EuroLeague Basketball Primer: Round 21 - Thursday

Four EuroLeague games will take place Thursday, and the marquee matchup features Monaco and Sergio De Larrea's surging Valencia club.

Updated on January 8, 2026 2:25PM EST

EuroLeague Basketball Primer: Round 21 - Thursday

By:

Kevin O'Brien

Updated on January 8, 2026 2:25PM EST

EuroLeague Basketball Primer

PREGAME UPDATES

Monaco's Daniel Theis and Yoan Makoundou will miss Round 21.

Maccabi's Lonnie Walker IV will not suit up for Round 21, but Jeff Dowtin will.

Real Madrid's Gabriel Deck will be available Thursday.

Nikos Rogkavopoulos will be available Thursday for Panathinaikos.

Valencia's Sergio De Larrea and Xabi Lopez-Arostegui are inactive for Round 21.

Virtus Bologna's Mouhamet Diouf will be in uniform Thursday, but Francesco Ferrari will not be.

Dubai's Dzanan Musa, Kosta Kondic, Boogie Ellis and Taran Armstrong are out for Round 21.

STATS AND INFO.

EuroLeague Betting Odds

EuroLeague Starting Lineups

EuroLeague Injury Report

EuroLeague Team Stats

Opponent Averages

Team Trends

News Notifications - @RotoWireEuro

THE SLATE

FBB Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul at DUB Dubai Basketball

Status Check
FBB	DUB
Nando de Colo	Dzanan Musa
Scottie Wilbekin	Mam Jaiteh
Arturs Zagars	Kosta Kondic
Onuralp Bitim	Nate Mason
Jilson Bango

Game Time: 17:00 CET / 11:00 am ET
TV: EuroLeague TV
Spread: Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul -3.5
Total: 168.5

VIR Virtus Bologna at PAO Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens

Status Check
VIR	PAO
Luca Vildoza	Mathias Lessort
Mouhamet Diouf	Konstantinos Mitoglou
Aliou Diarra	Nikos Rogkavopoulos
Francesco Ferrari

Game Time: 20:15 CET / 2:15 pm ET
TV: EuroLeague TV
Spread: Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens -9.5
Total: 168.5

ASM AS Monaco at VBC Valencia Basket

Status Check
ASM	VBC
Cory Joseph	None
Yoan Makoundou

Game Time: 20:30 CET / 2:30 pm ET
TV: EuroLeague TV
Spread: Valencia Basket -1.5
Total: 177.5

MTA Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv at RMB Real Madrid

Status Check
MTA	RMB
Lonnie Walker IV	Gabriel Deck
Jeff Dowtin
Zach Hankins

Game Time: 20:45 CET / 2:45 pm ET
TV: EuroLeague TV
Spread: Real Madrid -8.5
Total: 175.5

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