- Last season, Fenerbahce beat Efes 3-1 in the Turkish League playoff finals and also beat Efes in the Turkish Cup finals.
- In the 2019 Final Four semifinals, Shane Larkin shined with 30 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds in accumulating the highest performance index rating in a Final Four game this century with 43. Efes beat Fenerbahce 73-92 to reach the championship game.
- When it beat Efes 70-81 in October 2020, Fenerbahce tied a club record with 48 rebounds.
- Fenerbahce guard Ertan Gazi spent the last four seasons with Efes, having made 44 appearances and helping the team win the 2021 and 2022 EuroLeague crowns.
- Fenerbahce center Sertac Sanli spent three seasons with Efes and helped the team win the 2021 EuroLeague championship.
- Sanli and Fenerbahce's Melih Mahmutoglu have played alongside Efes guard Shane Larkin and forward Ercan Osmani on the Turkish national team.
- Sanli scored a career-high 24 points to lead FC Barcelona to a 93-95 overtime win over Efes at Sinan Erdem Dome in December 2021.
- Efes forward Rolands Smits played under Coach Jasikevicius at FC Barcelona for two seasons, together they reached Final Fours in both of those, in 2021 and 2022.
- Fenerbahce forward Nigel Hayes-Davis was a teammate of Smits at Barcelona during the 2021-2022 season.
- Efes guard Elijah Bryant and Fenerbahce's injured guard Scottie Wilbekin were teammates at Maccabi Tel Aviv from 2019 to 2021.
- Efes center Dan Oturu scored a career-best 19 points in a home loss against Fenerbahce last season.
- Efes center Vincent Poirier pulled down a career-high 17 rebounds playing for Real Madrid against Fenerbahce in October 2021.
- Fenerbahce forward Nicolo Melli grabbed a career-high 6 offensive rebounds playing for EA7 Emporio Armani Milan against Efes in October 2013.
- Fenerbahce guard Wade Baldwin had a career-best 11 assists twice, both against Efes. First playing for FC Bayern Munich in November 2020 and again in March 2022 playing for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz.
- Baldwin tied his career high with 4 steals playing for Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv against Efes in Round 9 last season.
Game Facts - Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Rodrigue Beaubois has made at least 1 steal in eight of his last nine games.
Beaubois has made 16 consecutive free throws.
Ercan Osmani has made all 10 free throws in his EuroLeague career.
Records/Milestones
Shane Larkin tied the EuroLeague single-game record with 10 made three-pointers in a victory over FC Bayern Munich in November 2019.
Larkin knocked down a EuroLeague record-tying 10 three-pointers against Olympiacos Piraeus in March 2020 when he scored 40 points, becoming the first player this century to score 40 or more points twice in his career.
Shane Larkin ranks ninth all-time in three-pointers made with 510. Vassilis Spanoulis is eighth with 518.
Larkin is ranked 13th all-time in scoring with 3,326 points. Milos Teodosic of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade is 12th with 3,330 and counting.
Rodrigue Beaubois ranks 13th all-time with 458 made three-pointers. Kostas Sloukas of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens and Alexey Shved are tied for 11th with 459 career three-pointers apiece.
Game Facts - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul
Nigel Hayes-Davis has made at least 1 triple in six straight games.
Scottie Wilbekin has made 13 consecutive free throws.
Nicolo Melli has made at least 1 three-pointer in five of his last six games.
Wade Baldwin has scored in double figures in 22 of his last 23 games.
Baldwin has had a PIR of 12 or more in 18 of his last 19 games.
Bonzie Colson has made at least 1 three-point shot in nine straight and 15 of his last 16 games.
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 last season.
Melih Mahmutoglu needs 12 points to reach 1,000 for his career.
Nicolo Melli is in eighth place all-time in rebounds with 1,499. Ante Tomic is seventh with 1,545.
Melli is fourth all-time in defensive rebounds with 1,127. Nick Calathes of AS Monaco is third with 1,133 defensive rebounds and counting. Ioannis Bourousis is second all-time with 1,164.