Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Valencia Basket
· Panathinaikos and Valencia each won two of their four EuroLeague head-to-head games this century. They split home wins when they met in the 2017-18 season.
· Nick Calathes tallied 17 points and 10 assists to lead Panathinaikos to a 75-56 home win over Valencia when they last met in March 2018.
· Panathinaikos set its club record for blocks with 8 in a 69-73 home loss to Valencia in November of 2010. Panathinaikos went on to win the EuroLeague title that season.
· Valencia forward Brock Motum was a teammate of Panathinaikos center Ian Voigoukas at Zalgiris Kaunas during the 2015-16 campaign.
· Panathinaikos and Valencia each won two of their four EuroLeague head-to-head games this century. They split home wins when they met in the 2017-18 season.
· Nick Calathes tallied 17 points and 10 assists to lead Panathinaikos to a 75-56 home win over Valencia when they last met in March 2018.
· Panathinaikos set its club record for blocks with 8 in a 69-73 home loss to Valencia in November of 2010. Panathinaikos went on to win the EuroLeague title that season.
· Valencia forward Brock Motum was a teammate of Panathinaikos center Ian Voigoukas at Zalgiris Kaunas during the 2015-16 campaign.
Game Facts - Panathinaikos OPAP Athens
Roster
Kostas Papadakis is set to make his EuroLeague debut.
Panathinaikos is carrying 14 players on its active roster, so at least two players must sit out every game.
Nick Calathes has started 116 consecutive games in which he appeared. The last time he came off the bench was in January 2016.
Streaks
Tyrese Rice has made at least 1 three-pointer in 28 of his last 29 appearances.
Jimmer Fredette has made 14 consecutive free throws.
Fredette has scored in double digits in five of his six appearances this season.
Rankings
Nick Calathes is third this season in average PIR with 20.2 per game.
Calathes leads the league this season with 9.2 assists per game.
Calathes is tied for third place this season with 1.8 steals per game.
Records/Milestones
Last season in Round 30, Nick Calathes became the second player this century – and first since Nikola Vujcic more than a decade prior – to record a triple-double. He tallied 11 points, 18 assists and 12 rebounds in a win over Buducnost VOLI Podgorica.
Calathes set single-season records last season with 286 total assists and with an average of 8.7 assists per game.
Calathes ranks fourth all-time time with 277 steals; Pablo Prigioni is third with 322.
Calathes ranks in sixth place all-time with 1,060 assists; Milos Teodosic and Milan's Sergio Rodriguez are tied for fourth with 1,126.
Game Facts - Valencia Basket
Roster
Valencia has 14 registered players for the EuroLeague, so there must be at least two who do not play in every game.
Streaks
Sam Van Rossom has made at least 1 three-pointer in 12 of his last 13 games.
Fernando San Emeterio has made at least 1 three-pointer in 11 of his last 12 games.
Guillem Vives is perfect in 18 trips to the free-throw line in his career.
Bojan Dubljevic has scored in double figures in four straight and eight of his last nine EuroLeague games.
Records/Milestones
His next three-pointer made will be the 200th of Fernando San Emeterio's career.
Brock Motum needs 10 more points scored to reach 1,000 for his EuroLeague career.