FENERBAHCE DOGUS ISTANBUL (TURKEY)

Founded in 1913
Team colors: yellow, navy blue
Honors: Turkish National League (1991, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017), Turkish National Cup (1967, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016), Turkish President Cup (1990, 1991, 1994, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017), EuroLeague (2017)
Arena: Ulker Sports Arena (capacity – 13059)
President: Aziz Yıldırım
Official website: www.fenerbahce.org

Where to watch

LIVE: Match! Nash Sport (20:40); Match TV (replay — 01:25), Match! Igra (replay — 00:30, November 25 at 15:10, 04:40), EuroLeague TV, Sportbox.ru
Text online: EuroLeague website

GAME NOTES

BC Khimki set a club record in the EuroLeague with 30 assists against Fenerbahce in March of 2013.

Fenerbahce guard Kostas Sloukas played under Coach Georgios Bartokas for two seasons at Olympiacos Piraeus. In the first of those two seasons they won the 2013 EuroLeague crown.

Brad Wanamaker of Fenerbahce and James Anderson of BC Khimki were teammates at Darussafaka Istanbul last season.

Fenerbahce’s Marko Guduric and BC Khimki’s Charles Jenkins were teammates at Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade last season.

Sergey Monya posted his career high in assists with 6 in Khimki's 99-76 won over Fenerbahce in March of 2013.

Brad Wanamaker posted his career high in index rating with 34 playing for Brose Bamberg against Khimki in March of 2016.

PRE-GAME QUOTES

Georgios Bartzokas, BC Khimki head coach:

“The situation is really complicated for us, first of all, because we don’t know how many players we will have this game. We have a lot of injures; Robinson is a questionable mark if he could play; Gill and Honeycutt are not going to play. At the same time, Zubkov left for national team. This situation hurt us a lot because in the position four we had only Monia and Zubkov, and now even Zubkov left. We have a lot of problems just to prepare the game and can’t make a normal practice without having not even a second position four man. We have to prepare for a tough game not in a normal situation, this is one issue. At the same time, we need to play against a very strong team. Right now, they are in a good situation, both mentally and physically, because they beat CSKA on the road. It’s always difficult to play in Istanbul against them. Fenerbahce has a very deep roster as we are talking about EuroLeague defending champions. It’s going to be interesting how we’ll play as we need to play as a team. Otherwise, we don’t have any luck”.

Thomas Robinson, BC Khimki center:

“After losing two games in a row we’ve got a chip on our shoulders right now. I think, it’s a perfect time to go there and face these guys proving we are competitive too. Definitely, it will be a hard-fought game. We respect their program but don’t fear anyone”.