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Game Facts: Efes vs. Fenerbahce

Game Facts: Efes vs. Fenerbahce

2023-24

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The season's first Istanbul derby will see Efes (7-9) attempt to become the first team to defeat Sarunas Jasikevicius during his Fenerbahce (9-7) tenure.

Regular Season

Round 17 of 34

game Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs Anadolu Efes Istanbul

Regular Season

Anadolu Efes IstanbulEFS

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Fenerbahce Beko IstanbulFBB

Overview

Efes is looking to bounce back from a home loss to Baskonia despite 23 points from star guard Shane Larkin, who has now poured in at least 20 points in five of his last seven appearances. His long-range scoring threat will be met by Scottie Wilbekin, who has hit top form with 5 three-pointers drained in each of the two games. Fener’s trio of victories under Jasikevicius have come via improved offensive output directed by Nick Calathes, who dished 13 assists to help overcome ALBA last week, so Efes needs to improve its defensive average of 86.9 points allowed, which is third-most in the league.

Anadolu Efes Istanbul

Streaks

Shane Larkin has made at least 1 three-pointer in 21 straight and 31 of his last 32 games.

Larkin has scored 10 or more points in 11 straight and 13 of his last 14 games.

Larkin has PIRs of 10 or more in 10 straight and 13 of his last 14 games.

Larkin has made at least 1 steal in six of his last seven games.

Larkin has dished at least 3 assists in his last 10 games.

Rodrigue Beaubois has made at least 1 three-point shot in 11 of his last 12 games.

Will Clyburn has scored in double figures and had PIRs of 10 or more in five of his last six games.

Derek Willis has made at least 1 three-point shot in nine of his last 10 games.

Jones has racked up a PIR of at least 10 in six of his last seven games.

Mike Daum has made at least 1 three-pointer in five of his last six games.

Daum has made all 8 free throws in his EuroLeague career.

Season rankings

Shane Larkin ranks third in average index rating with 20.3 per game.

Larkin ranks fourth in scoring with 17.5 per game.

Larkin ranks fifth in steals with 1.4 per game.

Larkin is tied for eighth place in free throw shooting at 90.0%.

Larkin is tied for seventh place in assists with 5.5 per game.

Ante Zizic ranks fourth in two-point shooting at 72.9%.

Efes ranks fifth in steals with 7.3 per game.

Efes ranks fifth in blocks with 2.8 per game.

Efes has committed the second-fewest turnovers with 11.4 per game.

Records/Milestones

Shane Larkin set the EuroLeague single-game scoring record with 49 points in a victory over FC Bayern Munich in November 2019. In that game, he also tied the competition record with 10 three-pointers made.

Larkin knocked down a EuroLeague record-tying 10 three-pointers against Olympiacos Piraeus in March 2020 when he scored 40 points, becoming the first player this century to score 40 or more points twice in his career.

Tibor Pleiss ranks sixth all-time with 216 blocked shots. Alex Tyus is fifth with 238.

Pleiss ranks 12th all-time with 1,318 career rebounds. Bryant Dunston of Virtus Segafredo Bologna is 11th with 1,406 and counting.

Pleiss ranks 11th all-time with 443 offensive rebounds. James Gist is 10th with 452.

Shane Larkin ranks 10th all-time with 460 three-point shots made. Arturas Milaknis is ninth with 461.

Rodrigue Beaubois is 14th all-time with 431 three-pointers made. Jaycee Carroll is 13th with 437.

Beaubois needs 22 assists to reach 500 for his career.

Ante Zizic ranks 11th all-time in two-point accuracy at 65.1%.

Tibor Pleiss needs 2 steals to reach 100 for his career.

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul

Streaks

Scottie Wilbekin has made at least 1 three-point shot in 23 straight games.

Wilbekin has made at least 1 steal in 10 of his last 11 games.

Wilbekin has had at least a PIR of 13 in five of his last six games.

Season rankings

Tarik Biberovic leads the league in three-point shooting at 62.5%. Georgios Papagiannis ranks third at 59.1%

Papagiannis ranks fifth in blocks with 1.2 per game.

Fenerbahce ranks second in least turnovers this season with 11.5 per game.

Fenerbahce has held opponents to the third-lowest three-point shooting percentage at 33.8%.

Records/Milestones

Nick Calathes is the EuroLeague career leader in assists with 1,952.

Calathes set the EuroLeague single-season record in 2018-19 with 286 total assists.

Calathes is in second place all-time with 417 steals. His former Panathinaikos teammate Dimitris Diamantidis is the all-time leader with 434.

Calathes is second all-time with 286 career games started. Kostas Papanikolaou is the all-time leader with 293 starts and counting.

Calathes ranks sixth all-time with a 2.7-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.

Calathes ranks 10th all-time with 3,941 index rating points. Sergio Rodriguez of Real Madrid is ninth with 4,000 and counting.

Calathes ranks 14th all-time in scoring with 3,037 points. Paulius Jankunas is 13th with 3,241 career points.

Scottie Wilbekin ranks sixth all-time in three-point shots made at 530. Milos Teodosic of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade ranks fifth with 563 three-point shots made.

Georgios Papagiannis ranks seventh all-time with 198 blocks. Tibor Pleiss of Anadolu Efes Istanbul is sixth with 216 blocks and counting.

Papagiannis ranks 19th all-time in two-point accuracy at 63.5%.

Melih Mahmutoglu needs 18 points to reach 1,000 for his career.

Calathes needs 48 assists to reach 2,000 for this career. He would be the first player to get 2,000 assists.

Marko Guduric needs 9 rebounds to reach 500 for his career.

Dyshawn Pierre needs 8 three-point shots made to reach 100 for his career.

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