The title defense starts in Vitoria Basketball
Olympiacos open the Euroleague away at Baskonia in the Fernando Buesa Arena on Thursday, 21:30 CEST (1) (2). It is game one of the title defense, in the same building where the Basques will want to make a point.
Your team gets there off a 92–90 win over Fenerbahce and a 93–89 defeat to Real Madrid in the Euroleague Super Cup final in Abu Dhabi (1).
Milutinov is back, three stay home Basketball
Nikola Milutinov has fully recovered from his discomfort and travelled with the 13-man squad (1). That matters more than anything else on the sheet, because he missed the Super Cup.
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Nedzipoglou, Plotas and Bournele stayed behind (1).
Miller-McIntyre knows the building Basketball
Miller-McIntyre is walking back into a place he knows. "I am happy to return to Vitoria," he said. "I feel ready, but it is still early in the season" (1).
Then the first double week Basketball
After Baskonia it gets busy fast. Olympiacos go to Zalgiris in Lithuania on September 29, then to Virtus Bologna in Italy on October 2 (1). That is two road games inside four days to open the campaign.
