BAR vs OLY Dream11: European powerhouse Barcelona are in action as they take on Olympiacos in EuroLeague round16 match at Palau Blaugrana on Friday night (IST). Barca are one of the hottest teams in EuroLeague this season, winning four straight games prior to this match, and an impressive 12 times out of 15 games in the season so far. Barce are 3r on the points table but can end the round on the top of the pile with a win in this game.
Olympiacos are struggling a little bit at the moment. They are outside the playoff positions coming into this game, sitting at 10th, with a game separating them from top-8 teams.
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Match details:
Teams: Barcelona and Olympiacos
Venue: Palau Blaugrana
Match Timing: December 28, @ 01:30 AM
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Barcelona team news: Thomas Heurtel and Kevin Pangos both will miss the game for Barcelona due to a knee and toe injury respectively.
Victor Claver returned to the light training this week and may be available for this game. He has been recovering from plantar fascia injury.
Olympiacos team news: As for the visitors, Vassilis Spanoulis is a huge doubt while Willie Reed will also be monitored before the match.
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Barcelona: Nikola Mirotic, Adam Hanga, Ante Tomic, Roland Smits, Cory Higgins
Olympiacos: Kostas Papanikolaou, Georgios Printzesis, Nikola Milutinov, Vassilis Spanoulis, Antonis Koniaris
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Likely squads:
Barcelona: Nikola Mirotic, Pierre Oriola, Artem Pustovyi, Malcolm Davies, Adam Hanga, Cory Higgins, Kyle Kuric, Alex Abrines, Leandro Bolmaro, Pau Ribas, Rolands Smits, Ante Tomic, Brandon Davies, Sergi Martinez
Olympiacos: Will Cherry, Vassilis Spanoulis, Nikola Milutinov, Georgios Printezis, Vassilis Spanoulis, Antonis Koniaris, Brandon Paul, Kostas Papanikolaou, Kevin Punter, Mindaugas Kuzminkas, Wade Baldwin IV, Augustine Rubit, Sasha Vezenkov, Nikos Arsenopoulos, Antonis Koniaris, Ethan Happ
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Team 1:
PG: W Cherry
SG: C Higgins, A Abrines, B Paul
SF: A Hanga
PF: N Mirotic (SP)
C: A Tomic, N Milutinov
Team 2:
PG: W Cherry
SG: C Higgins, A Abrines, B Paul
SF: A Hanga
PF: N Mirotic
C: A Tomic, N Milutinov (SP)