Fenerbahce (19-12) will aim to bounce back from last week's loss in Milan by overcoming rock-bottom ALBA (5-26) and claiming an eighth straight home win.
Game Notes: Fenerbahce vs. ALBA
Scottie Wilbekin shined with 20 points when the Turkish team won in Berlin, 82-91, in December, and he is in great form now with an average of 5 three-pointers in the last three games. Partly thanks to Wilbekin, Fener is the second most deadly long-range shooting team in the league with 39.3% of three-pointers converted, so ALBA desperately needs to improve a defense that has allowed its opponents to score at least 80 points in 10 straight games. The German team has lost eight in a row, won only once on the road all season, and has the worst offense in the league with just 76.3 points per game.
- Fenerbahce beat ALBA 81-91 in Round 16 with Nick Calathes setting a club single-game record with 13 assists.
- Last season in Istanbul, when Fenerbahce beat ALBA 101-86, Nigel Hayes-Davis collected 24 points and 11 rebounds en route to a career-high 37 PIR, which saw him earn MVP of the Round honors.
- Last season in Berlin, Fenerbahce thrashed ALBA 75-104 with eight different players scoring 10 or more points.
- ALBA guard Matt Thomas and Fenerbahce center Georgios Papagiannis were teammates at Panathinaikos Athens last season.
- ALBA guard Martin Hermannsson matched his career-high with 3 steals against Fenerbahce in January 2020.
- Fenerbahce guard Scottie Wilbekin had a career-high 7 rebounds while playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv against ALBA in October 2020.
- Fenerbahce sharpshooter Melih Mahmutoglu netted a career-high 5 three-pointers against ALBA in December 2019.