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Week 6 Tuesday/Wednesday games preview

MIES (Switzerland) - Week six of the Basketball Champions League will soon be here, as round robin matchups continue with another seven-game slate between Nov. 9 and Nov. 10.

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

Game 1: Galatasaray Nef (2-1) vs. Igokea (1-2) - Group E

Where: Istanbul, Turkey

When: 20:00 CET

First meeting this season: 13 October 2021, Igokea 85 Galatasaray 89

 

  • Galatasaray have already won more games in the BCL this season (two) than in the entire 2020-21 campaign (one), with one of those wins being against Igokea in the reverse fixture (89-85); they have scored 90.5 points per game at home and only 79.4 points per game when playing on the road in league history.
  • Igokea have lost their last two games but have never lost three consecutive matches in the BCL; six of Igokea's last seven games in the league have ended with a margin of six or fewer points. The Bosnian team have won just one of their seven road games in the BCL.
  • Igokea have grabbed on average 46.3 rebounds per game in the BCL 2021-22, more than any other team, but have made the fewest steals per game however (4.0).
  • Galatasaray's DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell has scored more than 20 points in his three BCL games this season, his longest such sequence in the league; he might become the seventh player to do it in four consecutive games in BCL history.
  • Igokea's Markel Starks has dished out 6+ assists in each of his three games in the BCL this season; he has only tallied four turnovers and currently boasts the highest assists per turnover ratio (5.3) among the 34 players with more than 11 assists in the competition in 2021-22.

Game 2: ERA Nymburk (2-1) vs. PAOK mateco (1-2) - Group E

Where: Prague, Czech Republic

When: 18:30 CET

First meeting this season: 12 October 2021, PAOK 83 Nymburk 84

 

  • Nymburk have won three of their five home games against Greek teams, with their only two defeats coming at the hands of AEK.
  • PAOK have won their most recent BCL game (81-74 vs. Galatasaray) but haven't won consecutive matches in the competition since November – December 2019 (three); each of PAOK's three games in the league this season have ended with a point differential of seven or fewer points.
  • Nymburk and PAOK have each averaged only 9.3 turnovers per game in the BLC this season, fewer than any other team, with PAOK being one of the only three teams to have conceded fewer than 10 points following a turnover (9.7).
  • Nymburk's Vojtech Hruban is one rebound shy of becoming just the third player in BCL history to tally 300+ rebounds; Hruban is the league top scorer with a total of 955 points, while no other player has scored 750 or more points in BCL history.
  • PAOK's Marvin Jones has recorded two double-doubles in his last two appearances in the BCL, as many as he has tallied in his previous 19 games in the competition; no PAOK player has made three consecutive double-doubles in the league.

Game 3: BAXI Manresa (3-0) vs. Pinar Karsiyaka (2-1) - Group B

Where: Manresa, Spain

When: 21:00 CET

First meeting this season: 26 October 2021, Karsiyaka 67 Manresa 72

 

  • Manresa have won their last three games in the BCL, but have never had a longer winning sequence in the competition; six of Manresa's last seven games in the BCL have ended with a margin of six or fewer points, including all three games this season.
  • Karsiyaka have won five of their nine games against Spanish teams in the BCL, with two of those wins coming while playing away; eight of those nine games have ended with a single-digit differential, including last season's Final (59-64 vs. San Pablo Burgos) and the matchup with BAXI Manresa earlier this season (67-72).
  • Manresa (35.7) and Karsiyaka (35.3) are two of the five teams to average 35+ points per game scored by their bench players in the BCL this season.
  • Karsiyaka's Bonzie Colson has grabbed 30 rebounds in the BCL this season, more than any other player; he scored only eight points in his previous game against BAXI Manresa, his lowest tally in a BCL regular season game, also failing to score a 3 pointer for the first time in a regular season game.
  • Karsiyaka's Tony Taylor is 14 points away from overtaking Dusan Sakota (658 points) as the 5th top scorer of all time in the BCL – Taylor has scored a total of 645 points in the competition.

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

Game 1: Tofas Bursa (2-1) vs. SIG Strasbourg (2-1) - Group F

Where: Bursa, Turkey

When: 20:00 CET

First meeting this season: 26 October 2021, Strasbourg 74 Bursa 76

  • Bursa have won four of their last five BCL games after losing the previous four; however, they have won only 38% of their home games in the competition (3/8) while winning 71% of their away games (5/7), the biggest differential among teams that have played more than one season in the BCL.
  • Strasbourg have won their last two away games in the BCL but are yet to win three in a row in the competition; they have lost the first quarter in 14 of their last 15 games in the BCL regular season.
  • Strasbourg are the only team to have allowed their opponents to have fewer than 70 possessions per game in the BCL this season (69.9); Strasbourg have also allowed their opponents to grab only 28.3 rebounds per game, fewer than any team.
  • Strasbourg (4.3) are the only team to average fewer than five points conceded per game following a fast break this season in the BCL; they conceded 10.1 points per game following a fast break last season.
  • Tofas' Kasey Shepard (240) and Strasbourg's DeAndre Lansdowne (180) have scored the most points while coming from the bench among all players since the beginning of the 2020-21 season; two of the only four times Shepard failed to score 10+ points in a BLC game in that span came against SIG Strasbourg however, including nine points in their last meeting on Gameday 3.

Game 2: Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (0-3) vs. Arged BM Stal Ostrow Wielkopolski (1-2) - Group B

Where: Jerusalem, Israel

When: 21:00 CET

First meeting this season: 27 October 2021, Stal 76 Jerusalem 65

 

  • Jerusalem have lost their last five games in the regular season of the BCL, including against Stal (65-76), as many defeats as in their previous 24 games in that stage of the competition.
  • Stal have lost their first two away games in the BCL, against Manresa and Karsiyaka, despite leading at the end of the third quarter in each of those games.
  • Jerusalem have made only 35.7% of their field goals attempted this season in the BCL, fewer than any other team; they never made fewer than 45% of their FGs in any of their previous seasons in the competition.
  • It happened only five times that a Jerusalem player scored 10+ points in a BCL game this season, fewer than any team with three games played; Jalen Adams has been responsible for three of those five instances, with Sean Kilpatrick and Anthony Bennett being the other two players to score 10+ points, both in Gameday 1.
  • Stal's James Palmer Jr. is the player to have attempted the most free-throws without missing a single one in the BCL this season (16/16); he is one of the seven players to have grabbed 7+ rebounds in each of his three games this season.

Game 3: Filou Oostende (1-2) vs. Kalev/Cramo (1-2) - Group F

Where: Oostende, Belgium

When: 20:00 CET

First meeting this season: 26 October 2021, Kalev/Cramo 85 Oostende 87

 

  • Oostende have lost two of their last three home games in the BCL, as many defeats as in their previous nine games at home; they lost the most recent one on their own court (77-83 vs. Strasbourg) but have not lost consecutive home games since October-November 2018.
  • Kalev/Cramo have won only one of their three BCL games but that lone win came in their most recent away game, 81-77 against Bursa; they are one of the two teams to have seen final margins of fewer than five points in each of their three BCL games this season, alongside Igokea.
  • Kalev/Cramo have scored only 22 points in the paint per game in the BCL this season, fewer than any other team, while only two teams have averaged more points in the paint than Oostende (38).
  • Levi Randolph is the only player to have scored 10+ points in each of Oostende's three games in the BCL this season; he scored 10+ points in only two of the previous 13 games before that run in the competition.
  • Kalev/Cramo's Silas Melson has scored 63 points in the BCL this season, 4th overall best tally and more than any other player to have started all games on the bench.

Game 4: Lenovo Tenerife (2-1) vs. Prometey (1-2) - Group A

Where: San Cristobal de La Laguna, Spain

When: 19:30 CET

First meeting this season: 6 October 2021, Prometey 70 Tenerife 73

 

  • Tenerife lost their last game in the BCL (69-80 vs. Ludwigsburg) but have lost consecutive games in the competition only once before, back in November 2016; they have won each of their last 10 home games however, with an average margin of 19 points, their best winning run at home in the competition.
  • Prometey have won only one of their three games in the BCL but that win came in their only game away from home, during gameday 3 against Sassari (87-79), the only time they managed to score more than 70 points.
  • Tenerife have made only 50% of their free-throws in the BCL this season, fewer than any other team, while Prometey's opponents have scored only 60.8% of their free-throws, the lowest FT% conceded; Tenerife never made fewer than 75% in any of their previous five BCL seasons, even making 86.2% of their FTs in 2020-21, the best FT% of any team during a single season in the competition.
  • Tenerife's Sasu Salin scored 33 points against Prometey on Gameday 1, while also adding seven rebounds, only one player has scored more points in a BCL game this season (Tyson Carter, 35 v Nizhny Novgorod); however, he has scored 13 points and grabbed five rebounds in the following two games combined.
  • Prometey's Miro Bilan has scored fewer than five points in four of his last five BCL games after scoring 10+ points in 14 of his previous 15; he has scored a tally of 52 points against Tenerife, more than against any other team in the competition.