Red-hot Olympiacos (18-11) will look to make it seven straight wins with a trip to Efes (12-17), which is battling hard for a place in the top 10.
Game Facts: Efes vs. Olympiacos
Lucky charm Moses Wright has won all six of his games for the Reds, netting a team-high 19 points on perfect two-point shooting in last week’s derby win over Panathinaikos, and the task of slowing him down falls to Efes big man Tyrique Jones, who has double-digit scoring in three of the last four games. Olympiacos relied on stingy defense to claim a comfortable win, 75-57, when the teams met in October, with dependable veteran Kostas Papanikolaou providing 14 points and 7 rebounds. This matchup has been remarkably close over the years, with 24 wins apiece in their 48 meetings this century, but the Reds haven't won in Istanbul since 2017.
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Streaks
Shane Larkin has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven of his last eight games.
Larkin has scored at least 11 points in five straight and eight of his last nine games.
Larkin has PIRs of 19 or more in five straight and seven of his last eight games.
Derek Willis has made at least 1 three-point shot in 13 of his last 14 games.
Mike Daum has made at least 1 three-pointer in eight of his last nine games.
Daum has made all 8 free throws in his EuroLeague career.
Will Clyburn has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven straight games.
Clyburn has scored in double digits and had PIRs of 13 or more in five of his last six games.
Season rankings
Shane Larkin leads the league in average index rating with 21.2 per game.
Larkin ranks third in scoring with 17.6 per game.
Larkin ranks seventh in assists with 5.3 per game.
Larkin is tied for fifth in average three-pointers made with 2.6 per game.
Shane Larkin ranks ninth in free throw shooting at 91%.
Tyrique Jones is tied for eighth in offensive rebounding with 2.1 per game.
Dan Oturu ranks sixth in blocks with 1.1 per game.
Oturu ranks sixth in two-point shooting at 69.9%.
Efes has committed the second-fewest turnovers at 10.6 per game.
Efes ranks third in scoring at 85.5 points per game.
Efes ranks third in free throw shooting at 81.2%.
Efes allows a league-high 87.8 points per game.
Records/Milestones
Shane Larkin set the EuroLeague single-game scoring record with 49 points in a victory over FC Bayern Munich in November 2019. In that game, he also tied the competition record with 10 three-pointers made.
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.
Tibor Pleiss ranks sixth all-time with 223 blocked shots. Alex Tyus is fifth with 238.
Pleiss ranks 12th all-time with 1,381 career rebounds. Othello Hunter is 11th with 1,424.
Pleiss is ranked 10th all-time with 466 offensive rebounds. Ante Tomic is ninth with 520.
Pleiss ranks seventh all-time with 1,000 two-point shots made. Nando De Colo of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne is sixth with 1,004 and counting. Paulius Jankunas is fifth with 1,011.
Tibor Pleiss needs 1 steal to reach 100 for his career.
Shane Larkin ranks ninth all-time with 495 three-point shots made. Vassilis Spanoulis is eighth with 518 triples made.
Larkin is ranked 14th place all-time in scoring with 3,239 points. Paulius Jankunas is 13th with 3,241 career points.
Rodrigue Beaubois ranks 12th all-time with 451 three-pointers made. Alexey Shved is 11th with 459.
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Streaks
Isaiah Canaan has made 21 consecutive free throws.
Alec Peters has made at least 1 three-point shot in 13 of his last 14 games.
Nikola Milutinov has posted PIRs of 13 or more in five of his last six games.
Thomas Walkup has double-digit PIRs in six of his last seven games.
Walkup has at least 1 steal in six of his last seven games.
Walkup has 5 or more assists in six of his last seven games.
Kostas Papanikolaou has made at least 1 three-point shot in eight straight games.
Season rankings
Nikola Milutinov ranks 10th in rebounding with 5.8 per game.
Milutinov ranks second in offensive rebounding with 2.7 per game.
Thomas Walkup ranks fourth in steals with 1.4 per game.
Moustapha Fall leads the league in two-point shooting at 79.8%.
Fall ranks fourth in blocks with 1.2 per game.
Isaiah Canaan ranks ninth in average three-pointers made with 2.5 per game.
Alec Peters ranks fourth in three-point shooting at 53.9%.
Olympiacos has committed the third-fewest turnovers with 11.3 per game.
Olympiacos has allowed a league-low 74.7 points per game.
Olympiacos allows 9.2 offensive rebounds per game, the second-fewest in the league.
Olympiacos holds opponents to 51.7% two-point shooting, second lowest in the league.
Records/Milestones
Kostas Papanikolaou is the all-time leader in games started with 302.
Papanikolaou is in ninth place all-time with 298 steals. Sergio Rodriguez of Real Madrid is eighth with 305 and counting.
Moustapha Fall ranks second all-time in two-point accuracy at 72.3%.
Nigel Williams-Goss ranks 11th all-time with a 2.5-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio, while Thomas Walkup is 19th at 2.4-to-1.
Alec Peters ranks 12th all-time in free-throw shooting at 89.4%.
Peters ranks sixth all-time in three-point accuracy at 45.1%.
Nikola Milutinov is ranked seventh all-time with 563 offensive rebounds. Walter Tavares of Real Madrid is sixth with 587.
Walkup is tied with Jayson Granger for 18th place all-time in assists with 845. Alexey Shved is 17th with 868 assists.