Friday's action concludes with the renewal of a growing modern rivalry as Olympiacos takes on Monaco.
Game Facts: Olympiacos vs. Monaco
2024-25
3 Mins read
It will be the 14th meeting between the teams since 2022, including another semifinal two years ago, which was taken by Olympiacos after a historic 27-2 third quarter surge.
Mike James will lead Monaco's attempts to prevent the Greek giant's attempts to exert another defensive stranglehold. The star guard again showed his clutch mentality by scoring 20 points in Game 5 of the playoff series against Barcelona, and his backcourt partnership with the smooth scoring skills of Elie Okobo and the three-point shooting threat of Matthew Strazel will propel the Monaco offense.
A key player for Olympiacos will inevitably be effortlessly elegant forward Sasha Vezenkov, who followed a fabulous regular season by being named Playoffs MVP with averages of 19 points and 7 boards in the 3-1 series victory over Real Madrid.
Olympiacos Piraeus
Streaks
Sasha Vezenkov has scored in double figures and posted a double-digit PIR in 39 straight games.
Vezenkov has posted a PIR of 14 or more in 35 straight games.
Vezenkov has made at least 1 three-pointer in 24 straight games.
Vezenkov has pulled down at least 5 rebounds in 14 of his last 15 games.
Alec Peters has had PIRs in double figures in six of his last seven games.
Evan Fournier has made at least 1 three-pointer in six of his last seven games.
Fournier scored at least 13 points and had double-digit PIRs in five of his last six games.
Fournier had at least 1 steal in five of his last six games.
Nikola Milutinov has multiple offensive rebounds in seven of his last eight games.
Moustapha Fall has blocked at least 1 shot in four of his last five games.
Keenan Evans has scored at least 10 points in 10 straight and 21 of his last 22 games.
Evans has posted a double-digit PIR in nine of his last 10 games.
Evans has made at least 1 three-pointer in 17 straight games.
Evans has made 21 consecutive free throws.
Season rankings
Sasha Vezenkov was the regular-season leader in average index rating with 24.5 per game.
Vezenkov finished the regular season ranked third in scoring with 20.2 points per game.
Evan Fournier finished the regular season ranked 10th in scoring with 15.8 points per game.
Vezenkov finished the regular season ranked fourth in rebounding with 6.6 per game.
Nikola Milutinov finished the regular season ranked fifth in offensive rebounding with 2.6 per game.
Moustapha Fall was the regular season leader in two-point shooting at 77.2%.
Alec Peters finished the regular season ranked second in three-point shooting at 54.4%.
Peters finished the regular season ranked fourth in free-throw shooting at 94.1%.
Evan Fournier finished the regular season ranked fifth in three-pointers made with 2.6 per game.
Sasha Vezenkov was the 2025 EuroLeague Playoffs leader in PIR with an average of 22.8.
Vezenkov ranked third in scoring in the 2025 EuroLeague Playoffs with 19.0 points per game.
Evan Fournier was fourth in scoring in the playoffs with 17.7 points per game.
Vezenkov was tied for second in the 2025 EuroLeague Playoffs with 7.0 rebounds per game.
Nikola Milutinov was fourth in rebounding the the playoffs with 6.3 per game.
Milutinov ranked second in the 2025 EuroLeague Playoffs with 3.3 offensive rebounds per game.
Fournier ranked fourth in steals in the 2025 EuroLeague Playoffs with 1.7 per game.
Olympiacos leads the league in assists with 20.9 per game.
Olympiacos is second in the league in team PIR with 101.2 per game.
Records/Milestones
Kostas Papanikolaou is the all-time leader in games started with 338.
Papanikolaou is in eighth place all-time in steals with 326. Mike James of AS Monaco is seventh with 330 and counting.
Papanikolaou is ranked 12th all-time with 1,431 career rebounds. Georgios Printezis is 11th with 1,452.
Nikola Milutinov is ranked 15th all-time with 1,423 career rebounds. Othello Hunter is 14th with 1,424.
Milutinov is ranked sixth all-time in offensive rebounds with 653. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is fifth with 657.
Moustapha Fall ranks second all-time in two-point accuracy at 73.0%.
Fall is ranked 12th all-time with 170 career blocked shots. Stephane Lasme is 11th with 174 career blocks.
Milutinov is tied with Ante Tomic for 18th place all-time with 155 blocked shots. With his next block, he will tie Jordan Mickey for 17th place.
Thomas Walkup ranks 15th all-time with a 2.5-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Walkup is ranked 14th all-time in assists with 1,013. Vasilije Micic is 13th with 1,097 assists.
Walkup is in 15th place all-time in steals with 281. Scottie Wilbekin of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is in 14th place with 282 steals, and Nicolo Melli of Fenerbahce is 13th with 286 and counting.
Alec Peters ranks 11th all-time in free-throw shooting accuracy at 90.1%.
Peters ranks third all-time in three-point accuracy at 46.6%.
Keenan Evans needs 2 steals to reach 100 for his career.
With his next appearance in a Final Four game, Kostas Papanikolaou will move into a tie with Milos Teodosic and Andrey Vorontsevich for ninth place all-time with 15 Final Four games played. JR Holden is eighth with 16 appearances in Final Four games.
Papanikolaou has 12 starts in Final Four games this century, which is tied for the third most. Victor Khryapa is second with 13 starts, and JR Holden is the leader with 15 starts in Final Four games.
Papanikolaou is tied with Kostas Sloukas of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens for 11th place in Final Fours this century with 20 three-point shots made. Jaycee Carroll and David Blue are tied for ninth with 21 triples apiece, while Saras Jasikevicius and Vassilis Spanoulis are tied for seventh with 22 apiece.
Papanikolaou ranks in ninth place in Final Fours this century with 55 rebounds. Mike Batiste is eighth with 58 rebounds, and Nikola Mirotic is seventh with 59 rebounds.
Papanikolaou is tied with Nikola Mirotic and Brandon Davies for 13th place in Final Fours this century with 18 offensive rebounds. Matjaz Smodis, Sasha Kaun and Maceo Baston are tied for 10th place with 19 offensive rebounds each.
Papanikolaou is tied with Kostas Sloukas of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens for 12th place in Final Fours this century with 37 defensive rebounds. Milos Teodosic and Mike Batiste are tied for 10th place with 38 apiece.
Shaquielle McKissic ranks 12th in Final Fours this century with 12 steals. With his next swipe, he will equal Mike Batiste, Kyle Hines and Nikola Mirotic, who are all tied for ninth place with 13 steals.
Papanikolaou is tied with Marko Jaric, Jaka Lakovic and Sergio Rodriguez for 14th place in Final Fours this century with 10 steals. Nick Calathes is 13th with 11 steals.
Thomas Walkup is tied for 19th place in Final Fours this century in assists with 24. Juan Carlos Navarro is 18th with 25, and Kyle Hines is 17th with 26.
Game Videos
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Top 5 Plays | Championship Game | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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AS Monaco-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | Championship Game Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Calathes creates for Diallo! Motorola Magic Moment
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Diallo beats the buzzer again! Motorola Magic Moment
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Diallo beats the buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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Olympiacos Piraeus-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | 3rd Place Game Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Championship Game Talk with Jaron Blossomgame
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Mic'd Up: Alpha Diallo and Thomas Walkup | 2025 EuroLeague Semifinals
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Olympiacos Piraeus-AS Monaco | Semifinal Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Follow the Olympiacos-Monaco semifinal post-game press conference
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Showtime by Monaco! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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James with a sublime dish! Motorola Magic Moment
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Fall with a monster slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Diallo skies for the slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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At the Final Four: Matthew Strazel, AS Monaco
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At the Final Four: Saben Lee, Olympiacos Piraeus
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Mike James appears on the EuroLeague & Friends podcast... with a surprise guest!
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Playoffs MVP Sasha Vezenkov joins the pre-Final Four EuroLeague & Friends podcast
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Diallo posterizes Parker! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Mike James: 'We like to make it tough'
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Georgios Papagiannis: 'I was staying ready'
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AS Monaco-FC Barcelona | Playoffs Game 5 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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James & Papagannis connection! Motorola Magic Moment
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Papagiannis dunks off a James dish! Motorola Magic Moment
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Blossomgame flies for the put-back slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Diallo turns defense to offense! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Barcelona-AS Monaco | Playoffs Game 4 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Diallo's big dunk! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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James finds Theis! Motorola Magic Moment
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Blossomgame's two-handed dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kostas Papanikolaou: 'We want to go all the way'
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Evan Fournier: 'We're getting closer to our goal'
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Real Madrid-Olympiacos Piraeus | Playoffs Game 4 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Vezenkov hits a crucial three! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Hezonja dunks off the baseline! Motorola Magic Moment
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Peters’s dunk on the break! Motorola Magic Moment
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Fall monster dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Barcelona-AS Monaco | Playoffs Game 3 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Diallo's big block! Motorola Magic Moment
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Real Madrid-Olympiacos Piraeus | Playoffs Game 3 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Wright rocks the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
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Lee’s two-handed slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Nikola Milutinov: 'We know Real Madrid is capable of coming back from 0-2'
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Sasha Vezenkov: 'We go to finish the series on Tuesday'
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Olympiacos Piraeus-Real Madrid | PO Game 2 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Alpha Diallo: 'It's really hard to beat us'
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Monaco Showtime! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Mam Jaiteh: 'If we play like this defensively, we will do good'
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AS Monaco-FC Barcelona | PO Game 2 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tarpey’s big driving dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
AS Monaco
Streaks
Mike James has made at least 1 three-point shot in 15 straight games.
James has had 5 or more assists in seven of his last eight games.
James has scored at least 16 points and had PIRs of 19 or more in five of his last six games.
Matthew Strazel has made at least 1 three-pointer in 10 straight games.
Strazel has scored 10 or more points in five of his last six games.
Alpha Diallo has scored in double figures in six of his last seven games.
Diallo has made at least 1 three-pointer in five straight games.
Georgios Papagiannis has made 15 consecutive free throws.
Jaron Blossomgame has pulled down multiple offensive rebounds in four straight games.
Season rankings
Mike James finished the regular season ranked fourth in assists with 5.7 per game.
Georgios Papagiannis was the regular-season leader in blocks with 1.4 per game.
Mike James ranked third in the 2025 EuroLeague Playoffs in PIR with an average of 19.0.
James ranked fifth in the 2025 EuroLeague Playoffs with 2.4 three-pointers made per game.
James was the 2025 EuroLeague Playoffs leader with 6.6 assists per game.
Monaco has committed 10.7 turnovers per game, the second-lowest in the league.
Monaco ranks fourth in scoring with 86.4 points per game.
Monaco ranks fourth in blocks with 2.8 per game.
Monaco has forced a league-high 13.6 turnovers per game.
Records/Milestones
Mike James is the EuroLeague's all-time leading scorer with 5,242 career points.
James is second all-time with 5,398 index rating points. Nando De Colo of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne is first with a PIR of 5,473.
James is in second place all-time in free throws made with 1,154. De Colo is the all-time leader with 1,181.
James is in fifth place all-time with 1,511 career assists. Vassilis Spanoulis is fourth with 1,607 assists.
James is in fifth place all-time with 606 three-pointers made. Scottie Wilbekin of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is fourth with 608, and Sergio Rodriguez is third with 609 three-pointers.
James is fifth all-time in two-point shots made with 1,135. Ante Tomic is fourth with 1,137.
James is in seventh place all-time with 330 career steals. Theo Papaloukas is sixth with 335 career steals.
Nick Calathes is the EuroLeague’s all-time leader in assists with 2,130.
Calathes set the EuroLeague single-season assists record in 2018-19 with 286.
Calathes is the EuroLeague’s all-time leader in steals with 459.
Calathes ranks second all-time in games started with 318, behind only Kostas Papanikolaou, who has 338 and counting.
Calathes ranks eighth all-time with a 2.6-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Calathes is ninth all-time with 4,295 performance index rating points. Kyle Hines is in eighth place all-time with 4,299 performance index rating points.
Calathes is ranked 16th all-time in scoring with 3,282 points. Kyle Hines is 15th with 3,339 points.
Calathes is tied with Tibor Pleiss of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens for 11th place all-time with 1,009 two-pointers made. Paulius Jankunas is 10th with 1,011.
Georgios Papagiannis is ranked fourth all-time with 253 blocks. Kyle Hines is third with 320 blocks.
Papagiannis ranks 17th all-time in two-point accuracy at 64.4%.
Donatas Motiejunas set the EuroLeague single-game record with 18 defensive rebounds on December 7, 2011, while playing for Asseco Prokom Gdynia against Union Olimpija Ljubljana. In that game, Motiejunas pulled down 21 rebounds, the most rebounds in a single game by any active player.
Nick Calathes ranks fifth in Final Fours this century in assists with 48. Theo Papaloukas is fourth with 59 assists.
Calathes is tied with JR Holden and Maceo Baston for 16th place in Final Fours this century with 31 defensive rebounds. Ante Tomic is in 15th place with 32 defensive rebounds.
Calathes is tied for 19th place in Final Fours this century with 43 rebounds. Felipe Reyes is 18th with 44 rebounds, while Dimitris Diamantidis and Trajan Langdon are tied for 16th with 45 rebounds apiece.
Calathes ranks 13th in Final Fours this century with 11 steals. Shaquielle McKissic of Olympiacos Piraeus is 12th with 12 steals. Mike Batiste, Kyle Hines and Nikola Mirotic are all tied for ninth place with 13 steals apiece.
Calathes has 9 starts in Final Four games this century, which is tied for 13th. Seven players are tied for sixth with 10 games started each.