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Can Antwerp prevent Bamberg from qualifying? What to know about Wednesday's games

MIES (Switzerland) - The end of the Basketball Champions League Regular Season is close, since this is week 12 already! 

Brose Bamberg will clinch a spot in the playoffs with a home win over Antwerp on Wednesday night (same for Antwerp). A loss, however, coupled with a Lietkabelis win at Dijon, would leave the German club still on the outside of the post-season looking in. 

With three Gamedays remaining, Bamberg have a one-game lead over the Giants while they are three clear of Lietkabelis. The Lithuanian club would win a head-to-head tiebreaker with Bamberg due to better goal differential if they were to finish with identical records. 

Here are a look at Wednesday's games.

PAOK (GRE) v Opava (CZE)

  • PAOK have lost two of their last three games in BCL after having won the previous five. They have won their last four home games in the competition but have never won five in a row on home court.
  • Opava have lost their last ten games in BCL, longest losing streak for a team in a single BCL season.
  • Opava are the only team in BCL this season to have conceded 1000+ points (1028).
  • PAOK have won five of their six BCL games this season with Phil Goss playing as a starter but have lost three of the four games with him starting on the bench.
  • Opava's Martin Gniadek has made 3.1 turnovers per game on average this season, more than any other center.



UNET Holon (ISR) v Iberostar Tenerife (ESP)

  • UNET Holon have won seven of their 11 games this season after having won only three of their 14 games in the Regular Season 2017/18.
  • Iberostar Tenerife have lost their last BCL game (v Umana Reyer Venezia 78-80) but have not lost two in a row since Gamedays 4 & 5 in the 2016/17 season. They have won their last 12 away games in BCL, the longest winning streak for a team away from home.
  • Iberostar Tenerife have conceded fewer points than any other team in BCL this season (753).
  • No other Forward has made more double-double than UNET Holon's Darion Atkins (4) this season in BCL. He made one double-double in each of his last two home games in the competition.
  • Iberostar Tenerife's Rodrigo San Miguel has scored on average 2 points per game in his nine games as a starter this season in BCL, less than any other player with 5+ games started this season.



Fribourg Olympic (SUI) v Nanterre 92 (FRA)

  • Fribourg Olympic have won two of their last three BCL games after having won only one of their first eight. However, they have won none of their last four home games.
  • Nanterre 92 have won six of their last nine games after having lost six of the previous eight.
  • Fribourg Olympic have made the most 2-pointers (283) but the least 3-pointers (43) among the teams in BCL this season while inversely Nanterre 92 have made the least 2- pointers (181) but the most 3-pointers (131).
  • Babacar Toure (164) and Andre Williamson (155) are two of the three centers to have scored the most points in BCL this season. They have also grabbed more rebounds per game than any other center (11rpg for Toure, 7.8rpg for Williamson).
  • Nanterre's Haukur Palsson is the most accurate player this season in BCL from behind the arc (62.5%). He has started his last two games on the bench after having be a starter in his first eight games of the season.



Brose Bamberg (GER) v Telenet Giants Antwerp (BEL)

  • Brose Bamberg have won six of their last eight games in BCL, including their previous encounter with Telenet Giants Antwerp in Gameday 5 of the current season (76-85).
  • Brose Bamberg have made more free-throws than any other team in BCL this season (220), while also having the highest scoring percentage from the FT line in the league (83.7%).
  • Telenet Giants Antwerp have made only 66.5% of their attempted free-throws, the lowest scoring percentage among all teams in BCL in 2018/19.
  • Brose Bamberg's Stevan Jelovac scored 30 points in the reverse fixture but has not scored more than 20 points in any of his following five BCL appearances.
  • Telenet Giants Antwerp's Paris Lee has combined for 12+ points and 8+ assists in four different games in BCL, the most among all players in the league this season.



JDA Dijon (FRA) v Lietkabelis (LTU)

  • Lietkabelis have lost all their five away games in BCL this season and have never scored more than 77 points in a single away game in the league in 2018/19.
  • JDA Dijon have allowed their opponents to score 14.1 points per game in second chance situations, the most any team have conceded in BCL this season.
  • Lietkabelis have forced their opponents to make the fewest turnovers among all teams in BCL this season (96).
  • JDA Dijon's David Holston has made an average of 6.8 assists per game while turning the ball over only 1.3 times per game in his last four BCL appearances.
  • Saulius Kulvietis has scored an average of 3.8 points per game for Lietkabelis in his last four BCL appearances but he has made an average of 14.2 points per game in his first five appearances in the league.



Montakit Fuenlabrada (ESP) v AEK (GRE)

  • Montakit Fuenlabrada have lost their last eight consecutive games in BCL after winning their first three games in the competition.
  • Montakit Fuenlabrada have allowed their opponents to score 40.8% of their attempted 3- pointers, the most by any team in BCL this season.
  • AEK have won all the six games in which they have scored 80+ points in BCL this season.
  • Montakit Fuenlabrada's Josh Akognon scored 26 points in his BCL debut against Hapoel Jerusalem; Akognon is the only Fuenlabrada's player to have scored 25+ points in a BCL game this season.
  • Vince Hunter has scored an average of 20.5 points per game in his last eight appearances with AEK in BCL.



Neptunas Klaipeda (LTU) v Petrol Olimpija (SLO)

  • Neptunas Klaipeda have lost their last home game (77-79 vs Filou Oostende) but have never lost two consecutive home games in BCL history. Petrol Olimpija have won only one of their last 15 games in BCL.
  • Neptunas Klaipeda have forced their opponents to make the most personal fouls among all teams in BCL this season (268).
  • Petrol Olimpija have scored 14.9 points in second chance situations, the most among all teams in BCL in 2018/19.
  • Neptunas Klaipeda's Tomas Delininkaitis has made 53.9% of his attempted FG, 54.1% of his 3-pointers and 91.4% of his shots from the FT line in BCL this season but he has failed to score 10+ points in any of his last three appearances in the league.
  • Luka Samanic has scored 11+ points in each of his last three appearances with Petrol Olimpija in BCL after not reaching the double-digits in points in any of his first six games in the league this season.



Segafredo Virtus Bologna (ITA) v Besiktas Sompo Japan (TUR)

  • Segafredo Virtus Bologna have won all their five home games in BCL this season, while scoring 83+ points in four of those games.
  • Segafredo Virtus Bologna have scored 49.2% of their attempted field goals, the highest scoring ratio from the field among all teams in BCL in 2018/19.
  • Besiktas Sompo Japan have grabbed only 6.6 offensive rebounds per game and have scored only 6.5 points per game in second chance situations, the fewest among all teams in BCL this season.
  • Segafredo Virtus Bologna's Kevin Punter has scored 20+ points in 12 different BCL games, the most among all players in league history; Punter has also scored 58% of his last 19 attempts from behind the arc in the BCL.
  • Jason Rich has scored 11+ points in each of his last eight appearances with Besiktas Sompo Japan in BCL, including an average of 20 points per game in his last four games in the league.