Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv are back in Belgrade after over a month on Thursday to host Zalgiris Kaunas (9:05 PM Israel time, 2:05 PM ET), in search for an eight consecutive win across all competitions. Oded Kattash's team is 14-13 heading into the the contest, facing a tough Lithuanian group (11-16) who won 4 out of its previous 6 games.
The Israeli champs are without injured Roman Sorkin, with the availability of guard Tamir Blatt still uncertain after picking up a knee injury. Zalgiris appears to have a full squad for newly appointed head coach Andrea Trinchieri to use.
"We are expecting a game against a good opponent who is improving under Trinchieri", commented coach Oded Kattash after practice on Wednesday, "They play with a lot of confidence and execute at a high level. Keenan is one of the most dominant players in the EuroLeague. We will have to contain him with 5 players and get the ball out of his hands".
Maccabi won 22 out of 32 encounters with Zalgiris since the inception of the EuroLeague in the year 2000. The yellows also prevailed in the three previous home games against the greens, albeit this time the game will take place on neutral grounds in the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall.
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