Other team and individual marks were set, while others were close to being broken
Hapoel Tel Aviv broke EuroCup Finals records for most points, most triples
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Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv made history in some style as its Game 2 victory over Dreamland Gran Canaria to clinch the BKT EuroCup title set two major records – the most points scored and most three-pointers made in a Finals game – and a number of other marks were eclipsed or nearly broken.
Hapoel poured on the offensive firepower in sweeping Gran Canaria for its first EuroCup trophy with a 94-103 victory. Those 103 points topped the previous high of 95 points scored by ALBA Berlin against Valencia Basket in Game 2 of the 2019 Finals. Gran Canaria, which had not scored more than 66 points in any of the games against Hapoel this season, also came close to matching the previous record.
Hapoel drained 15 three-pointers on 26 attempts in the victory for a blistering hot 57.7% to break the record of 14 triples made by Valencia in Game 2 against ALBA in the 2019 Finals. The 57.7% was just off the best three-point shooting percentage of 60.0% by Valencia against Krka Novo Mesto in Game 2 of the 2003 Finals.
Antonio Blakeney hit 5 three-pointers en route to 27 points for Hapoel – both stats were just off tying Finals records. Four players have scored 28 points in a Finals game while three players have knocked down 6 triples in a game.
“It was great. This is what we play for – to win titles. This is my first title as a professional. Words cannot explain how happy I am,” said Blakeney.
There was an individual three-point record set as Hapoel’s Yam Madar connected on 4 of 4 from long range and finished with 16 points. It was the most three-pointers made without a miss – the previous best being 2 of 2, which was done three times.
Hapoel big man Johnathan Motley, who took home the Finals MVP award, tied one record and set another from the free-throw line. He beat the mark for most foul shots attempted with 16 – the previous record being 13 by TJ Shorts of Paris Basketball in Game 2 in 2024. And Motley made 12 shots from the charity stripe, evening the record with Bojan Popovic of Dynamo Moscow in 2006.
All told, Hapoel registered a team performance index rating of 114, which was just 2 off the record of Valencia’s 116 against ALBA in Game 3 in 2019.
Hapoel also joined Unicaja Malaga as the second team to win the EuroCup title after being down 1-0 in a best-of-three series. The Israel side won the final two games against Valencia Basket in the semifinals to reach its first Finals.