Look at Italy, another major league country. As a monopoly team, Siena played 30 league games last season+16 Champions League (poor performance) +5 cups =5 1 game; As a mid-stream team, treviso played 30 league games+12 Europa League games +4 cup games =48 games. Because Serie A is the main force of ULEB against FIBA, most Serie A teams have intercontinental competitions to play. So it is not a problem to play about 50 games a year. The situation in Greece is similar to that in Italy.
To sum up: the basketball league system in western European countries is very similar to football, with league+cup+intercontinental competition. Strong teams play more games, while weak teams play less games.
The situation in eastern Europe is slightly more complicated. In fact, the overall level of leagues in the former Yugoslavia and the former Soviet Union countries is relatively low (except Russia). Most of the top players from Serbia, Lithuania, Croatia and Slovenia play overseas, and the only strongmen and potential stars are mostly gathered in those two or three top teams. The strength of the other teams is really average. Moreover, clubs in eastern European countries have few opportunities to participate in European competitions.
However, clubs in eastern European countries are not stupid, so there are Adriatic League, Baltic League and "Soviet Little League". The top teams in Serbia, Croatia and Sri Lanka do not participate in the first stage of their national leagues, and the level of the first stage of their national leagues is extremely low. It is estimated that the top six CBA teams with foreign aid can break out at will. Cut the crap, my home team Zalgiris played 24 league games +4 cups +20 Baltic League games +6 Soviet League games+16 Champions League games =70 games last season. Sibona, the top Croatian league team, played 14 domestic league matches +26 Adriatic league matches+16 Champions League matches =56 matches last season. It should be noted that the top teams in Serbia and Croatia are getting better every year, no less than La Liga and Lithuania.
Summary: Excellent teams in Eastern Europe also play at least 50 games every season, and if the quality is not considered, there are more than 70 games. ...