Paris (14-9) will attempt to stay in the all-important top four by overcoming league leader Olympiacos (17-7).
Game Notes: Paris vs. Olympiacos



The French team, which has won three of the last four, will hold no fear after already beating Olympiacos this season in Piraeus, triumphing 90-96 in December behind 21 points and 8 assists from playmaker TJ Shorts. One of Shorts’s main competitors for this season’s MVP award, Sasha Vezenkov, will have revenge on his mind after only making 4 of his 13 field-goal attempts in that game. The Reds will also be aware of the threat of Tyson Ward, who combined 14 points with 5 rebounds and 3 steals in Paris’s win in Piraeus, and will hope for another strong game from big man Nikola Milutinov after his 11 points and 7 rebounds in last week’s win over Efes.
Game Videos
- In the first-ever official meeting between Paris and Olympiacos, Paris stunned the Reds 90-96 in Piraeus behind 21 points and 8 assists from TJ Shorts.
- Olympiacos tied its club-record with 35 free throws made against Paris in Round 14.
- Paris guard Maodo Lo earned MVP of the Round honors while playing for ALBA in a 90-75 win over Olympiacos in March 2022. He accumulated a PIR of 34.
- Big men Kevarrius Hayes of Paris and Moustapha Fall of Olympiacos were teammates at LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne during the 2020-21 season.
- Olympiacos's Fall and Evan Fournier have been teammates of Paris's Yakuba Ouattara on the French national team.
- Olympiacos's Naz Mitrou-Long and Keenan Evans were teammates with Paris center Kevarrius Hayes at Zalgiris Kaunas. Hayes and Evans were teammates the past two seasons, while Mitrou-Long was there for the first part of last season.
- Olympiacos guard Evan Fournier posted his personal-best 34 PIR and made a personal-high 14 free throws against Paris in Round 14.
- Paris's Yakuba Ouattara scored 15 points by making a career-best 5 three-point shots in Game 5 of the 2023 playoffs while playing for AS Monaco against Olympiacos.
- Paris guard Maodo Lo had a career-high 3 steals playing for FC Bayern Munich against Olympiacos in March 2019.