European Basketball Round Two
European Basketball Action Heats Up as EuroLeague and Liga Endesa Round Two Begins
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Žalgiris, coming off an 83-77 road win over Crvena Zvezda, hosts Olympiacos in EuroLeague Round 2, with Carsen Edwards and Jonas Valančiūnas among the new arrivals and Nigel Williams-Goss sidelined by injury. Dubai welcomes Barcelona after opening its EuroLeague campaign with a comeback win over Real Madrid, fueled by strong rebounding and 24 points from Dwayne Bacon. Real Madrid opens its Liga Endesa season at home against Unicaja after winning the EuroLeague Super Cup but losing 78-77 to Dubai; Madrid has a new coach and seven new players, while Unicaja also enters the season under a new head coach. Breogán hosts Spanish Supercup winner Joventut after gaining experience in Champions League qualifying, where it rallied late but lost to Dziki Warszawa; Joventut arrives after beating Baskonia and Barcelona to claim the trophy.
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Zalgiris forward Azuolas Tubelis recorded 10 points and 12 rebounds against Crvena Zvezda and is expected to be tasked with guarding Olympiacos star Sasha Vezenkov.
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Dubai trailed Real Madrid 77-71 with three minutes left, then held Madrid scoreless for the rest of the game to complete its comeback; the article credits the turnaround to shutting down Madrid in the paint.
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Real Madrid begins its pursuit of a 39th Liga Endesa title, with a 34-game regular season ahead to earn a playoff place. It had beaten Unicaja 113-74 in a Costa del Sol Tournament final earlier in September.
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Breogán conceded 19 three-pointers in its Champions League qualifying semifinal loss to Dziki Warszawa. Francisco Alonso was its standout player in that game, while the tournament gave the refreshed roster competitive minutes to build chemistry.
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