After starting his tenure as ALBA (5-24) head coach with a home win over Baskonia, Pedro Calles now faces the tough test of a road trip to reigning champ Panathinaikos (18-11).
Game Facts: Panathinaikos vs. ALBA

The Greens are looking to stay in third place and bounce back from last week’s Greek derby loss with scoring star Kendrick Nunn eager to regain his usual high standards after being held to just 7 points in that game. ALBA’s key shooter is former Panathinaikos man Matt Thomas, who drained 21 points in last week’s triumph and has netted 3.2 triples per game in the last five contests. And with the worst defense in the competition – allowing an average of 91.3 points per game – the German team will likely need a stellar offensive performance to grab a shock road win.
Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens
Streaks
Kendrick Nunn has made at least 1 three-point shot in 34 straight games.
Nunn has scored 17 or more points in six of his last seven games.
Juancho Hernangomez has had a PIR of 12 or more in 11 straight games.
Hernangomez has pulled down 6 or more rebounds in 11 straight games.
Kostas Sloukas has scored in double figures in six of his last seven games.
Sloukas has at least 1 steal in eight of his last nine games.
Sloukas has posted a PIR in double figures in eight straight games.
Mathias Lessort has pulled down at least 5 rebounds in 11 straight and 23 of his last 24 games.
Lessort has had a PIR of 10 or more in 25 of his last 26 games.
Omer Yurtseven has scored in double figures in four straight games.
Season rankings
Kendrick Nunn leads the league in scoring with 20.1 points per game.
Mathias Lessort ranks fourth in average index rating with 20.5 per game.
Nunn ranks ninth in average index rating with 18.1 per game.
Nunn ranks second in average three-pointers made with 2.9 per game.
Lessort ranks third in rebounding with 7.1 per game.
Juancho Hernangomez ranks seventh in rebounding with 6.3 per game.
Lessort ranks third in offensive rebounding with 2.8 per game.
Lessort ranks third in two-point shooting at 74.1%.
Kostas Sloukas ranks ninth in assists with 5.1 per game.
Sloukas ranks fifth in free-throw shooting at 93.6%.
Wenyen Gabriel ranks sixth in blocks with 1.0 per game.
Panathinaikos ranks second in the league in average PIR with 102.7 per game.
Panathinaikos ranks third in scoring with 86.8 points per game.
Panathinaikos ranks second in two-point shooting at 58.5%.
Panathinaikos ranks third in three-point shooting at 38.8%.
Panathinaikos ranks second in defensive rebounding with 24.2 per game.
Panathinaikos has made a league-low 73.7% of its free throws.
Panathinaikos has allowed 9.6 offensive rebounds per game, the third-lowest this season.
Records/Milestones
Kostas Sloukas is in third place all-time with 415 games played.
Sloukas ranks third all-time with 1,843 assists. Sergio Rodriguez is second with 1,874.
Sloukas is in fourth place all-time with 981 free throws made. Mike James of AS Monaco is third with 1,113.
Sloukas is eighth all-time with 3,959 career points. Nikola Mirotic of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan is seventh with 3,992 and counting.
Sloukas is ranked fourth all-time with 4,956 index rating points. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is third with 5,099 and counting.
Sloukas is 12th all-time with 500 three-point shots made. Nando De Colo of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne is 11th with 503, and Rodrigue Beaubois of Anadolu Efes Istanbul is 10th with 506.
Marius Grigonis ranks seventh all-time in free-throw accuracy at 90.6%.
Sloukas ranks 16th all-time in free-throw accuracy at 89.0%.
Sloukas is tied with Daniel Hackett of Virtus Segafedo Bologna in 18th place on the all-time charts with 262 career steals. Vassilis Spanoulis is 17th with 273 steals.
Tibor Pleiss is ranked seventh all-time with 228 career blocks. Alex Tyus is sixth with 238.
Pleiss ranks 10th all-time with 1,009 two-pointers made. Paulius Jankunas is ninth with 1,011.
Pleiss is ranked 15th all-time with 1,398 rebounds. Kostas Papanikolaou of Olympiacos is 14th with 1,405 and counting.
Grigonis needs 4 steals to reach 100 for his career.
Jerian Grant is the all-time leader with a 3.1-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Game Videos
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Streaks
Matt Thomas has made at least 1 three-pointer in 11 of his last 12 games. He has made multiple threes in 10 of those games.
Thomas has scored in double figures in nine of his last 10 games.
Yanni Wetzell has scored 10 or more points in eight straight games.
Martin Hermannsson has had a PIR in double figures in five of his last six games.
David McCormack has had a PIR of 14 or more in four of his last five games.
McCormack has pulled down 5 or more rebounds four of his last five games.
McCormack has at least 1 steal in five straight and nine of his last 10 games.
Season rankings
Martin Hermannsson ranks fifth in assists with 5.5 per game.
Louis Olinde is tied for fifth in two-point shooting at 70.6%.
Matt Thomas ranks fifth in average three-pointers made with 2.6 per game.
ALBA has committed a league-high 15.3 turnovers per game.
ALBA has made a league-low 29.8% of its three-point attempts.
ALBA has allowed a league-high 91.3 points per game.
ALBA has allowed a league-high 38.4% three-point shooting.