Panathinaikoswill be facing Anadolu Efes on Thursday (January 3, 21.45) in THY Euroleague Top16 Game 2. The Greens will be departing tomorrow at 13.40 from the “Eleftherios Venizelos” heading to Istanbul . Absent from the delegation will be Dimitris Diamantidis who is facing an injury in his inner thigh and is undergoing therapy.
History
Panathinaikos and Anadolu Efes, orEfes Pilsen as theteam was known untilrecently, have met up quite a few times in the past. The Greens have first say in the history behind 11 wins through 17 games. Two of these victories were marked at Final Fours.
Panathinaikos – Anadolu Efes (Turkey) 11-6
2010-11 Euroleague 84-61 78-79*
2007-08 Euroleague 64-74* 74-65
2006-07 Euroleague 84-57 79-65*
2005-06 Euroleague 73-76 66-56*
2004-05 Euroleague 102-96 63-75* 84-76
2000-01 Euroleague 74-66 (F4 semis)
1999-00 Euroleague 81-71 (F4 semis)
1998-99 Euroleague 77-63 80-53*
1993-94 Euroleague 67-82 59-68
Numbers
Panathinaikos was top team in turnovers (16.3 p.g.) during the regular season, while Anadolu Efes was top team in steals (8.3 p.g.).
The Greens have top Euroleague stopper on their roster with his 2.3 blocks per game: Stephane Lasme.
The clash is of special value for Roko Leni Ukic, since it will be his 100th in his Euroleague career.
Lasme and James Gist have marked personal Euroleague records facing Anadolu Efes. The prior behind his 14 rebounds collected during the encounter Efes-Partizan (November 23, 2008) and the latter behind his 19 points, tallied during a game, again amongst the two teams (January 29, 2011). Coincidentally the both now Greens have marked their records as Partizan players.
Mike Bramos has made at least one three-pointer over his last six games playing for Panathinaikos in Euroleague. Through the last five games he has been scoring behind 46.1% in three pointers (12-for-26).
Kostas Tsartsaris is only 5 threes away from 100 in his Euroleague stride.
“Relations”
Sofoklis Schortsanitis and Jordan Farmar were teammates in Maccabi Tel Aviv. Roko Leni Ukic and Semih Erden have both competed wearing the Fenerbahce Ulker jersey during the 2009-10 season nailing both Cup and Championship in Turkey that year.
The game might also awake memories for Stephane Lasme, since it was his first Euroleague encounter. It was on October 23, 2008 wearing the Parizan jersey, Lasme leaving the court behind 11 points, 14 rebounds, 3 steals and 4 blocked shots.
