- Last season in Athens, when Panathinaikos beat Baskonia 95-91, Mathias Lessort scored 23 points and set career highs with 14 rebounds and 7 offensive rebounds. He earned MVP of the Round honors with a PIR of 31.
- Baskonia has won two playoff series against Panathinaikos. It swept the Greens in the 2016 playoffs and eliminated Panathinaikos in 2006 by winning the decisive Game 3 on the road 71-74.
- Panathinaikos and Baskonia battled in the 2007 EuroLeague Semifinals in Athens, Greece. Panathinaikos downed Baskonia 53-67 behind 15 points each from Sani Becirovic and Mike Batiste. The Greens went on to win the EuroLeague championship.
- Panathinaikos tied its record for rebounds in EuroLeague play this century with 51 against Baskonia in April 2016.
- Panathinaikos set club records with 31 assists and tied another with 18 three-pointers made against Baskonia in October 2013.
- The Panathinaikos trio of Ioannis Papapetrou, Konstantinos Mitoglou and Dimitris Moraitis have been teammates of Baskonia's Nikos Rogkavopoulos on the Greek national team.
- Moraitis and Rogkavopoulos were also teammates at AEK Athens in the past.
- Panathinaikos forward Ioannis Papapetrou dished a career-high 6 assists while playing for Partizan against Baskonia in January 2023.
- Panathinaikos guard Lorenzo Brown made a career-high 7 three-point shots while playing for Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv in a 113-85 win over Baskonia in the first round of the 2024 Play-In Showdown.
- Panathinaikos swingman Marius Grigonis grabbed a career-high 4 steals for Zalgiris Kaunas against Baskonia in February 2019.
Game Facts - Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens
Mathias Lessort has pulled down at least 5 rebounds in 10 straight and 22 of his last 23 games.
Lessort has had a PIR of 10 or more in 24 of his last 25 games.
Kendrick Nunn has scored at least 10 points in 21 straight and 36 of his last 37 games.
Nunn has made at least 1 three-point shot in 21 straight games.
Nunn has had a double-digit PIR in 20 of his last 21 games.
Juancho Hernangomez has pulled down 5 rebounds or more in five of his last six games.
Kostas Sloukas has had at least 1 steal in eight straight games.
Sloukas has made 25 consecutive free throws.
Season rankings
Mathias Lessort ranks sixth in average index rating with 20.5 per game.
Kendrick Nunn ranks 10th in average index rating with 18.3 per game.
Lessort is tied for second in rebounding with 7.1 per game.
Lessort ranks fourth in offensive rebounding with 2.7 per game.
Lessort ranks fourth in two-point accuracy at 73.6%.
Nunn ranks second in scoring with 19.8 points per game.
Nunn leads the league in three-pointers made with 2.8 per game.
Panathinaikos leads the league in average PIR with 101.8 per game.
Panathinaikos ranks third in three-point shooting at 38.5%.
Panathinaikos allows 9.5 offensive rebounds, the third fewest in the league.
Panathinaikos allows a league-low 31.3 rebounds.
Records/Milestones
Kostas Sloukas ranks third all-time with 1,772 assists. Sergio Rodriguez is second with 1,874.
Sloukas is in fifth place all-time with 938 free throws made. Felipe Reyes is fourth with 967.
Sloukas is eighth all-time with 3,827 career points. Nikola Mirotic of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan is seventh with 3,834 and counting. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is sixth with 3,991 and counting.
Sloukas is ranked fourth all-time with 4,764 index rating points. Mike James of AS Monaco is third with 4,984 and counting.
Sloukas ranks 17th all-time in free-throw accuracy at 88.9%.
Marius Grigonis ranks eighth all-time in free-throw accuracy at 90.6%.
Grigonis needs 4 steals to reach 100 for his career.
Jerian Grant is the all-time leader with a 3.0-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Game Facts - Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
Chima Moneke has had a double-digit PIR in 10 straight games.
Moneke has pulled down at least 5 rebounds in 14 of his last 15 games.
Nikos Rogkavopoulos has made at least 1 three-pointer in 11 of his last 12 games.
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot has made 15 consecutive free throws.
Trent Forrest has made 12 consecutive free throws.
Donta Hall has accumulated a double-digit PIR in six of his last seven games.
Hall has had at least 1 block in four of his last five games.
Markus Howard has made multiple three-pointers and scored at least 13 points in four straight games.
Tadas Sedekerskis has had a PIR of 13 or more in four of his last five games.
Season rankings
Chima Moneke ranks eighth in average index rating with 18.8 per game.
Moneke is tied for eighth in rebounding with 6.2 per game.
Donta Hall is tied for third in blocks with 1.2 per game.
Tadas Sedekerskis ranks fifth in three-point accuracy at 52.0%.
Markus Howard is tied for eighth in three-pointers made with 2.4 per game.
Baskonia ranks second in rebounding with 36.3 per game.
Baskonia has limited its opponents to 80.1 points per game, which is third lowest in the league.
Baskonia has held opponents to a league-low 50.5% two-point shooting.
Baskonia allows a league-high 39.9% three-point shooting.
Records/Milestones
Markus Howard made 148 triples last season to set the all-time single-season record.
Donta Hall leads the all-time charts in two-point accuracy at 74.2%.
Tadas Sedekerskis ranks eighth all-time in two-point accuracy at 66.3%.
Ognjen Jaramaz needs 15 points to reach 500 for his career.