Tuesday's ULEB Cup preview

The top two in the group meet in Lithuanian as Lietuvos Rytas (4-2) host Nancy (4-2).

In the reverse fixture Rytas won in an overtime thriller, and the 2005 champions have also won their last 13 ULEB Cup games at home.

If they are to cause an upset, Nancy will need a big performance from new signing Branko Milisavljevic who scored 15 points in just 18 minutes during his ULEB debut for the club last week.

In the other group games, a young Hemofarm (4-2) side can continue their progress with a win at Gran Caneria (3-3), while AEK (2-4) will be back in the mix if they can win in Bamberg against Brose Baskets (1-5).

The stand-out game in Group B sees FMP Zeleznik (5-1) host Latvian side Ventsplis (3-3), with Branko Cvetkovic the man to watch.

Cvetkovic averaged 19.3 points in his last three games for the Serbs, and will fancy his chances against a side that struggles on the road, with Ventsplis not having won an away ULEB game since January 2005.

In the group's other games, Strasbourg (4-2) will be expected to consolidate their strong position with a home win over Polish side Anwil Wloclawek (1-5), while Besiktas (2-4) are in desperate need of a home win over Snaidero Udine (3-3).

In our first LIVE streaming game of the night, Bulgarian high flyers Lukoil Academic (4-2) host Alba Berlin (2-4).

Academic are going for their 10th consecutive home win in the competition, while Alba really need a win or their hopes of qualification will hanging by a thread.

However, they will of course be without Demond Greene, after the German international point guard suffered a sickening ankle injury against Siena.

In the group's others games, Hapoel Jerusalem's (2-4) faltering bid for qualification doesn't get any easier as they travel to Italy to face Montepaschi Siena (5-1), while Khimki (3-3) host Telindus Oostende (2-4).

Two home wins a row have put Real Madrid back on track in Group D, but they still have to prove they can win on the road as they travel to Greece to face PAOK (4-2) in our second LIVE game of the night.

PAOK will also be full of confidence going into the game having ended Crvena Zvezda's 100% record in Belgrade last week.

Red Star (5-1), and their scoring machine Milan Gurovic, now travel to Russia for another tough test against Unics Kazan (4-2), while the bottom two sides in the group, EiffelTowers (1-5) and Dexia Mons (1-5) meet in a lowlands derby.