Overview
- Alba travel to play SK Slavia Prague in Pardubice for their opening Basketball Champions League match, with the game shown on Magentasport.
- The Berlin side’s group contains Surne Bilbao and KK Igokea Aleksandrovac, and the group winner advances directly to the next phase while second and third must go through play-ins.
- Captain Jonas Mattisseck said extra European matches will help the team build cohesion through constant togetherness and regain momentum after recent domestic defeats.
- Coach Pedro Calles warned Alba will again have only one available youth center and said the squad must produce internal solutions to cover the thin roster.
- Last season Alba reached the Champions League quarterfinals before losing to Málaga, a run that raises expectations but the club is avoiding public Final Four talk to limit pressure.