Two inconsistent teams will look to push closer towards the top 10 as the round closes with Valencia (10-11) hosting Milan (9-12).
Game Notes: Valencia vs. Milan



The Spanish team has taken a blow to its confidence with three consecutive narrow losses, most recently in overtime to Real Madrid last Thursday, while Milan is coming off a home loss to Zvezda. A very solid team performance gave the Italian team an easy win, 83-52, when the teams met in November, but Valenica will hope to gain revenge through the scoring skills of former Milan guard Kevin Pangos, who will hope for a chance to shine as he settles with his new team.
- Milan has won its last four games against Valencia and scored at least 88 points in each. Last season in their game in Milan, Devon Hall posted a career-high PIR of 24 in leading Milan to a 90-79 win.
- Shabazz Napier had career-highs in points (28) and PIR (28) in Milan's 84-88 road win against Valencia in March of last season.
- Valencia big man Brandon Davies spent last season with Milan. He was a teammate of the majority of current Milan players.
- Davies scored a career-high 27 points by making a career-best 11 two-point shots playing for Zalgiris Kaunas against Milan in November 2018.
- Kevin Pangos joined Valencia from Milan after Round 17. He spent a season and a half with Milan and helped the team win the 2023 Italian League championship.
- Pangos was a teammate of Milan's Billy Baron and Alex Poythress at Zenit St Petersburg during the 2020-21 season when they helped Zenit reach the EuroLeague Playoffs.
- Valencia's Victor Claver and Kevin Pangos and Milan's Nikola Mirotic were teammates at FC Barcelona. All were there together for the 2019-20 season, while Claver and Mirotic played together also in the 2020-21 campaign and helped the team reach the 2021 EuroLeague championship game.
- When Mirotic played for Barcelona, in February 2020 he made a game-winning basket with 3.4 seconds left, capping a 15-point fourth-quarter rally to lift Barcelona to a 76-77 road victory over Valencia. Mirotic finished with 26 points and earned MVP of the Round honors with a performance index rating of 32.
- Valencia's Josep Puerto scored a career-high 15 points in an 84-88 home loss against Milan last season.

























































































