Consigned to a seventh-place finish by last week's narrow loss at Barcelona, Maccabi (19-14) will aim to take on last victory before the Play-In Showdown against a Milan team needing a win and help from elsewhere to survive (15-18).
Game Facts: Maccabi vs. Milan
October's meeting between the teams saw Maccabi triumph 90-98 behind a season-high 21 points from Jasiel Rivero and he will feature in a big battle for physical supremacy alongside teammates Josh Nebo and Bonzie Colson, that trio going up against Milan's experienced Nikola Mirotic, Nicolo Melli and Johannes Voigtmann. Mitotic's double-double of 18 points and 11 boards was key in last week's vital victory over Virtus, showing Ettore Messina's men are not ready to give up on their postseason hopes and will look to exploit a Maccabi side whose minds may be elsewhere.
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Streaks
John DiBartolomeo has made 64 consecutive free throws, which is the second-longest streak in competition history. The longest streak belongs to Kevin Punter of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade with 69 consecutive made free throws.
Wade Baldwin has scored in double figures in 18 straight and 24 of his last 25 games.
Baldwin has had a PIR of 12 or more in 14 straight games.
Josh Nebo has pulled down multiple offensive rebounds in 14 of his last 15 games.
Nebo has pulled down at least 5 rebounds in 14 straight games.
Tamir Blatt has made at least 1 three-point shot in eight of his last nine games.
Season rankings
Wade Baldwin ranks third in scoring with 17.7 points per game.
Baldwin ranks third in average index rating with 19.7 per game.
Josh Nebo ranks 10th in average index rating with 16.6 per game.
Nebo leads the league in rebounding with 7.2 per game.
Nebo leads the league in offensive rebounding with 3.0 per game.
Lorenzo Brown ranks third in assists with 6.2 per game.
Baldwin ranks 10th in assists with 4.9 per game.
Bonzie Colson is tied for seventh in steals with 1.3 per game.
Maccabi leads the league with 13.0 offensive rebounds per game.
Maccabi leads the league in steals with 7.3 per game.
Maccabi ranks second in team PIR at 99.1 per game.
Maccabi ranks second in scoring with 87.6 points per game.
Maccabi ranks second in assists with 19.5 per game.
Maccabi ranks second in blocks with 3.2 per game.
Maccabi has allowed a league-high 86.7 points per game.
Records/Milestones
Josh Nebo ranks 11th all-time in two-point accuracy at 65.2%.
John DiBartolomeo ranks ninth all-time with a 2.5-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
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Streaks
Shavon Shields has scored 10 or more points in eight of his last nine games.
Shields has had at least 1 steal in 11 straight games.
Shields has a PIR of 12 or more in seven of his last eight games.
Nikola Mirotic has scored 13 or more points in seven straight games.
Mirotic has PIRs of 15 or more in seven straight games.
Mirotic has made at least 1 three-point shot in seven straight games.
Shabazz Napier has made at least 1 three-pointer in 17 of his last 18 games.
Season rankings
Nikola Mirotic ranks fourth in average index rating with 19.4 per game.
Shavon Shields ranks ninth in average index rating with 17.3 per game.
Mirotic ranks fifth in scoring with 17.3 points per game.
Shields ranks seventh in scoring with 15.9 points per game.
Mirotic is tied for 10th in rebounding with 5.8 per game.
Shields ranks sixth in steals with 1.3 per game.
Shields ranks fifth in average three-pointers made with 2.6 per game.
Mirotic ranks 10th in average three-pointers made with 2.3 per game.
Stefano Tonut ranks seventh in three-point shooting at 48.3%.
Milan has allowed 77.7 points per game, which is the third lowest in the league.
Milan has allowed 9.1 offensive rebounds per game, which is the fewest in the league.
Records/Milestones
Kyle Hines is the all-time leader in games played in the EuroLeague. He has made 424 appearances in the competition.
Hines is the competition's all-time leader in offensive rebounds with 824.
Hines ranks second all-time with 1,852 rebounds. Paulius Jankunas is first with 2,010.
Hines ranks fifth all-time with 4,299 index rating points. Kostas Sloukas of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens is fourth with 4,423 and counting.
Hines ranks 11th place all-time with 3,339 points scored. Nikola Mirotic is 10th with 3,527 points. Kostas Sloukas is ninth with 3,577 points and counting.
Hines is second all-time with 1,332 two-point shots made. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is the all-time leader with 1,468 and counting.
Hines is ranked third all-time with 320 blocked shots. Bryant Dunston of Virtus Segafredo Bologna is second with 342 and counting.
Hines is in 10th place all-time with 287 steals. His former teammate Kostas Papanikolaou of Olympiacos Piraeus is ninth with 300 steals and counting.
Hines is in 15th place all-time with 669 free throws made. Jaka Lakovic is 14th with 673.
Nikola Mirotic ranks seventh all-time with 829 free throws made. Juan Carlos Navarro is sixth with 853.
Mirotic is ranked seventh all-time with 4,176 index rating points. Vassilis Spanoulis is sixth with 4,183.
Nicolo Melli is in eighth place all-time with 1,491 rebounds. Ante Tomic is seventh with 1,545.
Melli is the leader among active EuroLeague players and third all-time with 1,122 defensive rebounds. Ioannis Bourousis is second all-time with 1,164.
Johannes Voigtmann needs 50 points to reach 2,000 for his career.
Maodo Lo needs 66 points to reach 2,000 for his career.