The third- and sixth-place teams from the regular season will lock horns as Monaco hosts Fenerbahce in the principality on Wednesday. Fenerbahce has the worst road record out of all playoff teams, with just 5 wins in 17 regular-season attempts, while Monaco has won nine of its last ten at home.
Sarunas Jasikevicius, Fenerbahce: 'We are facing one of the best teams in Europe



Monaco, as always, will run its offense through the competition's all-time leading scorer Mike James, who averaged 18.7 points and 5.1 assists during the regular season and reached double-digit scoring in every single game. He has plenty of support from the likes of all-action forward Alpha Diallo and smooth shooting big man Donatas Motiejunas.
Fenerbahce will run its offense through the experience of Nick Calathes (4.9 assists per game) and the three-point shooting of Scottie Wilbekin (3.0 triples per night), while the Turkish team's all-around threat, Nigel Hayes-Davis, faces a great matchup against defensive ace John Brown.
A key aspect of the game will be control: Monaco has committed the fewest number of turnovers in the league (10.0 per game), contributing to a team-oriented defense that has allowed just 79.4 points per game – fourth-best in the competition. But Fenerbahce's efficiency offense ranks first in three-point shooting percentage (39.1%) and third in two-pointers (56.4%), so Monaco will aim to disrupt that level of execution as this series tips off.
Sarunas Jasikevicius, Fenerbahce head coach:
"As we are approaching the playoffs, it is very clear that we are facing one of the best teams in Europe. We need to be ready to play our best version. We need to play very physical games. Like always in the big games, the details will be the most important and to deal with the easy points, fast break and everything and then deal with the unbelievable talent of their guards."
Scottie Wilbekin, Fenerbahce player:
"It's going to be a tough game. Tough series. Focus on the first game for us though. We just gotta do a good job of following our game plan and try to come out as best as we can."