The final stretch of the season is here and players must make an extra effort to overcome knocks and injuries. Check out the situation of each team heading into Matchday 23 of the Liga Endesa!
• Asisa Joventut: In the green-and-black team, Guillem Vives remains sidelined with a left ankle sprain. Additionally, Ante Tomic is a doubt after medical tests ruled out a serious hamstring injury in his right leg.
• Barça: The blaugrana team played a EuroLeague game on Thursday, a match in which Xavi Pascual could not count on injured players Toko Shengelia, Nico Laprovittola, and Juan Núñez.
• Bàsquet Girona: Moncho Fernández pointed out in the pre-game that "it's been a strange week because Nikola Maric hasn't been able to train with us. Juan Fernández continues his recovery process but the improvement is slow and he's a player whose versatility is important for us. And Maxi Fjellerup is in the early weeks of a recovery that will be long."
• BAXI Manresa: Coach Diego Ocampo noted in the pre-game against UCAM Murcia that "Louis Olinde is out with no timeline set, Dani Pérez is improving but still unavailable, and Retin Obasohan is also improving."
• Casademont Zaragoza: Joan Plaza explained in the pre-game that "physically we're doing well. There have been knocks, but there have been no complaints, demands, or whining. At a physical level, even though contact has increased, there are no issues."
• Coviran Granada: In the pre-game, Arturo Ruiz confirmed that "the injured players continue to progress little by little. Jovan Kljajic and Elias Valtonen will travel with the team and we hope to be able to count on at least Jovan. Valtonen is working well but still has a bit to go. And William Howard and Beqa Burjanadze continue their progression. Beqa's injury will take longer but I hope to have William available in three weeks."
• Dreamland Gran Canaria: Except for the already-known absence of Miquel Salvó, the rest of the players are available to the coach for the game against Río Breogán. Additionally, the debut of Chimezie Metu is expected and he will be on the roster.
• Hiopos Lleida: This matchday, latest signing Adrià Rodríguez could make his debut. Additionally, Gerard Encuentra noted in the pre-game that he has some players dealing with minor issues, "like Automane Diagne, who still hasn't trained with the team, Dani García, also with a small sprain that doesn't seem too serious but is under observation to see if he makes it to the game, and James Batemon, who felt some discomfort in the lower quadriceps in Madrid."
• Kosner Baskonia: The Vitoria team played a EuroLeague game on Thursday, a match for which Paolo Galbiati could not count on, in addition to Tadas Sedekerskis and Khalifa Diop, Markus Howard, who will be out for two to three weeks with a muscle injury, nor Stefan Joksimovic, with a shoulder injury suffered in the EuroLeague NextGen tournament. Rodions Kurucs also didn't play, carrying a foot injury. The good news was the return of Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot.
• La Laguna Tenerife: In the yellow-and-black team, Patty Mills could make his debut if cleared. Additionally, in the pre-game, Txus Vidorreta indicated that "this week there have been no major setbacks. Yesterday we had Joan Sastre return to training, who did half the work, while Gio Shermadini arrived on Wednesday and has already trained normally. No issues with the rest of the players."
• MoraBanc Andorra: Zan Tabak, in the pre-game against Surne Bilbao, explained that "right now we have four or five players who are dealing with minor issues and we're taking it day by day awaiting medical evaluation for the next game. I can't guarantee that Shannon Evans, Xavi Castañeda, or Rafa Luz will be available..."
• Real Madrid: The white team plays a EuroLeague game on Friday, for which Sergio Scariolo has all his players available and will have to make cuts.
• Recoletas Salud San Pablo Burgos: For this matchday, Porfi Fisac will not be able to count on Jhivvan Jackson, who is sidelined long-term. Additionally, in the pre-game he confirmed that Leo Meindl travels with the team and hopes to be able to count on him.
• Río Breogán: Luis Casimiro, in the pre-game, explained that "the week has gone well until today, when Keandre Cook couldn't train due to a throat infection. Hopefully we can recover him to travel and have him in the game. This has been the only incident of the week."
• Surne Bilbao: Awaiting confirmation from the club.
• UCAM Murcia: In the pre-game, Sito Alonso noted that "Wednesday's game has left some aftereffects on the team, but there's still quite a bit of time. We don't have anything confirmed, but Dylan and Howard Sant-Roos could be out, in addition to Devontae Cacok, who felt some discomfort during Wednesday's game."
• Unicaja: Ibon Navarro explained in the pre-game that "yesterday both Olek Balcerowski and Chris Duarte did the first part of training, we'll see if today they can do the full session. The one who didn't train yesterday was Tyler Kalinoski, who appears to have the same virus that prevented Olek from playing on Tuesday. We'll see how he is, hopefully no one else has the same symptoms. In principle I'd like both Olek and Tyler, who do have rhythm, to be available. We'll see and assess Chris, who after all has been out for nine days and only did yesterday's training. We'll see how we are tomorrow morning and make a decision."
• Valencia Basket: The orange team played a EuroLeague game on Thursday, in which coach Pedro Martínez maintained the absence of small forward Kameron Taylor due to a muscle injury in his right leg.