Expect a big-time battle between historic rivals as fast-rising Barcelona (11-9) welcomes a red-hot Panathinaikos team (13-7) aiming for a sixth straight win.
Game Notes: Barcelona vs. Panathinaikos

The reigning champs brushed aside injury problems to down Partizan last week, with excellence from the backcourt pairing of Jerian Grant (14 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists) and league-leading scorer Kendrick Nunn (25 points). Barca also delivered a strong performance to win on the road at Monaco behind a career-high 27 points from Dario Brizuela, and Blaugrana coach Joan Penarroya will be confident that his players can find the defensive answers to slow down a Green machine that has blasted at least 96 points in four of the last five games. The Round 13 meeting between the teams was a 90-89 thriller taken by Panathinaikos; expect a similarly close finale on Wednesday.
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- Panathinaikos squeezed out a 90-89 home win over Barcelona in Round 13 behind 29 points from league top scorer Kendrick Nunn.
- Barcelona has won 13 straight on its home floor against Panathinaikos dating back to Game 2 of their 2013 playoff series. Panathinaikos's last regular-season win in Barcelona came on January 10, 2008, more than 16 years ago.
- Barcelona and Panathinaikos squared off in the 1996 EuroLeague final in Paris, France. Panathinaikos edged Barcelona 67-66 to conquer its first EuroLeague championship. Panathinaikos legend Fragiskos Alvertis led the way with 17 points.
- Barcelona and Panathinaikos have met twice in the EuroLeague Playoffs. In 2011, Panathinaikos beat Barcelona 3-1 without the home-court advantage. In 2013, Barcelona ousted Panathinaikos 3-2.
- Barcelona center Willy Hernangomez is the brother of Panathinaikos forward Juancho Hernangomez. They have been teammates on the Spanish national team.
- The Hernangomez brothers and Barcelona's Alex Abrines have been teammates on the Spanish national team and together won bronze medals at EuroBasket 2017.
- The Hernangomez brothers along with Panathinaikos guard Lorenzo Brown and Barcelona's Dario Brizuela and Joel Parra together won the gold medal at EuroBasket 2022.
- Barcelona center Jan Vesely and Panathinaikos point guard Kostas Sloukas were teammates at Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul for five seasons, from 2015 to 2020. They helped the team win the 2017 EuroLeague and reach four consecutive Final Fours.
- Sloukas shot a career-best 5-for-5 on three-pointers playing for Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul against Barcelona in March 2019.
- Vesely has been a teammate of Panathinaikos center Omer Yurtseven at Fenerbahce from 2014 to 2016.
- Barcelona's Jabari Parker and Panathinaikos guard Kendrick Nunn were high school teammates at Simeon Career Academy in Chicago.
- Barcelona guard Kevin Punter and Panathinaikos guard Lorenzo Brown were backcourt mates at Crvena Zvezda Belgrade in the second part of the 2019-20 season.
- Barcelona guard Juan Nunez posted his career highs in PIR with 21, and in scoring with 19, in a Round 13 loss at Panathinaikos.
- Panathinaikos forward Ioannis Papapetrou set a career-high with 4 steals against Barcelona in January 2019.
- Panathinaikos guard Marius Grigonis made a career-high 10 free throws against Barcelona in March 2023.