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EuroLeague Round 5 injury updates differ ahead of three games
Three EuroLeague Round 5 games are scheduled for Wednesday, with Hapoel Tel Aviv playing Beşiktaş, Anadolu Efes facing Bayern Munich, and Paris meeting Virtus Bologna.
The games are part of a two-game week, with Round 6 due on Thursday and Friday.
Reports disagree on Hapoel's Tomer Ginat: one lists him as out with a knee injury, while another says he is available after returning to training.
Hapoel's Bar Timor is ruled out with an illness, and Beşiktaş's DaQuan Jeffries is unavailable with a wrist injury.
Efes will be without Mike James, Isaïa Cordinier and Georgios Papagiannis, while Bayern's injury update was not yet available in one account.
Paris and Virtus have different levels of roster certainty: Virtus says its full roster is available, while Paris players Frank Ntilikina and Maozinha Pereira remain uncertain and Jared Rhoden is expected to play.
EuroLeague injury reports gave conflicting updates on Hapoel Tel Aviv forward Tomer Ginat ahead of its Round 5 game against Beşiktaş on October 14.
Sportando listed Ginat as out with a knee injury, while Eurohoops said he had returned to training and was available.
Both reports said Hapoel’s Bar Timor would miss the game because of illness.
Beşiktaş’s DaQuan Jeffries was unavailable with a wrist injury.
Anadolu Efes listed Mike James, Isaïa Cordinier and Georgios Papagiannis as unavailable against Bayern Munich.
- Who
- EuroLeague teams playing Round 5 games on October 14, including Hapoel Tel Aviv and Beşiktaş.
- What
- Injury and player availability updates were reported, including conflicting reports on Tomer Ginat.
- When
- October 14, 2026.
- Where
- Hapoel Tel Aviv vs. Beşiktaş, Anadolu Efes vs. Bayern Munich, and Paris vs. Virtus Bologna.
- Why
- The updates reflect injuries, illness, recovery and roster decisions.
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DaQuan Jeffries suffered a wrist injury and later underwent surgery, according to Eurohoops.
Mike James suffered an Achilles injury, according to Eurohoops.
Reports gave conflicting availability updates for Tomer Ginat ahead of Hapoel Tel Aviv’s game against Beşiktaş.
- Hapoel vs. Beşiktaş
- Scheduled for 18:00 CEST on October 14
- Tomer Ginat
- Sportando: out with a knee injury; Eurohoops: available
- Bar Timor
- Ruled out with illness, according to both reports
- DaQuan Jeffries
- Beşiktaş’s only absentee, according to Eurohoops
- Efes absentees
- Mike James, Isaïa Cordinier and Georgios Papagiannis