The yellow team, currently fifteenth in the Liga Endesa standings with nine wins and 20 losses, arrives in Barcelona with high morale. This match is one of the five remaining for the team to secure its continuity in the top Spanish basketball league.

After achieving two important consecutive victories against Bàsquet Girona at Gran Canaria Arena and against Unicaja at Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena, the team faces this challenge with optimism. Barça, for its part, holds the fourth position with 19 wins and nine losses.

For this match, the Canarian team will be without a key player due to injury, but American point guard Brandon Jefferson joins the squad. This inclusion implies a roster change due to foreign player regulations, so a youth player will take the place of an African player on the team.

Players such as American shooting guard Isaiah Wong, Argentine forward Nicolás Brussino, and American power forward with Nigerian passport Chimezie Metu have stood out statistically, showing the team's best version both in offense and defense at a crucial moment of the season.

Barça, coached by Xavi Pascual, seeks to consolidate its position in the ACB after its elimination from the Euroleague. In the first-round match at Gran Canaria Arena, the Catalan team won 61-72.