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FANTASY CHALLENGE INJURY NEWS
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GROUP A
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Asvel Villeurbanne:
- Center Curtis Borchardt had his hand operated on and will miss the remainder of the regular season.
- T.J. Parker is fit to make his Euroleague debut.
- Rawle Marshall is available for his Asvel Basket debut.
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Cibona:
- Center Dalibor Bagaric remains sidelined with a leg injury.
- Jamont Gordon, who was involved in a gar accident, is traveling with the team and will be a gameday decision against Asvel Basket. |
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Fenerbahce Ulker:
- Mirsad Turkcan remains sidelined with a hernia injury.
- Lynn Greer and Serhat Cetin both missed practices this week, but are expected to be fit to face Zalgiris.
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Montepaschi Siena:
- Head coach Simone Pianigiani has a full squad available to face Barcelona, including star big man Ksistof Lavrinovic, who played 19 minutes in the Italian League over the weekend. |
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Regal FC Barcelona:
- Gianluca Basile remains sidelined with a sprained ankle and will miss this week’s game.
- Lubos Barton remains sidelined with a torn tendon in his left leg suffered last season. |
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Zalgiris:
- Marcus Brown has been ill and will be a gameday decision against Fenerbahce Ulker.
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GROUP B
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Efes Pilsen:
- Head coach Ergin Ataman has a full squad available to face Entente Orleanaise. |
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Entente Orleanaise:
- Forward Marko Milic was released by Orleans earlier this week. |
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Lietuvos Rytas:
- Vidas Ginevicius suffered a broken hand and will miss at least three weeks. |
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Olympiacos:
- Theo Papaloukas has been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus and will miss the game against Partizan.
- Loukas Mavrokefalides is out due to a back injury.
- Patrick Beverley is sidelined with a leg injury.
- Nikola Vujcic will be a gameday decision. |
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Partizan:
- Point guard Petar Bozic is expected to return to the squad against Olympiacos. |
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Unicaja:
- Larry Lewis, who signed with the team last week, and Rafael Freire, who was promoted from the juniors, are both available to face Lietuvos Rytas.
- Forward Georgios Printezis is out indefinitely with a shoulder injury.
- Center Robert Archibald missed practice during the week.
- Guard Joseph Gomis will miss the regular season with an Achilles tendon injury. |
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GROUP C
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Caja Laboral:
- Tiago Splitter left Sunday’s Spanish League game in the fourth quarter with a leg injury, but is expected to be available Thursday to face CSKA.
- Marcelinho Huertas still has discomfort after suffering a muscle micro-tear in his left thigh. His participation against CSKA is a question mark.
- Walter Herrmann hopes to return to practice in the coming weeks. He has not played yet this season after undergoing knee surgery. |
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CSKA Moscow:
- Dmitry Sokolov suffered torn ankle ligaments in a Russian League game and will miss an estimated three weeks of action.
- Andrey Vorontsevich damaged his left knee ligaments and will miss a week to 10 days.
- Matjaz Smodis is sidelined with a back injury. |
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Lottomatica Roma:
- Angelo Gigli is expected to miss a month with a knee injury.
- Rodrigo de la Fuente is a question mark after a back problem sidelined him from Roma’s last Italian League game.
- Luigi Datome could return this week after recovering from a thigh muscle injury.
- Luca Vitali is set to make his first Euroleague appearance of the season. |
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Maccabi Electra:
- Head coach Pini Gershon has a full squad available for the game against Maroussi. |
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Maroussi BC:
- Center Stephen Arigbabu has not returned to action after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his knee.
- Guards Fanis Koumpouras and Georgios Diamantopoulos have yet to play this season due to injury.
- Levon Kendall will miss the remainder of the regular season with ligament damage in his left ankle.
- Newcomer Stevan Nadjfeji is available for his first Euroleague appearance in nearly eight years. |
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Union Olimpija:
- Vlado Ilievski is expected to make his first Euroleague appearance of the season.
- Matt Walsh missed his team’s last Adriatic League game with a sprained ankle and is questionable for the game against Roma. |
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GROUP D
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Armani Jeans Milano:
- Alex Acker is doubtful for the trip to Madrid due to a sprained left ankle.
- Marius Petravicius could also miss the game in Madrid with a thigh muscle injury in his left leg. - Ariel Filloy has been sent out on loan to Scafati. |
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Asseco Prokom:
- Pape Sow will miss the game against Khmki with a broken toe on his right foot.
- Daniel Ewing and Junior Harrington are both question marks for the game against Khimki with respective hamstring strains.
- Tyrone Brazelton has been released from the club.
- Reserve guard Przemyslaw Zamojski has not played yet this season due to a leg injury. |
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EWE Baskets Oldenburg:
- Jason Gardner remains sidelined with a back injury.
- Newcomer Bryan Bailey is available to make his Euroleague debut. |
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BC Khimki Moscow Region:
- Raul Lopez missed his team's last Russian League game with a back injury and will be a gameday decision against Prokom. |
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Real Madrid:
- Tomas Van den Spiegel remains sidelined with an ankle injury.
- Felipe Reyes has not yet returned from a calf injury. |
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Panathinaikos:
- Mike Batiste and Kostas Tsartsaris both returned from respective injuries in the Greek League and are available to face EWE Baskets Oldenburg.
- Guard Sarunas Jasikevicius has not yet recovered from knee surgery. |