Fresh from a morale-boosting win in Madrid, third-placed Panathinaikos (17-10) will look to keep on rolling by overcoming ASVEL (6-21), which also lifted its spirits by overcoming Milan last week.
Game Notes: Panathinaikos vs. ASVEL



We can look forward to a classic backcourt tussle between Greens leader Kostas Sloukas and ASVEL veteran Nando de Colo, who returned from injury to net 13 points in the win over Milan. The French team will also have to handle powerhouse Mathias Lessort after his MVP-worthy exploits in Madrid. His fellow French center, Joffrey Lauvergne, will look to counteract Lessort by repeating his double-double (10 points and 11 rebounds) from the Greens' 81-89 victory between the teams in December.
- In Round 14, Panathinaikos beat ASVEL 81-89 with Kostas Sloukas dishing a career-high 12 assists and earning MVP of the Round honors.
- Coach Ergin Ataman was on the bench of Anadolu Efes Istanbul in 2000 when it beat ASVEL 68-66 in their third and final quarterfinal game on the way to making his first EuroLeague Final Four and the first EuroLeague Final Four appearance by any Turkish club.
- In ASVEL's 70-84 win over Panathinaikos in Athens in October 2021, Elie Okobo scored a club single-game record 35 points.
- When ASVEL beat Panathinaikos 97-73 in Villeurbanne in the 2020-21 season, it made a club-record 17 three-pointers.
- ASVEL point guard Paris Lee spent last season with Panathinaikos.
- Lee posted his career high with 4 steals playing for AS Monaco against Panathinaikos in February 2022.
- ASVEL forward DeShaun Thomas played two seasons for Panathinaikos, from 2018 to 2020. He was a teammate of Ioannis Papapetrou and Dinos Mitoglou.
- Panathinaikos center Kostas Antetokounmpo made his EuroLeague debut with ASVEL during the 2021-22 season and helped it win the French League title.
- Panathinaikos center Mathias Lessort and ASVEL guard Nando De Colo have been teammates on the French national team and together won the bronze medal at the 2019 FIBA World Cup.
- Panathinaikos playmaker Luca Vildoza and ASVEL center Youssoupha Fall were teammates at Baskonia Vitoria-Gastiez for two seasons, from 2019 to 2021. Together they won the 2020 Spanish League.
- ASVEL center Joffrey Lauvergne and Panathinaikos guard Marius Grigonis were teammates at Zalgiris Kaunas during the 2020-21 season.
- Grigonis had a career-high 25 points playing for Zalgiris against ASVEL in October 2020.
- Lauvergne grabbed a career-high 8 offensive rebounds playing for Zalgiris against Panathinaikos in March 2022.

























































































