneke are just two of a number of Baskonia players who have impressed in this 7-1 stretch, but the Spanish side is playing with so much confidence at present that it heads into any game feeling that it can come out on top.

### The Banchi revolution at Virtus

The same can be said at Virtus. But first, let’s go back to the start of the season. The Italian team had a superstar head coach in Sergio Scariolo in the 2022-23 campaign, with the experienced play-caller having guided Virtus to BKT EuroCup glory and subsequently a place in the EuroLeague one season prior.

Yet, a 14-20 record and a 14th-placed finish last season in the EuroLeague, despite having a roster filled with talent, was very disappointing. Even more so was the way in which Virtus played, with Scariolo’s group often failing to play the team-orientated basketball that had become a trademark of his time with the Spanish national team.

Coming into this season, Scariolo was not happy with the work done by the club’s leadership in its recruitment of players, while he also made it clear that guard [Iffe Lundberg](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/iffe-lundberg/010781/) was not a part of his plans. For Virtus owner Massimo Zanetti, this was the final straw as [he decided to part ways with Scariolo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/virtus-bologna-parts-ways-with-sergio-scariolo/) less than three weeks before the 2023-24 EuroLeague season got underway.

The same day that Virtus dismissed Scariolo, September 15, the club also announced [the arrival of Luca Banchi](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/virtus-bologna-names-luca-banchi-new-head-coach/), who had earned many plaudits at the 2023 FIBA World Cup after guiding a Latvia side missing its best player, Kristaps Porzingis, to a fifth-placed finish. Banchi didn’t have much time before Virtus’s EuroLeague campaign got underway, with the club hosting Zalgiris Kaunas on October 5.

The top plays of Virtus Segafredo Bologna forward Tornike Shengelia in the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.

Shengelia's best plays this season

It wasn’t the best of starts for Coach Banchi, too, as Virtus threw away a 16-point lead and lost that game to Zalgiris, 79-82. Then came the news that forward Achille Polonara, a new recruit over the summer, had [undergone surgery to remove a testicular tumor](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/chemotherapy-will-leave-virtuss-polonara-out-at-least-four-weeks/). Virtus’s season was up in the air just one game in.

However, the entire squad came even closer together and, playing the team basketball that has become a staple of Banchi's Virtus this year, the Italian side ended up thrashing AS Monaco on the road, 59-83, in Round 2. It then won its next four games to improve to a 5-1 record. A humbling defeat at reigning EuroLeague champion Real Madrid came in Round 7, with *Los Blancos* winning 100-74, and since then Virtus has blown hot and cold.

In short, when Virtus plays at home, it wins. When it plays on the road, it loses. That has been the recurring theme since Round 6, when the Italian side beat Anadolu Efes Istanbul, 93-81. Virtus is on a three-game losing streak on its travels at present but is on a two-game winning run overall, having won both games against Final Four-chasing Barca and Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv in Bologna during the double-round week.

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Virtus last won on the road at LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in Round 5, back on October 27, so Coach Banchi will hope that the likes of [Toko Shengelia](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/tornike-shengelia/001133/), who is back to playing at an MVP level, [Daniel Hackett](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/daniel-hackett/001844/) and [Marco Belinelli](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/marco-belinelli/bcn/) can continue to impress at Buesa Arena on Thursday night. Meanwhile, Lundberg and [Isaia Cordinier](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/isaia-cordinier/009549/) will be looking to get back on track after shining against Barca but seeing their impact limited against Maccabi.

The contest between Baskonia and Virtus should be an incredible game between two teams playing some great basketball, and picking a winner is very, very difficult. But given the impact that both Coach Ivanovic and Coach Banchi have had on their respective teams, a hard-fought game is a guarantee.

Toko Shengelia of Virtus Segafredo Bologna in action against Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in the 2022-23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.

They are two of the hottest teams in the EuroLeague at present.

Two sides on a roll face off when Baskonia, Virtus meet

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz v Virtus Segafredo Bologna (2023-12-14T19:30:00.000Z)

EuroLeague Power Rankings by Eurohoops: Vol. 3

From strength to strength, Real Madrid retains the top position in the Power Rankings for the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, powered by Eurohoops. Los Blancos were first in Volumes 1 and 2, too. Since then, it has been more of the same with the distance from second place in the standings growing to two wins.

The intense competition below and the ties between multiple teams in the table add intrigue to their placement in the Power Rankings.

[MORE...](https://www.eurohoops.net/en/trademarks/1596126/euroleague-power-rankings-by-eurohoops-vol-3-5/)

Label it as the third edition of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Power Rankings by Eurohoops… or Real Madrid and the remaining 17 teams.

Pablo Laso will take on Real Madrid Baloncesto with his new team, FC Bayern Munich, for the first time since leaving the club he led to two EuroLeague titles.

Pablo Laso returns to Real Madrid Baloncesto with FC Bayern Munich

Pablo Laso and Real Madrid. Real Madrid and [Pablo Laso](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/fc-bayern-munich/mun/laso-pablo/?season=E2023). It is a relationship that will forever be intertwined, but in Round 14 of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season, [the Spanish coach heads back to his former side with his new team](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/real-madrid-fc-bayern-munich/E2023/119/), FC Bayern Munich.

During a glittering 11-season stay in the Spanish capital, Laso led Real to two EuroLeague titles (2014-15, 2017-18) and three runner-up finishes (2012-13, 2013-14, 2021-22). Los Blancos reached the Final Four seven times under Laso’s stewardship, too, which is only bettered by one other team in the same period: CSKA Moscow, which went on eight occasions.

Pablo Laso returns to Real Madrid with Bayern: ‘Many years, many experiences, a lot of wins’

### Real Madrid remains in his heart

After leaving Real in the summer of 2022, Laso decided to spend a year away from coaching. But now, having recharged his batteries, he is leading Bayern’s exciting project. Nevertheless, the 56-year-old will always hold a big place in his heart for Real.

“A lot of things. Many years, many experiences, a lot of wins, EuroLeague champions,” Laso responds when asked what Real means to him.

“Real Madrid, for me, has been almost a life. When somebody tells you that you’ve been 11 years at that club, that’s a lot.”

### Seeing old friends at Real Madrid

Almost a year and a half has passed since Real took the decision to dismiss Laso, citing medical reasons after the Spaniard suffered a heart attack during the 2021-22 Spanish League finals, but the current Bayern boss still has lots of old friends at WiZink Center.

“\[Sergio\] Llull is my friend, Rudy \[Fernandez\] is my friend, for sure. Facu \[Campazzo\], Gaby Deck, for sure,” Laso comments. “I had a great relationship with them. All the players that I coached. 

“That’s dangerous, because they might really want to play good against you and they’re great players. I just hope that they’re very anxious and they don’t play that good!

“The best thing that I take \[from my time at Real\] is the friendship I have with a lot of the players there, and at the end it’s what you get \[for your hard work\] – those relationships. I’m really glad that I will have relationships there forever.”

The 56-year-old heads back to WiZink Center for the first time since departing.

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade (4-9) hopes that home comforts can provide a respite from two narrow road losses as it hosts ALBA Berlin (2-11), which will battle to escape the bottom of the standings.

Zvezda seeks a home rebound vs. ALBA

[Rosters](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/crvena-zvezda-meridianbet-belgrade-alba-berlin/E2023/124/) | [Facts](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-rs14-game-facts-red-ber) | [Notes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-rs14-game-notes-red-ber) | [Quotes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/dejan-davidovac-zvezda-we-need-to-start-better/) |[ TV](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/tv-listings-el/) | [Fantasy](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/fantasy-tips-building-blocks-to-consider/)

Having allowed at least 83 points in each of the last six games, Zvezda will look to significantly improve that stat against ALBA's next-to-last offense (76.7 points per game). There's a huge disparity in rebounding between the teams, too, with Zvezda ranked fourth (36.7 boards per game) and ALBA 15th (31.6), so the visitors will need somebody to help [Johannes Thiemann](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/johannes-thiemann/003958/) control the physical play of [Joel Bolomboy](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/joel-bolomboy/009035/) and [Luka Mitrovic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/luka-mitrovic/002553/).

[Zvezda Stats](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/crvena-zvezda-meridianbet-belgrade/statistics/red/?season=2023-24&phase=All%20phases) | [ALBA Stats](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/alba-berlin/statistics/ber/?season=2023-24&phase=All%20phases)

Luka Mitrovic vs. Johannes Thiemann: Two of the hottest big men in the EuroLeague will butt heads around the basket to get Round 14 rocking.

Last Game: 2022-23, Round 25, Zvezda vs. ALBA

Nemanja Nedovic of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade takes it to Jonas Mattissek of ALBA Berlin

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade v ALBA Berlin (2023-12-14T18:00:00.000Z)

After winning three straight at home, Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade (7-6) is seeking a first road win since October as it travels to faltering Zalgiris Kaunas (5-8) which fell twice in the double-round week.

Partizan takes its show on the road to face Zalgiris

[Rosters](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/zalgiris-kaunas-partizan-mozzart-bet-belgrade/E2023/121/) | [Facts](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-rs14-game-facts-zal-par) | [Notes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-rs14-game-notes-zal-par) | Quotes |[ TV](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/tv-listings-el/) | [Fantasy](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/fantasy-tips-building-blocks-to-consider/)

Struggling for offensive fluency, Zalgiris ranks 17th in assists with just 15.2 per game, a figure that won't be helped by the loss of point guard [Lukas Lekavicius](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/lukas-lekavicius/003210/) to injury – piling even more pressure on the shoulders of [Keenan Evans](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/keenan-evans/011218/). Partizan certainly has no problems of that nature, ranking second in scoring with 87.2 points per game. The Serbian team is particularly strong inside the paint, leading the league in two-point conversion rate (62.1%), helped by [Alen Smailagic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/alen-smailagic/011051/)'s 8.8 points per game on 68% shooting inside the arc.

[Zalgiris Stats](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/zalgiris-kaunas/statistics/zal/?season=2023-24&phase=All%20phases) | [Partizan Stats](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/partizan-mozzart-bet-belgrade/statistics/par/?season=2023-24&phase=All%20phases)

Edgaras Ulanovas vs. James Nunnally: A low-post specialist takes on a sharpshooter in Thursday's matchup between veteran small forwards. 

Last Game: 2022-23, Round 23, Zalgiris vs. Partizan

Zach LeDay of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade is defended by Edgaras Ulanovas of Zalgiris Kaunas.

Zalgiris Kaunas v Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade (2023-12-14T18:00:00.000Z)

In a meeting of direct rivals on the edge of the playoffs places, Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (7-6) hosts Anadolu Efes Istanbul (7-6) in Belgrade to break their part of a five-way tie for sixth place. 

Maccabi, Efes to break their tie on the playoffs bubble

[Rosters](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-anadolu-efes-istanbul/E2023/122/#roster) | [Facts](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-rs14-game-facts-tel-ist) | [Notes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-rs14-game-notes-tel-ist) | [Quotes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-rs14-prequotes-tel-ist) |[ TV](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/tv-listings-el/) | [Fantasy](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/fantasy-tips-building-blocks-to-consider/)

Both teams have performed better offensively than defensively, with Efes ranked 15th for allowing 86.4 points per game and Maccabi 17th at 87.6. That could give plenty of scoring opportunities to a bunch of prolific shooters, with [Shane Larki](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/shane-larkin/007200/)n as the current third-highest scorer in the league (17.7 ppg.) and [Lorenzo Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/lorenzo-brown/009622/) ranked second in assists (6.8 apg.). Efes has overcome injury problems to win three of its last four games with help from new signing [Mike Daum](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/mike-daum/012786/), who drained 5 triples in a comeback victory at ALBA last time out.

[Maccabi Stats](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv/statistics/tel/?season=2023-24&phase=All%20phases) | [Efes Stats](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/anadolu-efes-istanbul/statistics/ist/?season=2023-24&phase=All%20phases)

Lorenzo Brown vs. Shane Larkin: A pair of iconic team leaders engage in a backcourt battle not to be missed on Thursday.

Last Game: 2022-23, Round 28, Efes vs. Maccabi

Josh Nebo of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv scores against Anadolu Efes Istanbul

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv v Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2023-12-14T19:05:00.000Z)

Two in-form teams meet at Buesa Arena, where fourth-placed Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (8-5) will look for a fourth straight win as it hosts third-placed Virtus Segafredo Bologna (9-4). 

Baskonia welcomes Virtus, Shengelia for a stress test

[Rosters](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-virtus-segafredo-bologna/E2023/120/) | [Facts](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-rs14-game-facts-bas-vir) | [Notes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-rs14-game-notes-bas-vir) | [Quotes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-rs14-prequotes-bas-vir) |[ TV](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/tv-listings-el/) | [Fantasy](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/fantasy-tips-building-blocks-to-consider/)

Baskonia will have to find a way of stopping its own former star, [Toko Shengelia](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/tornike-shengelia/001133/), who continued his magnificent season with 27 points in the Round 13 victory over Maccabi and leads the league with an average PIR of 22.3 per game. Fourth in that category is Baskonia's new hero, [Chima Moneke](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/chima-moneke/012201/) (20.1 PIR), while [Tadas Sedekerskis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/tadas-sedekerskis/007230/) has more rebounds than any other player (8.4 rpg.), which will make the battle for inside dominance potentially spectacular. Long-range fireworks will come from the league's most prolific three-point shooter [Markus Howard](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/markus-howard/011948/) (3.5 triples per game), while Virtus's [Marco Belinelli](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/marco-belinelli/bcn/) is also a major deep threat with 2.5 triples per night.

[Baskonia Stats](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz/statistics/bas/?season=2023-24&phase=All%20phases) | [Virtus Stats](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/virtus-segafredo-bologna/statistics/vir/?season=2023-24&phase=All%20phases)

Chima Moneke vs. Toko Shengelia: Two of this season's top four players in average performance index rating go head-to-head on Thursday.

Last Game: 2022-23, Round 25, Virtus vs. Baskonia

Markus Howard of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz gets by Iffe Lundberg of Virtus Segafredo Bologna

Reigning champ Real Madrid (12-1) will seek to maintain its two-game lead at the top of the standings with a visit from FC Bayern Munich (6-7) and a coach who knows the hosts as well as anybody.

Bayern, Laso enter Real's lion's den

[Rosters](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/real-madrid-fc-bayern-munich/E2023/119/) | [Facts](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-rs14-game-facts-mad-mun) | [Notes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-rs14-game-notes-mad-mun) | [Quotes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-rs14-prequotes-mad-mun) |[ TV](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/tv-listings-el/) | [Fantasy](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/fantasy-tips-building-blocks-to-consider/)

The spotlight will fall on Bayern coach Pablo Laso, who will return to face his former club for the first time in an official game since his glorious 11-year reign – which delivered two EuroLeague crowns – came to an end 18 months ago. Expect a fierce battle inside the paint as Real giant [Walter Tavares](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/walter-tavares/005791/) is confronted by [Serge Ibaka](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/serge-ibaka/003583/) and [Devin Booker](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/devin-booker/007056/), who respectively rank second and third in the league in rebounding (7.1 and 6.5 rpg.). Real leads the competition in 10 different performance parameters, but there could be nobody better than Laso to devise the perfect game plan against the players he knows so well.

[Madrid Stats](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/real-madrid/statistics/mad/?season=2023-24&phase=All%20phases) | [Bayern Stats](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/fc-bayern-munich/statistics/mun/?season=2023-24&phase=All%20phases)

Walter Tavares vs. Serge Ibaka: Two of the best defensive centers in the business will match wits against each other on Thursday.

Last Game: 2022-23, Round 33, Madrid vs. Bayern

Mario Hezonja of Real Madrid skies to score against Freddie Gillespie of FC Bayern Munich.

Real Madrid v FC Bayern Munich (2023-12-14T19:45:00.000Z)

Two teams who lost both games in the double round week will look for a return to winning ways as LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne (2-11) hosts Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (6-7) at spanking-new LDLC Arena to close Thursday's action.

ASVEL, Panathinaikos each try to flip the script

[Rosters](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/ldlc-asvel-villeurbanne-panathinaikos-aktor-athens/E2023/118/) | [Facts](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-rs14-game-facts-asv-pan) | [Notes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-rs14-game-notes-asv-pan) | [Quotes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-rs14-prequotes-asv-pan) |[ TV](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/tv-listings-el/) | [Fantasy](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/fantasy-tips-building-blocks-to-consider/)

ASVEL playmaker [Paris Lee](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/paris-lee/011225/), who has averaged 6.8 assists in the last four games, will look to dominate the backcourt against the team he represented last season. The Greens will hope [Kendrick Nunn](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/kendrick-nunn/012774/) continues his excellent form after scoring 19, 13 and 24 points in the last three games, while [Mathias Lessort](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/mathias-lessort/003842/) is also in a sweet moment after scoring in double digits in six straight games. He faces a big battle with ASVEL's [Joffrey Lauvergne](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/joffrey-lauvergne/004194/), who is enjoying his best form of the season with averages of 18 points and 7.6 rebounds over the last five games.

[ASVEL Stats](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/ldlc-asvel-villeurbanne/statistics/asv/?season=2023-24&phase=All%20phases) | [Panathinaikos Stats](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/panathinaikos-aktor-athens/statistics/pan/?season=2023-24&phase=All%20phases)

Joffrey Lauvergne vs. Mathias Lessort: Two of France's signature centers of the last years will take each other's measure on Thursday.

Last Game: 2022-23, Round 29, ASVEL vs. Panathinaikos

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne v Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (2023-12-14T20:00:00.000Z)