Baskonia (7-5) aims for a third consecutive win with history on its side in the form of eight victories in a row against Zvezda (4-8) which has not won on the road this season.
Ioannis Sfairopoulos, Zvezda: 'We want to fight for the win'
Seasons
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Regular Season
Round 13 of 34
Regular Season
Baskonia Vitoria-GasteizBKN
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet BelgradeCZV
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It's a swift reunion for Zvezda with former coach Dusko Ivanovic, whose transformation of Baskonia's fortunes continued with an 80-79 thriller over Fenerbahce on Wednesday. Markus Howard was the hero, netting 28 points including a game-winning triple with 7 seconds remaining, while big man Maik Kotsar continued his good form with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Zvezda is coming off a hard-fought loss at Valencia and needs big men Joel Bolomboy (12.5 points and 6 rebounds over the last two games) and Luka Mitrovic (11.5 ppg., 5.2 rpg.) to establish an inside presence at Buesa Arena.
Ioannis Sfairopoulos, Zvezda head coach
"We play against a team that is on a good streak. From the other side we want to fight for the win. However, we just have a few hours to get ready for that because of the double-round week."
Dejan Davidovac, Zvezda player
"We have very little time to prepare for the game against Baskonia, which is in a series of great results. They play with a lot of confidence, well, hard, and we have to respond physically to their game, as well as to open the match better than the previous one."