

In 23 seasons and more than 5,000 games, no Turkish Airlines EuroLeague team has ever passed the ball better than Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv did during its 111-80 win against Virtus Segafredo Bologna on Tuesday.
Maccabi dished 38 assists on the night, 2 more than the previous record of 36, which was set by Real Madrid in a 2015-16 regular-season home win over Strasbourg. Maccabi's previous club record had been 31 assists, a total it set twice in the 2003-04 season.
On Tuesday, it was a true team effort in the passing department, as five Maccabi players distributed at least 4 assists each, marking just the 10th such occurrence in EuroLeague history.
Lorenzo Brown led the charge with 8 assists in under 23 minutes played. Wade Baldwin followed him with 7 in under 19 minutes. Big man Jake Cohen more than doubled his career high with 5 dimes, the same number as Darrun Hilliard. And another center, Josh Nebo, dished a career-high 4 himself.
Maccabi raced to a 62-33 halftime lead buoyed by 20 assists, which matched three other EuroLeague teams for the most in any half to date. Remarkably, Maccabi had just 2 turnovers in that first half and 6 for the game.