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Anadolu Efes welcomes Panathinaikos AKTOR in Round 5 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague—the top-tier club competition in Europe—on today at 8:30 p.m. local time, at the Basketball Development Center in Istanbul. Efes has split its opening four games (2–2) and enters the week 10th on point differential. Panathinaikos, coached by Ergin Ataman, has started 3–1 and sits 6th on the same measure. Both sides will try to build momentum as the regular season begins to take shape.
This will be the 40th EuroLeague meeting between the clubs since April 2005. Panathinaikos leads the head-to-head 22–17, after taking the most recent encounter 75–67.
With the record tight and recent form solid on both sides, the game is set to hinge on small swings and late-game execution.
The matchup also marks Efes’ 880th game in European competitions overall, where the club holds a 496–383 record. Since joining the modern EuroLeague in 2001–02, Efes has appeared in 631 games and won 339 of them, lifting the trophy twice along the way. The team now steps onto the floor for its 632nd EuroLeague appearance aiming to push that win column up once more.
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