In their last meeting in Round 22 last season, Efes edged Panathinaikos 82-81 on a triple from Adrien Moerman with 2 seconds to go.
Last season in Athens, the Greens beat Efes 95-69 behind Daryl Macon who scored 34 points and made a club-record 9 three-point shots.
Efes set its EuroLeague club record this century with 33 made free throws against Panathinaikos in April 2005.
Panathinaikos recorded 51 total rebounds, its most in EuroLeague play this century, against Efes in March 2014.
Panathinaikos beat Efes 81-71 in the 2000 EuroLeague Final Four semifinals and 74-66 in the 2001 FIBA SuproLeague semifinals.
Panathinaikos ousted Efes 2-1 in their best-of-three EuroLeague playoffs series in 2005.
Efes point guard Vasilije Micic spent part of the 2015-16 season playing for Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade under current Panathinaikos head coach Dejan Radonjic. They helped Zvezda reach the 2016 EuroLeague Playoffs together.
Panathinaikos forward Derrick Williams and Efes center Ante Zizic were teammates at Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv last season.
Panathinaikos guard Marius Grigonis and Efes forward Will Clyburn were teammates at CSKA Moscow last season.
Panathinaikos center Arturas Gudaitis and Efes forward Amath M'Baye were teammates at AX Armani Exchange Milan during the 2018-19 season.
Gudaitis matched his career-high with 3 steals playing for AX Armani Exchange Milan in an 81-80 home win against Efes in November 2018.
Efes forward Achille Polonara posted his career-highs in performance index rating (36), three-pointers made (5) and defensive rebounds (11) playing for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz against Panathinaikos in March 2021.
Efes forward Will Clyburn made a career-high 11 two-point shots playing for Darussafaka Istanbul against Panathinaikos in November 2016.
Efes big man Bryant Dunston posted his career-high in steals with 4 against Panathinaikos in January 2022.
Panathinaikos forward Dwayne Bacon dished a career-high 7 assists playing for AS Monaco against Efes in March of last season.
Efes guard Rodrigue Beaubois set his career-high with 4 blocks against Panathinaikos in November 2018. He tied his career-best with 6 rebounds in a home win over Panathinaikos in March of last season.
Game Facts - Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Vasilije Micic has scored 12 or more points in 28 straight games.
Micic has PIRs of 12 or more in 27 of his last 28 appearances.
Micic has made at least 1 three-point shot in 30 of his last 31 games.
Shane Larkin has made at least 1 three-point shot in 11 of his last 12 games.
Larkin has scored in double figures in 11 of his last 12 games.
Larkin has posted double-digit PIRs in eight of his last nine games.
Larkin has at least 1 steal in six of his last seven games.
Will Clyburn has made at least 1 three-point shot in nine straight and 20 of his last 21 games; he’s made multiple threes in eight of his last nine games.
Clyburn has scored at least 15 points and had PIRs of 16 or more in eight of his last nine games.
Rodrigue Beaubois has made at least 1 three-point in seven straight and 11 of his last 12 games.
Rankings entering this week
Vasilije Micic ranks third this season in average index rating with 21.3 per game.
Micic ranks fifth this season in scoring with 17.9 per game.
Micic ranks third this season in assists with 6.4 per game.
Micic is tied for ninth this season in average three-pointers made with 2.4 per game.
Will Clyburn ranks sixth this season in average index rating with 19.5 per game.
Clyburn ranks third this season in scoring with 19.1 per game.
Clyburn is tied for seventh this season in rebounding with 5.9 per game.
Clyburn is tied for sixth this season in average three-pointers made with 2.6 per game.
Rodrigue Beaubois is tied for eighth this season in blocks with 1.0 per game.
Ante Zizic is tied for sixth this season in two-point shooting at 72.0%.
Amath M'Baye is tied for fourth this season in three-point shooting at 53.3%.
Records/Milestones entering this week
Shane Larkin set the EuroLeague single-game scoring record with 49 points in a victory over FC Bayern Munich in November 2019. In that game, he also tied the competition record with 10 three-pointers made.
Larkin knocked down a EuroLeague-record-tying 10 three-pointers against Olympiacos Piraeus in March 2020 when he scored 40 points, becoming the first player this century to score 40 or more points twice in his career.
Bryant Dunston ranks second all-time with 317 blocked shots. Walter Tavares of Real Madrid is the all-time leader with 321 and counting.
Tibor Pleiss ranks sixth all-time with 208 blocked shots. Alex Tyus of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne is fifth with 222 and counting.
Dunston ranks ninth all-time with 1,303 rebounds. Othello Hunter of FC Bayern Munich is eighth with 1,365 and counting.
Pleiss ranks 11th all-time with 1,259 career rebounds. Mirsad Turkcan is 10th with 1,287
Dunston ranks fifth all-time with 535 career offensive rebounds. Paulius Jankunas is fourth with 557.
Pleiss ranks 12th all-time with 422 offensive rebounds. Ioannis Bourousis is 11th with 439.
Vasilije Micic ranks ninth all-time with 1,021 assists. Milos Teodosic of Virtus Segafredo Bologna is eighth with 1,185 and counting.
Larkin needs 3 steals to reach 200 for his career.
Ante Zizic ranks 11th all-time in two-point accuracy at 63.9%.
Will Clyburn needs 6 offensive rebounds to reach 250 for his career.
Clyburn needs 3 steals to reach 150 for his career.
Game Facts - Panathinaikos Athens
Alexandros Samontourov is set to make his EuroLeague debut.
Streaks
Marius Grigonis has made at least 1 three-point shot in 13 of his last 14 games.
Dwayne Bacon has scored 12 or more points in 13 straight games
Bacon has made at least 1 three-point shot in 12 of his last 13 games.
Bacon has posted a double-digit PIR in eight straight games.
Derrick Williams has made at least 1 triple in 11 of his last 12 games.
Nate Wolters has made at least 1 three-pointer in five of his last six games.
Wolters has recorded at least 1 steal in seven of his last eight games.
Paris Lee has recorded at least 1 steal in six straight and eight of his last nine games.
Lee has made at least 1 three-point shot in six consecutive games.
Rankings entering this week
Dwayne Bacon leads the league this season in scoring with 20.3 per game.
Bacon ranks 10th this season in average index rating with 17.0 per game.
Georgios Papagiannis is tied for fourth this season in blocks with 1.3 per game.
Papagiannis ranks sixth this season in rebounding with 6.0 per game.
Mateusz Ponitka is tied for seventh this season in rebounding with 5.9 per game.
Paris Lee is tied for 10th this season in steals with 1.4 per game.
Records/Milestones entering this week
Marius Grigonis ranks third all-time in free throw accuracy at 92.0%.
Georgios Papagiannis ranks 17th all-time in two-point accuracy at 63.1%.
Nate Wolters ranks 16th all-time with a 2.4-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.