- Monaco forced Game 5 with a 62-65 road win on Friday night. Elie Okobo led the winners with 13 points off the bench.
- Fenerbahce took a 2-1 series lead in Game 3 with an 89-78 win in which Tarik Biberovic led the way with 14 points.
- In Game 2, Monaco rallied in the fourth quarter to a 93-88 win with Donatas Motiejunas scoring 18 points.
- Fenerbahce set a club playoff record with 16 three-pointers made in Game 2.
- Fenerbahce pulled out a 91-95 overtime win in Game 1 behind Nigel Hayes-Davis, who had 19 points and earned MVP of the Round honor with a PIR of 23.
- In Monaco's home 92-78 win over Fenerbahce in February 2022, Alpha Diallo scored a career-high 24 points.
- Last season in Istanbul, Monaco's Yakuba Ouattara had career highs in points (19), three-pointers made (5) and PIR (19) in a 98-94 overtime loss.
- Monaco guard Mike James was a backcourt mate of Fenerbahce point guard Nick Calathes for large parts of two seasons, from 2016 to 2018, at Panathinaikos Athens.
- James has made a career-best 6 triples twice in his career against Fenerbahce; first for AX Armani Exchange Milan in December 2018, and then for CSKA Moscow in November 2019.
- James dropped 31 points on Fenerbahce in November 2019 playing for CSKA Moscow in an 88-70 win. James's scoring total included a career-best 6-for-8 three-point and 9-for-9 free-throw shooting and he accumulated a performance index rating of 38. He earned the MVP of the Round honor for his performance.
- Monaco's Jaron Blossomgame had a career-high 9 rebounds in his team's Game 1 loss.
- Scottie Wilbekin set his career highs in points (37) and PIR (37) playing for Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv against Monaco in November 2021. He won the MVP of the Round honor for that performance in a 95-84 win.
- Fenerbahce guard Sehmus Hazer collected a career-high 3 steals in a road loss against Monaco in February 2022.
- Fenerbahce guard Tyler Dorsey tied his career-best 7 rebounds in Game 1 of this series. He also had 7 rebounds playing for Olympiacos Piraeus against Monaco in November 2021.
- Fenerbahce guard Yam Madar posted his career-high in index rating of 18 for Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade against Monaco in January 2023.
Game Facts - AS Monaco
Mike James has scored in double figures in 37 of his last 38 games.
James has made at least 1 three-point shot in seven of his last eight games.
Donatas Motiejunas has scored at least 10 points in six straight games.
Motiejunas has a PIR in double figures in six straight games.
Jordan Loyd has made at least 1 three-pointer in five of his last six games.
Loyd has a PIR in double figures in five of his last six games.
Season rankings
Mike James is third in the league in average index rating with 19.4 per game.
James ranks second in scoring with 17.9 points per game.
James ranks seventh in assists with 5.1 per game.
James ranks 10th in average three-pointers made with 2.2 per game.
Yakuba Ouattara ranks fourth in three-point shooting at 50%.
Monaco has committed a league-low 9.9 turnovers per game.
Monaco has forced 13.3 turnovers per game, which is the most in the league this season.
Records/Milestones
Mike James is the all-time leading scorer. He has 4,603 career points.
James is third all-time with 4,703 index rating points. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is second with a PIR of 4,846 and counting.
James is in third place all-time in free throws made with 1,000. Nando De Colo is second with 1,090.
James is ranked eighth all-time with 1,281 career assists. Thomas Heurtel is seventh all-time with 1,340 assists.
James ranks seventh all-time with 531 three-pointers made. Milos Teodosic of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade is sixth with 576.
Mike James is ranked seventh all-time in points scored in the playoffs with 378. Georgios Printezis is sixth with 381.
Donta Hall leads the all-time charts in two-point accuracy at 74.9%.
Donatas Motiejunas set a EuroLeague single-game record with 18 defensive rebounds on December 7, 2011, when playing for Asseco Prokom Gdynia against Union Olimpija Ljubljana. In that game, Motiejunas pulled down a total of 21 rebounds, the most rebounds in a single game by any active player.
Game Facts - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul
Johnathan Motley has PIRs of 10 or more in 13 straight games.
Nigel Hayes-Davis has scored 10 or more points in 12 straight games.
Hayes-Davis has made multiple triples in 11 of his last 12 games.
Hayes-Davis has PIRs of at least 10 in six of his last seven games.
Hayes-Davis has made 9 consecutive free throws.
Scottie Wilbekin has PIRs in double figures in 10 of his last 11 games.
Wilbekin has made at least 1 three-point shot in six straight and 10 of his last 11 games.
Wilbekin has made 11 consecutive free throws.
Marko Guduric has made at least 1 three-point shot in eight of his last nine games.
Season rankings
Marko Guduric ranks ninth in free throw shooting at 90.1%.
Scottie Wilbekin ranks second in average three-pointers made with 3.0 per game.
Tarik Biberovic leads the league in three-point shooting at 52.6%.
Tyler Dorsey ranks ninth in three-point shooting at 46.4%.
Johnathan Motley ranks 11th in two-point shooting at 66.1%.
Fenerbahce leads the league in three-point shots made with 11.4 per game.
Fenerbahce leads the league in three-point accuracy at 39.4%.
Records/Milestones
Nigel Hayes-Davis set the all-time EuroLeague single-game scoring record with 50 points in a victory over ALBA Berlin in Round 32.
Nick Calathes is the EuroLeague all-time leader in assists with 2,073.
Calathes set the EuroLeague single-season record in 2018-19 with 286 total assists.
Calathes is the EuroLeague all-time leader in steals with 445.
Calathes is the all-time leader with 308 career games started.
Calathes ranks sixth all-time with a 2.6-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Calathes ranks sixth all-time with 4,212 index rating points. Kyle Hines is fifth with 4,299.
Calathes is ranked 15th all-time in scoring with 3,214 points. Paulius Jankunas is 14th with 3,241 points.
Calathes needs 8 two-point shots made to reach 1,000 for his career.
Scottie Wilbekin ranks fourth all-time in three-point shots made with 600. Sergio Rodriguez of Real Madrid ranks third with 606 three-point shots made and counting.
Nick Calathes is ranked eighth all-time in points scored in the playoffs with 376.
Georgios Papagiannis ranks seventh all-time with 211 blocks. Tibor Pleiss of Anadolu Efes Istanbul is sixth with 228 blocks.
Papagiannis ranks 15th all-time in two-point accuracy at 64.1%.
Melih Mahmutoglu needs 12 points to reach 1,000 for his career.
Dyshawn Pierre needs 1 three-point shot made to reach 100 for his career.