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2023-24
Game Facts: Madrid vs. Efes

Game Facts: Madrid vs. Efes

2023-24

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Reigning champ Real (16-2) will look to quickly banish the memory of Wednesday's Clásico loss by handing more misery to Efes (7-11), which has lost five in a row despite the superb form of Shane Larkin, who most recently scored 20 points in Wednesday's loss at Valencia.

Regular Season

Round 19 of 34

game Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs Real Madrid

Regular Season

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Overview

However, Larkin was restricted to his worst game of the season – he had just 5 points – when Real romped to an 80-103 victory at Istanbul in Round 2. Guerschon Yabusele paced the Spanish team that night with 22 points and 8 rebounds, and he is poised to return from injury for the first time since Round 9 to further strengthen coach Chus Mateo’s options.

Real Madrid

Streaks

Facundo Campazzo has had at least 1 steal in eight of his last nine games.

Campazzo has had PIRs of 10 or more in 12 of his last 13 games.

Guerschon Yabusele has made at least 1 three-pointer in 11 straight games.

Yabusele has made 15 consecutive free throws.

Mario Hezonja has made multiple three-pointers in eight of his last nine games.

Hezonja has scored 12 or more points in eight of his last nine games.

Walter Tavares has pulled down 5 or more rebounds in 13 of his last 14 games.

Season rankings

Facundo Campazzo leads the league in assists with 7.1 per game.

Walter Tavares leads the league in blocks with 1.5 per game.

Vincent Poirier ranks second in blocks with 1.4 per game.

Mario Hezonja ranks fourth in free-throw shooting at 92.0%.

Real leads the league in team PIR with 106.5 per game.

Real leads the league in scoring with 86.9 points per game.

Real leads the league in assists with 21.5 per game.

Real leads the league in defensive rebounds with 26.9 per game.

Real leads the league in blocks with 3.5 per game.

Real is second best in two-point shooting accuracy at 59.3%.

Real is fourth best in three-point shooting accuracy at 37.9%.

Real ranks second in free-throw shooting at 80.6%.

Real has held opponents to a league-low 73.1 index rating.

Real has held opponents to a league-low 14.6 assists.

Real has held opponents to a league-low 48.9% on two-point shooting.

Real has held opponents to a league-low 30.5% on three-point shooting.

Real has held opponents to a second-lowest 75.0 points.

Real has allowed a league-high 12.5 offensive rebounds per game.

Records/Milestones

Walter Tavares blocked 88 shots last season to set the all-time single-season record.

Tavares is the competition's all-time leader in blocks with 397. With 3 more blocks he will become the first ever player to get to 400 blocks.

Tavares is fourth all-time in two-point accuracy at 68.6%.

Tavares is ranked sixth all-time with 570 offensive rebounds. Jan Vesely is fourth with 588 and counting.

Sergio Llull ranks fifth all-time in scoring with 3,839 points. Juan Carlos Navarro is fourth with 4,152. Sergio Rodriguez ranks sixth all-time with 3,690 points scored.

Rodriguez is second all-time with 1,809 assists. Nick Calathes of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is the all-time leader with 1,963 and counting.

Llull is sixth all-time with 1,359 assists. Milos Teodosic of Zvezda is fifth with 1,386 and counting.

Llull ranks 12th all-time with 686 free throws made. Marcus Brown is 10th with 690.

Llull ranks third all-time with a 2.7-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.

Facundo Campazzo ranks 10th all-time with a 2.5-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio, while Rudy Fernandez is 18th with a 2.4-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Llull is in second place all-time with 609 three-point shots made; Rodriguez is third with 591 and Rudy Fernandez is fourth with 583. Juan Carlos Navarro is the all-time leader with 623.

Fernandez is ranked third all-time with 357 steals. Nick Calathes of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is second with 422 and counting.

Fernandez needs 1 point to reach 3,000 for his career.

Fernandez needs 32 rebounds to reach 1,000 for his career.

Fernandez needs 4 free throws made to reach 500 for his career.

Rodriguez is in eighth place all-time with 302 career steals. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is seventh with 321 and counting.

Rodriguez is eighth all-time with 4,011 index rating points. Paulius Jankunas is seventh with 4,067.

Facundo Campazzo tied the EuroLeague record of 19 assists while playing for Real Madrid against ALBA Berlin in February 2020. Stefan Jovic previously set this record while playing for Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade against FC Bayern Munich on November 12, 2015.

Dzanan Musa made 178 free throws during the 2022-23 season to set a single-season EuroLeague record.

Mario Hezonja needs 1 three-point shot made to reach 200 for his career.

Vincent Poirier needs 6 blocks to reach 150 for his career.

Anadolu Efes Istanbul

Streaks

Shane Larkin has made at least 1 three-pointer in 23 straight and 33 of his last 34 games.

Larkin has scored 10 or more points in 13 straight games.

Larkin has PIRs of 10 or more in 12 straight games.

Larkin has made at least 1 steal in eight of his last nine games.

Larkin has dished at least 5 assists in his last five games.

Rodrigue Beaubois has made at least 1 three-point shot in eight of his last nine games.

Will Clyburn has scored in double figures and had PIRs of 10 or more in five of his last six games.

Derek Willis has made at least 1 three-point shot in nine of his last 10 games.

Tyrique Jones has racked up a PIR of at least 10 in eight of his last nine games.

Mike Daum has made at least 1 three-pointer in five of his last six games.

Daum has made all 8 free throws in his EuroLeague career.

Season rankings

Shane Larkin ranks second in average index rating with 21.2 per game.

Larkin ranks second in scoring with 18.2 per game.

Larkin ranks fifth in steals with 1.4 per game.

Larkin ranks seventh in assists with 5.4 per game.

Efes has committed the second-fewest turnovers, 11.1 per game.

Efes has the third-highest two-point accuracy at 55.8%.

Efes shoots a league-low 33.4% from three-point range.

Efes allows a league-high 41.5% from three-point range.

Records/Milestones

Shane Larkin set the EuroLeague single-game scoring record with 49 points in a victory over FC Bayern Munich in November 2019. In that game, he also tied the competition record with 10 three-pointers made.

Larkin knocked down a EuroLeague record-tying 10 three-pointers against Olympiacos Piraeus in March 2020 when he scored 40 points, becoming the first player this century to score 40 or more points twice in his career.

Tibor Pleiss ranks sixth all-time with 217 blocked shots. Alex Tyus is fifth with 238.

Pleiss ranks 12th all-time with 1,328 career rebounds. Bryant Dunston of Virtus Segafredo Bologna is 11th with 1,414 and counting.

Pleiss ranks 11th all-time with 447 offensive rebounds. James Gist is 10th with 452.

Shane Larkin ranks ninth all-time with 466 three-point shots made. Mike James of AS Monaco is eighth with 499 and counting.

Larkin is tied with Nick Calathes in 14th place all-time in scoring with 3,056 points. Paulius Jankunas is 13th with 3,241 career points.

Rodrigue Beaubois is 14th all-time with 433 three-pointers made. Jaycee Carroll is 13th with 437.

Beaubois needs 13 assists to reach 500 for his career.

Tibor Pleiss needs 2 steals to reach 100 for his career.

Game Videos

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Kai Jones throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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Facu finds Okeke! Motorola Magic Moment
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Tavares stops Norris! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kai Jones throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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Dessert's poster dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kai Jones's alley-oop slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kai Jones's huge block! Motorola Magic Moment
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Saben Lee skies for the hammer! Motorola Magic Moment
00:23
Watch out below for Kai Jones! Motorola Magic Moment
00:22
What a pass by Dozier for Jones’ dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Another nifty assist from Campazzo! Motorola Magic Moment
00:19
Mario Hezonja's alley-oop dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kai Jones does it on both ends! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kai Jones with a monster alley-oop slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kai Jones rejects Chima Moneke with force! Motorola Magic Moment
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00:20
Chasedown block by Roddy Beaubois! Motorola Magic Moment
00:26
Nick Weiler-Babb sends it to OT! Motorola Magic Moment
00:21
Weiler-Babb and Poirier connect on alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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00:10
Great dunk from Birutis! Motorola Magic Moment
00:12
Wright with a big dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
00:12
Wright bends the iron! Motorola Magic Moment
00:21
Kai Jones swats it with authority! Motorola Magic Moment
00:09
Weiler-Babb and Poirier alley-oop connection! Motorola Magic Moment
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00:10
Tavares beats the halftime buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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Poirier puts Birutis on a poster! Motorola Magic Moment