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2023-24
Game Facts: Valencia vs. Efes

Game Facts: Valencia vs. Efes

2023-24

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Valencia (9-8) will look to protect its position in the playoff zone with a visit from Efes, which has dropped to 7-10 after losing four in a row.

Regular Season

Round 18 of 34

game Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs Valencia Basket

Regular Season

Valencia BasketVBC

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Anadolu Efes IstanbulEFS

Overview

The home team could give a debut to new signing Kevin Pangos, and he’ll hope to feast against an Efes squad that has suffered defensively in recent weeks, allowing at least 86 points in each of its four losses. The Turkish team did a good defensive job when the teams met in Round 4, winning 77-73 behind 15 points and 6 assists from superstar Shane Larkin, who has scored 23 and 28 points in his last two games. Valencia was led by 13 points from Damien Inglis on that occasion and he’ll hope for a return to form after only averaging 5.4 points in the last seven games.

Valencia Basket

Streaks

Semi Ojeleye has made at least 1 three-point shot in nine straight and 15 of his last 16 games.

Chris Jones has had at least 1 steal in eight straight and 15 of his last 16 games.

Jones has scored in double figures in seven straight and 11 of his last 12 games.

Jared Harper has made at least 1 three-point shot in six of his last seven games.

Damien Inglis has had at least 1 steal in five of his last six games.

Season rankings

Chris Jones ranks sixth in steals with 1.4 per game.

Stefan Jovic ranks third in two-point shooting at 73.5%.

Ojeleye ranks seventh in free throw shooting at 90.9%.

Valencia has allowed the second-fewest points per game, 74.5.

Valencia is scoring a league-low 74.6 points per game.

Valencia has held opponents to the second-lowest three-point shooting at 31.0%.

Records/Milestones

Stefan Jovic ranks seventh all-time with a 2.6-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.

Jovic shares the EuroLeague's single-game assist record with Facundo Campazzo at 19 assists. Jovic had 19 assists for Crvena Zvezda Belgrade against FC Bayern Munich on November 12, 2015.

Kevin Pangos needs 11 three-point shots made to reach 300 for his career.

Anadolu Efes Istanbul

Streaks

Shane Larkin has made at least 1 three-pointer in 22 straight and 32 of his last 33 games.

Larkin has scored 10 or more points in 12 straight games.

Larkin has PIRs of 10 or more in 11 straight games.

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

Larkin has dished at least 3 assists in his last 11 games.

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

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

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

Season rankings

Shane Larkin leads the league in average index rating with 21.3 per game.

Larkin ranks second in scoring with 18.1 per game.

Larkin ranks fifth in steals with 1.5 per game.

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, 11.2 per game.

Efes has the third-highest two-point accuracy at 58.0%.

Efes shoots a league-low 32.3% from three-point range.

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 1,412 and counting.

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

Shane Larkin ranks ninth all-time with 462 three-point shots made. Mike James of AS Monaco is eighth with 493 and counting.

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

Beaubois needs 20 assists to reach 500 for his career.

Ante Zizic ranks 13th all-time in two-point accuracy at 65.1%.

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

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