Following their loss to Barcelona in Week 1 of the Top 16 phase of Euroleague, Maccabi Tel Aviv hopes to rebound against Roma.

“We need to be especially cautious of Roma’s short roster," said head coach David Blatt. "This can often be an advantage rather than a disadvantage,” Blatt said. “In every season you have high and lows, but in good teams the lows aren’t that significant.

"I think we experienced such a low in recent weeks. It wasn’t so noticeable because we won all our games other than the one in Barcelona. Nevertheless, we weren’t playing like the Maccabi we saw in the beginning of the season.

“However, we have trained superbly recently and this is the only way to get the team back on track. We want to regain our top form, especially at this crucial stage of the season.”