Fast-improving ASVEL (2-3) will hope to snatch a first road win as it takes on reigning champ Panathinaikos (3-2).
Game Facts: Panathinaikos vs. ASVEL

The French team gave a strong performance before ultimately coming up just short at Barcelona last week, and will hope to have playmaker Paris Lee back from injury to face his former club. Theo Maledon will relish the chance to continue his hot streak of scoring at least 17 points in four games straight, while Panathinaikos can rely on its own scoring star with Kendrick Nunn, who has netted 15 or more in every game so far. The Greens will also need Mathias Lessort (15.4 points and 7.4 rebounds per game) to control the influence of Neal Sako (13.6 points, 9.8 boards) in a fascinating all-French big man battle.
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Streaks
Mathias Lessort has scored at least 10 points in six of his last seven games.
Lessort has pulled down at least 5 rebounds in 12 straight and 26 of his last 27 games.
Lessort has had a PIR of 10 or more in 14 straight games.
Lessort has had a PIR of 20 or more in six of his last seven games.
Kendrick Nunn has scored at least 10 points in 11 straight and 26 of his last 27 games.
Nunn has made at least 1 three-point shot in 19 of his last 20 games.
Nunn has made multiple three-point shots in 10 of his last 11 games.
Nunn has had a double-digit PIR in 16 of his last 17 games.
Nunn has had at least 1 steal in four of his last five games.
Season rankings
Kendrick Nunn is fifth this season in scoring with 17.4 per game.
Mathias Lessort is sixth this season in average PIR with 22.4 per game.
Lessort ranks fifth this season in rebounds with 7.4 per game.
Lessort is tied for fourth this season in offensive rebounds with 2.8 per game.
Jerian Grant is tied for eighth this season in steals with 1.4 per game.
Juancho Hernangomez ranks sixth this season in three-point accuracy at 58.8%.
Panathinaikos leads the league in defensive rebounds with 27.5 per game.
Panathinaikos ranks third in total rebounds with 38.8 per game.
Panathinaikos ranks second in defensive rebounds with 26.8 per game.
Panathinaikos ranks fourth in steals, making 7.0 per game.
Panathinaikos ranks third in blocks, making 3.0 per game.
Panathinaikos shoots 40.4% on three-pointers, fourth best in the league.
Records/Milestones
Kostas Sloukas ranks third all-time with 1,720 assists. Sergio Rodriguez is second with 1,874.
Sloukas is in fifth place all-time with 912 free throws made. Felipe Reyes is fourth with 967.
Sloukas is eighth all-time with 3,725 career points. Sergio Rodriguez is seventh with 3,772.
Sloukas is ranked fourth all-time with 4,637 index rating points. Mike James of AS Monaco is third with 4,806 and counting.
Sloukas ranks 17th all-time in free-throw accuracy at 88.7%.
Marius Grigonis ranks eighth all-time in free-throw accuracy at 90.6%.
Jerian Grant ranks third all-time with a 2.8-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Mathias Lessort needs 22 points to reach 1,500 for his career.
Lorenzo Brown needs 18 rebounds to reach 500 for his career.
Brown needs 4 steals to reach 200 for his career.
Konstantinos Mitoglou needs 1 steal to reach 100 for his career.
Marius Grigonis needs 4 steals to reach 100 for his career.
Game Videos
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Streaks
Paris Lee has made at least 1 three-point shot in 10 straight and 22 of his last 23 games.
Lee has had a PIR of 13 or more in four of his last five games.
Neal Sako has had a PIR of 15 or more in each of the first five games this season.
Theo Maledon has scored more than 10 points and had a PIR of 17 or more in each of the first five games this season.
Season rankings
Theo Maledon ranks third this season in average PIR with 23.8 per game.
Neal Sako ranks fourth this season in average PIR with 23.0 per game.
Maledon ranks fourth this season in scoring with 18.2 per game.
Sako leads the league this season in rebounds with 9.8 per game.
Sako leads the league this season in offensive rebounds with 3.6 per game.
Sako leads the league this season in steals with 2.0 per game.
Maledon is tied for fourth this season in steals with 1.6 per game.
Sako is tied for fourth this season in blocks with 1.0 per game.
ASVEL ranks fifth in free-throw shooting, going 78.5% from the line.
Records/Milestones
Nando De Colo is the all-time leader in free-throw accuracy at 93.0%.
De Colo is the all-time leader in PIR with 5,101 index rating points.
De Colo is in second place all-time in scoring with 4,531 points. Mike James leads the all-time charts with 4,692 points and counting.
De Colo ranks second all-time in free throws made with 1,105. Vassilis Spanoulis is the all-time leader with 1,131.
De Colo ranks fifth all-time in two-point shots made with 1,023. Ante Tomic is fourth with 1,137.
De Colo is in fifth place all-time in steals with 339. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is fourth with 345 steals and counting.
De Colo ranks 11th all-time in assists with 1,081. Vasilije Micic is 10th with 1,097.
De Colo ranks 13th all-time with 460 career three-pointers made. Arturas Milaknis is 12th with 461. Kostas Sloukas is 11th with 463 and counting. Rodrigue Beaubois is 10th with 464 and counting.
Joffrey Lauvergne needs 5 more defensive rebounds to reach 500 for his career.
The next time he starts a game, Lauvergne will make his 100th career start.
Tarik Black ranks 12th in two-point accuracy at 65.4%.