ZAL vs PAN DREAM11: Zalgiris Kaunas will be looking for its first win in three EuroLeague games when Greek giants Panathinaikos pay them a visit for the round-9 match at Zalgiris Arena, on Tuesday night (IST).
It has been quite a strange season for Zalgiris. They are absolutely on fire in the domestic league, winning the first 10 games by a combined margin of 251 points to sit top of Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, while the campaign in EuroLeague has been a ride full of shocks, with their form complete opposite of what they showed against the teams from domestic competition. They are 11th in EuroLeague following 3 wins and 5 defeats in the opening 8 games.
Panathinaikos have done slightly better than Zalgiris up until now as they split up the record after8 games. The Greek outfit could break into the top-seven with an away win over Zalgiris Kaunas.
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Match details:
Teams: Zalgiris Kaunas vs Panathinaikos
Venue: Zalgiris Arena
Match Timing: November 19, @ 11:00 PM
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Zalgiris Kaunas: Laurynas Birutis remains sidelined with a knee injury. No other reported injury concern or suspension to contend with for the home team. Alex Perez and Rokas Jokubaitis both returned recently having recovered from their respective injury issues. The duo is good to go.
Panathinaikos: Panathaninaikos have sacked head coach Argyris Pedoulakis due to the team’s poor form in EuroLeague. Assistant coach Giorgos Vovoras will be calling the shots on an interim basis.
Jimmer Fredette was held out from the last game in Europe, due to a niggling injury but is expected to be involved in this game.
Kostas Papadakis is expected to make his EuroLeague debut in this match.
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Zalgiris Kaunas: Thomas Walkup, Nigel Heyes, Jack Landale, Marius Grigonis, Edgaras Ulanovas
Panathinaikos: Deshawn Thomas, Kostantinos Mitoglu, Jacob Wiley, Nick Calathes, Nikos Pappas
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Likely squads:
Zalgiris Kaunas: Zach LeDay, Jock Landale, Marius Grigonis, Kerr Kriisa, Edgaras Ulanovas, Thomas Walkup, Alex Perez, Lukas Lekavicius, Nigel Hayes, Erikas Venskus, Paulius Jankunas, Karolis Lukosiunas, Arturas Milaknis, Martinas Geben
Panathinaikos: Deshaun Thomas, Kostas Papadakis, Wesley Johnson, Tyrese Rice, Georgios Papagiannis, Nick Calathes, Jacob Wiley, Dinos Mitoglou, Ben Bentil, Ioannis Papapetrou, Nikos Pappas, Ian Vougioukas, Rion Brown, Jimmer Fredette
GER vs NIR Dream11 Football Match
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Team 1:
PG: L Lekavicius, A Perez, N Calathes (SP)
SG: M Grigonis
SF: T Walkup
PF: D Thomas
C: J Landale, J Wiley
Team 2:
PG: L Lekavicius, N Calathes
SG: W Johnson
SF: I Papapetrou
PF: D Thomas (SP), N Hayes
C: J Landale, Z LeDay