RECORD
RS Euroleague, 1-9
Last 32, 4-2, 1st
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Both teams faced each other in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague regular season, in which Zvezda beat Rytas twice. Rytas tied for fewest turnovers in the Last 32 (10.5 TOpg) and had the best assist-to-turnover ratio (193.7%) in this phase, to which former Zvezda playmaker Omar Cook (7.7 apg., 1.3 TOpg.) contributed greatly. Martynas Gecevicius (14.5 ppg., 53.6% 3FG), Renaldas Seibutis (14.2 ppg., 94.6% FT) and Juan Palacios (14.3 ppg., 6.5 rpg.) have been Rytas's main pillars until now. Coach Dejan Radonjic has a balanced squad to work with featuring three scorers in double figures (DeMarcus Nelson 14.3 ppg., Charles Jenkins 13.3 ppg., Rasko Katic 10 ppg.) and five more averaging at least 7.5 points per game. Zvezda leads the 2013-14 Eurocup in fouls drawn per game (24.3) and is second in two-point percentage (59.4%) but is last in steals at just 4.7 per game. Rytas is a two-time Eurocup champion that always survived the first elimination rounds in its five previous appearances in the competition. Zvezda has not advanced to the competition's quarterfinals since 2007.
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RS Euroleague, 4-6
Last 32, 2-4, 2nd
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