After grabbing two great home wins last week, Zalgiris (10-15) will try to keep moving up the standings with a trip to direct rival Zvezda (10-15).
Game Notes: Zvezda vs. Zalgiris



The visitors will be wary of the shooting threat posed by Nemanja Nedovic, who netted 27 and 21 points in last week's two games, helping to beat Valencia, but not enough to overcome Barcelona. Zalgiris can rely on the inside presence of Laurynas Birutis, who has averaged 14.3 points in the last four games. Rolands Smits was the key man in the Round 2 meeting between the teams, netting 18 points with 7 rebounds to set up a 79-74 Zalgiris victory.
- The home team has won the last six games between Zalgiris and Crvena Zvezda, including Zalgiris's come-from-behind 79-74 win in Round 2.
- When Zvezda pulled out a 59-61 road win over Zalgiris in November 2019, it set a club record for the fewest points scored in a EuroLeague victory.
- Zvezda's single-game club record of 15 steals was recorded on multiple occasions, including in a 77-65 home win over Zalgiris on January 5, 2018.
- Zalgiris guard Keenan Evans made his EuroLeague debut under Zvezda head coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos at Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv during the 2021-22 season.
- Zvezda's Rokas Giedraitis has been a teammate of Zalgiris's Lukas Lekavicius on the Lithuanian national team.
- Zalgiris big man Rolands Smits and Zvezda's Adam Hanga were teammates at FC Barcelona for three seasons from 2018 and 2021.
- Adam Hanga tied his career-high with 4 blocks while playing for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz against Zalgiris in December 2015. Hanga tied his career-high with 4 steals for FC Barcelona against Zalgiris in December 2020.
- Zvezda playmaker Milos Teodosic grabbed a career-high 8 rebounds for Olympiacos Piraeus against Zalgiris in January 2008.
- Zvezda guard Nemanja Nedovic delivered a career-high 9 assists while playing for Unicaja Malaga against Zalgiris in January 2018.
- Zvezda guard Branko Lazic set his career-high in steals with 4 against Zalgiris in January 2017.
























































































