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Pre-game Report: Olympiacos – Fenerbahçe Beko

25 March 2021 Thursday 10:34

In the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 31, Fenerbahçe Beko (18-12) is looking for an away victory over Olympiacos (14-16) tomorrow at 22.00. This match will be broadcasted on beIN Sports 3.
 
Referees:
 
Ilija Belosevic (Serbia)
Carlos Cortes (Spain)
Jurgis Laurinavicius (Lithuania)
 
Pre-game Notes – Fenerbahçe Beko
 
Twelve different players have started games for Fenerbahçe Beko so far this season. No player has started every game.
 
Jan Vesely has posted a PIR in double-digits in 15 consecutive games. Vesely has scored in double figures in 14 of his last 15 games.
 
Nando De Colo has scored in double figures in 12 straight appearances. De Colo has made at least 1 three-pointer in 12 straight games.
 
Marko Guduric has made at least 1 three-pointer in 12 of his last 13 games.
 
Nando De Colo ranks fifth this season in average PIR with 18.8 per game; Jan Vesely is sixth with 18.4 per game. De Colo ranks seventh in scoring this season with 15.4 points per game. De Colo ranks seventh in steals this season with 1.4 per game; Lorenzo Brown is eighth with 1.3. De Colo ranks third this season in free-throw accuracy at 94.3%. De Colo is the league co-leader in fouls drawn with 5.0 per game.
 
Ahmet Duverioglu ranks fifth in the EuroLeague in two-point accuracy this season at 70.0%.
 
Jan Vesely ranks sixth all-time with 474 offensive rebounds. Vesely is fourth all-time with 1,026 two-pointers made. Vesely ranks ninth all-time with 167 blocks. Vesely ranks eighth all-time with 1,230 rebounds. Vesely is in 15th place all-time with 2,665 points.
 
Nando De Colo is the all-time leader in free-throw accuracy at 94.0%. De Colo is ranked third all-time in scoring with 3,455 points. De Colo ranks fourth all-time with 852 free throws made. De Colo moved into third place all-time with 3,891 index rating points. De Colo ranks 15th all-time with 333 career triples made.
 
Ali Muhammed is 16 points shy of 1,500 for his career.
 
Edgaras Ulanovas needs 4 more steals to reach 100 for his career.
 
Ahmet Duverioglu is tied for sixth all-time in two-point accuracy at 66.7%.
 
Olympiacos Roster and Pre-game Notes:
 
Guards: Kostas Sloukas, Vassilis Spanoulis, Charles Jenkins, Alexandros Nikolaidis, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Iosif Koloveros, Antonis Koniaris, Aaron Harrison
Forwards: Shaq McKissic, Kostas Papanikolaou, Vasilis Charalampopoulos, Vasileios Christidis, Georgios Printezis, Sasha Vezenkov, Jean-Charles Livio
Centers: Hassan Martin, Octavius Ellis, Kostas Koufos
Coach: Georgios Bartzokas
 
Sixteen different players have appeared in a game for Olympiacos so far this season and 15 have made at least one start. Kostas Sloukas is the only one to start every game.
 
Kostas Papanikolaou has missed Olympiacos's last 15 games.
 
Hassan Martin is sidelined with a knee injury.
 
Kostas Papanikolaou has made at least 1 three-point shot in 10 of his last 11 games.
 
Kostas Sloukas has dished at least 5 assists in 19 consecutive games.
 
Sasha Vezenkov has made at least 1 triple in seven of his last eight games.
 
Vezenkov has recorded a PIR of 16 or more in seven of his last eight games. Vezenkov has made 18 consecutive free throws.
Shaquielle McKissic made at least 1 steal in 11 of his last 12 games.
McKissic has made at least one three-pointer in eight of his last nine games.
 
Kostas Sloukas ranks fifth this season with 6.0 assists per game.
 
Shaquielle McKissic ranks fifth in steals this season with 1.5 per game.
 
Octavius Ellis ranks second this season in two-point accuracy at 73.3%; Hassan Martin is third at 71.97%.
 
Charles Jenkins ranks sixth this season in three-point accuracy at 47.2%.
 
Vassilis Spanoulis is the EuroLeague's all-time leading scorer with 4,437 points. Georgios Printezis is fourth with 3,428 points. Spanoulis is the EuroLeague's career leader in assists with 1,589. Spanoulis is the career leader with 4,154 performance index rating points. Spanoulis is the EuroLeague all-time leader with 1,122 free throws made. Spanoulis ranks second all-time with 517 three-pointers made. Spanoulis ranks sixth all-time with 272 steals. Spanoulis ranks second all-time with 253 games started.
 
Georgios Printezis ranks sixth all-time with 1,392 career rebounds. Printezis is the all-time leader in two-point shots made. He has 1,144 for his career. Printezis ranks fifth all-time with 1,017 defensive rebounds. Printezis ranks 13th all-time with 375 offensive rebounds. Printezis ranks eighth all-time with 3,652 performance index rating points.
 
Kostas Sloukas is eighth all-time with 1,101 assists. Milos Teodosic is seventh with 1,126.
 
Sloukas needs 8 three-pointers to reach 300 for his career.
 
Octavius Ellis is the all-time EuroLeague leader in two-point accuracy at 74.2%.
 
Kostas Papanikolaou is 6 blocks away from 100 for his EuroLeague career.
 
Papanikolaou needs 2 more baskets to reach 600 field goals for his career.
 
Team Stats - Offense (Olympiacos - Fenerbahçe Beko):
 
Points: 78.9 – 79.2
2 Pts: %56.2 - %57.1
3 PTs: %35.6 - %40.4
FTs: %76.3 - %82.8
Rebounds: 31.8 – 30.6
Assists: 17.1 – 19.4
Steals: 7.0 – 6.5
Blocks: 2.9 – 2.0
 
Team Stats - Defense (Olympiacos - Fenerbahçe Beko):
 
Points: 80.3 – 79.1
2 PTs: %55.6 - %53.6
3 PTs: %37.2 - %37.2
FTs: %77.1 - %78.7
Rebounds: 32.3 – 31.7
Assists:18.5 – 19.6
Steals: 7.4 – 7.0
Blocks: 2.3 – 2.3
 
Stats Leaders (Olympiacos - Fenerbahçe Beko):
 
Points: McKissic 11.5, Sloukas 11.5, Vezenkov 10.4 / De Colo 15.4, Vesely 13.4, Brown 10.0
Rebounds: Vezenkov 5.3, Martin 4.6 / Vesely 5.5
Assists: Sloukas 6.0 / De Colo 4.3, Brown 4.0, Vesely 2.7
Steals: McKissic 1.5 / De Colo 1.4, Brown 1.3
Efficiency: Vezenkov 13.8, Sloukas 13.5, Martin 10.9 / De Colo 18.8, Vesely 18.4, Pierre 11.9
 
Past Meetings:
 
2020-21 – Regular Season – Fenerbahçe Beko 84-77 Olympiacos
2019-20 – Regular Season – Olympiacos 87-96 Fenerbahçe Beko
2018-19 – Regular Season – Fenerbahçe Beko 90-75 Olympiacos
2018-19 – Regular Season – Olympiacos 72-73 Fenerbahçe Beko
2017-18 – Regular Season - Olympiacos 95 – 70 Fenerbahçe Doğuş
2017-18 – Regular Season - Fenerbahçe Doğuş 83 – 90 Olympiacos
2016-17 - Final Four – Fenerbahçe 80 – 64 Olympiacos
2016-17 – Regular Season – Fenerbahçe 67 – 64 Olympiacos
2016-17 – Regular Season - Olympiacos 71 – 62 Fenerbahçe
2014-15 – Top 16 - Olympiacos 64 – 73 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2014-15 - Top 16 - Fenerbahçe Ülker 68 – 74 Olympiacos
2013-14 - Top 16 - Fenerbahçe Ülker 78 – 74 Olympiacos
2013-14 - Top 16 - Olympiacos 95 – 82 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2012-13 - Top 16 - Fenerbahçe Ülker 73 – 78 Olympiacos
2012-13 - Top 16 - Olympiacos 82 – 71 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2011-12 – Regular Season - Fenerbahçe Ülker  86 – 70 Olympiacos
2011-12 – Regular Season - Olympiacos 81 – 74 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2010-11 - Top 16 - Fenerbahçe Ülker 65 – 80 Olympiacos
2010-11 - Top 16 Olympiacos 70 – 84 Fenerbahçe Ülker