Overview
- Tip-off is at 19:30 in Bourg-en-Bresse for Chemnitz’s EuroCup road test.
- The Niners enter on consecutive victories over ratiopharm Ulm in Europe and Braunschweig in the BBL.
- The 89:78 win against Ulm lifted Chemnitz to sixth in the group, a position that would be sufficient to reach the next round.
- JL Bourg started 4–0 but lost 60:90 at Besiktas in their most recent EuroCup game.
- Team leaders cite rising belief and intensity, as a tight Prague–Geneva–Rhône-Alps trip is followed by a Saturday BBL visit to Science City Jena.