Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul
· Panathinaikos holds a 14-8 advantage in games against Efe since the turn of the century. Efes beat Panathinaikos 78-62 in Round 7 behind 19 points and a career-high 4 blocks from Rodrigue Beaubois.
· Last season, Nick Calathes was the hero of Panathinaikos's thrilling 81-82 win in Istanbul with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists; he was MVP of the round with a career-high PIR of 42.
· Efes set its EuroLeague club record this century with 33 made free throws against Panathinaikos in April 2005.
· Panathinaikos recorded 51 total rebounds, its most in EuroLeague play this century, against Efes in March 2014.
· Panathinaikos beat Efes 81-71 in the 2000 EuroLeague Final Four semifinals and 74-66 in the 2001 FIBA SuproLeague semifinals.
· Panathinaikos ousted Efes 2-1 in their best-of-three EuroLeague playoffs series in 2005.
· DeShaun Thomas played for Efes in the 2016-17 season. He was a teammate there of Dogus Balbay and Bryant Dunston.
· Thomas and Efes center Tibor Pleiss were teammates at FC Barcelona Lassa during the 2014-15 season.
· James Anderson of Efes and Lukas Lekavicius of Panathinaikos were teammates at Zalgiris Kaunas during the 2014-15 season.
· Efes big man Bryant Dunston was a teammate of Ioannis Papapetrou and Matt Lojeski at Olympiacos Piraeus from 2013 to 2015.
· Panathinaikos forward James Gist played with Efes guard Krunoslav Simon at Unicaja Malaga for the first part of the 2012-13 season.
· Matt Lojeski of Panathinaikos and Bryant Dunston of Efes were teammates at Olympiacos Piraeus for two seasons, from 2013 to 2015.
· Efes forward Brock Motum was a teammate of Panathinaikos guard Lukas Lekavicius at Zalgiris Kaunas for two seasons, from 2015 to 2017. Motum was also a teammate of Panathinaikos center Ian Voigoukas at Zalgiris for the 2015-16 campaign.
· Panathinaikos forward James Gist matched his career in rebounds with 11 in a 91-83 overtime loss against Efes in November 2016.
· Matt Lojeski set his career high in assists with 6 while playing for Olympiacos Piraeus against Efes in March 2015.
· Panathinaikos guard Keith Langford matched his career high in assists with 9 while playing for UNICS Kazan against Efes in November 2016.
· Panathinaikos holds a 14-8 advantage in games against Efe since the turn of the century. Efes beat Panathinaikos 78-62 in Round 7 behind 19 points and a career-high 4 blocks from Rodrigue Beaubois.
· Last season, Nick Calathes was the hero of Panathinaikos's thrilling 81-82 win in Istanbul with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists; he was MVP of the round with a career-high PIR of 42.
· Efes set its EuroLeague club record this century with 33 made free throws against Panathinaikos in April 2005.
· Panathinaikos recorded 51 total rebounds, its most in EuroLeague play this century, against Efes in March 2014.
· Panathinaikos beat Efes 81-71 in the 2000 EuroLeague Final Four semifinals and 74-66 in the 2001 FIBA SuproLeague semifinals.
· Panathinaikos ousted Efes 2-1 in their best-of-three EuroLeague playoffs series in 2005.
· DeShaun Thomas played for Efes in the 2016-17 season. He was a teammate there of Dogus Balbay and Bryant Dunston.
· Thomas and Efes center Tibor Pleiss were teammates at FC Barcelona Lassa during the 2014-15 season.
· James Anderson of Efes and Lukas Lekavicius of Panathinaikos were teammates at Zalgiris Kaunas during the 2014-15 season.
· Efes big man Bryant Dunston was a teammate of Ioannis Papapetrou and Matt Lojeski at Olympiacos Piraeus from 2013 to 2015.
· Panathinaikos forward James Gist played with Efes guard Krunoslav Simon at Unicaja Malaga for the first part of the 2012-13 season.
· Matt Lojeski of Panathinaikos and Bryant Dunston of Efes were teammates at Olympiacos Piraeus for two seasons, from 2013 to 2015.
· Efes forward Brock Motum was a teammate of Panathinaikos guard Lukas Lekavicius at Zalgiris Kaunas for two seasons, from 2015 to 2017. Motum was also a teammate of Panathinaikos center Ian Voigoukas at Zalgiris for the 2015-16 campaign.
· Panathinaikos forward James Gist matched his career in rebounds with 11 in a 91-83 overtime loss against Efes in November 2016.
· Matt Lojeski set his career high in assists with 6 while playing for Olympiacos Piraeus against Efes in March 2015.
· Panathinaikos guard Keith Langford matched his career high in assists with 9 while playing for UNICS Kazan against Efes in November 2016.
Game Facts - Panathinaikos OPAP Athens
Roster
Twelve different players have appeared in the starting lineup in EuroLeague games for Panathinaikos this season.
Nick Calathes is the only player to start every EuroLeague game for Panathinaikos this season.
Evangelos Sakellariou is set to make his EuroLeague debut.
New signing Adreian Payne made his first appearance for Panathinaikos this season in Round 20.
Streaks
Nick Calathes has collected at least 1 steal in 17 of his last 18 EuroLeague games.
Calathes has scored in double figures in nine of his last 10 EuroLeague games.
Calathes has posted a performance index rating in double figures in 10 straight EuroLeague appearances.
Rankings
Nick Calathes leads the league in assists with 8.1 per game and is second in steals with 1.7 per game.
Records/Milestones
Calathes ranks ninth all-time with 880 assists. Nikos Zisis is eighth with 885.
Calathes is 10th on the all-time EuroLeague charts with 242 steals. Vassilis Spanoulis is ninth with 245 and counting.
Calathes needs 1 more offensive rebound to reach 100 for his EuroLeague career.
James Gist needs 3 more steals to reach 200 for his EuroLeague career.
Keith Langford needs 4 more offensive rebounds to reach 100 for his EuroLeague career.
Ioannis Papapetrou needs 3 three-point shots to reach 100 for his EuroLeague career.
Game Facts - Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Roster
No player has started every EuroLeague game for Efes this season. Adrian Moerman has started all but one game.
Streaks
Moerman has made at least 1 three-pointer in 12 straight games.
Moerman has made 10 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games.
Tibor Pleiss has made 20 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games.
Rodrigue Beaubois has made at least 1 three-pointer in 15 of his last 16 appearances.
Beaubois has made 16 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games.
Vasilije Micic has made at least 1 three-pointer in 11 straight and 16 of his last 17 EuroLeague appearances.
Rankings
Vasilije Micic ranks third in the league in assists this season with 5.3 per game.
Adrien Moerman is tied for fourth in the league this season with 1.5 steals per game.
Bryant Dunston is fourth in the league this season with 1.1 blocks per game.
Tibor Pleiss ranks fifth in the league in two-point accuracy this season at 69.57%.
Records/Milestones
Bryant Dunston is second in EuroLeague history with 209 blocked shots. He trails only Fran Vazquez and his 249 rejections.
Dunston ranks ninth all-time with 360 career offensive rebounds. Mirsad Turkcan is eighth with 385.
Tibor Pleiss ranks ninth all-time with 155 blocked shots. He needs 6 more to catch Victor Khryapa for eighth place.
Brock Motum needs 5 more three-pointers to reach 100 for his EuroLeague career.
Motum needs 6 more rebounds to reach 300 for his career.