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FANTASY CHALLENGE RUNDOWN
GROUP A

Asvel Villeurbanne

Asvel Villeurbanne:
- T.J. Parker remains sidelined with a knee injury.

Cibona

Cibona:
- Head coach Velimir Perasovic has a full squad available for his team's trip to play Regal FC Barcelona.

Fenerbahce Ulker

Fenerbahce Ulker:
- Mirsad Turkcan remains sidelined with a groin injury for at least another week.

Montepaschi Siena

Montepaschi Siena:
- Head coach Simone Pianigiani has a full squad available for his team's Euroleague home opener.

Regal FC Barcelona

Regal FC Barcelona:
- Jaka Lakovic is a game-time decision. He missed last week's Euroleague opener at Fenerbahce Ulker and his team’s last Spanish League contest with back trouble.
- Lubos Barton remains sidelined with a torn tendon in his left leg suffered last season.

Zalgiris

Zalgiris:
-Guard Zygimantas Janavicius will not travel to play against Montepaschi due to illness.
- Povilas Butkevicius and Siim-Sander Vene did not make the trip to Siena, either.
GROUP B

Efes Pilsen

Efes Pilsen:
- Head coach Ergin Ataman has a full squad available for his team's Euroleague home opener.

Entente Orleanaise

Entente Orleanaise:
- Head coach Philippe Herve has a full squad available for his team's Euroleague home opener.

Lietuvos Rytas

Lietuvos Rytas:
- Head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis has a full squad available for the trip to Entente Orleanaise, including newly signed guard Vidas Ginevicius.

Olympiacos

Olympiacos:
- Head coach Panagiotis Giannakis has a full squad available for the trip to Unicaja now that big man Sofoklis Schortsanitis and star teenager Kostas Papanikolaou have returned to action following a bout with the (a)H1NI virus.

Partizan

Partizan:
- Head coach Dusko Vujosevic has a full squad available for his team's trip to Efes Pilsen.

Unicaja

Unicaja:
- Guard Joseph Gomis will miss the regular season with an Achilles tendon injury.
GROUP C

Caja Laboral

Caja Laboral:
- Walter Herrmann is out two months following knee surgery.
- Brad Oleson's participation will be a game day decision due to a nagging ankle injury.

CSKA Moscow

CSKA Moscow:
- Matjaz Smodis is sidelined with a back injury.
- After missing last week's game, both center Sasha Kaun and forward Andrey Vorontsevich are expected to take part in the team's home opener.
- Trajan Langdon missed CSKA's last Russian League game with a fever and will be a game day decision against Roma.

Lottomatica Roma

Lottomatica Roma:
- Small forward Luigi Datome is expected to miss the next two games with a thigh muscle injury.
- Luca Vitali has returned to training, but has yet to play a game after undergoing surgery to remove his tonsils.

Maccabi Electra

Maccabi Electra:
- Head coach Pini Gershon has a full squad available for the trip to Caja Laboral.

Maroussi BC

Maroussi BC:
- Center Stephen Arigbabu is expected to miss a month after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his knee.
- Guard Fanis Koumpouras has yet to play this season due to injury.
- Giorgos Diamantopoulos remains out due to an elbow injury.
- Kostas Kaimakoglou, Michalis Pelekanos and Levon Kendall are all dealing with flu-like symptoms and will each be game day decisions for Thursday's game.

Union Olimpija

Union Olimpija:
- Guard Vlado Ilievski has yet to play this season for Olimpija due to leg problems and is expected to miss up to three more weeks.
GROUP D

Armani Jeans Milano

Armani Jeans Milano:
- Swingman Jeff Viggiano is sidelined with a wrist injury.
- Big man Joey Beard is unavailable this week.

Asseco Prokom

Asseco Prokom:
- Head coach Tomas Pacesas has a full squad available for his team's trip to Madrid.

EWE Baskets Oldenburg

EWE Baskets Oldenburg:
- Playmaker Jason Gardner will miss four weeks due to a back injury.

BC Khimki Moscow Region

BC Khimki Moscow Region:
- Head coach Sergio Scariolo has a full squad available for his team's trip to face Panathinaikos.

Real Madrid

Real Madrid:
- Center Tomas Van den Spiegel is sidelined with an ankle injury.
- Big man Felipe Reyes is out due to a calf injury.

Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos:
- Big man Mike Batiste is expected to miss two more weeks with a calf injury.
- Guard Sarunas Jasikevicius has not yet recovered from knee surgery.
- Big man Kostas Tsartsaris remains out with a broken hand.
- Jurica Golemac will be out 10 days after getting injured in a Greek League game.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Euroleague.net
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