The club from the French capital made new entries into its record books for points scored, three-pointers, assists and PIR.
Paris shatters multiple club records in win over Hapoel
Paris Basketball showed why it is considered one of the leading contenders for the title as it shattered a number of club offensive records and came close to two all-time EuroCup marks. Paris put on an offensive display in defeating Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 114-87 to remain undefeated in Group A and hand Hapoel its first loss of the season.
“We won through our depth. We played 40 minutes with very good intensity. Everybody who stepped on the floor kept their foot on the gas. This was the biggest improvement,” said Paris coach Tuomas Iisalo.
Paris set new club records with 114 points scored as well as 19 three-pointers made, a performance index rating of 140 as well as committing only 3 turnovers and dishing out 28 assists.
“When we win, the team wins. Every individual player wins,” said Collin Malcolm, who paced five Paris scorers in double figures with a new career high of 23 points.
Malcolm made 4 of Paris’s 19 three-pointers, which were 4 more than its previous best of 15 from last season. The 19 triples were also just one shy of the all-time EuroCup record of 20, held jointly by UNICS Kazan in 2009-10 and ASVEL Villeurbanne in 2017-18.
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Paris nearly evened another EuroCup record as the team committed just 3 turnovers - the final one coming with 36 seconds left in the game. The club’s previous low was 7 turnovers - accomplished twice this season. But the EuroCup record is just 2 turnovers by Zenit St Petersburg in 2015-16 against Nizhny Novgorod in the eighthfinals. It was the eighth time a club committed 3 turnovers in a game.
Paris’s 114 points eclipsed the previous club mark of 106 points earlier this season against London Lions. It was also the fourth time this season that Paris scored at least 105 points in a game.
The club’s 140 PIR against Hapoel also set a new club record - besting the previous high of 136 from Round 1 this season against Wolves Vilnius.
Part of that outstanding PIR was the efficiency on offense thanks to 28 assists - yet another club record. Paris’s previous best was 24 earlier this season against Wolves and it was the fourth time Paris has registered at least 21 assists this season.