Barcelona Visits Dubai as Valencia and Baskonia Open Their Rivalry in EuroLeague Matchday 2

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The EuroLeague returns just five days after the opening round. Eight games on Tuesday and two on Wednesday, with all four Spanish representatives playing on the same day and featuring a direct matchup between two of them.

Valencia-Baskonia (Tuesday, 20:30)

The matchday's derby. Valencia arrives with a victory after beating Besiktas 94-96 in Istanbul, with TJ Shorts deciding the game in the final minute, but has suffered two losses in three official games counting the Supercup and Liga Endesa, where they fell at home to Lleida.

Baskonia, meanwhile, comes off conceding 106 points against Olympiacos in their European debut and winning at home in the league opener. Their problem remains the same: an unresolved interior game following the departure of Khalifa Diop and the termination of Alex Len.

Anadolu Efes-Real Madrid (Tuesday, 19:00)

Madrid seeks to bounce back after falling in Dubai by one point, with Andrés Feliz's layup bouncing off the rim at the buzzer. They also travel with Nick Smith Jr. still not registered.

Facing them is an Efes side that lost at the Palau to Barcelona (89-82) and is dealing with the absences of Isaia Cordinier and Georgios Papagiannis. This is Mike James's first game against Madrid wearing the Turkish jersey.

Dubai-Barcelona (Tuesday, 18:00)

The blaugrana visit the court where Madrid fell on Thursday, and they do so without any of their three new centers: Josh Nebo, Tosan Evbuomwan, and Yoan Makoundou.

Dubai arrives unbeaten after beating Madrid, and Barcelona also comes in undefeated after defeating Efes with Brizuela and Punter leading the way.

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Zalgiris-Olympiacos (Tuesday, 19:00)

The defending champion visits Kaunas without Nikola Milutinov, who did not travel, and with Bryant Dunston and George Papas recently registered. Zalgiris arrives in worse shape: Nigel Williams-Goss will be out for two weeks with an injury suffered in his debut, when they fell to Crvena Zvezda despite playing at home.

Fenerbahce-Bayern (Tuesday, 19:45)

Both won in the opening round. Fenerbahce defeated Virtus (78-68) after trailing by six minutes from the end, and Bayern settled matters in Sofia against Hapoel with a three-pointer from Voigtmann and a steal from Jensen in the final seconds.

Crvena Zvezda-Hapoel Tel Aviv (Tuesday, 20:00)

Ibon Navarro seeks his first victory as coach of the Serbian club after falling to Zalgiris in his debut. Hapoel also arrives with a loss.

Olimpia Milano-Virtus Bologna (Tuesday, 20:30)

An Italian clash between two teams that lost. Milan fell in Belgrade to Partizan 92-76, with Carlik Jones posting 20 points and 10 assists.

Paris-Partizan (Tuesday, 20:45)

Paris comes off conceding 91-72 in Athens against Panathinaikos, in Obradovic's return to the OAKA. Partizan arrives in form but with their interior game severely depleted: Marinkovic, Lauvergne, and Willis remain out.

Wednesday's games

Maccabi-Besiktas (20:05). Both lost in their opener. Besiktas has also lost DaQuan Jeffries, who underwent wrist surgery after an injury in the opening round.

Panathinaikos-ASVEL (20:15). The Greek champion repeats the four absences from their debut—Nunn, Sloukas, Hayes-Davis, and Fall—and still won by nineteen. ASVEL arrives with the momentum of Tony Parker's first victory as head coach.