A meeting of two clubs with a long-standing close relationship will be far from friendly as Zvezda (7-7) welcomes Olympiacos (9-5).
Game Notes: Zvezda vs. Olympiacos



The Greek giant ended the double-round week by losing its 100% home record against Paris, whereas Zvezda boosted its playoffs challenge with a strong win at Virtus. Former Olympiacos sniper Isaiah Canaan was instrumental to that success with 26 points, but Filip Petrusev – shining on loan for Zvezda from Olympiacos – cannot suit up for this game. Olympiacos will look to tighten up defensively after allowing 96 points in the loss to Paris, while also hoping that sharpshooter Evan Fournier continues to threaten from long-range after netting multiple triples in nine straight games. The visitors will also hope to gain extra possessions through Nikola Milutinov, who tops the league with 3.9 offensive rebounds per game.
Game Videos
- When Olympiacos beat Zvezda 88-83 in Piraeus last season, Alec Peters scored a career-high 28 points and tied his career-best with a PIR of 31, while Moustapha Fall set a new career-high with 14 rebounds and tied a career-best with 7 offensive rebounds.
- When Olympiacos edged Zvezda 86-89 in Belgrade last April, it came behind a career-best 20 points and 25 PIR from Moses Wright, who is now out until the end of the season.
- Zvezda guard Isaiah Canaan spent the last two seasons with Olympiacos; he helped the team reach the Final Four in both seasons.
- Zvezda head coach Ioannis Sfairopolous coached Olympiacos for three seasons from 2015 to 2018. During his tenure there, Nikola Milutinov and Kostas Papanikolaou played for Olympiacos. They reached the 2017 championship game together.
- Zvezda point guard Milos Teodosic made his EuroLeague debut with Olympiacos in 2007 and spent four seasons there. He was chosen as the EuroLeague MVP in 2010 and helped lead the team to the 2010 championship game. In Piraeus, he was a teammate of Kostas Papanikolaou.
- Olympiacos set a club record with 9 blocks against Crvena Zvezda on November 7, 2014.
- When Zvezda beat Olympiacos 88-81 in Belgrade in December 2019, Lorenzo Brown, now with Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, scored 34 points to set Zvezda's single-game scoring record. Brown also set the Zvezda single-game record for two-pointers made with 11.
- Olympiacos guard Luca Vildoza played for Crvena Zvezda during the 2022-23 season and earned December MVP honors during his time there.
- Zvezda center Joel Bolomboy played for Olympiacos during the 2022-23 season and helped the team reach the EuroLeague championship game.
- Zvezda center Filip Petrusev played for Olympiacos last season and is currently at Zvezda on loan from Olympiacos.
- Zvezda's Dejan Davidovac, Ognjen Dobric and Petrusev, and Olympiacos center Nikola Milutinov won silver medals together with the Serbian national team at the 2023 Basketball World Cup. The four, along with Zvezda center Uros Plavsic, won bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
- Milutinov and Davidovac spent last season playing together at CSKA Moscow.
- Milutinov has been a teammate of Zvezda's Nemanja Nedovic and Nikola Kalinic on the Serbian national team.
- Olympiacos guard Keenan Evans made his EuroLeague debut under Zvezda head coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos at Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv during the 2021-22 season.
- Olympiacos guard Tyler Dorsey played under Coach Sfairopoulos at Maccabi for two years, from 2019 to 2021.
- Zvezda forward Nikola Kalinic scored a career-high 25 points and had a career-best PIR of 27 against Olympiacos in December 2021.
- Filip Petrusev had a career-best 4 blocks in Crvena Zvezda's 86-90 road win over Olympiacos in December 2022.
- Zvezda's Joel Bolomboy had his career-highs with 12 rebounds and 32 PIR in an 86-89 home loss against Olympiacos last April.
- Zvezda guard Nemanja Nedovic collected a career-high 3 steals playing for Valencia Basket against Olympiacos in November 2014.
- Olympiacos guard Tyler Dorsey posted his career high in steals with 4 playing for Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv against Crvena Zvezda in April 2021.