Here are some interesting notes about the game between Anadolu Efes Istanbul and Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade.
Game Notes, Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade
· Efes has won eight of 10 games against Zvezda in the EuroLeague since December 2015, including the last five. Last season in Istanbul, Efes cruised to 86-72 win behind 23 points from Shane Larkin.
· Last season in Belgrade, Shane Larkin scored 18 points and Adrien Moerman collected 17 points plus 9 rebounds in Efes's 64-75 victory.
· Efes's single-game record for assists by a player is 15, which Thomas Heurtel tied against Crvena Zvezda in February 2017.
· Efes point guard Vasilije Micic spent part of the 2015-16 season playing for Zvezda. He played under Coach Dejan Radonjic and was a teammate of current Zvezda players Luka Mitrovic, Maik Zirbes, Branko Lazic and Marko Simonovic. They helped Zvezda reach the 2016 EuroLeague Playoffs together.
· Micic scored 26 points and earned MVP of the Round honors with a PIR 29 in an 85-70 home win over Zvezda in October 2019.
· Micic and Zvezda's Ognjen Kuzmic and Branko Lazic were teammates on the Serbian national team that won the silver medal at EuroBasket 2017.
· Micic was also a teammate of Zvezda's Nikola Kalinic, Stefan Markovic, Dejan Davidovac and Ognjen Dobric on the Serbian national team, too.
· Zvezda forward Aaron White and Efes guard Vasilije Micic were teammates at Zalgiris Kaunas during the 2017-18 season. They helped Zalgiris reach the 2018 Final Four.
· Zvezda point guard Stefan Markovic and Efes forward James Anderson were teammates at Khimki Moscow Region during the 2017-18 season.
· Zvezda guard Austin Hollins hit a career-high 7 three-pointers playing for Zenit St Petersburg against Efes in November 2019.
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· Hollins posted his career-highs with 5 assists and 3 steals playing for Zenit against Efes in January of last season.
· Zvezda forward Dejan Davidovac dished a career-high 5 assists against Efes in December 2017. Davidovac tied his career-high with 3 steals in a 78-85 home loss against Efes in January 2020.
· Efes big man Bryant Dunston matched his career-high with 21 points in an 85-84 win over Crvena Zvezda in December 2015.
· Zvezda center Maik Zirbes twice had career-high 7 offensive rebounds against Efes. First with Brose Bamberg in November 2013 and again playing for Zvezda in December 2015.
· Zirbes tied a career-high with 8 defensive rebounds playing for Zvezda against Efes in February 2016.