Barcelona (19-9) will attempt to protect second place with a visit from a Partizan team (13-15) looking to end a run of eight straight road losses to the hosts.
Zeljko Obradovic, Partizan: 'They have pure quality'
Seasons
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Regular Season
Round 29 of 34
Regular Season
FC BarcelonaBAR
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Partizan Mozzart Bet BelgradePAR
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Former Partizan hero Jan Vesely has been unstoppable for Barca recently, averaging 16.8 points in the last four games and making 29 of his 34 two-point attempts in the process. The task of containing him will fall to Frank Kaminsky and Bruno Caboclo, who had 13 points and 5 rebounds in last week's painful loss at Milan. In the backcourt, Aleksa Avramovic has emerged as Partizan's leader with at least 16 points in three of the last four games, while the Serbian team will be more than familiar with threat of Nico Laprovittola after he netted 20 points on 6-for-10 three-point shooting when Barca won 83-92 in Belgrade in October.
Zeljko Obradovic, Partizan head coach
"We are playing against a team that has great quality and they are playing very well. A team that is certainly among the favorites for the Final Four and winning the title. Going back to the beginning and the first match in Belgrade, nothing has changed in their game. They have pure quality and we will need to play a fantastic game if we want to win."
Alen Smailagic, Partizan player
"We will do our best. We practice hard, we work hard, we try to make tactics for everyone. We will try to get the best possible place on the standings. I believe we can win, last year we beat Real, I believe we can do the same in Barcelona. To show that we are the team."