Arturs Kurucs will be out for a week at the recommendation of the ophthalmologist due to an eye condition in his left eye, via the official Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz announcement.
The 21-year-old Latvian is averaging 0.9 points and 0.9 assists over 14 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games this season (8.5 minutes).
The Basques are sharing 14th-16th places with AS Monaco and ALBA Berlin in the EuroLeague standings, having 6 wins and 11 losses.
Baskonia are missing Alec Peters, who is recovering from back surgery, moreover, Sander Raieste remains sidelined.
The Lithuanian duo of Rokas Giedraitis and Tadas Sedekerskis omitted the trip to Munich last week due to flu.
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