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Game of the season for the Turks

Darussafaka don't depend on others anymore, with two wins till the end (Zvezda at home), they'd get to the playoff. If they lose this, and Zvezda beat the written off UNICS at home, their chance is gone. Darussafaka are awful on the road, with a 7-game losing streak

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Brose are not in a good period of the season, losing four of the last five games, two of those being derbies in the Bundesliga against Bayern and Ulm. They lost their chance for the Euroleague playoff long ago, and they'll finish the season in Europe with two home games against Darussafaka and Galatasaray. Knowing their coach and the way Brose works, there will be no mercy here, and Darussafaka will have to work hard to get the points they need.

- We'll definitely have a tough game. They still have a chance for the playoff. We want to play, be serious. It's a home game and of course we want to win and finish the Euroleague season the right way - Nicolo Melli said. Him hitting 17 points wasn't enough the other day to beat Ulm.

Miller also hit 17, but with 6/24 three-pointers, and with 50% Ulm's two and three-pointers, Ulm's better rebounds, Brose losing by only five points was actually good. Melli missed a winning shut in the first duel against the Turks.

They lost the last three Euroleague home games, allowing 91, 83 and 96. They did look serious in Milan last week, even though they calculated their players' time on the floor trying to spare some for Ulm, they played good defense and crushed the Italians in the first half already. They have a road game in Gottingen this weekend, so that leaves them with no reason to use some special tactics today.

- Darussafaka are the fifth best with the rebounds, the second with the offensive rebounds, so we have to protect our hoop, build and fight for every point - the coach Andrea Trinchieri said. He'll have to keep working without Strelniks and Harris,

Darussafaka are awful on the road, with a 4-10 score and a 7-game losing streak, but thanks to Zvezda losing their form, the Turks will depend on their own efficiency in the last two rounds, and if they win this game today, they'll play Crvena Zvezda at home in the last round to get through. That doesn't even depend on how well Zvezda do against UNICS in this round.

Connecting four home wins against Fenerbahce, Panathinaikos, Barcelona and Galatasaray brought Darussafaka back to life. They allowed 65, 72, 56 and 67 points in those four games. At the same time, in their 7-game losing streak, they couldn't keep their rivals under 81 not even once.

- Coach asked us to play the defense as we can, and we did it in the second half, keeping them at 28 points - Clyburn commented on the game against Galatasaray.

They played a home game against Usak on Monday, the coach Blatt spared Clyburn, and because of the foreign player quota, Harangody was out, and Slaughter was injured. But, since they were losing by a big number in the first half, Wanamaker and Wilbekin played 32 minutes each. That was another of their highly unconvincing games.

- We have to start the match with a defensive approach. To be thinking about the defense from the first minute, the offense will show up. We can't allow them to get a rhythm, we have to make sure that the fans don't feel the game and focus on playing great defense - Clyburn announced.

This is definitely going to be a special game for Wanamaker who was the main player in Bamberg last season.