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Week 4 - Tuesday Games Preview

MIES (Switzerland) - Week four action in the Basketball Champions League is ready to roll, and it all begins with four games on Tuesday October 25, featuring a battle of two undefeated teams and two other teams vying for their first win.

Here's a look at the four games on Tuesday:

Game 1: VEF Riga (0-2) v Limoges CSP (0-2) - Group F

Where: Riga, Latvia

When: 19:00 local time

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  • Riga have lost 14 of their last 16 BCL games but their last four wins in the league came at home; they have lost their previous four games against French teams but none of them by more than seven points.
  • Maris Gulbis is the only player to have scored 10+ points in Riga's two games in the BCL in 2022-23; he has scored in double figures in his last seven games in the competition, while coming off the bench, his longest scoring streak in the BCL. Gulbis has scored 15+ points in each of his last four games against French teams in the league.
  • Limoges have won two of their eight BCL games and have lost their three away games in the competition; none of their eight BCL games ended with margins of greater than six points, their two games in 2022-23 even ending with margins of three points or fewer.
  • Limoges have made 20+ assists in each of their last four games in the BCL, after dishing out fewer than 20 assists in three of their previous four games in the competition; only two teams are making more assists per game than Limoges in the BCL this season (21.5).
  • Desi Rodriguez is the only player to have scored more than 10 points in Limoges' two games in the BCL in 2022-23; he made exactly 12 points and 3 assists in each, while also averaging 6.5 rebounds per game.

Game 2: Pinar Karsiyaka (1-1) v UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia (1-1) - Group B

Where: Izmir, Turkey

When: 19:30 local time

 

  • Karsiyaka have alternated between wins and losses in their last seven games in the BCL, losing the most recent one (83-71 v Telekom Baskets Bonn); Karsiyaka have won four of their five home games played against Italian teams in the competition.
  • Karsiyaka have made more than 40 percent of their attempted three-pointers in each of their last two home games in the BCL, including 45 percent on Gameday 1 this season (13-of-29); however, they have never had a longer streak of home games shooting 40 percent or more from behind the arc.
  • Errick McCollum is averaging 23.5 points and 7.5 assists off the bench in the BCL this season, tied for the highest scoring average (with Maurice Kemp) and most assists among the players that have started their two games on the bench; no player has ever made consecutive double-doubles with points and assists off the
    bench in league history.
  • Reggio Emilia won their first away game in the BCL (88-84 v Bonn) but only two Italian teams have won their first two away games in the competition: Avellino in 2016-17 and Segafredo Virtus Bologna in 2018-19.
  • Andrea Cinciarini has a double-double with points and assists in each of his two games with Reggio Emilia in the BCL; only Chris Wright has made three consecutive double-doubles with points and assists in BCL history - it was in his first three games in the competition with Torun in 2019-20.

Game 3: AEK (1-1) v Telekom Baskets Bonn (1-1) - Group B

Where: Athens, Greece

When: 19:30 local time

 

 

  • AEK and Bonn faced each other during the 2019-20 season, during the Round of 16, with two wins for the Greek side; AEK have won five of their six home games against German teams.
  • AEK lost their last home game in the BCL, 89-83 against Falco Szombathely, but have lost consecutive home games in the competition only once, back in October 2017; AEK have scored more than 80 points in each of their last two home games after scoring fewer than 80 points in the previous four.
  • Akil Mitchell has grabbed exactly nine rebounds in each of his last three games in the BCL, including in his two appearances with AEK this season; Mitchell has also scored an average of 16.3 points per game in those three encounters.
  • Bonn have lost their last four away games, including two in Greece, but have lost more away games in a row only once before (L5 in 2017-2018); they have scored more than 80 points in each of their last two away games after failing to reach 80 points in their previous 10 away games.
  • TJ Shorts II scored more than 25 points in each of his two games with Bonn in the BCL: however, only Kevin Punter has scored that many points in more consecutive games (three in January-February 2018); Shorts has also dished out exactly eight assists in each of his two games this season.

Game 4: S.L. Benfica (2-0) v BAXI Manresa (2-0) - Group F

Where: Lisboa, Portugal

When: 17:30 local time

 

 

  • Benfica have won their first two BCL games and could become only the fourth team since the beginning of 2019-20 to win their first three games in the competition, after Turk Telekom in 2019-20, Nutribullet Treviso in 2021-22 and Unicaja in 2021-22.
  • Aaron Broussard has scored 15+ points in his two games with Benfica in the BCL, as many times as in his previous 11 encounters in the competition (with Anwil & Nizhny Novgorod); this will be Broussard's third game against a Spanish team in the league, after being scoreless in his first encounter with UCAM Murcia and then scoring six points against them.
  • Manresa have won six of their last eight away games in the BCL after losing five of the previous seven; six of their last eight away games ended with margins of six points or fewer.
  • Manresa have scored 66.1 percent of their two-pointers in the BCL this season, more than any other team; only Legia Warszawa (28) have scored more three-pointers than Benfica (26) this season.
  • Jerrick Harding has scored more than 10 points in each of his last 11 games in the BCL, including 16 or more in his two games with Manresa this season; Harding is averaging 21 points per game in his last four encounters away from home in the competition.