LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. CSKA Moscow
· ASVEL and CSKA played each other for the first time in 1970, with CSKA winning both games in the group stage of the EuroLeague.
· CSKA visits the Astroballe for the first time since October 2002, when ASVEL registered a 99-87 home win, the first of just three defeats for CSKA until that season's Final Four.
· ASVEL's Adreian Payne and CSKA's Mike James were teammates at Panathinaikos OPAP Athens in the second part of the 2017-18 season.
· Edwin Jackson scored a career-high 24 points on a career-best 6-of-8 three-point shooting while playing for Unicaja Malaga in a 78-86 road win over CSKA in November 2015.
· ASVEL and CSKA played each other for the first time in 1970, with CSKA winning both games in the group stage of the EuroLeague.
· CSKA visits the Astroballe for the first time since October 2002, when ASVEL registered a 99-87 home win, the first of just three defeats for CSKA until that season's Final Four.
· ASVEL's Adreian Payne and CSKA's Mike James were teammates at Panathinaikos OPAP Athens in the second part of the 2017-18 season.
· Edwin Jackson scored a career-high 24 points on a career-best 6-of-8 three-point shooting while playing for Unicaja Malaga in a 78-86 road win over CSKA in November 2015.
Game Facts - LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne
Roster
ASVEL has 14 registered players and all of them have already made at least 1 appearance this season.
Streaks
Tonye Jekiri has pulled down at least 7 rebounds in each game this season.
Antoine Diot has made at least 1 three-pointer in four straight and seven of his last eight games.
Charles Kahudi has made at least 1 three-pointer in five straight games.
Rankings
Tonye Jekiri ranks second this season with 9.8 rebounds per game. Jekiri ranks second in offensive rebounds with 3.7 per game.
Ismael Beko is tied for third this season with 1.3 blocks per game.
Game Facts - CSKA Moscow
Roster
Kosta Koufos is set to make his EuroLeague debut.
Will Clyburn has suffered torn ACL and could miss the remainder of the season.
Streaks
Mike James has made at least 1 three-point shot in seven straight games.
Darrun Hilliard has hit multiple three-point shots in nine of his last 10 games.
Rankings
Mike James ranks fourth this season in average PIR with 20.0 per game.
James ranks third this season with 19.2 points per game.
Records/Milestones
Kyle Hines ranks third all-time with 212 blocks.
Hines ranks second all-time with 520 offensive rebounds. Felipe Reyes is the all-time leader with 695.
Hines ranks sixth all-time with 880 two-pointers made.
Hines ranks eighth all-time with 1,168 rebounds. Kerem Gonlum is seventh with 1,189.
Janis Strelnieks ranks sixth all-time in free-throw accuracy at 90.91%.