After undergoing an appendectomy in early April, Vincent Poirier would only play one more EuroLeague game the rest of the season. However, his dominance in the paint until that point was a key reason Real Madrid earned home-court advantage in the playoffs and his presence off the floor helped the team cross the finish line as champions.
When he was on the floor, few players in the league were better than Poirier. He ranked third in the league in blocked shots and seventh in rebounding on a per-minute basis with averages of 10.9 boards and 2.6 blocks prorated over 40 minutes. Poirier ranked fifth among players with less than 10 starts (he started only once all season) in per-minute PIR and 24th in the entire league with 22.4 over 40 minutes. On five occasions, Poirier was called on to play more than 20 minutes. In those games, he averaged 14.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks and Real went 4-1.