After losing two in a row, Partizan (9-8) will look to get back onto a winning path with a visit from bottom placed ASVEL (2-15), which is aiming for a first win since mid-November.
Game Notes: Partizan vs. ASVEL



Shooting ace Jaleen Smith is set to debut for Partizan, and Coach Zeljko Obradovic will hope he can remove some of the scoring burden from Kevin Punter (13.8 points per game) and James Nunnally (13.4). ASVEL still has bad memories of a 62-88 home thrashing against the Serbian team in October, but will hope to build on last week’s narrow loss to Real Madrid, which saw Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot register his 12th consecutive double-digit scoring game with 20 points.
- Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade's biggest road victory in a EuroLeague game came in Round 2 when it beat LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 62-88. Partizan center Balsa Koprivica had a career-high 3 blocks in that game.
- When ASVEL edged Partizan 91-87 last season behind 32 points from Nando De Colo, he became the second-oldest player to score at least 30 points in EuroLeague history.
- This rivalry goes back to 1981 and Partizan leads 7-6 in their games over the past four decades.
- Partizan and ASVEL split road wins in the 2018-19 EuroCup.
- ASVEL's Boris Dallo made his EuroLeague debut with Partizan during the 2014-15 season. He played two seasons for Partizan, from 2013 to 2015.
- ASVEL center Joffrey Lauvergne made history by becoming Partizan's first foreign team captain when he played there for a season and a half, from 2012 to 2014.
- Lauvergne and ASVEL guard Nando De Colo played under Partizan head coach Zeljko Obradovic and were teammates of Partizan swingman James Nunnally at Fenerbahce Istanbul during the 2019-20 season. Lauvergne also played under Obradovic there in the 2018-19 campaign.
- ASVEL guard Paris Lee and Partizan forward Mateusz Ponitka were teammates at Panathinaikos Athens last season.
- Lee and Partizan sharpshooter Danilo Andjusic were teammates at AS Monaco during the 2021-22 season.
- Partizan guard Jaleen Smith posted a career-high PIR of 27 playing for ALBA Berlin against ASVEL in December 2022.
- Smith dished a career-high 7 assists with ALBA against ASVEL in April 2023.
- ASVEL guard David Lighty grabbed a career-high 8 rebounds playing for JSF Nanterre against Partizan in November 2013.
- Partizan guard Kevin Punter dished a career-high 6 assists playing for Olimpia Milan against ASVEL in February 2021.

























































































