League leader Real (23-6) could clinch homecourt advantage for the playoffs against rock-bottom ALBA, which only has pride at stake.
Game Facts: ALBA vs. Madrid
The reigning champ will be keen to stay on the right track after ending a three-game losing streak by winning at Virtus last week and will look to dominate the frontcourt through Guerschon Yabusele, who top scored with 15 points in that game, alongside Walter Tavares and the league leader in blocker shots, Vincent Poirier. ALBA forward Johannes Thiemann will try to counter them after returning from injury with 11 points and 7 rebounds in last week's narrow loss to Monaco. https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/mario-hezonja/003108/ was the star performer, pouring in 26 points on 10-of-13 field goal shooting, when Real cruised past ALBA, 99-75, earlier in the season.
ALBA Berlin
Streaks
Sterling Brown has made at least 1 three-point shot in each of his 24 EuroLeague games played.
Jonas Mattisseck has made 14 consecutive free throws.
Matt Thomas has made at least 1 three-pointer in nine straight games.
Season rankings
Gabriele Procida ranks third in steals with 1.4 per game.
Sterling Brown ranks eighth in free throw shooting at 91.4%.
ALBA has committed a league-high 15.1 turnovers per game.
ALBA leads the league in steals with 7.3 per game.
ALBA scores a league-low 75.9 points per game.
ALBA has forced the a league-best 13.8 turnovers per game.
Records/Milestones
Khalifa Koumadje ranks fourth all-time in two-point accuracy at 69.3%.
Real Madrid
Streaks
Facundo Campazzo has PIRs of more than 10 in six of his last seven games.
Campazzo has made 13 consecutive free throws.
Mario Hezonja has scored 10 or more points in six of his last seven games.
Hezonja has made at least 1 triple in six of his last seven games.
Walter Tavares has had a double-digit PIR in 10 of his last 11 games.
Dzanan Musa has scored at least 10 points in 13 of his last 14 games.
Musa has double-digit PIRs in 13 of his last 14 games.
Vincent Poirier has blocked at least 1 shot in 10 of his last 11 games.
Poirier has pulled at least 5 rebounds in eight straight games.
Season rankings
Facundo Campazzo ranks second in assists with 6.4 per game.
Vincent Poirier leads the league in blocks with 1.6 per game.
Walter Tavares ranks second in blocks with 1.5 per game.
Tavares ranks sixth in rebounding with 6.6 per game.
Tavares ranks fifth in offensive rebounding with 2.3 per game.
Poirier is tied for eighth in offensive rebounding with 2.1 per game.
Poirier ranks ninth in two-point shooting at 68.5%.
Gabriel Deck ranks 10th in two-point shooting at 68.2%.
Guerschon Yabusele is tied for fifth in three-point shooting at 50.0%.
Mario Hezonja ranks fifth in free throw shooting at 93.3%.
Real leads the league in average team PIR with 106.9 per game.
Real leads the league in scoring with 88.6 points per game.
Real leads the league in assists with 20.7 per game.
Real leads the league in rebounding with 36.3 per game.
Real leads the league in defensive rebounds with 26.7 per game.
Real leads the league in blocks with 3.6 per game.
Real leads the league in free-throw shooting at 82.4%.
Real ranks second in two-point shooting accuracy at 57.9%.
Real ranks third with 10.2 three-pointers made per game.
Real has held opponents to a league-low 50.6% two-point shooting.
Real has held opponents to a league-low 32.9% three-point shooting.
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 407.
Tavares is fifth all-time in two-point accuracy at 68.5%.
Tavares ranks sixth all-time with 1,553 rebounds. Ioannis Bourousis is fifth with 1,603 rebounds.
Tavares is ranked sixth all-time with 587 offensive rebounds. Bryant Dunston of Virtus Segaredo Bologna is fifth with 601 and counting.
Sergio Llull ranks fifth all-time in scoring with 3,897 points. Juan Carlos Navarro is fourth with 4,152.
Sergio Rodriguez ranks sixth all-time with 3,731 points scored. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is sixth with 3,732 and counting.
Rodriguez is second all-time with 1,841 assists. Nick Calathes of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is the all-time leader with 2,030 and counting.
Llull is sixth all-time with 1,373 assists. Milos Teodosic of Crvena Zvezda is fifth with 1,412 and counting.
Llull ranks 11th all-time with 695 free throws made. Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul is 10th with 728 and counting.
Llull ranks third all-time with a 2.7-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Facundo Campazzo ranks 14th all-time with a 2.5-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio, while Rudy Fernandez is 17th with a 2.5-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio, and Rodriguez is 20th with a 2.4-to-1 ratio.
Llull is in second place all-time with 620 three-point shots made. Juan Carlos Navarro is the all-time leader with 623. Rodriguez is third all-time with 600 three-point shots made and Rudy Fernandez is fourth with 590.
Rodriguez is in eighth place all-time with 305 career steals. Pablo Prigioni is seventh with 322.
Fernandez is ranked third all-time with 364 steals. Entering Round 30, Nick Calathes and Dimitris Diamantidis are the career co-leaders with 434 steals apiece.
Fernandez needs 28 rebounds to reach 1,000 for his career.
Fernandez needs 3 free throws made to reach 500 for his career.
Rodriguez is in 10th place all-time with 4,040 index rating points. Paulius Jankunas is ninth all-time with 4,067 index rating points.
Dzanan Musa made 178 free throws during the 2022-23 season to set a single-season EuroLeague record.
The next time Sergio Llull steps on the court, he will make his 400th EuroLeague appearance, which is second all-time behind only Kyle Hines.