Panathinaikos is getting ready for the game against Barcelona (28/3, 21.45) for Euroleague Top16 Round 12.
History
The two teams have met many times in the past in important Euroleague games. Unforgettable is the 1996 final. Panathinaikos won 67-66 and reached its first European Champioship. Another unforgettable series of games took place in 2011. Panathinaikos won the play offs series (1-3), secured a place at the Final Four in Barcelona and got their sixth Euroleague title. In total the two teams have met 29 times and the Catalans count 17 wins.
Numbers
Panathinaikos has used 11 different players in the starting lineup so far this season. No player has started every Euroleague game.
Dimitris Diamantidis leads the Turkish Airlines Euroleague this season with 6.8 assists per game, which is also the best mark of his distinguished career. Stephane Lasme leads the Turkish Airlines Euroleague in fouls committed this season with 3.7 fouls per game.
Lasme is fourth in competition history with 131 career blocked shots and is 1 behind Mirza Begic for third place.
Mike Bramos has made at least 1 three-pointer in eight straight Euroleague games. Against Fenerbahce Ulker he made 7 three point shots tying his personal record for the second time. He has also scored 7 three pointers against Cantu (2012-13) and Laboral Kutxa (2013-14). He made his personal record in points in Euroleague against Fenerbahce Ulker, scoring 23 points.
Ramel Curry has made at least 1 three-pointer in nine of his last 10 Euroleague games. He is shooting 19 for 33 from downtown (57.6%) over that stretch. Curry has made 9 consecutive free throws in Euroleague action.
Relations
Roko Ukic played for FC Barcelona during the 2006-07 season. Juan Carlos Navarro is the only current Barcelona player that remains from that team. Barcelona won the Spanish Copa del Rey that season.
Ukic was a teammate of Barcelona big man Erazem Lorbek at Lottomatica Roma during the 2007-08 season. Ukic has played alongside Barcelona center Ante Tomic over recent summers on the Croatian national team, including this past summer’s EuroBasket 2013.
Nikos Pappas and Vladimir Jankovic were teammates with Kostas Papanikolaou in Greek Youth National teams, celebrating European and world titles and medals. The three celebrated the gold medals in 2008 U18 European Championship and 2009 U20 European Championship, silver medals in U17 2009 World Championship and U20 2010 European Championship. Pappas and Papanikolaou teamed up for the 2007 U18 European Championship too.
