Fenerbahce (18-11) coach Sarunas Jasikevicius goes up against his former team Barcelona (20-9) for the first time in a major matchup in the top four race.
Game Facts: Fenerbahce vs. Barcelona
The Turkish team has been unstoppable at home recently, winning six in a row and setting its club record for scoring in each of the last two games, including a 118-88 destruction of Valencia last week. A key battle will take place in the backcourt between two iconic point guards, as all-time assists leader Nick Calathes confronts the legendary Ricky Rubio, who showed he is getting back to his best by providing 7 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds in last week's win over Partizan. Fenerbahce will be targeting a win of 9 points or more to claim head-to-head advantage after losing 89-81 at Palau Blaugrana in December behind 21 points and 9 rebounds from Willy Hernangomez.
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul
Streaks
Scottie Wilbekin has made at least 1 three-point shot in eight of his last nine games.
Wilbekin has scored in double figures in eight of his last nine games.
Yam Madar has made 18 consecutive free throws.
Dyshawn Pierre has made 14 consecutive free throws.
Johnathan Motley has scored in double figures in eight of his last nine games.
Motley had PIRs of 10 or more in nine straight games.
Motley has pulled down multiple offensive rebounds in eight of his last nine games.
Nick Calathes has 5 or more assists in five of his last six games.
Season rankings
Dyshawn Pierre ranks fourth in free throw shooting at 94.4%.
Marko Guduric ranks seventh in free throw shooting at 92.6%.
Scottie Wilbekin ranks second in average three-pointers made with 2.9 per game.
Tarik Biberovic leads the league in three-point shooting at 56.6%.
Tyler Dorsey ranks 10th in three-point shooting at 46.7%.
Fenerbahce ranks first in three-point shots made with 11.0 per game.
Fenerbahce ranks second in three-point accuracy at 39.1%.
Fenerbahce ranks third in two-point accuracy at 56.1%.
Records/Milestones
Nick Calathes is the EuroLeague all-time leader in assists with 2,030.
Calathes set the EuroLeague single-season record in 2018-19 with 286 total assists.
Calathes is tied with former Panathinaikos teammate Dimitris Diamantidis as the all-time leader with 434 steals.
Calathes is second all-time with 299 career games started. Kostas Papanikolaou of Olympiacos Piraeus is the all-time leader with 302 starts and counting.
Calathes ranks sixth all-time with a 2.7-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Calathes ranks seventh all-time with 4,108 index rating points. Vassilis Spanoulis is sixth with 4,183.
Calathes is ranked 15th all-time in scoring with 3,144 points. Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul is 14th with 3,239 career points and counting.
Calathes needs 7 three-point shots made to reach 300 for his career.
Calathes needs 26 two-point shots made to reach 1,000 for his career.
Scottie Wilbekin ranks sixth all-time in three-point shots made with 571. Milos Teodosic of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade ranks fifth with 572 three-point shots made and counting.
Georgios Papagiannis ranks seventh all-time with 207 blocks. Tibor Pleiss of Anadolu Efes Istanbul is sixth with 223 blocks and counting.
Papagiannis ranks 17th all-time in two-point accuracy at 63.9%.
Melih Mahmutoglu needs 12 points to reach 1,000 for his career.
Dyshawn Pierre needs 7 three-point shots made to reach 100 for his career.
Sertac Sanli needs 18 points to reach 1,000 for his career.
FC Barcelona
Streaks
Jan Vesely has at least 1 steal in eight of his last nine games.
Vesely had PIRs of 15 or more in seven straight games.
Tomas Satoransky has at least 1 steal in seven of his last eight games.
Nicolas Laprovittola has scored 12 or more points in six straight games.
Laprovittola has made multiple three-pointers in six straight games.
Willy Hernangomez had double-digit PIRs in 10 of his last 11 games.
Season rankings
Jan Vesely ranks ninth in average index rating with 17.5 per game.
Nicolas Laprovittola ranks ninth in assists with 5.0 per game.
Laprovittola ranks eighth in average three-pointers made with 2.5 per game.
Barcelona ranks second in assists with 19.7 per game.
Barcelona has held opponents to 33.8% three-point shooting, which is third lowest in the league.
Records/Milestones
Tomas Satoransky ranks second all-time with a 2.8-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Satoransky needs 26 points to reach 1,000 for his career.
Jan Vesely is the all-time leader in two-pointers made with 1,450.
Vesely ranks fourth all-time with 608 offensive rebounds. Othello Hunter is third with 611.
Vesely ranks fourth all-time with 1,659 rebounds. Felipe Reyes is third with 1,799.
Vesely ranks eighth all-time with 202 blocks. Georgios Papagiannis of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is seventh with 207 and counting.
Vesely is sixth all-time with 3,732 points scored. Sergio Llull of Real Madrid is fifth with 3,897 and counting.
Vesely ranks second all-time with 4,767 index rating points. Nando De Colo of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne is the all-time leader with 4,993 and counting.
Vesely ranks fifth all-time with 332 steals. Theodoros Papaloukas is fourth with 335.
Vesely ranks ninth all-time with 745 free throws made. Paulius Jankunas is eighth with 748.
Nicolas Laprovittola needs 36 points to reach 1,500 for his career.
Laprovittola needs 6 steals to reach 100 for his career.
The next time Nikola Kalinic steps on the court, he will make his 300th EuroLeague appearance.