Here are some interesting facts about the game between Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and Real Madrid.
Game Notes, Maccabi vs. Madrid
· These two teams will meet one another for the 67th time. Real leads the all-time series 41-25 and holds a 21-12 advantage in games this century after having won the first two games of this best-of-five series.
· In Game 1, Real beat Maccabi 84-74 with Fabien Causeur scoring 20 points. In Game 2 Vincent Poirier earned MVP of the Round honors after collecting a double-double of 16 points plus 10 rebounds for a 31 PIR in a 95-66 win.
· When they met in Round 32 in Tel Aviv, Maccabi finished the game on a 10-0 run to edge Real 75-74 behind season-best 19 points from first-year guard Keenan Evans.
· In Round 13 in Madrid, Real rallied late to edge Maccabi 72-70 on a game-winning basket by Guerschon Yabusele with 3.2 seconds to go.
· Real Madrid beat Maccabi 89-85 in the 1980 championship game in Berlin to win the EuroLeague. Rafa Rullan scored 27 points to lead Madrid to victory. Randy Meister added 21 for Madrid. Earl Williams led Maccabi with 31 points.
· Maccabi defeated Real Madrid 86-98 after overtime in the 2014 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Championship Game in Milan. Tyrese Rice paced Maccabi with 26 points. It was the first overtime game for the continental title since 1969.
· Real Madrid and Maccabi Tel Aviv faced each other in the 2011 EuroLeague semifinals in Barcelona, Spain. Maccabi overwhelmed Madrid 82-63 behind Chuck Eidson and Sofoklis Schortsanitis, who scored 19 and 16 points, respectively.
· Maccabi set its EuroLeague club record with 22 offensive rebounds in a 90-83 win over Madrid in November 2017.
· Earlier this season, Ante Zizic tied his career-best with 3 blocks in a Round 13 loss against Real.
· Maccabi swingman James Nunnally matched his career-best with 8 rebounds in Maccabi's 75-74 win over Real in Round 32.
· Real center Walter Tavares tied his career-best with 8 offensive rebounds in the Round 32 loss against Maccabi in Tel Aviv.
· Tavares had a career-high in 5 blocks against Maccabi in January 2020.
· Sergio Llull shot a career-high 6-for-8 on three-pointers in a win over Maccabi in Game 2 of the 2013 playoffs.
· Real forward Guerschon Yabusele had a career-high 10 rebounds playing for LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne against Maccabi in April 2021.
· Maccabi forward Derrick Williams had a career-high 10 rebounds playing for Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul against Real Madrid in October 2019.