A Spanish derby will see Barcelona (6-2) attempt to bounce back from Wednesday's dismal loss at Baskonia and extend its 100% home record.
Game Notes: Barcelona vs. Valencia

Visiting Valencia (5-3) is facing its second "clásico" opponent of the week after a narrow home loss to Real Madrid on Tuesday. Former Barca big man Brandon Davies will return to Palau Blaugrana after a remarkable 18-point first quarter against Real, and his duel with the equally exciting Jan Vesely will be a highlight of this matchup. Vesely had enjoyed a great season until Wednesday night, when he was held to just 2 points and 1 rebound, so he'll be eager to return to his usual high standards. The same applies to Jabari Parker, who also scored just 2 points in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
- In their EuroLeague last meeting, won 85-71 by Barcelona at home, Alex Abrines has a career-high 6 assists in victory.
- The first time Valencia and Barcelona met head-to-head in the EuroLeague was in 2017-18, when they split home games.
- Brandon Davies spent three seasons with Barcelona, from 2019 to 2022. He helped Barcelona reach a pair of EuroLeague Final Fours.
- Davies was also a teammate of Barcelona's Rokas Jokubaitis at Zalgiris during the 2018-19 season.
- Victor Claver spent five seasons with Barcelona, from 2016 to 2021, helping the team reach the 2021 EuroLeague Championship Game. He was a teammate of Alex Abrines.
- Barcelona's Willy Hernangomez, Dario Brizuela, Joel Parra and Alex Abrines were teammates of Claver on the Spanish national team at the 2023 World Cup.
- Claver posted career highs in PIR (24), defensive rebounds (9) and assists (5) while playing for Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar against Barcelona during their best-of-five EuroLeague Playoffs series in 2016.
- Barcelona forward Nikola Kalinic played for Valencia during the 2020-21 season.
- Kalinic was a teammate of Valencia's Stefan Jovic at Crvena Zvezda Belgrade for the 2014-15 season and on the Serbian national team. They won silver medals together at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and also at the 2014 Basketball World Cup.
- Last season in Valencia, Barcelona's Nicolas Laprovittola scored a career-high 28 points in an 84-83 loss.
- Valencia point guard Chris Jones dished a career-high 8 assists while playing for Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv against Barcelona in March 2021.