Here are some interesting notes about the duel.
Game Notes: LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul
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· Efes is 6-0 against ASVEL in games this century. Last season Efes recorded an 80-102 win over ASVEL at Astroballe in January.
· Last season in Istanbul, Efes edged ASVEL 72-68 as Vasilije Micic scored 22 and Shane Larkin had 18 points.
· Efes has a 9-0 record on French soil in EuroLeague games this century. That streak includes a pair of 6-point wins against ASVEL: a 67-73 decision in January 2004 and an 84-90 victory in November 2019.
· ASVEL beat Efes in Istanbul to take their quarterfinal series en route to the team's first and only EuroLeague Final Four in 1997.
· Efes beat ASVEL by 2 points in their third and final quarterfinal game on the way to making the first Final Four appearance by any Turkish club in 2000 with Coach Ergin Ataman on the bench.
· Shane Larkin made history in January 2020 as the first player with three consecutive MVP of the Round honors. Larkin shined with 29 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds for a performance index rating of 45 in a 101-74 home win over ASVEL.
· Larkin set a single-game club record with 14 free throws made in an 84-90 road win over ASVEL in November 2019.
· Other Larkin personal-highs against ASVEL include 7 two-point shots made in December 2020 and 6 defensive rebounds in January 2020.
· ASVEL tied its club record with 7 blocks in a 72-68 loss against Efes in December of last year. In that game, Kevarrius Hayes set a new ASVEL club record with 6 blocks.
· ASVEL's Paul Lacombe and Efes sharpshooter Rodrigue Beaubois were teammates at Strasbourg during the 2015-16 season.
· ASVEL's Antoine Diot and Efes center Tibor Pleiss were teammates at Valencia Basket during the 2017-18 season.
· The last time these two teams played, James Anderson posted a career-high 11 rebounds against ASVEL.
· Reigning EuroLeague MVP Vasilije Micic recorded a career-high 5 steals against ASVEL last season.
· The most minutes James Gist played in his 270 EuroLeague appearances was 40:23 when he was wearing a Panathinaikos Athens uniform against Efes in November 2016. In that game, Gist had a career-high 11 rebounds.
· Diot tied his career-high with 7 assists in last year's loss against Efes in Istanbul.
· Efes guard Bugrahan Tuncer posted his career-high with 6 assists in Efes's 101-74 win in January 2020.
