BCL Semifinals, Preview: Burgos vs Dijon

After having beaten Hapoel and Turk Telekom respectively, Burgos and Dijon will face each other in the semifinals of the Basketball Champions League tonight at 17:30 CET.

Here’s some stats to know ahead of the game:

– JDA Dijon have only won one of their four BCL games against teams from Spain, it was against Montakit Fuenlabrada in January 2019 (73-59); They have lost their two games against a Spanish team this season with an average margin of 23.5 points (against Casademont Zaragoza in the regular season).

– The only team that managed to win twice against San Pablo Burgos this season in the BCL was a French one: Pau-Lacq-Orthez during the regular season (78-82 & 76-80).

– San Pablo Burgos have won their last four BCL games, their best run in the competition, they have also won all their last eight BCL games where they were leading at half-time.

– JDA Dijon have made an average of 19.6 points after turnovers, the second most among all the teams in the BCL this season (Falco Szombathely 19.7 ppg); they are the only team with an average of 10+ steals per game in the league this season (10.2), but have made fewer than 10 steals in their last three games.

– JDA Dijon averaged only eight offensive rebounds per game in the regular season 2019/20, less than any other team; however, they have grabbed 12+ offensive rebounds in their last two games in the competition, as many times as in their previous 11 games.

– San Pablo Burgos have made an average of 11.4 shots from behind the arc, the most among all teams in the BCL this season; they have made 10+ 3-pointers in each of their last nine BCL games, the best such run for a team in the BCL history.

– JDA Dijon have won the last six BCL games they played with David Holston starting on the bench and lost five of the last six games where he was a starter, including the last three when it occurred.

– Hans Vanwijn scored 19 points the last time he played against San Pablo Burgos in the BCL (in December 2019 with Telenet Giants Antwerp), his best tally in the competition (35 games); this was one point more than in his six previous games against Spanish teams in the BCL combined (18 points).

– Thaddus McFadden has scored 10+ points in 11 of his 14 BCL games started on the bench; he has scored at least 11 points in each of his four previous BCL games played against a French team.

– Omar Cook has made 7.3 assists per game in the BCL, fourth best average in the competition among players with 5+ games; he has made at least six assists in each of his last 10 BCL games.

The winning team will play for the trophy on Sunday night at 19:00 CET, while the losing team will play for the third place on Sunday at 16:00 CET.