"We are entering the game with a single goal - to claim a win," Jerusalem coach Guy Goodes said. "We have prepared well for the game and we are focusing on progressing to the quarterfinals. We depend on ourselves and we're not thinking of the game in Spain. We worked hard to ensure our fate would be in our hands and we don't want to depend on favors from other teams."

"Galatasaray is a good team which lost most of its games by slender margins," said Goodes of the Turkish side, which in four of its five group defeats fell by six points or less. "We have struggled to play well consistently and we hope to change that, starting on Tuesday."

"We have been able to comeback from difficult situations in the past and I believe that we will achieve our goal in Turkey," [Yuval Naimi] said. "We want to repeat our Eurocup triumph from 2004, but first we must win in Turkey."