Buoyed by an impressive win over Olympiacos on Tuesday, Efes (13-17) will look to maintain its top ten challenge be overcoming rock bottom ALBA (5-25).
Game Facts: Efes vs. ALBA
The German team has lost seven in a row but showed it can't be taken lightly by giving league leader Real Madrid a serious scare earlier this week, led by 16 points from deep threat Matt Thomas. This season's first meeting between Efes and ALBA was a high-scoring encounter, taken by Efes 89-97 on the back of 32 points from star guard Shane Larkin. Tuesday's victory against Olympiacos was the fourth consecutive win at home for the Turkish team, which will hope Will Clyburn can follow up his 14 points earlier this week by recording double digits in scoring for the sixth straight game.
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Streaks
Shane Larkin has made at least 1 three-pointer in eight of his last nine games.
Larkin has scored at least 11 points in six straight and nine of his last 10 games.
Larkin has had a PIR of 15 or more in six straight and eight of his last nine games.
Derek Willis has made at least 1 three-point shot in 14 of his last 15 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 eight straight games.
Clyburn has scored in double digits and had a PIR of 13 or more in six of his last seven games.
Season rankings
Shane Larkin leads the league in average index rating with 21.0 per game.
Larkin ranks fourth in scoring with 17.5 points per game.
Larkin ranks seventh in assists with 5.3 per game.
Larkin ranks fifth in average three-pointers made with 2.6 per game.
Shane Larkin ranks 10th in free-throw shooting at 90.6%.
Tyrique Jones ranks ninth in offensive rebounding with 2.1 per game.
Dan Oturu ranks fifth in blocks with 1.1 per game.
Efes has committed the second-fewest turnovers at 10.6 per game.
Efes ranks third in scoring at 85.5 points per game.
Efes allows a league-high 87.2 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 224 blocked shots. Alex Tyus is fifth with 238.
Pleiss ranks 12th all-time with 1,383 career rebounds. Othello Hunter is 11th with 1,424.
Pleiss is ranked 10th all-time with 467 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 1,008 and counting. Paulius Jankunas is fifth with 1,011.
Shane Larkin ranks ninth all-time with 498 three-point shots made. Vassilis Spanoulis is eighth with 518 triples made.
Larkin is ranked 13th place all-time in scoring with 3,254 points. Milos Teodosic of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade is 12th with 3,311 and counting.
Rodrigue Beaubois ranks 12th all-time with 452 three-pointers made. Alexey Shved is 11th with 459.
ALBA Berlin
Streaks
Sterling Brown has made at least 1 three-point shot in each of his 25 EuroLeague games played.
Jonas Mattisseck has made 14 consecutive free throws.
Matt Thomas has made at least 1 three-pointer in 10 straight games.
Season rankings
Gabriele Procida ranks fourth in steals with 1.4 per game.
Sterling Brown ranks eighth in free-throw shooting at 91.7%.
ALBA has committed a league-high 14.9 turnovers per game.
ALBA leads the league in steals with 7.3 per game.
ALBA scores a league-low 76.0 points per game.
ALBA has forced a league-best 13.7 turnovers per game.
Records/Milestones
Khalifa Koumadje ranks fourth all-time in two-point accuracy at 69.0%.