PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES

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1 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON - ROUND 11

2 Dec 06, 2018 CET: 19:00 LOCAL TIME: 19:00 MORACA BUDUCNOST VOLI PODGORICA 23 OMIC, ALEN Born: 1992 JACKSON, EDWIN 1.90 Born: 1989 FC BARCELONA LASSA 20 DIAGNE, ATOUMANE Born: 1998 FONT, ALEIX 1.95 Born: 5 CLARK, EARL 14 CRAFT, AARON Born: 1996 SEHOVIC, SEAD Born: 1991 ILIC, ALEKSA Born: Born: 1989 BAROVIC, FILIP 2.07 Born: BOLMARO, LEANDRO Born: 2000 MARTINEZ, SERGI Born: 1999 SERAPHIN, KEVIN Born: 1989 SINGLETON, CHRIS Born: 1989 BLAZIC, JAKA 1.96 Born: 7 CLARKE, COTY 2.01 Born: CLAVER, VICTOR 2.07 Born: 10 GORDIC, NEMANJA 1.93 Born: 2 HANGA, ADAM 2.01 Born: IVANOVIC, NIKOLA Born: HEURTEL, THOMAS 1.89 Born: 34 NIKOLIC, DANILO 19 NIKOLIC, ZORAN Born: 1996 POPOVIC, PETAR Born: Born: 1996 SEHOVIC, SUAD 1.97 Born: 1987 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES 24 KURIC, KYLE 18 ORIOLA, PIERRE Born: 1992 PANGOS, KEVIN Born: Born: 1993 PUSTOVYI, ARTEM 2.19 Born: 1992 EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 1

3 Dec 06, 2018 CET: 19:00 LOCAL TIME: 19:00 MORACA BUDUCNOST VOLI PODGORICA 9 STAROVLAH, MILIC 1.97 Born: 1998 FC BARCELONA LASSA 5 RIBAS, PAU 1.94 Born: 44 ZUGIC, FEDOR 1.98 Born: SMITS, ROLANDS 44 TOMIC, ANTE PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES 2.07 Born: Born: 1987 EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 2

4 Head-to-head records Competition Euroleague Phase Home FC Barcelona Lassa Away Buducnost VOLI Podgorica Result Euroleague Buducnost VOLI Podgorica FC Barcelona Lassa

5 Game facts: Buducnost VOLI Podgorica Earl Clark, Nemanja Gordic and Alen Omic have each started every EuroLeague game for Buducnost this season. Aleksa Ilic will be sidelined until at least late January with a knee injury. Sead Sehovic and Milic Starovlah are in line to make their EuroLeague debuts. Coty Clarke has collected at least 1 steal in each of his last 10 EuroLeague games. Edwin Jackson has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his last 10 EuroLeague games. Jackson has made 9 straight free throws in EuroLeague action. Earl Clark has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his last six EuroLeague games. He is shooting 11 for 22 from downtown over that stretch. Alen Omic ranks fifth in the EuroLeague this season in offensive rebounding with 2.6 per game. Edwin Jackson is fifth in the EuroLeague this season in three-point accuracy at 53.2%. 4

6 Game facts: FC Barcelona Lassa Chris Singleton and Ante Tomic have both started every EuroLeague game for Barcelona thus far this season. Kyle Kuric has drained at least 1 three-pointer in four straight and nine of his last 10 EuroLeague games. Kuric has made 12 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague action. Kuric has collected at least 1 steal in eight of his nine EuroLeague games. Thomas Heurtel has collected at least 1 steal in seven of his last eight EuroLeague appearance. Ante Tomic is fourth in EuroLeague history with 1,304 rebounds. Heurtel is fourth in competition history in assists with 1,061. Jaka Blazic needs 2 more three-pointers to reach 100 in his EuroLeague career. Victor Claver needs 6 more three-pointers to reach 100 in his EuroLeague career. Adam Hanga needs 8 more three-pointers to reach 100 in his EuroLeague career. 5

7 Game notes: Buducnost and Barcelona went head to head in the very first edition of the modern EuroLeague in Barcelona won both the encounters in the regular season and they have not played against each other since. Edwin Jackson had two stints with Barcelona. The first was the second part of the season and then for the second part of last season. He has been a teammate of many players on current Barcelona roster and played under coach Svetislav Pesic. Buducnost center Alen Omic and Barcelona guard Jaka Blazic were teammates at Union Olimpija Ljubljana during the season. They have also been teammates on the Slovenian national team. Omic was a teammate of Barcelona's Kevin Pangos and Kyle Kuric at Herbalife Gran Canaria during the season. Omic was a teammate of Barcelona's Thomas Heurtel at for the first part of the season. Buducnost guard Nemanja Gordic posted a career-best by making 4-of-6 three-pointers playing for Lottomatica Roma against Barcelona in February He has matched that tally twice since then. 6

8 Dec 06, 2018 CET: 19:00 LOCAL TIME: 20:00 ZALGIRIO ARENA ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 10 ULECKAS, LUKAS 31 JOKUBAITIS, ROKAS Born: Born: 2000 WESTERMANN, LEO 1.98 Born: 1992 OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS 32 LEDAY, ZACH 31 BOGRIS, GEORGIOS Born: Born: 1989 MILUTINOV, NIKOLA 2.13 Born: 17 BIRUTIS, LAURYNAS Born: 1997 DAVIES, BRANDON 2.08 Born: STRELNIEKS, JANIS Born: 1989 AGRAVANIS, DIMITRIS 2.08 Born: 40 GRIGONIS, MARIUS Born: 1994 JANKUNAS, PAULIUS 2.05 Born: MANTZARIS, VANGELIS Born: 1990 PAPANIKOLAOU, KOSTAS 2.04 Born: 44 KAVALIAUSKAS, ANTANAS 21 MILAKNIS, ARTURAS Born: 1986 SABECKIS, DONATAS Born: Born: 1992 ULANOVAS, EDGARAS 7 WALKUP, THOMAS Born: Born: 1992 WHITE, AARON 2.06 Born: PRINTEZIS, GEORGIOS 7 SPANOULIS, VASSILIS Born: 1996 TOUPANE, AXEL Born: 1992 TOLIOPOULOS, VASSILIS Born: 1982 TIMMA, JANIS Born: Born: 1992 VEZENKOV, SASHA 2.06 Born: 3 WOLTERS, NATE 1.93 Born: PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES 3 WILLIAMS-GOSS, NIGEL 1.92 Born: EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 7

9 Dec 06, 2018 CET: 19:00 LOCAL TIME: 20:00 ZALGIRIO ARENA ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 1 WALTON JR, DERRICK 12 OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS 1.85 Born: 1995 VENSKUS, ERIKAS 2.05 Born: 2000 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 8

10 Head-to-head records Competition EuroLeague Phase Playoffs Home Zalgiris Kaunas Away Olympiacos Piraeus Result EuroLeague Playoffs Zalgiris Kaunas Olympiacos Piraeus EuroLeague Playoffs Olympiacos Piraeus Zalgiris Kaunas EuroLeague Playoffs Olympiacos Piraeus Zalgiris Kaunas EuroLeague Olympiacos Piraeus Zalgiris Kaunas EuroLeague Zalgiris Kaunas Olympiacos Piraeus EuroLeague Olympiacos Piraeus Zalgiris Kaunas EuroLeague Zalgiris Kaunas Olympiacos Piraeus Euroleague Olympiacos Piraeus Zalgiris Kaunas Euroleague Zalgiris Kaunas Olympiacos Piraeus Euroleague Zalgiris Kaunas Olympiacos Piraeus Euroleague Olympiacos Piraeus Zalgiris Kaunas Euroleague Olympiacos Piraeus Zalgiris Kaunas Euroleague Zalgiris Kaunas Olympiacos Piraeus Euroleague Zalgiris Kaunas Olympiacos Piraeus Euroleague Olympiacos Piraeus Zalgiris Kaunas Euroleague Zalgiris Kaunas Olympiacos Piraeus Euroleague Olympiacos Piraeus Zalgiris Kaunas Euroleague Zalgiris Kaunas Olympiacos Piraeus Euroleague Olympiacos Piraeus Zalgiris Kaunas FIBA Euroleague Semifinals Zalgiris Kaunas Olympiacos Piraeus

11 Game facts: Zalgiris Kaunas Rokas Jokubaitis is in line to make his EuroLeague debut. Paulius Jankunas is sidelined with a pulled pelvic muscle. Brandon Davies, Thomas Walkup and Nate Wolters have started every game for Zalgiris this season. Arturas Milaknis has made at least 1 three-pointer in six straight and 10 of his last 11 EuroLeague games. Brandon Davies has scored and posted a performance index ratings in double figures in eight of his last nine EuroLeague games. Nate Wolters has scored in double figures in eight straight EuroLeague games. Paulius Jankunas has made 12 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. Marius Grigonis has made 11 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. Brandon Davies is fourth in the EuroLeague this season in average performance index rating at 18.8 per game. Davies is ranked fifth in the league in scoring this season with 15.7 points per game. Nate Wolters ranks fourth in the EuroLeague in assists this season with 5.6 per game. Paulius Jankunas is second in EuroLeague history with 1,704 career rebounds. 's Felipe Reyes is the alltime leader with 1,761 boards. Jankunas is ranked fourth on the EuroLeague all-time charts in scoring with 2,915 points. 's Felipe Reyes enters this round in third place with 2,957 points. Jankunas needs 7 offensive rebounds to become the second player in competition history with 500 offensive rebounds. Jankunas is 6 blocked shots away from 100 for his EuroLeague career. No player has started more games in EuroLeague history than Jankunas, who has 257 career starts. Leo Westermann needs 4 more three-pointers to reach 100 for his EuroLeague career. 10

12 Game facts: Olympiacos Piraeus Nikola Milutinov and Georgios Printezis have started every game for Olympiacos this season. Georgios Printezis has scored and posted a performance index rating in double figures in seven of his last eight games. Nikola Milutinov has posted a performance index rating of double figures in six straight EuroLeague games. Nikola Milutinov leads the league in rebounding with 7.3 per game and is tied first in the EuroLeague this season in offensive rebounds with 3.1 per game. Milutinov is tied for fifth in the league with 1.0 blocks per game. Vassilis Spanoulis is the EuroLeague career leader in assists with 1,338. Spanoulis is second in competition history in scoring with 3,848 points. The recently-retired Juan Carlos Navarro tops the charts with 4,152 points. Spanoulis is ranked second all-time in EuroLeague history in three-pointers made with 427. Georgios Printezis is ranked 10th on the EuroLeague all-time rebounding charts with 1,113 career boards. He needs 4 more to catch Mike Batiste for ninth place. Printezis enters Round 11 in seventh place on all-time EuroLeague charts with 2,715 points and needs 24 more to catch Marcus Brown who has 2,739 in sixth place. Printezis needs 3 more steals to reach 100 for his EuroLeague career. Vangelis Mantzaris needs 3 more three-pointers to reach the 200 milestone for his EuroLeague career. 11

13 Game notes: Olympiacos holds a 12-8 edge over Zalgiris in EuroLeague games, but Zalgiris won five of six head-to-head games last season. The Lithuanian champs swept Olympiacos in the regular season and then ousted the Reds from the EuroLeague Playoffs with a 3-1 series win without the home-court advantage. Zalgiris edged Olympiacos in overtime in Game 1 of last season's and then clinched the series at home by winning in Game 3 and in Game 4. Zalgiris center Brandon Davies averaged a performance index rating of 19.8 along with 17.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.3 blocks in that playoff series, helping him win MVP of April honors. Zalgiris and Olympiacos faced each other in the 1999 Final Four in Munich, Germany. It was the first-ever official clash between these two sides and Zalgiris downed Olympiacos in the semifinals behind 19 points from Anthony Bowie and went on to lift its first and to date only EuroLeague trophy. Zalgiris forward Aaron White and his Olympiacos counterpart Janis Timma were teammates at Zenit St. Petersburg during the season. Zalgiris head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius was a teammate at Panathinaikos Athens with Olympiacos guard Vassilis Spanoulis for three seasons, from 2007 to The two won the 2009 EuroLeague title together. Zalgiris point guard Leo Westermann and Olympiacos center Nikola Milutinov were teammates at Partizan Belgrade for two seasons, from 2012 to 2014 Georgios Bogris was a teammate of current Zalgiris head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius at Panathinaikos for two seasons, from 2009 to They won the 2011 EuroLeague title together. Olympiacos forward Axel Toupane played for Zalgiris last season. He played under Coach Saunas Jasikevicius and was a teammate of most of the current Zalgiris squad. Brandon Davies had career-highs of 6 offensive rebounds and 3 blocks in a overtime win over Olympiacos in Game 1 of the EuroLeague Playoffs last season. He also had a career-best 4 steals in the regular season finale against Olympiacos last season. Zalgiris forward Edgaras Ulanovas earned MVP of the Round honors for Game 4 of the EuroLeague playoffs last season with 20 points, 9 rebounds and a performance index rating of 27. Olympiacos head coach David Blatt was an assistant coach on the Maccabi Tel Aviv squad that won the EuroLeague in with Sarunas Jasikevicius as its point guard. 12

14 Dec 06, 2018 CET: 19:00 LOCAL TIME: 21:00 VOLKSWAGEN ARENA DARUSSAFAKA TEKFEN ISTANBUL 33 DIEBLER, JON 3 OZMIZRAK, KARTAL Born: 1991 OZDEMIROGLU, DOGUS Born: 1995 MCCALLUM, RAY Born: 1992 KOSUT, EMIRCAN Born: 1987 KIDD, STANTON Born: 1988 EVANS, JEREMY Born: 1995 ERIC, MICHAEL Born: 1992 DEMIR, BERK Born: 1992 BROWN, MARKEL Born: 1995 BAYGUL, MUHAMMED Born: Born: 1996 PEINERS, ZANIS 2.05 Born: 1990 MACCABI FOX TEL AVIV 3 O'BRYANT, JOHNNY 0 RAY, KENDRICK Born: 1994 ROLL, MICHAEL Born: Born: 1987 BLACK, TARIK 8 AVDIJA, DENI Born: Born: 2001 CALOIARO, ANGELO Born: 1989 COHEN, JAKE 12 DIBARTOLOMEO, JOHN Born: 1991 KANE, DEANDRE Born: Born: 1989 LEVI, NIMROD 2 PARGO, JEREMY Born: Born: 1986 TYUS, ALEX 2.03 Born: 21 SAVAS, OGUZ Born: 1987 AKAY, MERT 1.96 Born: 2000 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES 1 WILBEKIN, SCOTTIE Born: 1993 ZOOSMAN, YOVEL 2.00 Born: 1998 EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 13

15 Dec 06, 2018 CET: 19:00 LOCAL TIME: 21:00 VOLKSWAGEN ARENA DARUSSAFAKA TEKFEN ISTANBUL MACCABI FOX TEL AVIV 11 SESSIONS, RAMON PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES 1.91 Born: 1986 EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 14

16 Head-to-head records Competition EuroLeague Phase Home Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Away Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul Result EuroLeague Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Euroleague Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Euroleague Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul

17 Game facts: Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul Coach Caki has featured 12 different players in the starting lineup so far this season. No player has started in every game. Jon Diebler has made at least 1 three-pointer in five straight and 11 of his last 12 EuroLeague games. Jeremy Evans has blocked at least 1 shot in eight of his nine games this season. Darrussafaka leads the EuroLeague in offensive rebounds with 13.9 per game this season. Jeremy Evans is second in the EuroLeague this season with 1.2 blocks per game. Michael Eric is tied for the league lead in offensive rebounds this season with 3.1 per game. Jon Diebler is ranked fourth in EuroLeague history in three-point accuracy at 49.78%. 16

18 Game facts: Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos took over Maccabi bench in Round 8, replacing Neven Spahija. Jeremy Pargo is unavailable due to a back injury. Ramon Sessions has left the club due to personal reasons. Scottie Wilbekin has made at least 1 three-pointer in five straight and 17 of his last 18 EuroLeague appearances. Michael Roll has made 27 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague action. Roll has made at least 1 three-pointer in eight of his last nine EuroLeague appearances. Angelo Caloiaro has made at least 1 three-pointer in nine of 10 games this season. Alex Tyus is fifth in EuroLeague history with 180 career blocked shots. CSKA big man Kyle Hines enters Round 11 in fourth place with

19 Game notes: This is Darussafaka's third EuroLeague season and in each of the previous two it played against Maccabi. Each team has two wins; they split road wins in both the and campaigns. Scottie Wilbekin spent three seasons with Darussafaka; he made his EuroLeague debut in the season and last season led the club to the 7DAYS EuroCup title. Wilbekin was the EuroCup MVP. Darussafaka guard Jon Diebler and Maccabi big man Alex Tyus were teammates during the season at Anadolu Efes and again the following season at Galatasaray. Diebler set his EuroLeague career highs with 21 points, 6 rebounds and a performance index rating of 26 playing for Galatasaray Istanbul against Maccabi in January He made 6 of 7 three-pointers as Galatasaray romped Ray McCallum posted his career high in steals with 3 playing for Unicaja Malaga against Maccabi in February

20 Dec 06, 2018 CET: 20:30 LOCAL TIME: 20:30 AUDI DOME FC BAYERN MUNICH 23 WILLIAMS, DERRICK 15 AMAIZE, ROBIN Born: 1991 BOOKER, DEVIN Born: 1993 BARTHEL, DANILO Born: 1994 DANGUBIC, NEMANJA Born: Born: 1991 DEDOVIC, NIHAD 1.99 Born: 1990 KHIMKI MOSCOW REGION 10 PRATHER, CASEY 3 BOST, DEE Born: 1992 GUBANOV, PETR Born: 1987 GILL, ANTHONY Born: 1989 CROCKER, TONY Born: Born: 1987 JENKINS, CHARLES HOBBS, BRAYDON 16 JOVIC, STEFAN Born: 1990 KING, ALEX Born: Born: 1985 KOPONEN, PETTERI 1.94 Born: 1988 KADOSHNIKOV, DMITRII 9 MARKOVIC, STEFAN Born: 1988 MICKEY, JORDAN Born: Born: 1994 MONIA, SERGEY 2.02 Born: 12 LO, MAODO 11 LUCIC, VLADIMIR Born: 1989 OGUNSIPE, MARVIN Born: Born: 1996 RADOSEVIC, LEON 2.08 Born: 1990 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES 1 SHVED, ALEXEY 23 THOMAS, MALCOLM Born: 1988 VIALTSEV, EGOR Born: Born: 1985 YAKUSHIN, TIMOFEY 1.94 Born: 1997 EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 19

21 Dec 06, 2018 CET: 20:30 LOCAL TIME: 20:30 AUDI DOME FC BAYERN MUNICH 2 WEIDEMANN, NELSON 1.90 Born: 1999 KHIMKI MOSCOW REGION 8 ZAYTSEV, VYACHESLAV 20 ZUBKOV, ANDREY Born: 1991 GREEN, GARLON PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES 1.90 Born: Born: 1991 EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 20

22 Head-to-head records Competition EuroCup Phase Home Khimki Moscow Region Away FC Bayern Munich Result EuroCup FC Bayern Munich Khimki Moscow Region Euroleague Khimki Moscow Region FC Bayern Munich Euroleague FC Bayern Munich Khimki Moscow Region

23 Game facts: FC Bayern Munich Danilo Barthel, Devin Booker and Vladimir Lucic have started every EuroLeague game for Bayern this season. Marvin Ogunsipe and Nelson Weidemann are in line to make their respective EuroLeague debuts. Milan Macvan has been out since the start of the season due to a knee injury. Vladimir Lucic has posted a performance index rating in double figures in nine of his last 10 EuroLeague games. Lucic scored in double figures in five of his last six EuroLeague games. Petteri Koponen has made at least one three-point shot in five of his last six EuroLeague games. Koponen has made 8 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague action. Stefan Jovic is tied for second in the EuroLeague this season with 1.8 steals per game. Petteri Koponen is ranked third on the EuroLeague all-time charts in free-throw accuracy at 91.94%. Stefan Jovic needs 6 more steals to reach the century mark for his EuroLeague career. 22

24 Game facts: Khimki Moscow Region Dee Bost is the only player to start every EuroLeague game for Khimki this season. Alexey Shved suffered a broken pinky finger on his left hand in Round 9 and is expected to miss one month of action. Dmitrii Kadoshnikov is in line to make his EuroLeague debut. Alexey Shved has made at least 1 three-pointer in 28 straight EuroLeague appearances. Shved has scored at least 13 points in each of his last 42 EuroLeague games. Shved has dished at least 4 assists in 18 straight EuroLeague appearances. Tony Crocker has made at least 1 three-pointer in nine of his 10 EuroLeague appearances. Crocker has made 10 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague action. Khimki leads the EuroLeague in steals this season with 7.9 per game. Khimki leads the EuroLeague with 119 three-pointers made this season. Alexey Shved leads the league in scoring with 25.3 points per game and in PIR with 25.9 per game. Shved also ranks second in assists with 7.4 per game, and is tied for second in steals with 1.8 per contest. Anthony Gill is second in the EuroLeague this season in two-point accuracy at 75.0%. Shved holds the EuroLeague single-season records with 740 points scored and 107 three-pointers made, both set last season. 23

25 Game notes: The two teams have only met twice in the EuroLeague, in the regular season, and both games were won by Bayern. The German champ also beat Khimki twice in the following season's EuroCup. Bayern set club EuroLeague single-game records with 49 rebounds and 15 steals against Khimki in the season. Petteri Koponen returns to Khimki where he played for 4 seasons, from 2012 to He helped the team win the 2015 EuroCup, together with Sergey Monia and Egor Vialtsev. He was also a teammate there of Alexey Shved during the season. Koponen played under current Khimki head coach Georgios Bartzokas at FC Barcelona Lassa during the season. Dee Bost played under current Bayern head coach Dejan Radonjic during the season at Buducnost VOLI Podgorica. Khimki guard Stefan Markovic has been a teammate of Bayern guard Stefan Jovic and injured forward Milan Macvan on the Serbian national team. They all won silver medals together at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and Markovic and Jovic also won silvers at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. 24

26 Dec 06, 2018 CET: 20:45 LOCAL TIME: 20:45 MEDIOLANUM FORUM AX ARMANI EXCHANGE OLIMPIA MILAN 9 BERTANS, DAIRIS Born: 1989 BROOKS, JEFF Born: 1989 BURNS, CHRISTIAN 20 CINCIARINI, ANDREA Born: 1995 GUDAITIS, ARTURAS Born: 1993 FONTECCHIO, SIMONE Born: 1986 DELLA VALLE, AMEDEO Born: Born: 1993 JAMES, MIKE 1.85 Born: 1990 HERBALIFE GRAN CANARIA 4 OLIVER, ALBERT 6 NELSON, LUKE Born: 1992 ERIKSSON, MARCUS Born: 1982 BALVIN, ONDREJ Born: 1995 BAEZ, EULIS Born: 1987 MADSEN, ALEXANDER Born: 1995 HANNAH, CLEVIN Born: Born: 1993 EVANS, CHRISTOPHER 2.03 Born: 55 JERRELLS, CURTIS Born: 1987 KUZMINSKAS, MINDAUGAS 2.05 Born: FISCHER, LUKE Born: 1994 PASECNIKS, ANZEJS 2.16 Born: 5 MICOV, VLADIMIR Born: 1985 NEDOVIC, NEMANJA 1.91 Born: PAULI, ORIOL Born: 1994 RABASEDA, XAVIER 1.98 Born: 15 TARCZEWSKI, KALEB Born: 1993 GRAVAGHI, FRANCESCO 1.95 Born: STRAWBERRY, DJ Born: 1985 TILLIE, KIM 2.10 Born: PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 25

27 Dec 06, 2018 CET: 20:45 LOCAL TIME: 20:45 MEDIOLANUM FORUM AX ARMANI EXCHANGE OLIMPIA MILAN HERBALIFE GRAN CANARIA 2 BALCEROWSKI, ALEKSANDER 18 DIOP, KHALIFA Born: 2001 RADICEVIC, NIKOLA PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES 2.01 Born: 2000 SERRANO, MIGUEL Born: 1999 RODRIGUEZ, PAULO Born: 2001 LOPEZ, JAVI Born: 2002 KLJAJIC, JOVAN Born: Born: 1994 EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 26

28 Game facts: AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan Della Valle is set to miss 4-to-6 weeks with a broken finger. Nemanja Nedovic is sidelined with a leg muscle injury. Jeff Brooks, Mike James, Vladimir Micov and Kaleb Tarczewski have all started every EuroLeague game for Milan this season. Mike James has scored in double figures in each of his last 17 EuroLeague games. James has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his last 14 EuroLeague games. James has delivered at least 5 assists in each of his last 11 EuroLeague appearances. Vlado Micov has made at least 1 three-pointer in six straight and 11 of his last 12 EuroLeague games. Arturas Gudaitis has scored in double figures in 13 of his last 14 games. Gudaitis posted a performance index rating in double figures in each of his last 14 EuroLeague games. Dairis Bertans has made at least 1 three-pointer in eight of his last nine EuroLeague games. Bertans has recorded at least 1 steal in each of his last seven games. Nemanja Nedovic has scored in double figures in 22 of his last 23 EuroLeague games. Nedovic made at least 1 three-pointer in 21 of his last 22 EuroLeague games. Nedovic has collected at least 1 steal in six of his last seven EuroLeague games. Mike James is second in the league in scoring this season with 18.9 points per game. James is third in the league in assists this season with 7.3 per game and fourth in steals with 1.5 per game. Vlado Micov is ranked fourth in the league in scoring this season with 16.0 points per game. Arturas Gudaitis is third in the EuroLeague this season in average performance index rating at 19.4 per game and fourth with 1.1 blocks per game. Gudaitis is tied for first in the EuroLeague this season in offensive rebounding with 3.1 per game. Dairis Bertans is tied for second in the EuroLeague this season in three-point accuracy at 54.3%. Dairis Bertans needs 3 more three-pointers to reach 100 in his EuroLeague career. Mindaugas Kuzminskas needs 4 more three-pointers to reach 100 for his EuroLeague career. 27

29 Game facts: Herbalife Gran Canaria D.J. Strawberry has started every game for Gran Canaria so far this season. Evans has made 10 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague action. Albert Oliver is perfect in 15 trips to the free throw line this season. Clevin Hannah has recorded at least 1 steal in seven of his last eight appearances. 28

30 Game notes: Milan guard Mike James and Gran Canaria big man Kim Tillie were teammates at Baskonia for a season and a half, from 2014 to Together they helped the team reach the 2016 EuroLeague Final Four. Injured Gran Canaria guard Clevin Hannah and Milan sharpshooter Dairis Bertans were teammates at Bilbao Basket during the season. Hannah and Milan center Arturas Gudaitis were teammates for part of the season at Rytas Vilnius Gran Canaria center Anzejs Pasecniks and Bertans were teammates at VEF Riga during the season. Gran Canaria's D.J. Strawberry pulled down a career-high 9 rebounds playing for Olympiacos Piraeus against Milan in December Gran Canaria forward Kim Tillie set a career-high index rating of 31 playing for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz against Milan in February

31 Dec 07, 2018 CET: 18:30 LOCAL TIME: 20:30 SINAN ERDEM DOME. ANADOLU EFES ISTANBUL 23 ANDERSON, JAMES 1.98 Born: 1989 REAL MADRID 7 CAMPAZZO, FACUNDO 1.80 Born: 4 BALBAY, DOGUS 1.85 Born: DECK, GABRIEL 1.99 Born: 8 BATUK, BIRKAN 1.96 Born: RANDOLPH, ANTHONY 2.11 Born: 1 BEAUBOIS, RODRIGUE Born: 1988 BIRSEN, METECAN 2.05 Born: AYON, GUSTAVO Born: 1985 CARROLL, JAYCEE 1.88 Born: 10 BITIM, ONURALP 1.96 Born: CAUSEUR, FABIEN 1.95 Born: 42 DUNSTON, BRYANT 2.03 Born: FERNANDEZ, RUDY 1.96 Born: 0 LARKIN, SHANE Born: 1992 MICIC, VASILIJE 1.96 Born: KUZMIC, OGNJEN Born: 1990 LLULL, SERGIO 1.92 Born: 18 MOERMAN, ADRIEN Born: 1988 MOTUM, BROCK 2.08 Born: PANTZAR, MELWIN Born: 2000 PREPELIC, KLEMEN 1.91 Born: 21 PLEISS, TIBOR 2.21 Born: REYES, FELIPE 2.03 Born: 15 SANLI, SERTAC Born: 1991 SAYBIR, YIGITCAN 2.03 Born: 1999 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES 22 TAVARES, WALTER Born: 1992 TAYLOR, JEFFERY 2.01 Born: 1989 EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 30

32 Dec 07, 2018 CET: 18:30 LOCAL TIME: 20:30 SINAN ERDEM DOME. ANADOLU EFES ISTANBUL 44 SIMON, KRUNOSLAV 19 TUNCER, BUGRAHAN Born: YUSTA, SANTI Born: 1997 THOMPKINS, TREY 2.08 Born: 1990 ILYASOGLU, OMERCAN Born: 1985 REAL MADRID 1.95 Born: 2001 KURTULDUM, MUSTAFA 1.96 Born: 2001 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 31

33 Head-to-head records Competition EuroLeague Phase Home Away Result EuroLeague EuroLeague EuroLeague Euroleague Playoffs Euroleague Playoffs Euroleague Playoffs Euroleague Playoffs Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague FIBA Euroleague First stage FIBA Euroleague First stage

34 Game facts: Adrien Moerman is the only Efes player to have started every EuroLeague game for the club this season. Adrien Moerman has collected at least 1 steal in each of his last nine EuroLeague games. Tibor Pleiss has made 13 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague action. Rodrigue Beaubois has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his last eight EuroLeague games. Beaubois has made 12 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague action. Beaubois has scored in double figures in five straight EuroLeague games. Bryant Dunston has blocked at least 1 shot in each of his last seven EuroLeague games. Brock Motum has made at least 1 three-pointer in five straight EuroLeague games. Kruno Simon has collected at least 1 steal in each of his last five EuroLeague games. Simon has compiled a performance index rating in double figures in five consecutive EuroLeague games. Efes leads the EuroLeague in three-point accuracy this season at 44.9%. Adrien Moerman is fifth in the league in steals this season with 1.4 per game. Bryant Dunston is third in the EuroLeague this season with 1.2 blocks per game. Tibor Pleiss leads the EuroLeague this season in two-point accuracy at 76.6%. Dunston is third at 74.5%. James Anderson needs 2 more points to reach the 1,000-point milestone in his EuroLeague career. Next time he enters the game, Anderson will make his 100th EuroLeague appearance. Dunston has become just the second player to reach 200 blocks for his EuroLeague career. He is ranked second in EuroLeague history in blocked shots with 200. Fran Vazquez is the all-time leader with 249 rejections. Dunston is in ninth place in EuroLeague history with 351 offensive rebounds for his career. Next on that list in eighth place is Jan Vesely with 369 and counting. Tibor Pleiss is ninth in EuroLeague history with 146 blocked shots. He needs 15 more to catch Victor Khryapa for eighth. 33

35 Game facts: Madrid's frontline of Anthony Randolph and Walter Tavares has started every game for Madrid in the EuroLeague this season. Sergio Llull has missed the team's last three EuroLeague games. Felipe Reyes has made 13 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. Jaycee Carroll has made 13 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. Anthony Randolph has made at least 1 three-pointer in 10 of his last 11 EuroLeague appearances. Facu Campazzo has made at least 1 three-pointer in 10 straight EuroLeague games. Rudy Fernandez has made at least 1 three-pointer in 11 straight EuroLeague games. Tavares has blocked at least 1 shot in 11 of his last 12 EuroLeague games. leads the EuroLeague in rebounding (37.4 rpg.) and assists (20.2 apg.) this season. Walter Tavares ranks fourth in the EuroLeague this season in rebounding with 6.8 per game, and Gustavo Ayon ranks fifth with 6.7 per game. Walter Tavares leads the league in blocked shots with 2.4 per game this season. Facundo Campazzo is third among all qualified players this season in free throw accuracy at 90.3%. Rudy Fernandez is fourth in the EuroLeague this season in three-point accuracy at 54.0%. Felipe Reyes is the EuroLeague career rebounding king with 1,761 boards. Reyes is ranked third on the EuroLeague all-time charts in scoring with 2,957 points. Rudy Fernandez is the active leader and tied with J.R. Holden for seventh all-time in steals in the EuroLeague with 247. He needs 2 more to catch Juan Carlos Navarro for sixth place. Sergio Llull is eighth in career scoring with 2,646 points. Olympiacos Piraeus forward Georgios Printezis enters Round 11 in seventh place with 2,715 points. Llull is seventh in career assists with 945. Theodoros Papaloukas is in sixth place with 977 assists. Walter Tavares is second in the all-time EuroLeague rankings in two-point accuracy at 68.67%. Llull is fifth on the all-time EuroLeague charts with 392 career three-pointers made. Rudy Fernandez ranks ninth in EuroLeague history with 360 three-pointers made. Jaycee Carroll is tied for 11th in EuroLeague history with former teammate Sergio Rodriguez with 336. Trajan Langdon sits in 10th place with 339 triples. Carroll is set to play the 200th game of his EuroLeague career this week. 34

36 Game notes: has had the better of Efes, winning eight of their last nine games including the last five. Overall Madrid leads the head-to-head series 20-6 over Efes this century. Madrid ousted Efes with a 3-1 series win in the 2015 EuroLeague Playoffs. Rudy Fernandez averaged 13.5 points, 4.0 assists and 3.3 rebounds in the series. Madrid big man Anthony Randolph and Efes guard Krunoslav Simon were teammates at Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar during the season. Madrid guard Fabien Causeur and Efes center Tibor Pleiss were teammates at Baskonia for two seasons, from 2012 to Efes point guard Vasilije Micic and Madrid center Ognjen Kuzmic were teammates on the Serbian national team that won the silver medal at EuroBasket Fabien Causeur had a career-night playing for Brose Bamberg against Efes in December He scored a careerhigh 28 points and earned the MVP of the Round award with a personal best performance index rating of 35. Sergio Llull had a career-high 12 assists against Efes in April Trey Thompkins had a career-high 3 blocks playing for Nizhny Novgorod against Efes in November Jaycee Carroll tied a club record with 7 triples on 8 attempts against Efes in April Efes center Bryant Dunston was named the EuroLeague Playoffs Game 3 MVP when he played for Olympiacos Piraeus against. He set a career high with 21 points and added 9 rebounds and 4 assists for performance index rating of 32. Walter Tavares posted his career high in index rating with 25 against Efes in January of last season. 35

37 Dec 07, 2018 CET: 20:30 LOCAL TIME: 21:30 OLYMPIC SPORTS CENTER ATHENS PANATHINAIKOS OPAP ATHENS 10 PAPAPETROU, IOANNIS 2.05 Born: 1994 FENERBAHCE ISTANBUL 12 KALINIC, NIKOLA 2.02 Born: 43 ANTETOKOUNMPO, THANASIS Born: 1992 CALATHES, NICK 1.96 Born: MAHMUTOGLU, MELIH Born: 1990 SLOUKAS, KOSTAS 1.90 Born: 14 GIST, JAMES 2.04 Born: VESELY, JAN 2.13 Born: 16 KALAITZAKIS, GEORGIOS 5 LANGFORD, KEITH Born: Born: 1983 LASME, STEPHANE 2.03 Born: ENNIS, TYLER Born: 1994 LAUVERGNE, JOFFREY Born: 1991 ARNA, EGEHAN 2.03 Born: 19 LEKAVICIUS, LUKAS 1.81 Born: DATOME, LUIGI 2.03 Born: 24 LOJESKI, MATT 1.98 Born: DUVERIOGLU, AHMET 2.09 Born: 44 MITOGLOU, KONSTANTINOS 6 PAPAGIANNIS, GEORGIOS Born: 1997 PAPPAS, NIKOS Born: Born: 1990 SAKELLARIOU, EVANGELOS 1.91 Born: GUDURIC, MARKO 32 GULER, SINAN Born: 1983 HERSEK, BARIS Born: Born: 1988 MELLI, NICOLO 2.05 Born: 0 THOMAS, DESHAUN 2.01 Born: MUHAMMED, ALI 1.78 Born: PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 36

38 Dec 07, 2018 CET: 20:30 LOCAL TIME: 21:30 OLYMPIC SPORTS CENTER ATHENS PANATHINAIKOS OPAP ATHENS 15 VOUGIOUKAS, IAN 2.10 Born: 1985 FENERBAHCE ISTANBUL 3 TIRPANCI, ERGI 2.00 Born: 1 GREEN, ERICK PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES 1.90 Born: 1992 EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 37

39 Head-to-head records Competition EuroLeague Phase Home Away Result EuroLeague EuroLeague Playoffs EuroLeague Playoffs EuroLeague Playoffs EuroLeague EuroLeague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague FIBA Suproleague First stage FIBA Suproleague First stage

40 Game facts: Nick Calathes is the only player to start every EuroLeague game for Panathinaikos so far this season. Evangelos Sakellariou is the only player on the Panathinaikos roster without previous EuroLeague experience. Ioannis Papapetrou missed Round 10's game with injury. Lukas Lekavicius has made 23 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. Nick Calathes has collected at least 1 steal in eight straight and 20 of his last 21 EuroLeague games. DeShaun Thomas has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his last six EuroLeague games. Ioannis Papapetrou has made at least 1 three-pointer in six of his last seven EuroLeague games. Nick Calathes leads the league in assists this season with 7.8 per game. Calathes also leads the league in steals this season with 1.8 per game. Stephane Lasme is tied for fifth in the league with 1.0 blocks per game. Stephane Lasme is in sixth place on the all-time shot-blocking charts with 170 career rejections. Alex Tyus of Maccabi Tel Aviv is in fifth place with 180. Calathes is 11th in EuroLeague history with 797 career assists. Pablo Prigioni (804) is 10th. Calathes is 11th on the all-time EuroLeague steals charts with 227 steals. Vassilis Spanoulis is 10th with 239 and counting. Keith Langford needs 3 more steals to reach 100 for his EuroLeague career. 39

41 Game facts: Tyler Ennis is sidelined indefinitely with a broken leg. Kostas Sloukas was sidelined in Round 10. Jan Vesely, who entered the season as a career 56.2% free throw shooter, is 39 for 43 (90.6%) from the foul line since the start of the season. Vesely has collected at least 1 steal in seven of his last eight EuroLeague appearances. Vesely has posted a performance index rating in double figures in each of his last nine EuroLeague games. Luigi Datome has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his 10 EuroLeague games this season. Fenerbahce leads the league in free throw shooting at 82.7% and in two-point shooting at 59.8% this season. Jan Vesely is second in the EuroLeague this season in average performance index rating at 20.8 per game. Vesely is second among all qualified players this season in free throw accuracy at 90.7%; Kostas Sloukas is fourth at 90.0%. Luigi Datome is tied second in the EuroLeague this season in three-point accuracy at 54.3%. Joffrey Lauvergne is fourth in the EuroLeague this season in two-point accuracy at 72.6%. Luigi Datome ranks fifth on the all-time charts in free throw accuracy at 90.75%. Luigi Datome has made exactly 200 three-point shots in his EuroLeague career. Marko Guduric has made exactly 100 three-point shots in his EuroLeague career. 40

42 Game notes: This frequently contested showdown has been well balanced this century with Panathinaikos leading overall. Fourteen of the last 16 meetings have been won by the home team. The last time they met in Athens, in Round 4 of last season, Panathinaikos guard Nikos Pappas scored the last of his 24 points with a late game-winner to seal a triumph. When these two team met in the 2017 EuroLeague Playoffs, Fenerbahce became the first team to sweep a best-offive playoff series without having home-court advantage. Panathinaikos hit a club EuroLeague record 18 three-point shots against Fenerbahce in October Zeljko Obradovic cemented his status as a coaching legend during his 13 seasons with Panathinaikos. During that time he led the Greens to five EuroLeague titles, 11 Greek League championships and seven Greek Cups. Panathinaikos big man Ian Vougioukas played under Coach Obradovic at Panathinaikos from 2010 to 2012; they won the 2011 EuroLeague title together. Panathinaikos forward James Gist played for Fenerbahce during the season. Panathinaikos guard Keith Langford and Fenerbahce forward Nicolo Melli were teammates at Olimpia Milan during the season. Panathinaikos big man Stephane Lasme and Fenerbahce guard Sinan Guler were teammates at Galatasaray Istanbul during the season. They won the 7DAYS EuroCup title together. Vougioukas was a teammate of Guler at Galatasaray for the first part of the season. Kostas Sloukas and Panathinaikos players Matt Lojeski and Ioannis Papapetrou were teammates at Olympiacos Piraeus for two seasons, from 2013 to Fenerbahce guard Erick Green and Panathinaikos players Lojeski and Papapetrou were teammates at Olympiacos for the season. Nick Calathes, Papapetrou and Vougioukas have been teammates of Sloukas on the Greek national team. Jan Vesely of Fenerbahce and Stephane Lasme of Panathinaikos were teammates at Partizan Belgrade for the season. Vesely and Gist were teammates at Partizan Belgrade during the season. Fenerbahce big man Ahmet Duverioglu set his career-high with 13 points and posted his career-high index rating of 15 against Panathinaikos in January Panathinaikos forward James Gist set his career-high in offensive rebounds with 7 in a road loss against Fenerbahce in January of 2014, and matched his career high with 5 assists in an road loss against Fenerbahce in December of the same year. 41

43 Dec 07, 2018 CET: 20:30 LOCAL TIME: 20:30 FERNANDO BUESA ARENA KIROLBET BASKONIA VITORIA-GASTEIZ 5 GONZALEZ, MIGUEL Born: 1999 HILLIARD, DARRUN Born: 1993 PENAVA, AJDIN Born: 1997 SHIELDS, SHAVON 2.01 Born: 1994 CSKA MOSCOW 41 KURBANOV, NIKITA 7 UKHOV, IVAN Born: Born: 1995 ANTONOV, SEMEN Born: 1989 KULAGIN, MIKHAIL 1.91 Born: 47 KURUCS, ARTURS Born: 2000 DIOP, ILIMANE 2.11 Born: LOPATIN, ANDREI Born: 1998 CLYBURN, WILL 2.01 Born: 29 GARINO, PATRICIO 2.01 Born: DE COLO, NANDO 1.96 Born: 15 GRANGER, JAYSON 1.89 Born: HACKETT, DANIEL 1.93 Born: 9 HUERTAS, MARCELINHO 1.90 Born: HIGGINS, CORY 1.96 Born: 11 JANNING, MATT 1.93 Born: POIRIER, VINCENT 20 RAIESTE, SANDER Born: Born: 1999 SEDEKERSKIS, TADAS 2.00 Born: 1998 HUNTER, OTHELLO Born: 1986 PETERS, ALEC Born: Born: 1995 RODRIGUEZ, SERGIO 1.91 Born: 23 SHENGELIA, TORNIKE 2.06 Born: VORONTSEVICH, ANDREY 2.07 Born: PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 42

44 Dec 07, 2018 CET: 20:30 LOCAL TIME: 20:30 FERNANDO BUESA ARENA KIROLBET BASKONIA VITORIA-GASTEIZ 3 VILDOZA, LUCA Born: 1995 CSKA MOSCOW 3 BOLOMBOY, JOEL 2.04 Born: 1994 VOIGTMANN, JOHANNES 2.14 Born: 1992 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 43

45 Head-to-head records Competition EuroLeague Phase Home CSKA Moscow Away KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz EuroLeague KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz CSKA Moscow EuroLeague Playoffs KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz CSKA Moscow EuroLeague Playoffs CSKA Moscow KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz EuroLeague Playoffs CSKA Moscow KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz EuroLeague KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz CSKA Moscow EuroLeague CSKA Moscow KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Euroleague CSKA Moscow KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Euroleague KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz CSKA Moscow Euroleague KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz CSKA Moscow Euroleague CSKA Moscow Euroleague Playoffs KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz CSKA Moscow Euroleague Playoffs KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz CSKA Moscow Euroleague Playoffs CSKA Moscow KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Euroleague Playoffs CSKA Moscow KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Euroleague Playoffs KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz CSKA Moscow Euroleague Playoffs KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz CSKA Moscow Euroleague Playoffs CSKA Moscow KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Euroleague Playoffs CSKA Moscow KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Euroleague CSKA Moscow KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Euroleague KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz CSKA Moscow Euroleague Final Four KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz CSKA Moscow Euroleague CSKA Moscow Euroleague KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz CSKA Moscow Euroleague KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz CSKA Moscow Euroleague CSKA Moscow KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Euroleague Final Four CSKA Moscow KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Euroleague KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz CSKA Moscow Euroleague CSKA Moscow KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Euroleague CSKA Moscow KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Euroleague KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz CSKA Moscow Euroleague CSKA Moscow Euroleague KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz CSKA Moscow KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Result

46 Game facts: KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Eleven different players have started EuroLeague games for Baskonia this season. Arturs Kurucs and Sander Raieste are in line to make their respective EuroLeague debuts. Patricio Garino is out with a knee injury and scheduled to return in January Matt Janning has made 17 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. Janning has made at least 1 three-pointer in nine of his last 10 EuroLeague games. Vincent Poirier ranks second in the EuroLeague this season in rebounding with 7.0 per game Poirier is tied for first in the EuroLeague this season in offensive rebounding with 3.1 per game. Jayson Granger needs 2 more steals to reach 100 for his EuroLeague career. 45

47 Game facts: CSKA Moscow Coach Itoudis has used 10 different players in CSKA's starting lineup this season; only Othello Hunter has started in every EuroLeague game. Sergio Rodriguez has made at least 1 three-point shot in each of his last 16 EuroLeague games. Cory Higgins has scored in double figures in 17 consecutive EuroLeague games. Alec Peters has made multiple three-pointers in seven of his last eight games. He is shooting 21 for 33 from downtown (63.6%) over that stretch. Will Clyburn has scored at least 10 points in seven straight EuroLeague games. Clyburn has collected at least 1 steal in seven of CSKA's last eight EuroLeague games. Clyburn has made 15 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. CSKA leads the EuroLeague in scoring with 90.5 points per game this season. Cory Higgins is ranked third in the league in scoring this season with 17.3 points per game. Will Clyburn is fifth in the EuroLeague this season in average index rating at 18.7 per game. Clyburn is third in the EuroLeague this season in rebounding with 6.9 per game Sergio Rodriguez ranks fifth in the EuroLeague in assists this season with 5.6 per game. Alec Peters leads the EuroLeague this season in three-point accuracy at 63.6%. Nando De Colo leads all qualified players this season in free throw accuracy at 93.8%. De Colo is the EuroLeague career leader in free throw accuracy at 93.66%. Kyle Hines is ranked fourth in EuroLeague history with 190 blocked shots. Ioannis Bourousis is third with 194 blocks. Hines is ranked 12th in competition history with 1,057 rebounds. Former teammate Victor Khryapa is ranked 11th with 1,070 boards. Sergio Rodriguez is fifth in EuroLeague history with 984 career assists. Barcelona point guard Thomas Heurtel is fourth with 1,061 assists and counting. 46

48 Game notes: CSKA holds a 26-7 advantage in games against Baskonia this century. The last time they met in Vitoria, CSKA earned a thrilling victory in December 2017 behind 25 points and 8 assists from Sergio Rodriguez. In one of the biggest upsets in Final Four history, Baskonia defeated CSKA in the EuroLeague semifinals in Moscow, Russia, in CSKA reached that game with a 19-1 record in the EuroLeague. Arvydas Macijauskas led Baskonia with 23 points. CSKA and Baskonia faced each other in the 2008 EuroLeague semifinals in Madrid. CSKA rallied from a 6-point halftime deficit to beat Baskonia as Ramunas Siskauskas and David Andersen registered 16 points apiece. In the 2017 EuroLeague Playoffs, CSKA swept Baskonia capped by win in Game 3 in Vitoria-Gasteiz behind 21 points from Cory Higgins. CSKA ousted Baskonia twice more in the EuroLeague Playoffs, in 2010 and 2013, both times winning the series 3-1. Baskonia set a club record with 10 blocked shots against CSKA in March CSKA set its EuroLeague club record 10 blocked shots against Baskonia in home win in January CSKA scored its EuroLeague club record of 112 points against Baskonia in a home win in November CSKA guard Nando De Colo and Baskonia forward Toko Shengelia were teammates at Valencia Basket during the season and won the 2010 EuroCup title together that season. Baskonia big man Vincent Poirier was a teammate of De Colo on the French national team at EuroBasket Baskonia sharpshooter Matt Janning and CSKA guard Daniel Hackett were teammates at Montepaschi Siena during the season. CSKA forward Andrey Vorontsevich had 13 rebounds and 10 defensive, both career-bests, against Baskonia in March Vorontsevich had a career-high 4 blocks against Baskonia in January CSKA forward Nikita Kurbanov matched his career-best with 10 rebounds against Baskonia in November Jayson Granger had his only EuroLeague double-double with 20 points and 10 assists playing for Unicaja Malaga against CSKA in a road loss in November Toko Shengelia posted his career high in index rating with 33 in loss against CSKA in December of last season. Powered by TCPDF ( 47