After seeing its six-game winning run end on Tuesday, Olympiacos (18-12) will look to bounce straight back with a visit from lowly ASVEL (7-23).
Game Notes: Olympiacos vs. ASVEL
The Reds won 73-85 when these teams played in France in December behind 19 points from Isaiah Canaan, who hit 3 triples in defeat at Efes earlier this week. ASVEL put up a good fight against Maccabi on Tuesday, with Youssoupha Fall's huge double-double of 17 points and 12 rebounds leading the way before ultimately falling to a 98-90 defeat. Olympiacos has won six straight in Piraeus, limiting its opponents to less than 75 points in five of those, and will look for similarly stern defense to secure another much-needed win.
- When Olympiacos beat ASVEL 73-85 in Round 16, Moustapha Fall produced a stat line no EuroLeague player had ever done before, with 8 blocks, 7 assists and 7 rebounds. That was the highest blocked shot total by a Euroleague player in almost 23 years.
- Last season, ASVEL edged Olympiacos 77-75 at home on a last-second game-winning three-pointer from Amine Noua.
- ASVEL's single-game record for three-pointers made by a player is 7, which Harold Mrazek set against Olympiacos in December 2003.
- Fall played at ASVEL during the 2020-21 season and made his EuroLeague debut there. He was a teammate of Charles Kahudi and David Lighty.
- ASVEL guard Nando De Colo and Fall won silver medals with the French national team at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and played together at the 2023 FIBA World Cup.
- De Colo was a teammate of Olympiacos forward Alec Peters during the 2018-19 season at CSKA Moscow. They won the EuroLeague together.
- Centers Nikola Milutinov of Olympiacos and Joffrey Lauvergne of ASVEL were teammates at Partizan Belgrade from 2012 to 2014.
- Lauvergne and Olympiacos guard Thomas Walkup were teammates at Zalgiris Kaunas in the 2020-21 season.
- Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot of ASVEL and Naz Mitrou-Long of Zalgiris were teammates at EA7 Emporio Armani Milan last season, both making their respective EuroLeague debuts.
- De Colo grabbed a career-best 9 rebounds while playing for CSKA Moscow against Olympiacos in November 2016.
- ASVEL center Youssoupha Fall set a career high with 10 defensive rebounds while playing for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz against Olympiacos in October 2019.
- Olympiacos guard Shaquielle McKissic made a career-high 10 free throws against ASVEL in January 2021.
- ASVEL guard Edwin Jackson posted his career high with 7 assists while playing for Buducnost VOLI Pogdorica against Olympiacos in March 2019.