Two in-form teams collide as Efes (3-2) hosts Barcelona (4-1).
Game Facts: Efes vs. Barcelona



The Spanish side has climbed to the top of the standings with four straight wins, while Efes has taken two in a row behind a free-flowing offense netting 91 and 96 points. Both teams have been hit by injuries to star guards with Shane Larkin and Nico Laprovittola sidelined. That means more responsibility for Darius Thompson, who guided Efes with 17 points and 7 assists against Milan last week, while Barca's young talent Juan Nunez will look to build on his 8 points and 3 assists in Friday's win over ASVEL. In the paint, Barca big man Jan Vesely returns to a city he knows well to face Vincent Poirier, a matchup sure to produce highlight reel plays.
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Streaks
Shane Larkin has had a double-digit PIR in five of his last six games.
Rodrigue Beaubois has made 18 consecutive free throws.
Elijah Bryant has made 13 consecutive free throws.
Ercan Osmani has made all 12 free throws in his EuroLeague career.
Season rankings
Vincent Poirier ranks third overall this season in blocks with 1.4 per game.
Efes leads the league in two-point accuracy with 65.2%.
Efes' defense has held opponents to 46.3% two-point shooting, the lowest in the league.
Records/Milestones
Shane Larkin tied the EuroLeague single-game record with 10 made three-pointers in a victory over FC Bayern Munich in November 2019.
Larkin knocked down a EuroLeague record-tying 10 three-pointers against Olympiacos Piraeus in March 2020 when he scored 40 points, becoming the first player this century to score 40 or more points twice in his career.
Larkin is ranked 11th all-time in scoring with 3,369 points. Georgios Printezis is 10th with 3,599.
Shane Larkin ranks ninth all-time in three-pointers made with 515. Vassilis Spanoulis is eighth with 518.
Rodrigue Beaubois is 10th place all-time in made three-pointers with 464.
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Streaks
Nicolas Laprovittola has made at least 1 three-point shot in 19 straight games.
Jabari Parker has made at least 1 three-point shot in nine of his last 10 games.
Kevin Punter has scored at least 11 points and had a PIR of 11 or more in 10 straight games.
Youssoupha Fall has pulled down at least 5 rebounds in five of his last six games.
Season rankings
Kevin Punter is third this season in scoring with 18.4 points per game.
Punter is tied for sixth this season in three-pointers made with 2.4 per game.
Punter is tied for second this season in steals with 1.8 per game.
Tomas Satoransky is tied for eighth this season in steals with 1.4 per game.
Nicolas Laprovittola ranks fourth this season in assists with 6.3 per game.
Barcelona leads the league in assists with 22.0 per game.
Barcelona leads the league in steals with 9.0 per game.
Barcelona's defense has forced a league-high 14.6 turnovers per game.
Records/Milestones
Tomas Satoransky ranks four all-time with a 2.8-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Jan Vesely is the all-time leader in two-pointers made with 1,510.
Vesely ranks third all-time with 635 offensive rebounds. Felipe Reyes is second with 705.
Vesely ranks fourth all-time with 1,715 rebounds. Felipe Reyes is third with 1,799.
Vesely ranks eighth all-time with 208 blocks. Georgios Papagiannis of AS Monaco is seventh with 215 and counting.
Vesely is sixth all-time with 3,877 points scored. Sergio Llull of Real Madrid is fifth with 3,969 and counting.
Vesely ranks second all-time with 4,927 index rating points. Nando De Colo of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne is the all-time leader with 5,101 and counting.
Vesely ranks fourth all-time with 345 steals. Rudy Fernandez is third with 367 steals.
Vesely ranks eighth all-time with 775 free throws made. Nikola Mirotic of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan is seventh with 852 and counting.
Kevin Punter ranks 12th all-time in free-throw accuracy at 89.6%.
Youssoupha Fall ranks 14th all-time in two-point accuracy at 64.7%.
Nicolas Laprovittola needs 3 three-point shots made to reach 300 for his career.
Tomas Satoransky needs 12 rebounds to reach 500 for his career.