The wait is finally over for Aris fans!
Vassilis Spanoulis’s team faces Le Mans tonight (9:00 p.m.) at the “Antares Arena,” in the EuroCup’s opening round, a game in which the “Yellows” aim to prove—right from their very first official match—that they are among the favorites to win the title.
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As for the roster, the Thessaloniki team traveled with 13 players, but without Stefan Jović. Stelios Poulianitis and Giorgos Tanoulis also remained in Thessaloniki. In their last friendly match against Bahçeşehir, Aris lost 88-84, despite coming back from a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter.
Nevertheless, their performance in the friendlies was generally satisfactory. Before the match against the Turkish team, Aris had a record of three wins and three losses in their friendlies. They defeated Vikos Ioannina (97-80), Red Star in Cyprus (98-74), and Mykonos (80-64). They lost to Heraklis (62-72), Maccabi Tel Aviv (87-92), and again to Red Star, this time in Belgrade (87-91).
The French team enters this matchup following its 103-97 overtime road victory over Gravelines in the season opener of the domestic league.
The team’s roster:
Aris (Spanoulis): Mitrou-Long, Robinson-Earl, Toliopoulos, Dimitrievic, Bochoridis, Morgan, Lidel, Charalampopoulos, the Antetokounmpo brothers, Birch, Mokoka, and Hatzilambrou.
