VIDEO From Euroleague Available on thenewsmarket.com: Regal F.C. Barcelona - Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv: Game Highlights of Past Match-Ups
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Tonight's opponents not only share 7 continental titles between them - five for Maccabi and 2 for Barcelona - but among their 27 battles since 1981 were two Final Four showdowns. Jose Antonio Montero led Barcelona to a semifinals victory in 1991 while Maccabi followed Nate Huffman to take revenge in 2000. The rivalry's longest test came in the 2008 playoffs. Thanks to David Blu's 5 three-pointers in Game 3, Maccabi won the series 2-1 to reach the Final Four in Madrid. Barcelona's big gun in that playoff, Gianluca Basile, returned in the next season's Top 16 to lead two victories over Maccabi on Barcelona's way to the 2009 Final Four in Berlin. Basile has not played this season yet, due to injury, but each team has four other veterans of those battles, all ready to pave a new road to the Final Four starting with tonight's Game of the Week!
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