Third-place Virtus (6-3) will look to strengthen its position in the playoffs places with a visit from struggling Fenerbahce (5-4), which has dropped its last three decisions while battling a spate of injuries.
Game Notes: Virtus vs. Fenerbahce

Virtus has lost two of its last three games, scoring just 74 and 76 points in those defeats. Fenerbahce hit an offensive slump in its three straight losses, scoring an average of just 71 points in those. Virtus is the third-best three-point shooting team in the league (38.2%), but star man Toko Shengelia has lost his radar from deep, making just 1 of his last 12 attempts. The Turkish team will always pose a long-range threat from Scottie Wilbekin, who hit 5 triples in last week's tough loss at Maccabi and leads the team with an average of 12.8 points per game.
- In their last meeting, Fenerbahce made a club record 20 triples in a 104-72 home win over Virtus.
- Last season in Round 16, Virtus and Fenerbahce played for the first time since Fenerbahce and Ulker merged into one club. Virtus edged Fenerbahce 92-88 that night with Alessandro Pajola dishing a career-high 10 assists, and Marco Belinelli hitting a career-best 6 three-pointers.
- Virtus players Tornike Shengelia, Daniel Hackett and Iffe Lundberg all played under Fenerbahce head coach Dimitris Itoudis at CSKA Moscow. Hackett won the EuroLeague title with Itoudis in 2019.
- Fenerbahce swingman Marko Guduric was a teammate of Virtus swingman Ognjen Dobric at Crvena Zvezda, from 2015 to 2017. They made their EuroLeague debuts there and together they won two Adriatic League and two Serbian League titles as well as one Serbian Cup. Guduric has also been a teammate of Dobric on the Serbian national team. They won the silver medal together at the 2023 Basketball World Cup.
- Dobric scored a career-high 22 points playing for Crvena Zvezda against Fenerbahce in a 91-89 win in April of last season.
- Dobric recorded a career-high 4 steals playing for Crvena Zvezda against Fenerbahce in January 2021.
- Virtus forward Achille Polonara played for Fenerbahce during the 2021-22 season and helped the team win the Turkish League.
- Virtus guard Iffe Lundberg had a career performance in Game 3 of the 2021 EuroLeague Playoffs, playing for CSKA Moscow, with career-highs in PIR (32) and rebounds (7) in a series-clinching victory over Fenerbahce.
- Virtus forward Shengelia dished a career-high 7 assists in Game 2 of the 2021 EuroLeague Playoffs while playing for CSKA Moscow against Fenerbahce.
- Shengelia set his career-highs in PIR (37) and blocks (3) playing for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz against Fenerbahce in January 2020.
- Shengelia set his career-high in steals with 4 playing for Baskonia against Fenerbahce in November 2018.
- The only two times Virtus guard Daniel Hackett has pulled down at least 10 rebounds came against Fenerbahce when he played for Milan during the 2014-15 season.
- Virtus guard Jaleen Smith dished a career-high 7 assists in March of last season playing for ALBA Berlin in an 84-70 home win over Fenerbahce.
- Fenerbahce forward Metecan Birsen grabbed a career-high 9 rebounds in a home win against Virtus in March of last season.