EuroLeague Matchday 11 Injury Report: Punter and Evbuomwan Out for Barcelona
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EuroLeague Matchday 11 Injury Report: Punter and Evbuomwan Out for Barcelona

EuroLeague Matchday 11, played between Wednesday and Friday, brings bad news for Barcelona. Aleksander Sekulić's team, one of six chasing Panathinaikos at 7-3, visits the league leader on Friday without two of their most important players. The other three Spanish teams also arrive with injuries.

A double blow for Barcelona

Kevin Punter suffered a left ankle sprain and will be out for approximately six weeks. Tosan Evbuomwan has a torn oblique abdominal muscle with a recovery time of around three weeks. Both played on Sunday against Breogán. They are joined by Juan Núñez and Mo Gibson, who have not played since Matchday 8, and Yoan Makoundou, who has yet to debut this season while recovering from a knee injury. At Panathinaikos, only Nikos Rogkavopoulos is sidelined, since Matchday 5.

Five absences for Real Madrid hosting Crvena Zvezda

Real Madrid hosts Crvena Zvezda of Ibon Navarro on Thursday with the medical staff stretched thin. Facundo Campazzo, with a hamstring injury, did not play in Matchday 10. Theo Maledon (knee sprain) and Mikael Jantunen (plantar fascia tear) have been out since Matchday 9, Gabriel Deck has not played since Matchday 3 due to a shoulder issue "more serious than we thought," according to head coach Pedro Martínez, and Usman Garuba continues recovering from the Achilles tendon injury he suffered at the Final Four in May. Crvena Zvezda only has Stefan Miljenović sidelined after ankle surgery.

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Valencia Basket confirmed that Nikola Mirotić, who has not played since Matchday 8, and Nate Reuvers, dealing with a foot issue since Matchday 7, will miss Thursday's game against Bayern. Mo Gueye, with right foot soreness, is questionable. Bayern's Anton Gavel had his full roster available in Matchday 10.

Kosner Baskonia, which opens the matchday on Wednesday in Belgrade, recovers Rodions Kurucs, as confirmed by Velimir Perasović. Tadas Sedekerskis remains out since Matchday 7. Partizan will be without Kevarrius Hayes and Derek Willis, with Tonye Jekiri and Luca Vildoza to be decided on game day.

Rest of the matchday

In the Tel Aviv derby, Maccabi's first game in Limassol, the hosts remain without Iffe Lundberg, who won't return until December, and Hapoel is without Tomáš Satoranský, who has not played since Matchday 9 due to a head injury. Olympiacos hosts Dubai without Jean Montero, who underwent knee surgery and will miss six months, nor Tyler Dorsey, suspended by the club. Dubai continues without Thomas Walkup, though Justin Anderson made his league debut on Monday.

Olimpia Milano loses Devin Booker to a right thigh tendon tear, and Žalgiris only has Nigel Williams-Goss sidelined. Anadolu Efes of Pablo Laso has three absences: Mike James, out seven to nine months with an Achilles tendon injury; PJ Dozier, with a back issue; and Isaïa Cordinier, who underwent surgery in May. ASVEL is without Myles Cale and Mathis Dossou-Yovo, and Beşiktaş is without DaQuan Jeffries. Paris recovers Daulton Hommes, and Fenerbahçe has its full roster available.