After suffering a home upset on Wednesday, Barcelona will be desperate to bounce back at Palau Blaugrana against an Olympiacos team determined to move within one win of a third straight Final Four.
Game Facts: Barcelona vs. Olympiacos
Barca's focus will be improved play inside the paint after converting just 18 of its 38 two-point attempts in the 75-77 defeat. Jan Vesely will be particularly keen to bounce back after enduring a miserable birthday, scoring just 3 points with no field goals converted and 3 turnovers. A collective focus will be better ball control after Barca committed 17 turnovers on Wednesday.
Olympiacos was able to enjoy its Game 1 triumph despite minimal contributions from key offensive performers Thomas Walkup (0 points) and Alec Peters (1), who should therefore be fresh and motivated to give their team more help on Friday.
FC Barcelona
Streaks
Nicolas Laprovittola has made at least 1 three-point shot in 11 straight games.
Willy Hernangomez has double-digit PIRs in nine straight and 15 of his last 16 games.
Hernangomez has pulled down 5 or more rebounds in four of his last five games.
Alex Abrines has made at least 1 three-point shot in six of his last seven games.
Jabari Parker has made at least 1 three-point shot in four of his last five games.
Season rankings
Nicolas Laprovittola ranks 10th in assists with 4.9 per game.
Laprovittola ranks eighth in average three-pointers made with 2.4 per game.
Barcelona ranks third in assists with 19.4 per game.
Barcelona has allowed 53.4% two-point shooting, the third-lowest in the league.
Records/Milestones
Tomas Satoransky ranks second 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 1,470.
Vesely ranks third all-time with 620 offensive rebounds. Felipe Reyes is second with 705.
Vesely ranks fourth all-time with 1,679 rebounds. Felipe Reyes is third with 1,799.
Vesely ranks eighth all-time with 204 blocks. Georgios Papagiannis of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is seventh with 208 and counting.
Vesely is sixth all-time with 3,790 points scored. Sergio Llull of Real Madrid is fifth with 3,915 and counting.
Vesely ranks second all-time with 4,814 index rating points. Nando De Colo of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne is the all-time leader with 5,054 and counting.
Vesely ranks fourth all-time with 337 steals. Rudy Fernandez of Real Madrid is third with 364 steals and counting.
Vesely ranks eighth all-time with 757 free throws made. Nikola Mirotic of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan is seventh with 834.
Nikola Kalinic needs 12 points to reach 2,500 for his career.
Kalinic needs 5 rebounds to reach 1,000 for his career.
Olympiacos Piraeus
Streaks
Isaiah Canaan has made at least 1 three-point shot in eight straight games.
Canaan has at least 1 steal in seven of his last eight games.
Thomas Walkup has at least 1 steal in nine of his last 10 games.
Moustapha Fall has double-digit PIRs in nine straight games.
Nigel Williams-Goss has made at least 1 three-point shot in six of his last seven games.
Season rankings
Nikola Milutinov ranks second in offensive rebounding with 2.5 per game.
Thomas Walkup ranks third in steals with 1.5 per game.
Moustapha Fall ranks third in blocks with 1.3 per game.
Isaiah Canaan ranks sixth in average three-pointers made with 2.5 per game.
Alec Peters ranks second in three-point shooting at 50.8%.
Olympiacos has committed the third-fewest turnovers with 11.6 per game.
Olympiacos has allowed a league-low 75.0 points per game.
Olympiacos allows 9.7 offensive rebounds per game, the third-fewest in the league.
Olympiacos has held opponents to 52.3% two-point shooting, second lowest in the league.
Records/Milestones
Kostas Papanikolaou is the all-time leader in games started with 306.
Papanikolaou is in ninth place all-time with 300 steals. Sergio Rodriguez of Real Madrid is eighth with 306 and counting.
Moustapha Fall ranks second all-time in two-point accuracy at 72.7%.
Thomas Walkup ranks 16th all-time with a 2.5-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Alec Peters ranks 13th all-time in free-throw shooting at 89.1%.
Peters ranks eighth all-time in three-point accuracy at 44.7%.
Nikola Milutinov is ranked seventh all-time with 564 offensive rebounds. Walter Tavares of Real Madrid is sixth with 599.
Walkup ranks 17th all-time in assists with 878. Nikos Zisis is 16th with 885 assists.