Game Notes: Panathinaikos vs. Maccabi
- Maccabi swept Panathinaikos during the regular season, including a 90-75 win in Round 23 with Wade Baldwin earning MVP of the Round honors with 22 points, 8 assists and a PIR of 33.
- In Round 4, Maccabi beat Panathinaikos in overtime 81-86 as Lorenzo Brown had 12 points, tied Maccabi's single-game record and his personal best with 12 assists and also had a career-high 5 steals.
- In that same game, John DiBartolomeo scored 15 points on a career-best 5-of-7 three-point shooting and pulled down a career-high 9 rebounds.
- When Maccabi defeated Panathinaikos 85-74 in Tel Aviv last season, Lorenzo Brown had 22 points and 9 assists for a 33 PIR and won the MVP of the Round honor for that performance.
- The Panathinaikos single-game record for blocks by a player is 6, which Stephane Lasme set against Maccabi on November 14, 2013.
- Panathinaikos and Maccabi squared off in the 2000 EuroLeague final in Thessaloniki, Greece. Panathinaikos prevailed 73-67 behind 20 points from Zeljko Rebraca, who was chosen as the Final Four MVP.
- Panathinaikos and Maccabi met again in the 2001 SuproLeague final in Paris. Maccabi won 81-67. Arriel McDonald earned Final Four MVP honors with 21 points in the title game.
- Panathinaikos won its most recent continental crown by beating Maccabi 70-78 in the 2011 EuroLeague championship game in Barcelona behind 18 points from Mike Batiste and 16 points and 9 assists from Dimitris Diamantidis.
- Panathinaikos edged Maccabi in a classic five-game playoff series to reach the 2012 Final Four. Three of the games in that series were decided by a single basket, including Game 2, which went to overtime, and the deciding Game 5.
- Maccabi head coach Oded Kattash coached Panathinaikos in 2021. He also played for the Greens, which he helped win the EuroLeague title in 2000 by scoring 17 points in the final against - Maccabi.
- Panathinaikos center Mathias Lessort played for Maccabi in the first part of the 2021-22 season.
- Lessort pulled down a career-best 7 offensive rebounds for Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade against Maccabi last season.
- Maccabi's Lorenzo Brown and Panathinaikos forward Juancho Hernangomez have been teammates on the Spanish national team; together they won the gold medal at Eurobasket 2022.
- In a Round 23 loss, Panathinaikos center Kostas Antetokounmpo had a career-high 4 blocks against Maccabi.
- Panathinaikos forward Panagiotis Kalaitzakis scored a career-high 17 points against Maccabi in Round 23.
- Last season in Athens, Panathinaikos pulled out an 88-86 win, but Maccabi's Bonzie Colson had a career game with a PIR of 41, collecting 29 points and 14 rebounds, all career highs.
- Maccabi point guard Tamir Blatt had a career-high PIR of 20 playing for ALBA Berlin against Panathinaikos in October 2022.
- James Webb posted his career highs in points (18) and rebounds (10) playing for Valencia Basket against Panathinaikos in December 2022.
- Panathinaikos big man Dinos Mitoglou blocked a career-high 3 shots against Maccabi in December 2019.