The European title match is significantly impacted by absences in the white team's interior game. Coach Sergio Scariolo must innovate due to injuries to Edy Tavares, Alex Len, and Usman Garuba, who was injured in the semifinals against Valencia Basket.

It will be a crucial night for players like Trey Lyles, Mario Hezonja, Chuma Okeke, and Gabriel Deck to step up. The white team, in their fourth final in five seasons, arrives with good momentum after defeating Valencia 90-105, dominating the rebound battle (31-48).

Facing them is Olympiacos, the clear favorite to end a 13-year drought without a EuroLeague title. Their last victory was against Real Madrid in London 2013. The Piraeus team still painfully remembers the 2023 final, lost in Madrid.

Georgios Bartzokas and his players are ready. Nikola Milutinov, Tyrique Jones, and Donta Hall could wreak havoc in the paint against the white team's depleted interior. Meanwhile, Sasha Vezenkov, Alec Peters, Tyler Dorsey, or Evan Fournier on the perimeter could be decisive.

However, Olympiacos is also fighting to overcome the 'leader's curse'. Since the EuroLeague adopted its current format, no team finishing the regular season in first place has gone on to win the title in the same season.