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Game Notes, Semifinal, Barcelona vs. Madrid

Game Notes, Semifinal, Barcelona vs. Madrid

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17 May 20224 Mins read

Game Notes, Semifinal, Barcelona vs. Madrid

Here are some interesting notes about the Final Four semifinal game between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.

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· The semifinals clash at the 2022 Final Four is the 31st Clasico in the EuroLeague this century. Barcelona leads Real 16-14 and has won their last four EuroLeague matches.

· Barcelona and Real have met six times already this season. After Real bested Barcelona in the preseason Spanish SuperCup, Barcelona defeated Real five straight times: twice in the EuroLeague, twice in the Spanish League and once in the Spanish Cup final.

· In Round 26 in Madrid, Barcelona raced to a 68-86 win behind 20 points on 5-for-5 three-point shooting from Nicolas Laprovittola.

· In Round 14, Barcelona beat Real 93-80 behind an outstanding game from Nikola Mirotic who scored a career-high 31 points, tied a club record with 14 made free throws, grabbed 10 rebounds and had a career-high PIR of 39 in earning MVP of the Round honors.

· Barcelona and Real have met in the EuroLeague Final Four Semifinals on three occasions. The first was in 1996 when Barcelona won 76-66 in Paris behind 24 points from Arturas Karnisovas. Real was victorious 67-74 in London in 2013 thanks to 17 points from Felipe Reyes. The following season, Real routed Barcelona 62-100 in Milan, where Sergio Rodriguez starred with 21 points.

· Real Madrid grabbed a club record 24 offensive rebounds against Barcelona in March 2005, a mark it has matched twice since.

· Barcelona matched its club record with 9 blocks against Real Madrid in April 2006.

· In addition to Mirotic this season, Juan Carlos Navarro also made a club record 14 free throws against Real Madrid, in March 2005.

· Barcelona's single-game record for steals is 6; Pepe Sanchez tied it against Real Madrid in January 2008.

· Real's single-game record for two-pointers made by a player is 11, which Ante Tomic set against FC Barcelona in March 2010.

· Mirotic spent five seasons with Real Madrid; he was a two-time EuroLeague Rising Star Trophy winner (2011 and 2012) and a two-time All-EuroLeague selection (2013 and 2014). He helped Real reach the championship game in both 2013 and 2014. Mirotic played under Coach Pablo Laso and was a teammate of current Real players Rudy Fernandez and Sergio Llull.

· Real forward Adam Hanga spent the last four seasons with Barcelona; he helped the team win one domestic league title and three Spanish Cups.

· Real playmaker Thomas Heurtel spent more than three seasons with Barcelona, joining the team ahead of the 2017-18 season and splitting with the team halfway through last season.

· Barcelona playmaker Nicolas Laprovittola arrived this summer from Real Madrid where he spent the last two seasons.

· Real's Gabriel Deck and Laprovittola have been teammates on the Argentine national team.

· Real Madrid center Walter Tavares and Barcelona sharpshooter Kyle Kuric were teammates at Herbalife Gran Canaria during the 2014-15 season. Together they reached the EuroCup Finals.

· Kuric set a career-high with 4 steals in an 86-76 victory for Real in November 2019.

· Barcelona point guard Nick Calathes dished 16 assists to break the EuroLeague Playoffs record playing for Panathinaikos OPAP Athens against Real in Game 1 of the 2018 playoffs.

· Barcelona forward Sergi Martinez grabbed a career-high 9 rebounds in a win against Real in October 2020.

· Real swingman Rudy Fernandez posted his career-high in index rating with 38 for Real Madrid against FC Barcelona in February 2015. It earned him the last of his seven MVP of the Round honors.

· Real guard Sergio Llull posted his career-best performance index rating of 32 in an 85-69 win against Barcelona in March 2017. He earned MVP of Round 27 honors for that performance.

· Real big man Anthony Randolph matched his career-best with 28 points playing for Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar against Barcelona in Game 4 of the 2016 EuroLeague Playoffs. Randolph accumulated a performance index rating of 28 in that game and earned MVP of the Round honors.

· Real Madrid big man Trey Thompkins set a career-high with 4 steals in an 87-75 victory over Barcelona in December 2017.

· Nicolas Laprovittola posted his career-high with 7 rebounds in Round 26 win against Real earlier this season.

· Barcelona center Brandon Davies blocked a career-high 4 shots in a home win against Real in October 2020.

· Davies posted his career-high in scoring with 27 points playing for Zalgiris Kaunas against Real in April 2019.

· Barcelona center Sertac Sanli tied his career-high with 8 rebounds playing for Anadolu Efes Istanbul in Game 1 of the playoffs against Real Madrid last season.

· Barcelona big man Nigel Hayes-Davis collected a career-high 3 steals for Zalgiris Kaunas against Real in February 2021.