- In Round 7, Efes beat ALBA 70-86 on the road with Dan Oturu and Jordan Nwora each scoring 16 points, and Nwora posting his personal best 21 PIR.
- The last time Efes and ALBA met in Istanbul, Efes claimed a dramatic 85-84 win in Round 31 last season as Elijah Bryant scored 24 points and was co-MVP of the Round with a career-best PIR of 33.
- When Efes beat ALBA 89-97 in Round 13 in Berlin last season, Efes guard Shane Larkin and ALBA center Johannes Thiemann made history, making it the first EuroLeague game with two players recording a PIR 40 or more. Larkin earned MVP of the Round honors, leading Efes with 32 points and a PIR of 41, while Thiemann scored 31 points and posted a PIR of 40.
- When Efes beat ALBA 87-77 in April 2022, Shane Larkin had 28 points, 8 assists and a career-high 4 steals for a PIR 36, earning MVP of Round honors for that performance.
- ALBA set a club record with 33 made free throws in a 73-74 home loss against Efes in January 2002.
- ALBA's single-game record for assists is 11, which Martin Hermannsson tied against Anadolu Efes Istanbul on October 11, 2019.
- Hermannsson tied his career high with 24 points in Round 7 against Efes.
- ALBA's Louis Olinde posted career highs in points (17) and three-pointers (5) in a road loss against Efes in Round 31 last season.
- Efes point guard Darius Thompson posted a career-high in PIR with 38 while playing for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz against ALBA in March 2023.
- Efes guard Elijah Bryant made a career-best 5-of-6 three-pointers while playing for Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv against ALBA in January 2020.
- ALBA's Jonas Mattisseck posted a career-high 3 steals against Efes in April 2022.
Game Facts - Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Shane Larkin has scored at least 10 points in five of his last six games.
Larkin has PIRs of 12 or more in five of his last six games.
Larkin has made at least 1 three-point shot in eight straight games.
Elijah Bryant has scored 12 or more points in eight of his last nine games.
Vincent Poirier has PIRs of 10 or more in eight of his last nine games.
Darius Thompson has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven straight games.
Rodrigue Beaubois has made at least 1 three-pointer in six straight games.
Ercan Osmani has made 11 straight free throws.
Rolands Smits has made 10 straight free throws.
Season rankings
Ercan Osmani leads the league in free-throw shooting at 96.6%.
Vincent Poirier ranks fourth in blocks with 1.2 per game.
Elijah Bryant is tied for ninth in steals with 1.1 per game.
Dan Oturu ranks eighth in offensive rebounding with 2.1 per game.
Oturu ranks seventh in two-point shooting at 70.0%.
Rodrigue Beaubois ranks seventh in three-point shooting at 46.8%.
Efes leads the league in blocks with 3.7 per game.
Efes is third in the league in two-point accuracy at 58.3%.
Records/Milestones
Larkin is ranked 11th all-time in scoring with 3,466 points. Georgios Printezis is 10th with 3,599 points.
Shane Larkin is in eighth place all-time in three-pointers made with 533. Monaco's Mike James is seventh with 581 and counting.
Rodrigue Beaubois is in 10th place all-time in three-pointers made with 501. Vassilis Spanoulis is ninth with 518.
Beaubois is in 19th place in career scoring with 3,054 points. Scottie Wilbekin of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is 18th with 3,179 points.
Vincent Poirier ranks ninth all-time in blocks with 204. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is eighth all-time with 216 and counting.
Poirier is in 12th place all-time with 442 offensive rebounds. James Gist is 11th with 452.
Game Facts - ALBA Berlin
Matt Thomas has made at least 1 three-pointer in eight of his last nine games. He has made multiple threes in seven of those games.
Thomas has scored in double figures in six of his last seven games.
Will McDowell-White has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven of his last eight games.
Yanni Wetzell has had a PIR in double figures in six of his last seven games.
Wetzell has scored 10 or more points in five straight games.
Malte Delow has made at least 1 three-pointer in five of his last six games.
Season rankings
Martin Hermannsson ranks fourth in assists with 5.8 per game.
Louis Olinde ranks fourth in two-point shooting at 72.1%.
Will Mcdowell-White ranks ninth in three-point shooting at 46.5%.
ALBA has committed a league-high 15.4 turnovers per game.
ALBA has made a league-low 29.8% of its three-point attempts.
ALBA has allowed a league-high 90.8 points per game.