BAR vs MOS Dream11: Two of the most successful teams in Europe will face each other in one of the flagship fixtures in EuroLeague as Barcelona host reigning champions CSKA Moscow in round-10 at Palau Blaugrana, in Barcelona.
The hosts come into this game in red-hot form, having won 8 times in the 10 matches. Barca are now on a two-game winning run, following a straight-forward 96-73 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv in the last round, with their last defeat coming against eternal rivals Real Madrid in round08.
CSKA Moscow, meanwhile, are stuttering these days, They have fallen out of top-four, following a poor run of results where they won just two times in the last six games heading into this match.
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Match details:
Teams: Barcelona vs CSKA Moscow
Venue: Palau Blaugrana
Match Timing: November 30, @ 01:30 AM
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The following players will have a big say in deciding the result of the match.
Nikola Mirotic had a double-double in the last game with 23 points and 14 rebounds. He is leading both the points per game and rebounds per game for Barcelona this season.
Alex Abriens is the 3rd best player from 3-point range.
Malcolm Delaney is racking up assists at 5.0 per game this season.
Cory Higgins is averaging 2nd best points per game for Barca this season.
Mike James has scored at least one 3-pointer in 10 of his last 11 games.
Mike James has scored in double-digits in 8 consecutive matches heading into this game.
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Barcelona team news: Thomas Heurtel remains a long-term injury absentee for Barcelona as he continues to recover from a knee injury. Victor Claver is also out and is expected to miss 3 to 5 more weeks with plantar fascia injury.
Another big-name player missing from Barca’s roster is Kevin Pangos as he recovers from a toe injury.
CSKA Moscow team news: The champions continue to be without superstar Will Clyburn who is recovering from a knee injury, while Mikhail Kulagin is out with foot injury.
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Barcelona: Nikola Mirotic, Cory Higgins, Brandon Davies, Adam Hanga, Rolands Smits
CSKA Moscow: Johannes Voigtmann, Nikita Kurbanov, Kosta Koufos, Mike James, Darrun Hillard
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Likely squads:
Barcelona: Malcolm Davies, Adam Hanga, Cory Higgins, Kyle Kuric, Alex Abrines, Leandro Bolmaro, Victor Claver, Pau Ribas, Rolands Smits, Ante Tomic, Brandon Davies, Sergi Martinez, Nikola Mirotic, Pierre Oriola, Artem Pustovyi
CSKA Moscow: Mike James, Joel Bolomboy, Janis Strelnieks, Nikita Kurbanov, Daniel Hackett, Andrey Vorontsevich, Johannes Voigtmann, Joel Bolomboy, Ron Baker, Kyle Hines
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Team 1:
PG: M James, J Strelnieks
SG: C Higgins, A Abrines
SF: A Hanga
PF: J Voigtmann, N Mirotic (SP)
C: J Bolomboy
Team 2:
PG: M James
SG: C Higgins, A Abrines
SF: Kurbanov
PF: J Voigtmann, N Mirotic (SP)
C: J Bolomboy, K Hines