PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES

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1 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON - ROUND 10

2 Nov 29, 2018 CET: 18:15 LOCAL TIME: 20:15 VOLKSWAGEN ARENA DARUSSAFAKA TEKFEN ISTANBUL 33 DIEBLER, JON 3 OZMIZRAK, KARTAL Born: 1996 PEINERS, ZANIS 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: 1990 SAVAS, OGUZ 2.13 Born: 1987 HERBALIFE GRAN CANARIA 4 OLIVER, ALBERT 6 NELSON, LUKE Born: 1989 STRAWBERRY, DJ Born: 1994 RABASEDA, XAVIER Born: 1995 PAULI, ORIOL Born: 1994 PASECNIKS, ANZEJS Born: 1991 FISCHER, LUKE Born: 1993 EVANS, CHRISTOPHER Born: 1992 ERIKSSON, MARCUS Born: 1982 BALVIN, ONDREJ Born: 1995 BAEZ, EULIS Born: 1987 MADSEN, ALEXANDER Born: 1995 HANNAH, CLEVIN Born: Born: 1985 TILLIE, KIM 2.10 Born: PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 1

3 Nov 29, 2018 CET: 18:15 LOCAL TIME: 20:15 VOLKSWAGEN ARENA DARUSSAFAKA TEKFEN ISTANBUL 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 2

4 Head-to-head records Competition EuroCup Phase Top 16 Home Herbalife Gran Canaria Away Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul Result EuroCup Top 16 Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul Herbalife Gran Canaria

5 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 10 of his last 11 EuroLeague games. Michael Eric has scored in double figures in seven of his past eight games. Jeremy Evans has blocked at least 1 shot in seven of his eight games this season. Darrussafaka leads the EuroLeague in offensive rebounds with 13.6 per game this season. Michael Eric is tied for first in the EuroLeague this season in offensive rebounds with 3.2 per game. Jeremy Evans is second in the league in blocked shots this season with 1.3 per game. Jon Diebler is ranked fifth in EuroLeague history in three-point accuracy at 49.56%. 4

6 Game facts: Herbalife Gran Canaria D.J. Strawberry and Anzejs Pasecniks have started every game for Gran Canaria so far this season. Chris Evans has made at least 1 three-pointer in eight of his last nine EuroLeague games. Evans has made 10 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague action. Albert Oliver is perfect in 13 trips to the free throw line this season. Clevin Hannah has recorded at least 1 steal in seven of his last eight games. 5

7 Game notes: These teams have never previously met in the EuroLeague. Gran Canaria and Darussafaka exchanged home wins last season in the 7DAYS EuroCup Top 16. Gran Canaria swingman D.J. Strawberry and Darussafaka shooter Jon Diebler were teammates at Pinar Karsiyaka during the season. 6

8 Nov 29, 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 AX ARMANI EXCHANGE OLIMPIA MILAN 9 BERTANS, DAIRIS Born: 1989 BROOKS, JEFF Born: 1989 BURNS, CHRISTIAN 2.03 Born: 17 BIRUTIS, LAURYNAS Born: 1997 DAVIES, BRANDON 2.08 Born: CINCIARINI, ANDREA Born: 1986 DELLA VALLE, AMEDEO 1.93 Born: 40 GRIGONIS, MARIUS Born: 1994 JANKUNAS, PAULIUS 2.05 Born: FONTECCHIO, SIMONE Born: 1995 GUDAITIS, ARTURAS 2.08 Born: 44 KAVALIAUSKAS, ANTANAS 2.08 Born: JAMES, MIKE 1.85 Born: 21 MILAKNIS, ARTURAS Born: 1986 SABECKIS, DONATAS 1.98 Born: JERRELLS, CURTIS Born: 1987 KUZMINSKAS, MINDAUGAS 2.05 Born: 92 ULANOVAS, EDGARAS Born: 1992 WALKUP, THOMAS 1.93 Born: MICOV, VLADIMIR Born: 1985 NEDOVIC, NEMANJA 1.91 Born: 30 WHITE, AARON 2.06 Born: TARCZEWSKI, KALEB 2.13 Born: 3 WOLTERS, NATE 1.93 Born: PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 7

9 Nov 29, 2018 CET: 19:00 LOCAL TIME: 20:00 ZALGIRIO ARENA ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 1 AX ARMANI EXCHANGE OLIMPIA MILAN WALTON JR, DERRICK 1.85 Born: 1995 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 8

10 Head-to-head records Competition EuroLeague Phase Home Zalgiris Kaunas Away AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan EuroLeague AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan Zalgiris Kaunas EuroLeague Zalgiris Kaunas EuroLeague AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan Zalgiris Kaunas Euroleague Zalgiris Kaunas Euroleague AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan Zalgiris Kaunas Euroleague AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan Zalgiris Kaunas Euroleague Zalgiris Kaunas AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan FIBA EuroCup Final Zalgiris Kaunas AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan Result FIBA European Champions Cup Semifinals AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan Zalgiris Kaunas FIBA European Champions Cup Semifinals Zalgiris Kaunas AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan 9

11 Game facts: Zalgiris Kaunas Rokas Jokubaitis is in line to make his EuroLeague debut. Paulius Jankunas is sidelined with a pulled a 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 five straight and nine of his last 10 EuroLeague games. Brandon Davies has scored and posted performance index ratings in double figures in seven of his last eight EuroLeague games. Davies has made 9 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. Nate Wolters has scored in double figures in seven straight EuroLeague games. Paulius Jankunas has made 12 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. Zalgiris leads the EuroLeague in free throws made this season with 170. Paulius Jankunas is second in EuroLeague history with 1,704 career rebounds. 's Felipe Reyes is the alltime leader with 1,7556 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 2,947 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 enters this week with 257 career starts. Leo Westermann needs 4 more three-pointers to reach 100 for his EuroLeague career. 10

12 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. 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 has scored in double figures in each of his last 16 EuroLeague games. James has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his last 13 EuroLeague games. James has delivered at least 5 assists in each of his last 10 EuroLeague appearances. Vlado Micov has made at least 1 three-pointer in 10 of his last 11 EuroLeague games. Micov has made 14 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. Arturas Gudaitis has scored in double figures in 12 of his last 13 games. Gudaitis posted a performance index rating in double figures in each of his last 13 EuroLeague games. Dairis Bertans has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven of his last eight EuroLeague games. Mike James is second in the league in scoring this season with 19.1 points per game. James is third in the league in assists this season with 7.3 per game. Vlado Micov is fourth in the league in scoring this season with 16.2 points per game. Arturas Gudaitis is third in the EuroLeague this season in average performance index rating at 19.0 per game. Gudaitis is fourth in the EuroLeague this season in offensive rebounding with 3.0 per game. Dairis Bertans needs 5 more three-pointers to reach 100 in his EuroLeague career. Mindaugas Kuzminskas needs 6 more three-pointers to reach 100 for his EuroLeague career. 11

13 Game notes: Zalgiris has won six of the eight EuroLeague games between these teams, including four of the last five. Zalgiris beat Milan in Round 6 last season; the margin of victory of 32 points for Zalgiris was the largest in a road game for the club this century. Zalgiris and Milan played one another in the 1998 Cup Winners' Cup final. Zalgiris topped Milan to lift its first European trophy. Saulius Stombergas led the winners with 35 points in just 29 minutes. Zalgiris tied its EuroLeague club record with 49 total rebounds in a home win over Milan in March of last season. Milan forward Mindaugas Kuzminskas started his EuroLeague career with Zalgiris and played three seasons there from 2010 through He was a teammate of Zalgiris big man Paulius Jankunas. Milan big man Arturas Gudaitis played at Zalgiris Kaunas for two seasons from 2013 through He was a teammate of current Zalgiris head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius as well as current Zalgiris players Paulius Jankunas, Arturas Milaknis and Edgaras Ulanovas. Gudaitis was a teammate of Zalgiris big man Antanas Kavaliauskas at Vilnius Rytas during the season. Kavaliauskas and Milan shooting guard Dairis Bertans were teammates for three seasons at two different clubs. First, at VEF Riga for two seasons, from 2011 to 2013, and then for a season at Bilbao Basket during the campaign. Milan guard Andrea Cinciarini set his EuroLeague career-high in scoring with 17 points in an road win against Zalgiris in March Milan guard Nemanja Nedovic delivered a career-high 9 assists for playing Unicaja Malaga against Zalgiris in January of last season. Jeff Brooks had a career-game last season, playing for Unicaja Malaga against Zalgiris he collected 16 points and 11 rebounds, including a career-high 6 offensive boards, for a career-high performance index rating of 29. Brooks posted his career high in steals with 7 playing for Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari against Zalgiris in November Milan center Kaleb Tarczewski set his career-high with 10 rebounds in a loss against Zalgiris in November of last season. 12

14 Nov 29, 2018 CET: 20:05 LOCAL TIME: 21:05 MENORA MIVTACHIM ARENA 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 2.03 Born: 1989 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: 15 COHEN, JAKE 12 DIBARTOLOMEO, JOHN Born: 1991 KANE, DEANDRE Born: Born: 1989 LEVI, NIMROD 2.08 Born: HOBBS, BRAYDON 16 JOVIC, STEFAN Born: 1990 KING, ALEX Born: Born: 1985 KOPONEN, PETTERI 1.94 Born: 2 PARGO, JEREMY Born: 1986 TYUS, ALEX 2.03 Born: LO, MAODO Born: 1992 LUCIC, VLADIMIR 2.04 Born: 1 WILBEKIN, SCOTTIE Born: 1993 ZOOSMAN, YOVEL 2.00 Born: 1998 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES 26 OGUNSIPE, MARVIN Born: 1996 RADOSEVIC, LEON 2.08 Born: 1990 EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 13

15 Nov 29, 2018 CET: 20:05 LOCAL TIME: 21:05 MENORA MIVTACHIM ARENA MACCABI FOX TEL AVIV 11 SESSIONS, RAMON 1.91 Born: 1986 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES FC BAYERN MUNICH 2 WEIDEMANN, NELSON 1.90 Born: 1999 EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 14

16 Head-to-head records Competition Euroleague Phase Top 16 Home FC Bayern Munich Away Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Result Euroleague Top 16 Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv FC Bayern Munich

17 Game facts: Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos made his debut on Maccabi bench last week, where he replaced 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 four straight and 16 of his last 17 EuroLeague appearances. Michael Roll has made 24 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague action. Roll has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven of his last eight EuroLeague appearances. Angelo Caloiaro has made at least 1 three-pointer in eight of nine games this season. Alex Tyus is fifth in EuroLeague history with 180 career blocked shots. CSKA big man Kyle Hines enters Round 10 in fourth place with

18 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. Stefan Jovic missed the last two games. Vladimir Lucic has posted a performance index rating in double figures in eight of his last nine EuroLeague games. Nihad Dedovic has hit at least one three-point shot in five of his last six EuroLeague games. Stefan Jovic leads the league in steals this season with 2.0 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. 17

19 Game notes: These teams have previously met only twice, during the Top 16. Both games were won by Maccabi by just 2 points and Bayern s Nihad Dedovic and Maccabi s Alex Tyus are the only players remaining on their respective teams from those 2014 meetings. 18

20 Nov 29, 2018 CET: 21:00 LOCAL TIME: 21:00 WIZINK CENTER REAL MADRID 7 CAMPAZZO, FACUNDO 1.80 Born: 1991 CSKA MOSCOW 41 KURBANOV, NIKITA 2.02 Born: 24 DECK, GABRIEL Born: 1995 RANDOLPH, ANTHONY Born: 1989 AYON, GUSTAVO 2.08 Born: UKHOV, IVAN Born: 1995 ANTONOV, SEMEN Born: 1989 KULAGIN, MIKHAIL 1.91 Born: 20 CARROLL, JAYCEE 1.88 Born: LOPATIN, ANDREI 2.08 Born: 1 CAUSEUR, FABIEN 1.95 Born: CLYBURN, WILL 2.01 Born: 5 FERNANDEZ, RUDY 1.96 Born: DE COLO, NANDO KUZMIC, OGNJEN Born: 1990 LLULL, SERGIO 1.92 Born: Born: 1987 HIGGINS, CORY 1.96 Born: PANTZAR, MELWIN HACKETT, DANIEL 1.90 Born: HINES, KYLE 1.98 Born: 25 PREPELIC, KLEMEN Born: 1992 REYES, FELIPE 2.03 Born: HUNTER, OTHELLO Born: 1986 PETERS, ALEC 2.06 Born: 22 TAVARES, WALTER 2.21 Born: RODRIGUEZ, SERGIO 1.91 Born: 44 TAYLOR, JEFFERY 2.01 Born: 1989 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES 20 VORONTSEVICH, ANDREY 2.07 Born: 1987 EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 19

21 Nov 29, 2018 CET: 21:00 LOCAL TIME: 21:00 WIZINK CENTER REAL MADRID 16 YUSTA, SANTI Born: 1997 CSKA MOSCOW 3 BOLOMBOY, JOEL 2.04 Born: 1994 THOMPKINS, TREY 2.08 Born: 1990 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 20

22 Head-to-head records Competition EuroLeague Phase Final Four Home Away Result EuroLeague EuroLeague EuroLeague Final Four EuroLeague EuroLeague Euroleague Top Euroleague Top Euroleague Top Euroleague Top Euroleague Top Euroleague Top Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Top Euroleague Top Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague FIBA Euroleague First stage FIBA Euroleague First stage FIBA European League Third place game FIBA European League Eightfinals FIBA European League Eightfinals FIBA European Champions Cup Semifinals FIBA European Champions Cup Semifinals FIBA European Champions Cup Semifinals FIBA European Champions Cup Semifinals FIBA European Champions Cup Semifinals FIBA European Champions Cup Semifinals FIBA European Champions Cup Semifinals FIBA European Champions Cup Semifinals FIBA European Champions Cup Quarterfinals 0-2 FIBA European Champions Cup Quarterfinals 2-0 FIBA European Champions Cup Quarterfinals FIBA European Champions Cup Quarterfinals FIBA European Champions Cup Quarterfinals FIBA European Champions Cup Final FIBA European Champions Cup Quarterfinals FIBA European Champions Cup Final FIBA European Champions Cup Final FIBA European Champions Cup Final

23 Head-to-head records Competition Phase FIBA European Champions Cup Final Home Away Result FIBA European Champions Cup Final FIBA European Champions Cup Final

24 Game facts: Madrid's frontline of Anthony Randolph and alter Tavares have started every game for Madrid in the EuroLeague this season. Sergio Llull and Gustavo Ayon have missed the team's last two EuroLeague games. Carroll has made 13 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. Anthony Randolph has made at least 1 triple in 10 straight EuroLeague games. Facu Campazzo has made at least 1 triple in nine straight EuroLeague games. Rudy Fernandez has made at least 1 three-pointer in 10 straight EuroLeague games. Tavares has blocked at least 1 shot in 10 of his last 11 EuroLeague games. leads the EuroLeague in scoring (90.4 ppg.), rebounding (38.4 rpg.) and assists (21.0 apg.) this season. Walter Tavares leads the league in blocked shots (2.4 bpg.) this season and is second in the league in rebounding (7.2 rpg.). Rudy Fernandez is third in the EuroLeague this season in three-point accuracy at 53.5%. Felipe Reyes is the EuroLeague career rebounding king with 1,756 boards. Reyes is ranked third on the EuroLeague all-time charts in scoring with 2,947 points. Rudy Fernandez is the active leader and ranked eighth all-time in steals in the EuroLeague with 246. He needs 1 more to catch J.R. Holden for seventh place. Sergio Llull is fifth place on the all-time EuroLeague charts with 392 career three-pointers made. Llull is eighth in career scoring with 2,646 points. Olympiacos Piraeus forward Georgios Printezis enters Round 10 in seventh place with 2,704 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%. Jaycee Carroll is ranked 12th in EuroLeague history with 335 three-pointers made. Sergio Rodriguez is 11th with 336 and counting, and Trajan Langdon sits in 10th place with 339 triples. Carroll is set to play the 200th game of his EuroLeague career this week. 23

25 Game facts: Coach Itoudis has used 10 different players in CSKA's starting lineup this season; only Othello Hunter has started in every EuroLeague game. Andrei Lopatin is the only player on the CSKA roster without previous EuroLeague experience. 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 16 consecutive EuroLeague games. Alec Peters has made multiple three-pointers in six of his last seven games. He is shooting 18 for 29 from downtown (62.1%) over that stretch. Nando De Colo has made 17 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. Will Clyburn has scored at least 10 points in six straight EuroLeague games. Clyburn has collected at least 1 steal in six of CSKA's last seven EuroLeague games. Clyburn has made 11 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. Cory Higgins is ranked third in the league in scoring this season with 16.6 points per game. Will Clyburn ranks third in the EuroLeague this season in rebounding with 7.0 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 62.1%. Nando De Colo is ranked fifth in the league in scoring this season with 15.0 points per game. De Colo leads all qualified players this season in free throw accuracy at 96.7%. De Colo is the EuroLeague career leader in free throw accuracy at 93.80%. Kyle Hines is ranked fourth in EuroLeague history with 190 blocked shots. Ioannis Bourousis is third with 194 blocks. Hines reached the 2,000-point milestone for his EuroLeague career in Round 9. Hines is ranked 12th in competition history with 1,055 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 1,057 assists and counting. 24

26 Game notes: CSKA has a 15-7 advantage over Madrid in their meetings this century. The teams split home wins last season before Madrid downed CSKA in the Final Four semifinals. In their last meeting in the Spanish capital, in Round 2 last season, Madrid gained an home triumph behind 16 points from Anthony Randolph. CSKA and Madrid faced each other for the first time in the 1963 EuroLeague final. It was a two-game series; Madrid won Game 1 at home 86-69, but CSKA downed Los Blancos by the same margin, 91-74, in Moscow. The teams had to play a tie-breaking Game 3 in Moscow, which CSKA won CSKA and Madrid made it to the EuroLeague final in It was a two-game series and CSKA won the opener Madrid recorded a 14-point victory at home to win its second continental crown on point difference. In the longest single-game EuroLeague final, CSKA and Madrid had to battle for 50 minutes in the 1969 championship game. Vladimir Andreev had 37 points in helping CSKA beat Madrid in double overtime, , in Barcelona. In 2017 third-place game, CSKA defeated Madrid Kyle Hines led six CSKA scorers in double figures with 14 points and 7 rebounds. In the 2018 Final Four semifinals, Madrid beat CSKA behind 16 points apiece from Luka Doncic and Sergio Llull, while Gustavo Ayon collected 12 points and 11 rebounds. CSKA guard Sergio Rodriguez played for Madrid from 2010 to 2016, and in those six seasons made four Final Four appearances, won the 2015 title and was named 2014 EuroLeague MVP. He was a teammate of current Madrid players Sergio Llull and Felipe Reyes for the entire time there, played five seasons under Coach Pablo Laso and was a teammate for five seasons with Rudy Fernandez and Jaycee Carroll. Rodriguez also played alongside Facundo Campazzo, Gustavo Ayon, Trey Thompkins and Jeffrey Taylor during his years in Madrid. CSKA big man Othello Hunter played for in , helped the team compile the best regular season record and reach the Final Four. Madrid sharpshooter Klemen Prepelic played under current CSKA head coach Dimitris Itoudis at Banvit Bandirma during the season. CSKA forward Semen Antonov and Madrid s Trey Thompkins were teammates at Nizhny Novgorod when the club made its EuroLeague debut in Big men Nikita Kurbanov of CSKA and Anthony Randolph of were teammates at Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar during the season. Rudy Fernandez set a career-high with 28 points against CSKA in March He earned MVP honors for Round 11 of the Top 16 with that effort. Rudy Fernandez collected a career-best 13 rebounds against CSKA in January He was also named MVP for Round 6 of the Top 16 following that performance. Madrid guard Fabien Causeur posted his career highs with 5 steals and 6 assists playing for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz against CSKA in January 2015 and had his career high in total rebounds with 10 playing with Baskonia against CSKA in March of that year. Madrid big man Anthony Randolph posted his career high in offensive rebounds with 8 playing for Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar against in the 2016 Final Four semifinals. Madrid center Gustavo Ayon posted his career high in defensive rebounds with 11 against CSKA in an home win in October of last season. Madrid center Ognjen Kuzmic posted his career high in index rating with 31 playing for Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade against CSKA in December CSKA forward Semen Antonov had the best game of his EuroLeague career, tying his career-high with 16 points, setting his career-best with 3 blocks, and accumulating a career-high index rating of 22, playing for Nizhny Novgorod against Madrid in December

27 Nov 30, 2018 CET: 18:00 LOCAL TIME: 20:00 ARENA MYTISHCHI KHIMKI MOSCOW REGION 10 PRATHER, CASEY 3 BOST, DEE Born: Born: 1989 CROCKER, TONY 1.98 Born: 1987 PANATHINAIKOS OPAP ATHENS 10 PAPAPETROU, IOANNIS 43 ANTETOKOUNMPO, THANASIS Born: Born: 1992 CALATHES, NICK 1.96 Born: 13 GILL, ANTHONY 15 GUBANOV, PETR Born: Born: 1987 JENKINS, CHARLES 1.91 Born: GIST, JAMES 16 KALAITZAKIS, GEORGIOS Born: Born: 1999 LANGFORD, KEITH 1.93 Born: 35 KADOSHNIKOV, DMITRII 9 MARKOVIC, STEFAN Born: Born: 1988 MICKEY, JORDAN 2.03 Born: LASME, STEPHANE 19 LEKAVICIUS, LUKAS Born: Born: 1994 LOJESKI, MATT 1.98 Born: 12 MONIA, SERGEY 1 SHVED, ALEXEY Born: 1988 VIALTSEV, EGOR Born: 1988 THOMAS, MALCOLM Born: Born: 1985 YAKUSHIN, TIMOFEY 1.94 Born: 1997 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES 44 MITOGLOU, KONSTANTINOS 6 PAPAGIANNIS, GEORGIOS Born: 1990 SAKELLARIOU, EVANGELOS Born: 1997 PAPPAS, NIKOS Born: Born: 1989 THOMAS, DESHAUN 2.01 Born: 1991 EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 26

28 Nov 30, 2018 CET: 18:00 LOCAL TIME: 20:00 ARENA MYTISHCHI KHIMKI MOSCOW REGION 8 ZAYTSEV, VYACHESLAV 1.90 Born: 1989 PANATHINAIKOS OPAP ATHENS 15 VOUGIOUKAS, IAN 2.10 Born: 20 ZUBKOV, ANDREY Born: 1991 GREEN, GARLON 2.01 Born: 1991 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 27

29 Head-to-head records Competition EuroLeague Phase Home Khimki Moscow Region Away Panathinaikos OPAP Athens Result EuroLeague Panathinaikos OPAP Athens Khimki Moscow Region Euroleague Khimki Moscow Region Panathinaikos OPAP Athens Euroleague Panathinaikos OPAP Athens Khimki Moscow Region Euroleague Khimki Moscow Region Panathinaikos OPAP Athens Euroleague Panathinaikos OPAP Athens Khimki Moscow Region

30 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. Garlon Green, Timofey Yakushin and Dmitrii Kadoshnikov are all in line to make their respective EuroLeague debuts. Alexey Shved has made at least 1 three-pointer in 28 straight EuroLeague games. 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 games. Tony Crocker has made at least 1 three-pointer in nine straight EuroLeague games. Crocker has made 10 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague action. Dee Bost has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven of his last eight EuroLeague games. Khimki leads the EuroLeague in steals this season with 7.9 per game. Khimki leads the EuroLeague with 111 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 third in steals with 1.8 per contest. Shved holds the EuroLeague single-season records with 740 points scored and 107 three-pointers made, both set last season. 29

31 Game facts: Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 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. Lukas Lekavicius has made 23 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. Nick Calathes has collected at least 1 steal in seven straight and 19 of his last 20 EuroLeague games. Ioannis Papapetrou has made at least 1 three-pointer in six of his last seven EuroLeague games. James Gist has made 14 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague action. Nick Calathes leads the league in assists this season with 8.2 per game. Calathes is second in the EuroLeague this season with 1.9 steals per game. Stephane Lasme is fifth in the league with 1.0 blocks per game. Stephane Lasme is in sixth place on the all-time shot-blocking charts with 169 career rejections. Alex Tyus of Maccabi Tel Aviv is in fifth place with 180. Calathes is 11th in EuroLeague history with 793 career assists. Pablo Prigioni (804) is 10th. Calathes is 11th on the all-time EuroLeague steals charts with 226 steals. Vassilis Spanoulis is 10th with 238 and counting. Keith Langford needs 5 more steals to reach 100 for his EuroLeague career. 30

32 Game notes: These teams have split their six previous occasions; Khimki downed Panathinaikos in their last meeting in Round 23 last season with Alexey Shved netting 20 and Anthony Gill adding 16 points in victory. Keith Langford made his EuroLeague debut with Khimki and spent two seasons there, from 2009 to Langford was a teammate of Vyacheslav Zaytsev for both seasons. He was also a teammate of Petr Gubanov in and with Sergey Monia during the campaign. Gubanov and Langford were also teammates at UNICS Kazan for two seasons, from 2014 through Panathinaikos's Matt Lojeski and Ioannis Papapetrou played under current Khimki head coach Georgios Bartzokas at Olympiacos during the season. Ian Vougioukas and Khimki forward Andrey Zubkov were teammates at Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar during the season. Jenkins had his only game with multiple blocked shots, 2, playing for Zvezda against Panathinaikos in April of Stefan Markovic matched his career-high with 3 steals against Panathinaikos in November of last season. 31

33 Nov 30, 2018 CET: 18:30 LOCAL TIME: 20:30 SINAN ERDEM DOME. ANADOLU EFES ISTANBUL 23 ANDERSON, JAMES Born: 1989 BALBAY, DOGUS 1.85 Born: 1989 KIROLBET BASKONIA VITORIA-GASTEIZ 5 GONZALEZ, MIGUEL Born: 1999 HILLIARD, DARRUN 1.98 Born: 8 BATUK, BIRKAN 1.96 Born: PENAVA, AJDIN 2.06 Born: 1 BEAUBOIS, RODRIGUE 6 BIRSEN, METECAN Born: Born: 1995 BITIM, ONURALP 1.96 Born: SHIELDS, SHAVON 47 KURUCS, ARTURS Born: Born: 2000 DIOP, ILIMANE 2.11 Born: 42 DUNSTON, BRYANT Born: 1986 LARKIN, SHANE 1.82 Born: GARINO, PATRICIO Born: 1993 GRANGER, JAYSON 1.89 Born: 22 MICIC, VASILIJE Born: 1994 MOERMAN, ADRIEN 2.02 Born: HUERTAS, MARCELINHO Born: 1983 JANNING, MATT 1.93 Born: 12 MOTUM, BROCK 2.08 Born: POIRIER, VINCENT 2.13 Born: 21 PLEISS, TIBOR 15 SANLI, SERTAC Born: Born: 1991 SAYBIR, YIGITCAN 2.03 Born: RAIESTE, SANDER 8 SEDEKERSKIS, TADAS Born: Born: 1998 SHENGELIA, TORNIKE 2.06 Born: PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 32

34 Nov 30, 2018 CET: 18:30 LOCAL TIME: 20:30 SINAN ERDEM DOME. ANADOLU EFES ISTANBUL 44 SIMON, KRUNOSLAV Born: 1985 TUNCER, BUGRAHAN 1.93 Born: 1993 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES KIROLBET BASKONIA VITORIA-GASTEIZ 3 VILDOZA, LUCA Born: 1995 VOIGTMANN, JOHANNES 2.14 Born: 1992 EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 33

35 Head-to-head records Competition EuroLeague Phase Home Away KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Anadolu Efes Istanbul Result EuroLeague Anadolu Efes Istanbul KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz EuroLeague Anadolu Efes Istanbul KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz EuroLeague KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Anadolu Efes Istanbul Euroleague Anadolu Efes Istanbul Euroleague KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Anadolu Efes Istanbul Euroleague Top 16 Anadolu Efes Istanbul Euroleague Top 16 KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Anadolu Efes Istanbul Euroleague Top 16 Anadolu Efes Istanbul Euroleague Top 16 KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Anadolu Efes Istanbul Euroleague Anadolu Efes Istanbul Euroleague KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Anadolu Efes Istanbul Euroleague Anadolu Efes Istanbul Euroleague KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Anadolu Efes Istanbul Euroleague Anadolu Efes Istanbul Euroleague KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Anadolu Efes Istanbul FIBA Euroleague Second stage Anadolu Efes Istanbul FIBA Euroleague Second stage KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Anadolu Efes Istanbul KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz

36 Game facts: Anadolu Efes Istanbul 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 eight 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 seven EuroLeague games. Beaubois has made 11 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague action. Bryant Dunston has blocked at least 1 shot in each of his last six EuroLeague games. Efes leads the EuroLeague in three-point accuracy this season at 45.3%. Adrien Moerman ranks fifth in the EuroLeague this season in rebounding with 6.7 per game Bryant Dunston is tied for third this season with 1.1 blocks per game. Tibor Pleiss leads the EuroLeague this season in two-point accuracy at 79.1%. Dunston is second at 77.3%. James Anderson needs 9 more points to reach the 1,000-point milestone in his EuroLeague career. Dunston is ranked second in EuroLeague history in blocked shots with 198. 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 367 and counting. Tibor Pleiss is ninth in EuroLeague history with 146 blocked shots. He needs 15 more to catch Victor Khryapa for eighth. 35

37 Game facts: KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Eleven different have started EuroLeague games for Baskonia this season. Arturs Kurucs and Sander Raieste are in line to make their respective EuroLeague debuts. Jayson Granger returned to action in Round 9 after missing two games due to an ankle injury. Matt Janning has made 14 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. Janning has made at least 1 three-pointer in eight of his last nine EuroLeague games. Jayson Granger has made 12 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. Tornike Shengelia is fourth in the EuroLeague this season in average performance index rating at 18.7 per game. Shengelia is fifth in the league in steals this season with 1.4 per game. Vincent Poirier ranks fourth in the EuroLeague this season in rebounding with 6.8 per game and ranks third in offensive rebounding with 3.1 per game. Jayson Granger needs 2 more steals to reach 100 for his EuroLeague career. 36

38 Game notes: This is the seventh consecutive season these two teams meet in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Each has won 8 of their 16 meetings and they split road wins last season. Baskonia head coach Velimir Perasovic returns to Istanbul where he had two stints with Efes. He first coached Efes in the season and then again six years later when he guided the team to the 2017 EuroLeague Playoffs. Perasovic was on the Efes bench in the first 12 EuroLeague games last season and his last game was an home loss against Baskonia. During his second stint with Efes, Perasovic coached Dogus Balbay, Bryant Dunston, Birkan Batuk, Brock Motum, Onuralp Bitim and Krunoslav Simon. Efes assistant coach Tomislav Mijatovic has worked under Perasovic on multiple occasions, including both of Perasovic s stints at Efes and previously for two seasons at Cibona Zagreb from 2008 to Baskonia point guard Jayson Granger played at Efes for two seasons, from 2015 to He was a teammate of Balbay, Batuk and Dunston. Baskonia guard Matt Janning played at Anadolu Efes Istanbul during the season. He was a teammate of Balbay and Batuk. Efes center Tibor Pleiss spent two seasons with Baskonia, from 2012 to He was a teammate of Ilimane Diop. The Efes backcourt duo of Rodrigue Beaubois and Shane Larkin both played at Baskonia. They were there together during the season and Beaubois played for Baskonia last season; he has a teammate of much of the Baskonia roster. Larkin was a teammate of Diop, Tornike Shengelia, Johannes Voigtmann and Tadas Sedekersis. Pleiss was a teammate of Baskonia point guard Marcelinho Huertas at during the season. Pleiss and Baskonia big man Johannes Voigtmann have been teammates on the German national team. Baskonia big man Vincent Poirier had 16 points and career-bests of 12 rebounds, 5 blocks and a performance index rating of 35 in an road win at Efes in Round 12. He won his first MVP of the Round honor for his performance. Dogus Balbay posted a career-high 7 rebounds against Baskonia in January Birkan Batuk recorded a career-high 3 steals for Efes against Baskonia in March Bryant Dunston recorded a career-high 3 steals for Olympiacos against Baskonia in October 2014 and matched that playing for Efes against Baskonia in December of Dunston blocked a career-best 5 shots against Baskonia in February Baskonia s Johannes Voigtmann matched his career high with 13 rebounds against Efes in February Jayson Granger posted his career high in assists with 11 against Efes in Round 30 last season. 37

39 Nov 30, 2018 CET: 20:30 LOCAL TIME: 21:30 PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP STADIUM OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS 32 LEDAY, ZACH Born: 1994 BOGRIS, GEORGIOS 2.10 Born: 1989 BUDUCNOST VOLI PODGORICA 23 OMIC, ALEN Born: 1992 JACKSON, EDWIN 1.90 Born: 11 MILUTINOV, NIKOLA 13 STRELNIEKS, JANIS Born: 1990 PRINTEZIS, GEORGIOS Born: 1990 PAPANIKOLAOU, KOSTAS Born: 1994 MANTZARIS, VANGELIS Born: 1989 AGRAVANIS, DIMITRIS Born: Born: 1985 SPANOULIS, VASSILIS 1.93 Born: CLARK, EARL 14 CRAFT, AARON Born: 1990 CLARKE, COTY Born: 1989 BAROVIC, FILIP Born: 1996 SEHOVIC, SEAD Born: 1991 ILIC, ALEKSA Born: Born: 1992 GORDIC, NEMANJA 1.93 Born: 10 TIMMA, JANIS 4 TOLIOPOULOS, VASSILIS Born: 1992 VEZENKOV, SASHA Born: 1996 TOUPANE, AXEL Born: Born: 1995 WILLIAMS-GOSS, NIGEL 1.92 Born: IVANOVIC, NIKOLA 34 NIKOLIC, DANILO Born: 1996 POPOVIC, PETAR Born: 1993 NIKOLIC, ZORAN Born: Born: 1996 SEHOVIC, SUAD 1.97 Born: PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 38

40 Nov 30, 2018 CET: 20:30 LOCAL TIME: 21:30 PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP STADIUM OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS BUDUCNOST VOLI PODGORICA 9 STAROVLAH, MILIC 44 ZUGIC, FEDOR PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES 1.97 Born: Born: 2003 EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 39

41 Head-to-head records Competition FIBA Euroleague Phase Second stage Home Buducnost VOLI Podgorica Away Olympiacos Piraeus Result FIBA Euroleague Second stage Olympiacos Piraeus Buducnost VOLI Podgorica

42 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 six of his last seven games. Nikola Milutinov has posted a performance index rating of double figures in five straight EuroLeague games. Milutinov has blocked at least 1 shot in six of his last seven EuroLeague games. Nikola Milutinov leads the league in rebounding with 7.3 per game. Milutinov is tied for the league lead in offensive rebounds with 3.2 per game. Milutinov is tied for third in the league with 1.1 blocks per game. Janis Strelnieks is ranked fifth on the EuroLeague all-time charts in free-throw accuracy at 91.41%. Vassilis Spanoulis is the EuroLeague career leader in assists with 1,334. Spanoulis is second in competition history in scoring with 3,831 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 426. Georgios Printezis is ranked 10th on the EuroLeague all-time rebounding charts with 1,105 career boards. He needs 12 more to catch Mike Batiste for ninth place. Printezis needs 3 more steals to reach the century mark for his EuroLeague career. Vangelis Mantzaris needs 3 more three-pointers to reach the 200 milestone for his EuroLeague career. 41

43 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. Alen Omic has posted a performance index rating in double figures in eight of his last nine EuroLeague games. Coty Clarke has collected at least 1 steal in each of his last nine EuroLeague games. Edwin Jackson has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his last nine EuroLeague games. Earl Clark has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his last five EuroLeague games. He is shooting 10 for 19 from downtown over that stretch. Alen Omic ranks fifth in the EuroLeague this season in offensive rebounding with 2.9 per game. Edwin Jackson is second in the EuroLeague this season in three-point accuracy at 54.8%. 42

44 Game notes: Olympiacos and Buducnost have never met in the modern format of the competition but did play against each other twice in the season, winning a game apiece. Buducnost guard Nemanja Gordic and Olympiacos center Nikola Milutinov were teammates at Partizan NIS Belgrade for part of the season Buducnost guard Edwin Jackson and Olympiacos forward Sasha Vezenkov were teammates for the second part of last season at. 43

45 Nov 30, 2018 CET: 21:00 LOCAL TIME: 21:00 PALAU BLAUGRANA FC BARCELONA LASSA 20 DIAGNE, ATOUMANE 2.15 Born: 1998 FENERBAHCE ISTANBUL 12 KALINIC, NIKOLA 2.02 Born: 22 FONT, ALEIX Born: 1998 BOLMARO, LEANDRO Born: 2000 MARTINEZ, SERGI 2.02 Born: MAHMUTOGLU, MELIH 16 SLOUKAS, KOSTAS Born: Born: 1990 VESELY, JAN 2.13 Born: 1 SERAPHIN, KEVIN Born: 1989 SINGLETON, CHRIS Born: 1989 BLAZIC, JAKA 1.96 Born: 30 ENNIS, TYLER Born: 1994 LAUVERGNE, JOFFREY Born: 1991 ARNA, EGEHAN 2.03 Born: CLAVER, VICTOR 2.07 Born: 8 11 DATOME, LUIGI 2.03 Born: HANGA, ADAM Born: DUVERIOGLU, AHMET 2.09 Born: 13 HEURTEL, THOMAS 1.89 Born: GUDURIC, MARKO 1.96 Born: 24 KURIC, KYLE 18 ORIOLA, PIERRE Born: Born: 1992 PANGOS, KEVIN 1.88 Born: GULER, SINAN 5 HERSEK, BARIS Born: Born: 1988 MELLI, NICOLO 2.05 Born: 14 PUSTOVYI, ARTEM 2.19 Born: MUHAMMED, ALI 1.78 Born: PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 44

46 Nov 30, 2018 CET: 21:00 LOCAL TIME: 21:00 PALAU BLAUGRANA FC BARCELONA LASSA 5 RIBAS, PAU 1.94 Born: 1987 FENERBAHCE ISTANBUL 3 TIRPANCI, ERGI 2.00 Born: 10 SMITS, ROLANDS Born: GREEN, ERICK 1.90 Born: 1992 TOMIC, ANTE 2.17 Born: 1987 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 45

47 Head-to-head records Competition EuroLeague Phase Home Away Result EuroLeague EuroLeague EuroLeague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Top Euroleague Top Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Top Euroleague Top Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague Euroleague FIBA Euroleague Eightfinals FIBA Euroleague Eightfinals FIBA Euroleague Eightfinals FIBA Euroleague First stage FIBA Euroleague First stage FIBA European League Quarterfinals FIBA European League Quarterfinals FIBA European League Top FIBA European League Top

48 Game facts: Chris Singleton and Ante Tomic have both started every EuroLeague game for Barcelona thus far this season. Chris Singleton has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven of his last eight EuroLeague games. Kyle Kuric has drained at least 1 three-pointer in eight of his last nine EuroLeague games. Kuric has made 12 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague action. Kuric has collected at least 1 steal in eight consecutive EuroLeague games. Ante Tomic has scored at least 12 points and posted a performance index rating in double figures in seven of his last eight EuroLeague games. Thomas Heurtel has collected at least 1 steal in seven consecutive EuroLeague games. Ante Tomic is tied for fifth this season with an average index rating of 17.9 per game. Thomas Heurtel ranks fourth in the EuroLeague in assists this season with 5.7 per game. Ante Tomic is fourth in EuroLeague history with 1,302 rebounds. Heurtel is fourth in competition history in assists with 1,057. 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 9 more three-pointers to reach 100 in his EuroLeague career. 47

49 Game facts: Tyler Ennis is sidelined indefinitely with a broken leg. Jan Vesely, who entered the season as a career 56.2% free throw shooter, is 36 for 39 (92.3%) from the foul line since the start of the season. Vesely has collected at least 1 steal in seven straight EuroLeague appearances. Vesely has posted a performance index rating in double figures in each of his last eight EuroLeague games. Luigi Datome has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his nine EuroLeague games this season. Fenerbahce leads the league in free throw shooting this season at 83.4%. Jan Vesely is second in the EuroLeague this season in average performance index rating at 21.3 per game, and fourth in the league in steals this season with 1.5 per game. Vesely is second among all qualified players this season in free throw accuracy at 92.3%. Kostas Sloukas is third at 90.0%. Joffrey Lauvergne is third in the EuroLeague this season in two-point accuracy at 73.3%. Ali Muhammed surpassed the 1,000-point milestone for his EuroLeague career in Round 9. Luigi Datome needs 1 more three-pointer to reach the 200 milestone for his EuroLeague career. Marko Guduric needs 2 more three-pointers to reach 100 in his EuroLeague career. 48

50 Game notes: Barcelona holds a 16-8 historical advantage over Fenerbahce, but the Turkish team has won the last five, including an decision in Round 20 last season when Nicolo Melli scored 23 points. Their last meeting in Palau Blaugrana finished with Fenerbahce winning behind 17 points from Kostas Sloukas. Fenerbahce big man Ahmet Duverioglu and Barcelona point guard Thomas Heurtel were teammates at Anadolu Efes Istanbul during the season. Barcelona guard Jaka Blazic and Fenerbahce forward Nikola Kalinic were teammates at Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade in seasons. Victor Claver set his career high with 21 points and posted his career high in performance index rating with 24 playing for Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar against Fenerbahce in January of He has tied that index rating three more times since then. Claver pulled down a career-best 12 total rebounds, including a career-high 7 offensive boards playing for Lokomotiv against Fenerbahce in March Barcelona guard Kevin Pangos had a career-high 22 points playing for Zalgiris Kaunas against Fenerbahce in December of last season. Barcelona center Kevin Seraphin posted his career high in offensive rebounds with 6 in a loss against Fenerbahce in December of last season. Barcelona big man Chris Singleton posted his career high in defensive rebounds with 11 playing for Panathinaikos against Fenerbahce in January last season. Fenerbahce forward Luigi Datome posted a career-high 10 rebounds and matched his career-high with 3 steals playing for Lottomatica Roma vs Barcelona in February 2011 Fenerbahce center Jan Vesely posted a career-high 15 rebounds (which he has matched since), including a careerbest including 13 defensive boards, playing for Partizan Belgrade against Barcelona in February Fenerbahce swingman Marko Guduric posted a career-best index rating of 30 playing for Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade against Barcelona in October Powered by TCPDF ( 49