BASKETBALL

Pre-game Report: Fenerbahçe Beko – Panathinaikos OPAP

14 January 2021 Thursday 16:02

In the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 20, Fenerbahçe Beko is looking for a home victory over Panathinaikos OPAP, tomorrow at 20.40. This match will be broadcasted on beIN Sports 3.
 
Referees:
 
Luigi Lamonica (Italy)
Emilio Perez (Spain)
Gytis Vilius (Lithuania)
 
Pre-game Notes – Fenerbahçe Beko
 
Twelve different players have started games for Fenerbahce so far this season. Edgaras Ulanovas is the only player to start every game.
 
Jan Vesely has scored at least 10 points and posted a PIR in double-digits in seven of his last eight games.
 
Nando De Colo has scored in double figures and posted double-digit PIRs in five of his last six appearances. De Colo has at least 1 steal in six straight games.
 
DyShawn Pierre has made 23 consecutive free throws.
 
Jarell Eddie is perfect in 12 trips to the free-throw line this season.
 
Lorenzo Brown ranks third in steals this season with 1.6 per game, and Nando De Colo ranks fourth with 1.5 per game.
 
De Colo ranks second in the league in free-throw accuracy at 97.6%.
 
Ahmet Duverioglu is tied for fifth in the EuroLeague in two-point accuracy this season at 71.8%.
 
Jan Vesely ranks sixth all-time with 454 offensive rebounds. Vesely is sixth all-time with 954 two-pointers made. Vesely is 11th all-time with 159 career blocks. Vesely is ranked ninth all-time with 1,164 rebounds. Vesely needs 8 more points to reach 2,500 for his career. Vesely is in 18th place all-time with 2,492 points.
 
Nando De Colo is the all-time leader in free-throw accuracy at 94.2%. De Colo is ranked fourth all-time in scoring with 3,239 points. De Colo ranks fourth all-time with 810 free throws made. De Colo ranks seventh all-time with 3,632 index rating points. De Colo is in 19th place all-time with 311 career three-pointers. Ali Muhammed ranks 20th with 305.
 
Ahmet Duverioglu is tied for fifth all-time in two-point accuracy at 66.7%.
 
Muhammed is 16 points shy of reaching 1,500 for his career.
 
Edgaras Ulanovas needs 4 more steals to reach 100 for his career.
 
Roster and Pre-game Notes - Panathinaikos
 
Guards: Shelvin Mack, Marcus Foster, Eleftherios Bochoridis, Nikos Diplaros, Nemanja Nedovic
Forwards: Howard Sant-Roos, Ioannis Papapetrou, Georgios Kalaitzakis, Leonidas Kaselakis, Ben Bentil, Aaron White, Eleftherios Mantzoukas, Kostas Mitoglou
Centers: Zach Auguste, Georgios Papagiannis, Ian Vougioukas
Coach: Oded Katash
 
Fourteen different players have started games for Panathinaikos so far this season. No player has started every game.
 
Panathinaikos named Oded Kattash as its new head coach on Thursday morning.
 
Ioannis Papapetrou did not play in Round 19.
 
Nemanja Nedovic has made at least 1 three-point shot in 16 of his 17 appearances this season. Nedovic has scored at least 12 points in 10 of his last 11 games.
 
Georgios Papagiannis has blocked at least 1 shot in 13 of his last 14 games. Papagiannis has posted a PIR in double figures in 15 straight games.
 
Ioannis Papapetrou has scored in double figures and had a double-digit PIR in six of his last seven games. Papapetrou has made at least 1 three-point shot in six of his last seven games.
 
Nemanja Nedovic ranks fifth in scoring this season with 17.0 points per game. Nedovic ranks second this season with 2.9 three-point shots made per game
 
Georgios Papagiannis ranks fifth this season with 6.4 rebounds per game and sixth in offensive rebounding with 2.3 per game. Papagiannis tied for the league-lead with 2.0 blocks per game this season.
 
Shelvin Mack ranks fourth this season in three-point accuracy at 53.9%.
 
Ioannis Papapetrou is second in the league in minutes played with 31:38 per game.
 
Nemanja Nedovic needs 1 more three-pointer to reach 200 for his career.
 
Team Stats - Offense (Fenerbahçe Beko - Panathinaikos):
 
Points: 74.6 – 80.1
2 PTs: %54.0 - %53.5
3 PTs: %37.9 - %35.6
FTs: %83.5 - %74.8
Rebounds: 30.8 – 34.3
Assists: 18.3 – 17.9
Steals: 6.9 – 5.8
Blocks: 1.7 – 3.4
 
Team Stats - Defense (Fenerbahçe Beko - Panathinaikos):
 
Points: 78.3 – 83.1
2 PTs: %51.9 - %53.4
3 PTs: %37.9 - %38.3
FTs: %77.7 - %81.0
Rebounds: 33.9 – 34.1
Assists: 19.8 – 17.4
Steals: 7.5 – 6.1
Blocks: 2.3 – 2.2
 
Stats Leaders (Fenerbahçe Beko - Panathinaikos):
 
Points: De Colo 12.1, Vesely 11.8, Brown 10.4 / Nedovic 17.0, Papapetrou 13.1, Papagiannis 9.7
Rebounds: Vesely 5.2 / Papagiannis 6.4, Mitoglou 4.8, Papapetrou 4.5
Assists: Brown 3.8, De Colo 3.4 / Sant-Roos 4.1, Nedovic 3.5, Mack 3.2
Steals: Brown 1.6, De Colo 1.5 / Sant-Roos 1.4
Efficiency: De Colo 15.1, Vesely 15.1, Pierre 10.5 / Papagiannis 15.9, Nedovic 15.5, Papapetrou 11.4
 
Past Meetings:
 
2020-21 – Regular Season – Panathinaikos 82-68 Fenerbahçe Beko
2019-20 – Regular Season – Panathinaikos 81-78 Fenerbahçe Beko
2018-19 – Regular Season – Fenerbahçe Beko 85-66 Panathinaikos
2018-19 – Regular Season – Panathinaikos 69-81 Fenerbahçe Beko
2017-18 – Regular Season - Fenerbahçe Doğuş 67 – 62 Panathinaikos Superfoods
2017-18 – Regular Season - Panathinaikos Superfoods 70 – 68 Fenerbahçe Doğuş
2016-17 – Playoff – Fenerbahçe 79 – 61 Panathinaikos Superfoods
2016-17 - Playoff - Panathinaikos Superfoods 75 – 80 Fenerbahçe
2016-17 - Playoff - Panathinaikos Superfoods 58 – 71 Fenerbahçe
2016-17 – Regular Season – Fenerbahçe 84 – 63 Panathinaikos Superfoods
2016-17 – Regular Season -  Panathinaikos Superfoods 81 – 70 Fenerbahçe
2015-16 - Top 16 - Panathinaikos 76 – 71 Fenerbahçe
2015-16 - Top 16 – Fenerbahçe 82 – 75 Panathinaikos
2014-15 – Regular Season - Fenerbahçe Ülker 84 – 62 Panathinaikos
2014-15  - Regular Season - Panathinaikos 91 – 73 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2013-14 - Top 16 Panathinaikos 76 – 67 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2013-14 - Top 16 - Fenerbahçe Ülker 77 – 72 Panathinaikos
2012-13 – Regular Season – Panathinaikos 69 – 55 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2012-13 – Regular Season - Fenerbahce Ülker 73 – 64 Panathinaikos
2011-12 - Top 16 - Panathinaikos  72 – 62 Fenerbahce Ülker
2011-12 - Top 16 – Fenerbahçe Ülker 56 – 77 Panathinaikos Athens
2007-08 – Regular Season – Panathinaikos 88 – 68 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2007-08 – Regular Season - Fenerbahçe Ülker 64 – 83 Panathinaikos