Olympiacos Piraeus and Anadolu Efes Istanbul faced each other twice during the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.
Earlier this season: Olympiacos vs. Efes
Their first meeting was in Round 10 in which Efes defeated Olympiacos 88-69 at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall, limiting the Reds to just 3 fourth-quarter points. Rodrigue Beaubois led the winners with a career-high 29 points on 7-of-10 three-point shooting. Vasiljie Micic added 19 points and Shane Larkin posted 10 points and 6 assists. Sasha Vezenkov led the way for the Reds with 17 points and 8 rebounds for a PIR of 26 and Moustapha Fall finished with 15 points.
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Things were different at Peace and Friendship Stadium. Their Round 26 showdown was among the most spectacular games of the season. Olympiacos edged Efes 87-85 in overtime on a game-winning, buzzer-beating three-point shot by Kostas Sloukas. Sloukas led the winners with 24 points and 6 assists. Tyler Dorsey added 19 points, Vezenkov 16 and Fall 10. Tibor Pleiss scored 14 for Efes, which forced overtime with a late fourth-quarter reverse layup by Micic, who finished with 12 points.