Olympiacos Piraeus, ready to play a club-record third consecutive Final Four, was the first to arrive in Berlin on Wednesday with eyes on a rematch from last season's title game coming against Real Madrid in the semifinals on Friday. Shaquielle McKissic was first up to the mic to talk about his team's vibe as they look ahead to the games.

Shaquielle McKissic, Olympiacos: 'We're optimistic'

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The 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four is the hottest ticket in town, with Berlin welcoming the fan bases of Real Madrid, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, Olympiacos Piraeus and Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul between May 24 and 26. For those fans who want a first row view from the comfort of their own homes, [EuroLeague TV VR](https://paywall.ybvr.com/?ad_id=4JoVomEW) is on hand to offer a revolutionary experience direct from Uber Arena.

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Whether or not you can come to Berlin for the 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, you can enjoy an insider's view of the festivities throughout the weekend on the newly recast Final Four Live channel on YouTube.

Final Four Live comes to YouTube!

No fewer than 19 events from Thursday until Sunday will be streamed live on [Euroleague Basketball's YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@euroleague), putting fans everywhere closer than ever to crowning event on the season calendar.

The live coverage starts bright and early on Thursday with first of 13 games in the [Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/), featuring top 18-and-under talents from Europe and the United States, which will be represented for the first time by the groundbreaking league Overtime Elite.

Thursday's live events also include the Final Four Opening Press Conference, featuring the head coaches of all four would-be champion teams as well as superstars Kostas Sloukas of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, Walter Tavares of Real Madrid, Kostas Papanikolaou of Olympiacos Piraeus, and Nigel Hayes-Davis of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. The opening press conference starts at 12 noon CEST.

Later still on Thursday, watch The Crossover with Joe Arlauckas podcast to get expert analysis of the next day's semifinals. Joe and The Crossover return late on Saturday to digest the semifinals results and look forward to the championship game on Sunday. Joe will be joined by special guests on both nights, so be sure not to miss their take on what promises to be an extremely competitive Final Four.

Game-day live coverage on Friday and Sunday will be highlighted by a brand-new showcase, the YouTube Pregame Show Live, that's sure to entertain the most demanding fans. Coming from Uber Arena, the spectacular Final Four venue, the YouTube Pregame Show Live will be hosted by Deniz Aksoy and feature pundits Dimitris Itoudis, the two-time former champion head coach, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz start Chima Moneke and global basketball influencer Leigh Ellis, as well as roving sideline reporter Dane Arlauckas.

The YouTube Pregame Show Live starts at 16:45 CEST on Friday and leads right up to tipoff of the first semifinal, Panathinaikos vs. Fenerbahce, to be followed directly by the second, Real Madrid vs. Olympiacos. The YouTube Pregame Show Live returns on Sunday at 18:45 CEST to take fans right into the championship game and returns afterward to talk to the winners from inside the trophy ceremony.

Don't forget, that during the semifinals and the championship game, The Player's View is available to all fans on YouTube with season-long hosts Jake Cohen and Michael Roll welcoming guests like Tyrese Rice, Tibor Pleiss and K. C. Rivers throughout the weekend to give their play-by-play analysis of the action, tactics and anecdotes of the three do-or-die Final Four games.

Remember that every post-game press conference of the Final Four will also be live-streamed on YouTube, as will Sunday's ANGT Finals Championship Game, at 12:30 CEST, to crown the U18 champion.

It'll be all basketball all the time not only on the ground in Berlin but throughout the weekend on Final Four YouTube Live!

For the first time all season, EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast co-hosts Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs are together in person. After they touched down in Berlin for the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, Gancedo and Sachs took a stroll by the famous East Side Gallery and around the home of the Final Four, Uber Arena, while breaking down the two matchups from both basketball and fantasy angles.

Fantasy Challenge Podcast: Together in Berlin! 

For the first time all season, [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/home) Podcast co-hosts Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs are together in person. After they touched down in Berlin for the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, Gancedo and Sachs took a stroll by the famous East Side Gallery and around the home of the Final Four, Uber Arena, while breaking down the two matchups from both basketball and fantasy angles.

With game will generate more points? Which players do they both see as must-have? And who do they each have winning? Tune in to episode No. 35 of the Fantasy Challenge Podcast for these answers and much more. And be sure to enjoy the Final Four!

Since the return of the Final Four format in 2002, the top Turkish Airlines EuroLeague players and teams have amassed some amazing numbers. Check out the single-game, single-season and all-time Final Four records below in 13 different statistical categories.

Final Four records: Points

**SEE ALSO**: [PIR ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-f4-final-four-records-pir)| [PTS ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-f4-final-four-records-points)| [2FG ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-f4-final-four-records-two-pointers-made)| [3FG ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-f4-final-four-records-three-pointers-made)| [FT ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-f4-final-four-records-free-throws-made)| [2FG%](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-f4-final-four-records-two-point) | [3FG%](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-f4-final-four-records-three-point) | [FT%](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-f4-final-four-records-free-throw) | [TR ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-f4-final-four-records-rebounds)| [OR ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-f4-final-four-records-offensive-rebounds)| [AS ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-f4-final-four-records-assists)| [ST ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-f4-final-four-records-steals)| [BL](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/tae2324-f4-final-four-records-blocks)

TOTAL POINTS: Sergio Lull

SCORING AVERAGE: Dejan Bodiroga

POINTS PER 40 MINUTES: Mikhail Kulagin

POINTS, ALL-TIME, PLAYERS

MOST TOTAL POINTS: CSKA Moscow

HIGHEST SCORING AVERAGE: Maccabi

POINTS PER 40 MINUTES: Maccabi Playtika Tell Aviv

POINTS, ALL-TIME, TEAMS

As fans take a chance to breathe before the 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Championship Game and also at halftime, they will be treated to an innovative set of performances that will take their collective breath away.

Entertainment guaranteed for the in-arena shows

As fans take a chance to breathe before the 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Championship Game and also at halftime, they will be treated to an innovative set of performances that will take their collective breath away.

The championship game has become synonymous with pursuing innovation and that will be the case once again, as the visual language and technology used will create a new norm for the incredible level of these shows, which have once again been created and produced by the multiple award-winning [Filmmaster](https://www.instagram.com/filmmaster.official?igsh=N2tuajdqdjA0dnBl&utm_source=qr). The “Ritual of Glory” will offer an exciting dialogue between the audience gathered inside Berlin’s Uber Arena, with the extraordinary show cast of dancers, music performers and acrobats creating a symbolic celebration that puts basketball at the center.

Those inside the arena will see the iconic ring, called “The Hoop”, travel down vertically from above the Media Cube and almost touch the court floor and tilting, allowing the moving light fixtures to cast amazing patterns that transform the court into a “Home of Glory” for players and fans alike.

What’s more, there are two large motorized vertical screens next to the gigantic hoop that will act as portals, which will showcase content and bring multiple volumetric configurations to the scene. It will culminate with the screens lifting up at the end of the show to welcome the players on court in truly spectacular fashion.

Down on the floor, prepare to be amazed as the international freestyle movement pioneers DaMove and the Berlin-based Lunatix dance company pay tribute to the ultimate challenge that is set to take place between the two finalist teams on the court. This top-notch entertainment, which is in line with the urban innovative spirit of the event, will leave fans with their jaws on the floor.

To close the pre-game festivities, there will be a performance that sees everyone come together before the trophy is revealed and brought down to the court.

Then, during the halftime show, Italian music group [Mr. BAGS](https://www.instagram.com/serena_bagozzi/) will keep everyone inside Berlin’s Uber Arena entertained with an unmissable set of cover songs.

Entertainment value has been a guarantee in the Final Four show over the years. That will be the case once again as the action takes a brief pause to allow the fans to keep the atmosphere going, with Mr. BAGS ready to amaze supporters with their performance.

Mr. BAGS will perform for the fans inside Uber Arena as the two teams in the final head to the locker rooms

For Olek Balcerowski, he has always known his father, Marcin, in a wheelchair. The Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens big man was born in November 2000, but 27 months prior, in August 1998, a severe car crash resulted in Marcin seriously injuring his spine and spinal cord, leaving him wheelchair-bound. Yet, the sport of basketball provided a second opportunity to Olek’s father.

Olek Balcerowski, Panathinaikos: ‘Basketball saved my father’s life’

For [Olek Balcerowski](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/aleksander-balcerowski/007553/), he has always known his father, Marcin, in a wheelchair. 

The Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens big man was born in November 2000, but 27 months prior, in August 1998, a severe car crash resulted in Marcin seriously injuring his spine and spinal cord, leaving him wheelchair-bound. 

Yet, the sport of basketball provided a second opportunity to Olek’s father, who was a semi-professional player before the crash and went on to become a star wheelchair basketball player, even representing the Polish national team at the 2012 Olympic Games. 

Last summer, shortly after Olek had joined Panathinaikos, Marcin came out of retirement to sign for the Greens’ wheelchair team, allowing them to play for the same club team for the first time in their careers.

More Olek Balcerowski News

The father of the Greens’ center was involved in a car crash and has been in a wheelchair ever since

### Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens

**Streaks**

Mathias Lessort has pulled down at least 5 rebounds in five straight and 19 of his last 20 games.

Lessort had PIRs of 10 or more in seven straight games.

Kendrick Nunn has scored at least 10 points in 19 of his last 20 games.

Nunn has made multiple three-point shots in 12 of his last 13 games.

Nunn had double-digit PIRs in nine of his last 10 games.

Kostas Sloukas has made at least 1 three-pointer in 22 of his last 23 games.

Sloukas has had a double-digit PIR in nine of his last 10 games.

Sloukas has scored 12 or more points in nine of his last 10 games.

**Season rankings**

Mathias Lessort ranks second in average index rating with 19.6 per game.

Kendrick Nunn ranks seventh in scoring with 15.9 points per game.

Nunn leads the league in free throw shooting at 95.7%.

Marius Grigonis ranks 10th in free throw shooting at 90.0%.

Dinos Mitoglou ranks seventh in rebounding with 6.3 per game and Lessort ranks eighth with 6.2 per game.

Lessort ranks fifth in offensive rebounding with 2.4 per game.

Kostas Sloukas ranks fifth in assists with 5.7 per game.

Jerian Grant ranks third in steals with 1.5 per game.

Panathinaikos ranks third in the league in three-point shooting at 38.7%.

Panathinaikos has allowed 77.9 points per game, which is the second lowest in the league.

Panathinaikos holds opponents to 34.0% three-point shooting, second lowest in the league.

**Records/Milestones**

Kostas Sloukas ranks third all-time with 1,694 assists. Sergio Rodriguez of Real Madrid is second with 1,868 and counting.

Sloukas is in fifth place all-time with 898 free throws made. Felipe Reyes is fourth with 967.

Sloukas is ranked eighth all-time with 3,669 career points. Sergio Rodriguez is seventh with 3,753 and counting.

Sloukas is ranked fourth all-time with 4,553 index rating points. Mike James of AS Monaco is third with 4,723 and counting.

Sloukas ranks 16th all-time in free-throw accuracy at 88.6%.

Marius Grigonis ranks seventh all-time in free-throw accuracy at 90.5%.

Grigonis ranks 17th all-time in three-point accuracy at 43.3%.

Luca Vildoza needs 5 assists to reach 500 for his career.

Kostas Sloukas ranks third in Final Fours this century in assists with 61. Sergio Llull of Real Madrid is second with 67 and counting, and Sergio Rodriguez of Real Madrid is the leader with 70.

Sloukas is tied with David Andersen for seventh in Final Fours this century in accumulated PIR with 168 each. Nikola Mirotic is sixth with 169 and Trajan Langdon is fifth with 170.

Sloukas is tied with Trajan Langdon for second place in Final Fours this century with 47 free throws made each. Nando De Colo is the leader with 59.

Sloukas ranks eighth in Final Fours this century in scoring with 163 points. Theo Papaloukas is seventh with 164 points and Juan Carlos Navarro sixth with 168 points.

Sloukas is tied with Matjaz Smodis and Felipe Reyes for ninth place in Final Fours this century with 34 two-pointers made. Nando De Colo is eighth with 36 two-pointers made.

Sloukas is tied with De Colo and Shane Larkin for 16th place in Final Fours this century with 16 three-point shots made. Victor Khryapa and Rudy Fernandez of Real Madrid are tied for 14th with 17 apiece.

Kostas Sloukas is tied with Kostas Papanikolaou of Olympiacos Piraeus in 13th place in Final Fours this century with 33 defensive rebounds. Rudy Fernandez is 12th with 34 defensive rebounds and Walter Tavares of Real Madrid 11th with 38.

### Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul

**Streaks**

Johnathan Motley has PIRs of 10 or more in 13 of his last 14 games.

Nigel Hayes-Davis has scored 10 or more points in 12 of his last 13 games.

Hayes-Davis has made at least 1 triple in 12 of his last 13 games.

Hayes-Davis has made 9 consecutive free throws. 

Scottie Wilbekin has PIRs in double figures in 11 of his last 12 games.

Wilbekin has made at least 1 three-point shot in seven straight and 11 of his last 12 games.

Wilbekin has scored in double figures in six of his last seven games.

Wilbekin has made 11 consecutive free throws. 

Marko Guduric has made at least 1 three-point shot in seven straight games.

Nick Calathes has made at least 1 three-pointer in five straight games.

Calathes has at least 1 steal in five of his last six games.

**Season rankings**

Marko Guduric ranks ninth in free throw shooting at 90.1%.

Scottie Wilbekin ranks second in average three-pointers made with 3.0 per game.

Tarik Biberovic leads the league in three-point shooting at 54.4%.

Tyler Dorsey ranks ninth in three-point shooting at 46.4%.

Nick Calathes ranks 10th in assists with 4.9 per game.

Georgios Papagiannis ranks ninth in two-point shooting at 67.0%.

Fenerbahce leads the league in three-point shots made with 11.5 per game.

Fenerbahce leads the league in three-point accuracy at 39.5%.

**Records/Milestones**

Nigel Hayes-Davis set the all-time EuroLeague single-game scoring record with 50 points in a victory over ALBA Berlin in Round 32.

Nick Calathes is the EuroLeague all-time leader in assists with 2,077.

Calathes set the EuroLeague single-season record in 2018-19 with 286 total assists.

Calathes is the EuroLeague all-time leader in steals with 446.

Calathes is the all-time leader with 309 career games started.

Calathes ranks sixth all-time with a 2.6-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.

Calathes ranks sixth all-time with 4,221 index rating points. Kyle Hines is fifth with 4,299.

Calathes is ranked 15th all-time in scoring with 3,228 points. Paulius Jankunas is 14th with 3,241 points.

Scottie Wilbekin is ranked 16th all-time in scoring with 3,161 points.

Calathes needs 7 two-point shots made to reach 1,000 for his career.

Scottie Wilbekin ranks fourth all-time in three-point shots made with 604. Sergio Rodriguez of Real Madrid ranks third with 606 three-point shots made and counting.

Georgios Papagiannis ranks seventh all-time with 213 blocks. Tibor Pleiss of Anadolu Efes Istanbul is sixth with 228 blocks.

Papagiannis ranks 15th all-time in two-point accuracy at 64.1%.

Melih Mahmutoglu needs 12 points to reach 1,000 for his career.

Dyshawn Pierre needs 1 three-point shot made to reach 100 for his career.

Nick Calathes ranks 10th in Final Fours this century in assists with 40. Victor Khryapa and JR Holden are tied for eighth with 45 apiece while Dimitris Diamantidis, Saras Jasikevicius and Milos Teodosic are all tied for fifth with 46 assists apiece.

Sertac Sanli is tied for 18th place in Final Fours this century with 5 blocks.

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Game Facts: Panathinaikos vs. Fenerbahce

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens v Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (2024-05-24T16:00:00.000Z)

\- In Round 26, Panathinaikos beat Fenerbahce 74-63 in Athens, holding Fenerbahce to its lowest scoring output of the 2023-24 regular season.

\- When Fenerbahce beat Panathinaikos 83-69 in Round 3, Dyshawn Pierre collected a career-high 10 rebounds.

\- Fenerbahce became the first team to sweep a best-of-five EuroLeague Playoff series without having the home-court advantage when it ousted the Greens in 2017. Fenerbahce guard Nick Calathes played for Panathinaikos in that series.

\- Calathes spent eight seasons with Panathinaikos over two stints - from 2009 to 2012, and from 2015 until 2020. Calathes helped the Greens win the EuroLeague in 2011 and set a series of assist records in the Greens' uniform.

\- During his time at Panathinaikos, Calathes was a teammate of current Greens of Ioannis Papapetrou and Konstantinos Mitoglou.

\- Georgios Papagiannis played for Panathinaikos for the past five years, after re-joining the club in 2018 and before signing with Fenerbahce this summer. That was his second stint with the club; he first joined Panathinaikos in 2014 and played two seasons there.

\- During his time at Panathinaikos, Papagiannis was a teammate of current Greens Panagiotis Kalaitzakis, Marius Grigonis, Alexandros Samontourov, Eleftherios Mantzoukas, Ioannis Papapetrou and Dinos Mitoglou.

\- Panathinaikos guard Kostas Sloukas spent five seasons with Fenerbahce, from 2015 to 2020. He helped the club win the 2017 EuroLeague, reach four Final Fours and win three Turkish League championships in his time there.

\- Last season in the EuroLeague Playoffs, while playing for Olympiacos Piraeus, Sloukas hit a game-winning triple in Game 3 and then earned MVP honors in Game 5, when he scored 22 points with 6 assists, accumulating 27 PIR.

\- Panathinaikos center Kostas Antetokounmpo played for Fenerbahce last season.

\- Fenerbahce head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius played four seasons for Panathinaikos from 2007 through 2010 and again in 2011-12. In that time, he helped the Greens to the 2009 EuroLeague title and three Greek League and Greek Cup crowns.

\- Panathinaikos guard Marius Grigonis played under Coach Jasikevicius at Zalgiris Kaunas for two seasons, from 2018 to 2020.

\- Panathinaikos guard Marius Grigonis was a teammate of Nigel Hayes-Davies for two seasons at Zalgiris Kaunas, from 2019 to 2021.

\- Fenerbahce's Scottie Wilbekin was a teammate of Mathias Lessort for the first part of the 2021-22 season at Maccabi.

\- Fenerbahce playmaker Yam Madar was a teammate of Panathinaikos duo Mathias Lessort and Ioannis Papapetrou at Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade last season. Together they helped Partizan reach the EuroLeague Playoffs and win the Adriatic League title.

\- Panathinaikos guard Jerian Grant and Fenerbahce forward Nate Sestina were teammates at Turk Telekom Ankara last season when they helped the team reach the EuroCup Finals.

\- Panathinaikos matched its club record with 18 three-point shots made against Fenerbahce in October 2014.

\- Panathinaikos playmaker Luca Vildoza set his career-high with 7 rebounds playing for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz against Fenerbahce in November 2020.

\- Fenerbahce guard Tyler Dorsey posted his career-highs in assists (7) and steals (4) playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv against Panathinaikos in December 2019.

\- Panathinaikos forward Ioannis Papapetrou had a career-high 6 assists against Fenerbahce in April 2022.

\- Papapetrou tied his career-high in blocks with 3 against Fenerbahce in February 2019.

\- Panathinaikos guard Marius Grigonis dished a career-high 8 assists playing for Zalgiris Kaunas against Fenerbahce in March 2021.

\- Fenerbahce guard Scottie Wilbekin grabbed a career-high 7 rebounds playing for Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv against Panathinaikos in October 2021.

\- Fenerbahce forward Dyshawn Pierre blocked a career-high 3 shots against Panathinaikos in January 2021.

\- Panathinaikos point guard Kostas Sloukas had a career-best 4 steals playing for Olympiacos Piraeus in a road loss against Fenerbahce in January 2022.