Two teams near the foot of the standings will be searching for a boost as ALBA (1-5) hosts Panathinaikos (2-4). After being called out by coach Ergin Ataman following last week's loss to Barcelona, Juancho Hernangomez will look to react by significantly improving his season averages of 4.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. The Green will hope to welcome back guards Kostas Sloukas and Luca Vildoza after they missed the trip to Barcelona. ALBA is coming off a hard-fought loss at Valencia where Sterling Brown continued his strong form with 19 points and Matt Thomas (16 points) had his third-straight double-digit scoring game, but the German team must take better care of the ball after being undone by 18 turnovers in that game.
Game Facts: ALBA vs. Panathinaikos

ALBA Berlin
Streaks
Johannes Thiemann has pulled down 5 or more rebounds in five of his last six games.
Matt Thomas has made at least 1 three-pointer in six of his last seven games.
Louis Olinde has scored in double figures in six of his last seven games.
Olinde has posted double-digit PIRs in six of his last seven games.
Olinde has made at least 1 three-point shot in five of his last six games.
Sterling Brown has made at least 1 three-point shot in each of his six games this season.
Season rankings
Johannes Thiemann is tied for third place this season in rebounding with 7.0 per game.
Gabriele Procida is tied for the league lead in steals with 1.8 per game.
ALBA ranks second this season with 8.3 steals per game.
Records/Milestones
Louis Olinde needs 3 offensive rebounds to reach 100 for his career.
Thiemann needs to rack up a PIR of 9 to reach 1,000 in his career.


Panathinaikos Athens
Streaks
Marius Grigonis has made at least 1 three-point shot in 14 of his last 15 games.
Luca Vildoza has made at least 1 three-pointer in nine of his last 10 games.
Mathias Lessort has posted PIRs in double figures in 16 of his last 17 games.
Lessort has scored in double figures in nine of his last 10 games.
Season rankings
Mathias Lessort ranks fifth this season in average index rating with 20.2 per game.
Lessort is tied for third place this season in rebounding with 7.0 per game.
Lessort is tied for the league lead in offensive rebounding with 3.0 per game.
Records/Milestones
Kostas Sloukas is ranked fourth all-time with 1,531 assists. Former teammate Vassilis Spanoulis is third with 1,607.
Sloukas ranks sixth all-time with 822 free throws made. Juan Carlos Navarro is fifth with 853.
Sloukas is ranked ninth all-time with 3,310 career points. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is eighth with 3,433 and counting.
Sloukas ranks sixth all-time with 4,082 index rating points. Mike James is fifth with 4,104.
Sloukas ranks 14th all-time in free throw accuracy at 88.9%.
Marius Grigonis ranks seventh all-time in free throw accuracy at 90.4%.
Grigonis ranks 15th all-time in three-point accuracy at 43.3%.
Grigonis needs 4 three-point shots to reach 200 for his career.
Ioannis Papapetrou needs 39 points to reach 2,000 for his career.

























































































