Second-place Barcelona (7-2) faces a major test with a trip to Belgrade following consecutive road losses to face a Maccabi (5-3) team that has won three of its last four games.
Game Notes: Maccabi vs. Barcelona

Maccabi is coming off a morale-boosting home win over Fenerbahce powered by a huge double-double from Bonzie Colson (13 points, 14 rebounds). Maccabi grabbed a league-season-high 22 offensive rebounds in that game, so Barca will need its big men Jan Vesely and Willy Hernangomez to protect the defensive glass. The Spanish team will also hope that Nicolas Laprovittola – going up against Maccabi leader Lorenzo Brown – can regain his usual scoring stroke after converting just 2 of his 10 field goal attempts in last week's narrow victory over Valencia.
Game Videos
- When Maccabi beat Barcelona at Palau Blaugrana 80-104 in April 2022, it was the highest point total by a visitor to Palau Blaugrana in 287 EuroLeague games there since 2000. That is also the last time a team scored 100 points against Barcelona.
- Maccabi and Barcelona faced each other in the 1991 EuroLeague Final Four in Paris, France. Barcelona thrashed Maccabi 101-67 in the first semifinal behind Jose Antonio Montero, who shined with 25 points off the bench.
- Maccabi and Barcelona met in the 2000 EuroLeague semifinals in Thessaloniki, Greece. Maccabi prevailed 51-65 thanks to 24 points from the late Nate Huffman.
- Barcelona's single-game record for three-pointers made by a player is 7, which Gianluca Basile set against Maccabi in March 2009.
- Basile also set a Barcelona club record against Maccabi with 34 points in Game 2 of the 2008 EuroLeague Playoffs.
- Barcelona's Oscar da Silva and Maccabi's Tamir Blatt were teammates at ALBA Berlin during the 2021-22 season.
- Oscar da Silva set his career high with 3 steals playing for ALBA Berlin against Maccabi in November 2021.
- Tamir Blatt had career-highs in points (17) and three-pointers made (5) playing for ALBA Berlin against Barcelona last December.
- Maccabi guard Wade Baldwin set his career high with a PIR of 41 playing for FC Bayern Munich against Barcelona in December 2020. Baldwin won MVP of the Round honors for his performance.
- Barcelona forward Nikola Kalinic had a career-high 11 rebounds playing for Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul against Maccabi in April 2019.
- Barcelona swingman Alex Abrines posted his career high in index rating with 28 against Maccabi in April 2013.
- Barcelona big man James Nnaji posted his career high with 3 blocks in a 24-point home loss against Maccabi in April 2022.