- When Maccabi defeated Panathinaikos 85-74 in Tel Aviv last season, Lorenzo Brown had 22 points and 9 assists for a 33 PIR and won the MVP of the Round honor for that performance.
- The Panathinaikos single-game record for blocks by a player is 6, which Stephane Lasme set against Maccabi on November 14, 2013.
- Panathinaikos and Maccabi squared off in the 2000 EuroLeague final in Thessaloniki, Greece. Panathinaikos prevailed 73-67 behind 20 points from Zeljko Rebraca, who was chosen as the Final Four MVP.
- Panathinaikos and Maccabi met again in the 2001 SuproLeague final in Paris. Maccabi won 81-67. Arriel McDonald earned Final Four MVP honors with 21 points in the title game.
- Panathinaikos won its most recent continental crown by beating Maccabi 70-78 in the 2011 EuroLeague championship game in Barcelona behind 18 points from Mike Batiste and 16 points and 9 assists from Dimitris Diamantidis.
- Panathinaikos edged Maccabi in a classic five-game playoff series to reach the 2012 Final Four. Three of the games in that series were decided by a single basket, including Game 2, which went to overtime, and the deciding Game 5.
- Maccabi head coach Oded Kattash coached Panathinaikos in 2021. He also played for the Greens, which he helped win the EuroLeague title in 2000 by scoring 17 points in the final against - Maccabi.
- Panathinaikos center Mathias Lessort played for Maccabi in the first part of the 2021-22 season.
- Lessort pulled down a career-best 7 offensive rebounds for Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade against Maccabi last season.
- Maccabi's Lorenzo Brown and Panathinaikos forward Juancho Hernangomez have been teammates on the Spanish national team, together they won the gold medal at Eurobasket 2022.
- Last season in Athens, Panathinaikos pulled out an 88-86 win, but Maccabi's Bonzie Colson had a career game with a PIR of 41, collecting 29 points and 14 rebounds, all career highs.
- Maccabi point guard Tamir Blatt had a career-high PIR of 20 playing for ALBA Berlin against Panathinaikos last season, in October 2022.
- Panathinaikos big man Dinos Mitoglou blocked a career-high 3 shots against Maccabi in December 2019.
Game Facts - Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv
John DiBartolomeo has made 57 consecutive free throws, which is the third-longest streak in competition history. Igor Rakocevic has the second-longest streak with 58 while the longest streak belongs to Kevin Punter of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade with 69 consecutive made free throws.
Wade Baldwin has scored in double figures in seven straight and 13 of his last 14 games.
Baldwin has made at least 1 three-point shot in six of his last seven games.
Baldwin has had a PIR of 13 or more in five of his last six games.
Lorenzo Brown has scored 10 or more points in five of his last six games.
Brown has made at least 1 three-pointer in six straight games.
Bonzie Colson has scored 10 points or more in five of his last six games.
Colson has recorded at least 1 steal in nine of his last 10 games.
Josh Nebo has pulled down multiple offensive rebounds in 12 of his last 13 games.
Tamir Blatt has made at least 1 three-point shot in 11 straight and 19 of his last 20 games.
Season rankings
Wade Baldwin ranks sixth in scoring with 15.3 points per game.
Josh Nebo ranks fifth in rebounding with 6.6 per game.
Nebo leads the league in offensive rebounding with 2.8 per game.
Lorenzo Brown ranks third in assists with 6.1 per game.
Maccabi leads the league with 13.2 offensive rebounds per game.
Maccabi ranks fourth in team PIR at 94.5 per game.
Maccabi ranks second in assists with 19.6 per game.
Maccabi ranks second in scoring with 85.6 points per game.
Maccabi ranks second in blocks with 3.1 per game.
Maccabi has forced the fourth-most turnovers with 13.7 per game.
Records/Milestones
Roman Sorkin ranks 15th all-time in two-point accuracy at 64.8%.
Josh Nebo ranks 16th all-time in two-point accuracy at 64.0%.
John DiBartolomeo ranks 11th all-time with a 2.5-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Game Facts - Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens
Marius Grigonis has made at least 1 three-point shot in nine of his last 10 games.
Grigonis has posted a double-digit PIR in five of his last six games.
Grigonis has made 17 consecutive free throws.
Grigonis has had at least 1 steal in seven of his last eight games.
Mathias Lessort has posted a double-digit PIR in 28 of his last 29 games.
Lessort has scored at least 10 points in 14 of his last 15 games.
Kendrick Nunn has made 34 consecutive free throws.
Dinos Mitoglou has had a double-digit PIR in nine of his last 10 games.
Mitoglou has pulled down at least 5 rebounds in 11 of his last 12 games.
Mitoglou has scored more than 10 points in five of his last six games.
Kostas Sloukas has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his last 10 games.
Sloukas has had a double-digit PIR in seven of his last eight games.
Jerian Grant has recorded at least 1 steal in seven straight and 15 of his last 16 games.
Grant has made at least 1 triple in six of his last seven games.
Season rankings
Dinos Mitoglou ranks sixth in rebounding with 6.4 per game.
Mathias Lessort ranks eighth with 6.0 rebounds per game.
Lessort ranks fifth in average PIR with 18.8 per game.
Kostas Sloukas ranks eighth in assists with 5.5 per game.
Jerian Grant ranks second in steals with 1.9 per game.
Kendrick Nunn leads the league in free-throw shooting at 100%.
Panathinaikos ranks second in steals with 7.6 per game.
Panathinaikos has held opponents to 33.1% on three-point shooting, the third lowest in the league.
Panathinaikos has forced a league-best 14.0 turnovers per game.
Records/Milestones
Kostas Sloukas ranks third all-time with 1,615 assists. Sergio Rodriguez of Real Madrid is second with 1,815 and counting.
Sloukas is in fifth place all-time with 862 free throws made. Mike James of AS Monaco is fourth with 925 and counting.
Sloukas ranks ninth all-time with 3,473 career points. Georgios Printezis is eighth with 3,599.
Sloukas is fifth all-time with 4,271 index rating points. His former teammate Kyle Hines of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan is fourth with 4,279 and counting.
Sloukas ranks 17th all-time in free-throw accuracy at 88.5%.
Marius Grigonis ranks sixth all-time in free-throw accuracy at 90.7%.
Grigonis ranks 14th all-time in three-point accuracy at 43.7%.
Ioannis Papapetrou needs 39 points to reach 2,000 for his career.
Luca Vildoza needs 16 assists to reach 500 for his career.