...Olympiacos is at its 12th Final Four? Its last eight appearances have come over the last 14 years - 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2022 and 2023. Olympiacos has the chance to win its fourth EuroLeague title.
...Olympiacos is one of the five teams that have successfully defended the EuroLeague crown in the Final Four era? Olympiacos won back-to-back EuroLeague titles in 2012 and 2013. Olimpia Milano (1987, 1988), KK Split (1989, 1990, 1991) , Maccabi Tel Aviv (2004, 2005) and Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2022, 2023) are also in this exclusive list.
…Olympiacos is 8-3 in the semifinals? Only Maccabi (10-2) has a better semifinals record.
...two current Olympiacos players have won back-to-back EuroLeague titles together? Kostas Sloukas and Kostas Papanikolaou won the competition in 2012 and 2013.
...Papanikolaou and Sloukas played at the 2017 EuroLeague Championship Game? Sloukas helped Fenerbahce win the title against Olympiacos. Sloukas was with Olympiacos in the 2015 EuroLeague Championship Game, too.
... Papanikolaou is one of five Rising Star Trophy winners at this Final Four? He is joined by Rokas Jokubaitis, Alex Abrines and Nikola Mirotic of FC Barcelona, and Rudy Fernandez of Real Madrid.
... Sloukas has the chance to win his fourth Euroleague title? Sloukas won titles with Olympiacos in 2012 and 2013 and lifted the trophy again with Fenerbahce in 2017.
...Sloukas is 6-2 in the EuroLeague Semifinals? Sloukas registered six consecutive wins(Olympiacos 2012, 2013, 2015; Fenerbahce 2016, 2017, 2018), but lost against Anadolu Efes with Fenerbahce in 2019 and with Olympiacos in 2022.
...Sloukas can join a list of four-time winners with different teams? Dino Meneghin (five titles with Varese, two with Milan), leads the table. Fausto Bargna (two with Cantu, two with Milan), Kyle Hines (two with Olympiacos, two with CSKA) and Sarunas Jasikevicius (one with Barcelona, two with Maccabi, one with Panathinaikos) belong to this list.
…Sloukas is in his ninth Final Four? He is tied with Theo Papaloukas, Kyle Hines, Andrey Vorontsevich and Sergio Llull for second place in the most Final Four appearances list. Victor Khryapa leads with 12 Final Four appearances!
...if he makes it to the Championship Game, Sloukas will tie Matjaz Smodis for the most finals appearances this century? Smodis played in seven EuroLeague finals: two with Virtus Bologna (2001, 2002) one with Fortitudo Bologna (2004) and four with CSKA (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009).
…Sloukas is fourth all-time in assists at 1,501? Nick Calathes leads the standings with 1,902 assists.
…head coach Georgios Bartzokas is in his fourth Final Four? He won the EuroLeague title with Olympiacos Piraeus in 2013, took Lokomotiv Kuban to the 2016 Final Four, and returned with the Reds last season.
…Bartzokas is one of two Greek coaches to win the EuroLeague. He led Olympiacos to the 2013 crown. Dimitris Itoudis (CSKA 2015, 2018) is the other.
…Sasha Vezenkov ranks first in PIR this season (21.2)? He is also the competition’s top scorer (17.2 ppg.) and ranks second in rebounds (6.8 rpg.).
…Thomas Walkup is first in steals at 1.8 per night? He also ranks fourth in assists (5.6 apg.).
…Sloukas ranks third in assists this season? He dishes 5.6 per might.
…Moustapha Fall leads the 2022-23 EuroLeague in two-point shooting percentage (73.1%)?
…Joel Bolomboy and Alec Peters won a EuroLeague title as CSKA Moscow teammates in 2019… and can go all the way again with Olympiacos in 2023?
…other than Sloukas, Papanikolaou and Printezis, no other Olympiacos player has previous Final Four experience?
…Olympiacos leads the EuroLeague in assists (20.9 apg.) and steals (7.5 spg.)? It is second in PIR (100.9).
…Olympiacos ranks first overall in two-point shooting percentage. At 60.1%, it is the competition’s highest percentage ever. Real Madrid holds the record for a full season, 59.2% in the 2001-02 campaign. ...Real is making its 12th Final Four appearance since the format was adopted in 1988? Real previously reached the Final Four in 1993, 1995, 1996, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022.
| 
