Form, schedule and team news behind the tickets: five EuroLeague games on Tuesday evening and four NBA games overnight (Central European time).
Crvena Zvezda – Maccabi Tel Aviv
20:00 · Belgrade · Zvezda 4-3, Maccabi 2-5
Zvezda come home after an 85-82 loss to Partizan, but their identity is clear: no EuroLeague team grinds games down like them. Their seven games have finished on 160, 161, 149, 135, 166, 171 and 167 points, every one under tonight's 173.5.
Maccabi lost 113-99 at home to Real Madrid last time out and have won only once in four road games, at Valencia. On the Zvezda side, Semi Ojeleye has been the most reliable scorer: 9 or more in six of seven games.
Zvezda to win · Under 173.5 · Ojeleye over 8.5 · Seven unders out of seven in Zvezda games
Bayern Munich – Barcelona
20:00 · Munich · Bayern 2-5, Barcelona 4-3
Bayern have lost five of seven, the last two at Besiktas (95-87) and at home to Dubai (107-91).
Barcelona won 89-81 in Milan last round. Duane Washington has scored 17+ in five of six games, and Umoja Gibson has 10+ in six of seven, the two hottest scorers in this game.
Barcelona +2.5 / to win · Gibson and Washington points · Bayern have lost two straight, five of seven
Panathinaikos – Olimpia Milano
20:15 · Athens · PAO 6-1, Milan 1-6
The league leaders and No. 1 in this week's power rankings, with the EuroLeague's best defensive rating, against a Milan side on five straight EuroLeague defeats. At home PAO are 5-1, four of the wins by 18 points or more.
Milan also blew a 19-point lead to Virtus in the Italian league. The scandal noise around Athens hasn't touched PAO's results: they beat Baskonia 85-79 last round.
Panathinaikos to win · Under 168.5 · Best defence vs a team that has lost five straight
Valencia – Fenerbahce
20:30 · Valencia · Valencia 5-2, Fenerbahce 6-1
The game of the night on paper. Valencia lose Nate Reuvers (foot) for both games this week, and have lost two of their last three, including 91-88 at home to Maccabi.
Fenerbahce won 64-61 in Piraeus last round and have held four of seven opponents under 70. Wade Baldwin runs the offence: 5+ assists in six of seven games.
Fenerbahce +2.5 / to win · Baldwin over 4.5 assists · Under 176.5 · Fenerbahce's defence, Valencia without Reuvers
Baskonia – Real Madrid
21:00 · Vitoria · Baskonia 1-6, Real Madrid 4-3
Real Madrid have won eight straight in all competitions and four in a row in the EuroLeague, the last 113-99 in Tel Aviv. Nick Smith Jr. (foot) stays home.
Baskonia are last in the power rankings and have lost three straight. On the Madrid side, Chuma Okeke has scored 6+ in all six of his games.
Real Madrid to win · Okeke over 5.5 points · Eight straight wins vs the last-placed team
Boston Celtics – Brooklyn Nets
00:30 · Boston · Celtics 2-1, Nets 0-3
Boston beat Chicago 134-99 on Monday, with Payton Pritchard making all five of his threes in the third quarter. Jayson Tatum is averaging 24 points, and Paul George has 5, 7 and 5 rebounds.
Brooklyn are 0-3 and lost by 27 to Indiana on Sunday. The Nets are close to full strength; Boston play the second night of a back-to-back, so the margin is less certain than the result.
Celtics to win · George over 4.5 rebounds · Pritchard under 4.5 assists · 0-3 Nets on the road
New York Knicks – Detroit Pistons
01:00 · New York · Knicks 0-3, Pistons 3-0
The champions are 0-3 after Franz Wagner's 21-point fourth quarter at the Garden. Their three games have totalled 206, 210 and 213 points. Mikal Bridges has scored 4, 0 and 6, and Jose Alvarado (ankle) is out.
Detroit led wire to wire in Philadelphia and are unbeaten without Jalen Duren (hamstring). Ausar Thompson (ankle) is questionable. Duncan Robinson has 21, 17 and 21 points, and Cade Cunningham has 8 assists in every game.
Pistons +5.5 · Under 220.5 · Robinson over 12.5 · Unbeaten Pistons getting points
San Antonio Spurs – Sacramento Kings
01:00 · San Antonio · Spurs 1-2, Kings 0-3
The Kings have allowed 121, 128 and 123 points in three defeats and Keegan Murray (ankle) is out for 10-14 days. Zach LaVine (29 a game) and Domantas Sabonis (17.3 rebounds) are carrying them.
San Antonio got off the mark with a 122-106 win in Dallas. Dylan Harper has 18, 20 and 22 points.
Spurs to win / -13.5 · Harper over 17.5 · Sabonis over 13.5 rebounds · The league's leakiest defence so far
Los Angeles Lakers – Portland Trail Blazers
04:00 · Los Angeles · Lakers 3-0, Blazers 2-0
Luka Doncic scored 52 in Utah on Sunday, the season's first 50-point game, and the Lakers are 3-0 with 127, 125 and 132 points.
Portland are unbeaten too, after routing Phoenix 124-83 and winning in Sacramento. For the Lakers, Ziaire Williams has 9, 14 and 11 points, and Austin Reaves has 4, 2 and 1 rebounds next to Luka.
Lakers to win · Ziaire Williams over 8.5 · Reaves under 4.5 rebounds · Luka at home, in the form of his life
