Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul needs one more win to end a five-year absence from the Final Four as it hosts an AS Monaco team targeting a road win to keep the series alive.
Game Notes: Fenerbahce vs. Monaco



The Turkish team produced a powerful performance to lead throughout the second half of Wednesday's Game 3, with solid contributions throughout the team leading to an 89-78 victory as Tarik Biberovic (14 points) led eight scorers with 8 points or more.
Nick Calathes and Marko Guduric exerted control in the backcourt, combining for 11 assists on just 2 turnovers, and Fenerbahce's trademark three-point shooting again delivered with seven different players netting from deep.
Monaco must now find the defensive answers to disrupt that efficiency and also needs more production from its backcourt stars, with Mike James, Jordan Loyd and Elie Okobo restricted to a collective total of 24 points on 2-of-13 shooting from deep on Wednesday night.
- Fenerbahce and Monaco never played an official game before the 2021-22 season. They split home wins during this regular season.
- Fenerbahce took a 2-1 series lead in Game 3 with an 89-78 win in which Tarik Biberovic led the way with 14 points.
- In Game 2, Monaco rallied in the fourth quarter to a 93-88 win with Donatas Motiejunas scoring 18 points.
- Fenerbahce set a club playoff record with 16 three-pointers made in Game 2.
- Fenerbahce pulled out a 91-95 overtime win in Game 1 behind Nigel Hayes-Davis, who had 19 points and earned MVP of the Round honor with a PIR of 23.
- In Monaco's home 92-78 win over Fenerbahce in February 2022, Alpha Diallo scored a career-high 24 points.
- Last season in Istanbul, Monaco's Yakuba Ouattara had career highs in points (19), three-pointers made (5) and PIR (19) in a 98-94 overtime loss.
- Monaco guard Mike James was a backcourt mate of Fenerbahce point guard Nick Calathes for large parts of two seasons, from 2016 to 2018, at Panathinaikos Athens.
- James has made a career-best 6 triples twice in his career against Fenerbahce; first for AX Armani Exchange Milan in December 2018, and then for CSKA Moscow in November 2019.
- James dropped 31 points on Fenerbahce in November 2019 playing for CSKA Moscow in an 88-70 win. James's scoring total included a career-best 6-for-8 three-point and 9-for-9 free-throw shooting and he accumulated a performance index rating of 38. He earned the MVP of the Round honor for his performance.
- Monaco's Jaron Blossomgame had a career-high 9 rebounds in his team's Game 1 loss.
- Scottie Wilbekin set his career highs in points (37) and PIR (37) playing for Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv against Monaco in November 2021. He won the MVP of the Round honor for that performance in a 95-84 win.
- Fenerbahce guard Sehmus Hazer collected a career-high 3 steals in a road loss against Monaco in February 2022.
- Fenerbahce guard Tyler Dorsey tied his career-best 7 rebounds in Game 1 of this series. He also had 7 rebounds playing for Olympiacos Piraeus against Monaco in November 2021.
- Fenerbahce guard Yam Madar posted his career-high in index rating of 18 for Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade against Monaco in January 2023.