- This is a rematch of last season's playoff series, which Panathinaikos won thanks to an 81-72 victory in a deciding Game 5 in which Kendrick Nunn scored 26 points on 6 three-pointers.
- Mathias Lessort had a career-high 4 blocks in an 88-95 victory in Game 4 of last season's playoffs to tie the EuroLeague Playoffs record.
- In Game 2, Panathinaikos celebrated a 95-79 win in Athens behind a career-high 29 points from Kostas Sloukas who made a career-best 8-of-9 two-point shots.
- Maccabi won Games 1 and 3 of that playoff series. Maccabi rallied to beat Panathinaikos 87-91 in Athens in Game 1 and held on for an 85-83 victory in Game 3 in Belgrade.
- Kostas Sloukas dished a career-high 13 assists in Game 1 of last season's playoffs.
- Maccabi swept Panathinaikos during the 2023-24 regular season, including an 81-86 overtime win in Athens as Lorenzo Brown, now with Panathinaikos, tied Maccabi's single-game record and his personal best with 12 assists, while also collecting a career-high 5 steals.
- In that same game, John DiBartolomeo scored 15 points on a career-best 5-of-7 three-point shooting and pulled down a career-high 9 rebounds.
- The Greens won a classic five-game playoff series against Maccabi 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.
- 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 defeated 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 playmaker Lorenzo Brown spent the last two seasons with Maccabi. He earned All-EuroLeague honors each season and led the team to a pair of EuroLeague Playoff appearances.
- Maccabi head coach Oded Kattash coached Panathinaikos in 2021. He also played for the Greens, which he helped win the EuroLeague 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 in November 2022.
- Panathinaikos guard Marius Grigonis was a teammate of Maccabi's Rokas Jokubaitis at Zalgiris Kaunas. Grigonis and Jokubaitis were teammates for three seasons, from 2018 to 2021.
- Grigonis and Jokubaitis have also been teammates on the Lithuanian national team.
- Maccabi guard Marial Shayok and Panathinaikos center Wenyen Gabriel have been teammates on the national team of South Sudan.
- Panathinaikos forward Panagiotis Kalaitzakis scored a career-high 17 points against Maccabi in Round 23 in Belgrade last season.
- Panathinaikos big man Konstantinos Mitoglou blocked a career-high 3 shots against Maccabi in December 2019.
- Mathias Lessort had a career-high 4 blocks in an 88-95 victory in Game 4 of last season's playoffs to tie the EuroLeague Playoffs record.
- In Game 2, Panathinaikos celebrated a 95-79 win in Athens behind a career-high 29 points from Kostas Sloukas who made a career-best 8-of-9 two-point shots.
- Maccabi won Games 1 and 3 of that playoff series. Maccabi rallied to beat Panathinaikos 87-91 in Athens in Game 1 and held on for an 85-83 victory in Game 3 in Belgrade.
- Kostas Sloukas dished a career-high 13 assists in Game 1 of last season's playoffs.
- Maccabi swept Panathinaikos during the 2023-24 regular season, including an 81-86 overtime win in Athens as Lorenzo Brown, now with Panathinaikos, tied Maccabi's single-game record and his personal best with 12 assists, while also collecting a career-high 5 steals.
- In that same game, John DiBartolomeo scored 15 points on a career-best 5-of-7 three-point shooting and pulled down a career-high 9 rebounds.
- The Greens won a classic five-game playoff series against Maccabi 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.
- 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 defeated 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 playmaker Lorenzo Brown spent the last two seasons with Maccabi. He earned All-EuroLeague honors each season and led the team to a pair of EuroLeague Playoff appearances.
- Maccabi head coach Oded Kattash coached Panathinaikos in 2021. He also played for the Greens, which he helped win the EuroLeague 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 in November 2022.
- Panathinaikos guard Marius Grigonis was a teammate of Maccabi's Rokas Jokubaitis at Zalgiris Kaunas. Grigonis and Jokubaitis were teammates for three seasons, from 2018 to 2021.
- Grigonis and Jokubaitis have also been teammates on the Lithuanian national team.
- Maccabi guard Marial Shayok and Panathinaikos center Wenyen Gabriel have been teammates on the national team of South Sudan.
- Panathinaikos forward Panagiotis Kalaitzakis scored a career-high 17 points against Maccabi in Round 23 in Belgrade last season.
- Panathinaikos big man Konstantinos Mitoglou blocked a career-high 3 shots against Maccabi in December 2019.
Game Facts - Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv
Streaks
Jake Cohen has made 21 consecutive free throws.
Tamir Blatt has made 18 consecutive free throws.
Jaylen Hoard has had PIRs of at least 10 in 22 of his 23 EuroLeague appearances.
Hoard has scored 12 points or more in 14 of his last 15 games.
Hoard has collected at least 1 steal in four straight and nine of his last 10 games.
Rokas Jokubaitis has scored at least 10 points in seven of his last eight games.
Jokubaitis has had PIRs of at least 14 in seven of his last eight games.
Jokubaitis has made 14 straight free throws.
Roman Sorkin has scored at least 10 points in 11 straight games.
Sorkin has posted PIRs in double figures in seven straight games.
Sorkin has made 10 straight free throws.
Will Rayman has made 17 straight free throws.
Season rankings
Jaylen Hoard ranks 10th in average index rating with 18.1 per game.
Hoard ranks second in steals with 1.3 per game.
Trevion Williams ranks eighth in rebounding with 6.1 per game.
Tamir Blatt ranks second in assists with 7.0 per game.
Rokas Jokubaitis ranks ninth in assists with 5.0 per game.
Blatt ranks second in free-throw shooting at 95.0%.
Maccabi ranks second in offensive rebounding with 12.1 per game.
Records/Milestones
John DiBartolomeo is 12th all-time with a 2.5-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Rokas Jokubaitis needs 1 three-point shot made to reach 100 for his career.
Jake Cohen has made 21 consecutive free throws.
Tamir Blatt has made 18 consecutive free throws.
Jaylen Hoard has had PIRs of at least 10 in 22 of his 23 EuroLeague appearances.
Hoard has scored 12 points or more in 14 of his last 15 games.
Hoard has collected at least 1 steal in four straight and nine of his last 10 games.
Rokas Jokubaitis has scored at least 10 points in seven of his last eight games.
Jokubaitis has had PIRs of at least 14 in seven of his last eight games.
Jokubaitis has made 14 straight free throws.
Roman Sorkin has scored at least 10 points in 11 straight games.
Sorkin has posted PIRs in double figures in seven straight games.
Sorkin has made 10 straight free throws.
Will Rayman has made 17 straight free throws.
Season rankings
Jaylen Hoard ranks 10th in average index rating with 18.1 per game.
Hoard ranks second in steals with 1.3 per game.
Trevion Williams ranks eighth in rebounding with 6.1 per game.
Tamir Blatt ranks second in assists with 7.0 per game.
Rokas Jokubaitis ranks ninth in assists with 5.0 per game.
Blatt ranks second in free-throw shooting at 95.0%.
Maccabi ranks second in offensive rebounding with 12.1 per game.
Records/Milestones
John DiBartolomeo is 12th all-time with a 2.5-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Rokas Jokubaitis needs 1 three-point shot made to reach 100 for his career.
Game Facts - Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens
Streaks
Kendrick Nunn has made at least 1 three-point shot in 35 straight games.
Nunn has scored 17 or more points in seven of his last eight games.
Juancho Hernangomez has had PIRs of 12 or more in 12 straight games.
Hernangomez has pulled down 6 or more rebounds in 12 straight games.
Kostas Sloukas has at least 1 steal in nine of his last 10 games.
Sloukas has posted a PIR in double figures in eight of his last nine games.
Mathias Lessort has pulled down at least 5 rebounds in 11 straight and 23 of his last 24 games.
Lessort has had a PIR of 10 or more in 25 of his last 26 games.
Omer Yurtseven has scored in double figures in four straight games.
Season rankings
Kendrick Nunn is the league co-leader in scoring with 20.0 points per game.
Mathias Lessort ranks fifth in average index rating with 20.5 per game.
Nunn ranks ninth in average index rating with 18.2 per game.
Nunn ranks second in three-pointers made with 2.9 per game.
Lessort ranks second in rebounding with 7.1 per game.
Juancho Hernangomez ranks fifth in rebounding with 6.4 per game.
Lessort ranks third in two-point shooting at 74.1%.
Lessort ranks third in offensive rebounding with 2.8 per game.
Wenyen Gabriel is tied for ninth in offensive rebounding with 2.0 per game.
Gabriel ranks fourth in blocks with 1.2 per game.
Kostas Sloukas ranks 10th in assists with 4.9 per game.
Sloukas ranks fifth in free-throw shooting at 93.8%.
Panathinaikos ranks second in the league in average PIR with 102.9 per game.
Panathinaikos ranks second in scoring with 87.0 points per game.
Panathinaikos ranks third in two-point shooting at 58.6%.
Panathinaikos ranks second in defensive rebounding with 24.1 per game.
Panathinaikos has allowed 9.7 offensive rebounds per game, the third-lowest this season.
Records/Milestones
Kostas Sloukas is in third place all-time with 416 games played.
Sloukas ranks third all-time with 1,843 assists. Sergio Rodriguez is second with 1,874.
Sloukas is in fourth place all-time with 983 free throws made. Mike James of AS Monaco is third with 1,117.
Sloukas is eighth all-time with 3,963 career points. Nikola Mirotic of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan is seventh with 3,998 and counting.
Sloukas is ranked fourth all-time with 4,953 index rating points. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is third with 5,099 and counting.
Sloukas is 12th all-time with 500 three-point shots made. Nando De Colo of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne is 11th with 503, and Rodrigue Beaubois of Anadolu Efes Istanbul is 10th with 507.
Marius Grigonis ranks seventh all-time in free-throw accuracy at 90.6%.
Sloukas ranks 16th all-time in free-throw accuracy at 89.0%.
Sloukas is in 18th place on the all-time charts with 263 career steals. Vassilis Spanoulis is 17th with 273 steals.
Tibor Pleiss is ranked seventh all-time with 228 career blocks. Alex Tyus is sixth with 238.
Pleiss ranks 10th all-time with 1,009 two-pointers made. Paulius Jankunas is ninth with 1,011.
Pleiss is ranked 15th all-time with 1,399 rebounds. Kostas Papanikolaou of Olympiacos is 14th with 1,407 and counting.
Grigonis needs 4 steals to reach 100 for his career.
Jerian Grant is the all-time leader with a 3.1-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Grant needs 5 steals to reach 100 for his career.
Kendrick Nunn has made at least 1 three-point shot in 35 straight games.
Nunn has scored 17 or more points in seven of his last eight games.
Juancho Hernangomez has had PIRs of 12 or more in 12 straight games.
Hernangomez has pulled down 6 or more rebounds in 12 straight games.
Kostas Sloukas has at least 1 steal in nine of his last 10 games.
Sloukas has posted a PIR in double figures in eight of his last nine games.
Mathias Lessort has pulled down at least 5 rebounds in 11 straight and 23 of his last 24 games.
Lessort has had a PIR of 10 or more in 25 of his last 26 games.
Omer Yurtseven has scored in double figures in four straight games.
Season rankings
Kendrick Nunn is the league co-leader in scoring with 20.0 points per game.
Mathias Lessort ranks fifth in average index rating with 20.5 per game.
Nunn ranks ninth in average index rating with 18.2 per game.
Nunn ranks second in three-pointers made with 2.9 per game.
Lessort ranks second in rebounding with 7.1 per game.
Juancho Hernangomez ranks fifth in rebounding with 6.4 per game.
Lessort ranks third in two-point shooting at 74.1%.
Lessort ranks third in offensive rebounding with 2.8 per game.
Wenyen Gabriel is tied for ninth in offensive rebounding with 2.0 per game.
Gabriel ranks fourth in blocks with 1.2 per game.
Kostas Sloukas ranks 10th in assists with 4.9 per game.
Sloukas ranks fifth in free-throw shooting at 93.8%.
Panathinaikos ranks second in the league in average PIR with 102.9 per game.
Panathinaikos ranks second in scoring with 87.0 points per game.
Panathinaikos ranks third in two-point shooting at 58.6%.
Panathinaikos ranks second in defensive rebounding with 24.1 per game.
Panathinaikos has allowed 9.7 offensive rebounds per game, the third-lowest this season.
Records/Milestones
Kostas Sloukas is in third place all-time with 416 games played.
Sloukas ranks third all-time with 1,843 assists. Sergio Rodriguez is second with 1,874.
Sloukas is in fourth place all-time with 983 free throws made. Mike James of AS Monaco is third with 1,117.
Sloukas is eighth all-time with 3,963 career points. Nikola Mirotic of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan is seventh with 3,998 and counting.
Sloukas is ranked fourth all-time with 4,953 index rating points. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is third with 5,099 and counting.
Sloukas is 12th all-time with 500 three-point shots made. Nando De Colo of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne is 11th with 503, and Rodrigue Beaubois of Anadolu Efes Istanbul is 10th with 507.
Marius Grigonis ranks seventh all-time in free-throw accuracy at 90.6%.
Sloukas ranks 16th all-time in free-throw accuracy at 89.0%.
Sloukas is in 18th place on the all-time charts with 263 career steals. Vassilis Spanoulis is 17th with 273 steals.
Tibor Pleiss is ranked seventh all-time with 228 career blocks. Alex Tyus is sixth with 238.
Pleiss ranks 10th all-time with 1,009 two-pointers made. Paulius Jankunas is ninth with 1,011.
Pleiss is ranked 15th all-time with 1,399 rebounds. Kostas Papanikolaou of Olympiacos is 14th with 1,407 and counting.
Grigonis needs 4 steals to reach 100 for his career.
Jerian Grant is the all-time leader with a 3.1-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Grant needs 5 steals to reach 100 for his career.