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Game Facts, Championship game, Madrid vs. Efes

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21 May 20224 Mins read

Game Facts, Championship game, Madrid vs. Efes

Here are some interesting facts about the Final Four championship game between Real Madrid and Anadolu Efes Istanbul.

Final Four

Final

game Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs Real Madrid

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

21 May 2022, 17:00

Final Four

21 May 2022, 17:00

Final Four

Real Madrid

RMB

Anadolu Efes Istanbul

EFS

Final Score

Real Madrid

Streaks

Guerschon Yabusele has made at least 1 three-point shot in 10 of his last 11 games.

Yabusele has scored in double figures and had double-digit PIRs in nine of his last 10 games.

Sergio Llull has made at least 1 three-point shot in nine of his last 10 games.

Walter Tavares has at least 1 block in seven of his last eight games.

Rudy Fernandez has made at least 1 three-point shot in six consecutive games.

Gabriel Deck has made at least 1 three-point shot in five of his last six appearances.

Rankings

Walter Tavares is third in the league this season in average PIR with 18.4 per game.

Tavares ranks second in the league in rebounding with 7.6 per game and leads the league in offensive rebounding with 2.9 per game.

Tavares ranks seventh in two-point shooting at 69.8%.

Tavares leads the league in blocks with 1.7 per game.

Tavares ranks fourth in two-point shots made at 4.4 per game.

Vincent Poirier ranks 11th in rebounding with 5.5 per game and fourth in offensive rebounding with 2.5 per game.

Thomas Heurtel ranks seventh in assists with 4.6 per game.

Fabien Causeur ranks fourth in the league in three-point accuracy at 45.6%.

Final Four records/Milestones

Rudy Fernandez is tied for third place on the all-time Final Four charts with 18 steals. CSKA Moscow great J.R. Holden leads the all-time list with 24.

Llull moved into third place all-time in Final Four scoring with 182 points. J.R. Holden is second with 194 and Nikos Galis is the all-time leader with 231.

Llull is tied with Sergio Rodriguez in second place on the all-time Final Four charts with 56 assists. He needs 3 more to catch all-time leader Theo Papaloukas (59).

Llull has made 25 three-pointers in Final Four history, which is fifth-best all-time. Milos Teodosic and Sergio Rodriguez are tied for third with 26. Juan Carlos Navarro leads the rankings with 31 three-pointers.

Llull dished 9 assists against Fenerbahce Istanbul in the 2015 semifinals. That is tied for the fourth-most assists in a Final Four game this century and tied for the seventh-most in a Final Four game ever.

Llull had 8 assists in the 2015 championship game, which is one shy of the championship game record of 9.

Llull scored 28 points in an 84-75 loss against Fenerbahce Istanbul at the 2017 Final Four, which is tied for 10th-most points in a Final Four semifinal.

Records/Milestones

Sergio Llull is in fifth place all-time with 3,504 points scored in his career. Georgios Printezis of Olympiacos Piraeus is fourth with 3,599 and counting.

Llull is ranked seventh all-time with 1,254 assists. Dimitris Diamantidis is sixth with 1,255.

Llull ranks 12th all-time with 625 free throws made. Dimitris Diamantidis 11th with 635.

Llull ranks third all-time with a 2.77-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio, and Rudy Fernandez is 15th at 2.38-to-1.

Rudy Fernandez is in second place all-time with 548 three-point shots made. Llull is third all-time with 547 three-point shots made.

Fernandez ranks fourth all-time with 327 steals. Theo Papaloukas is third with 335.

Walter Tavares is ranked third all-time with 283 blocks. Kyle Hines of AX Armani Exchange Milan is second with 286 and counting.

Tavares is second all-time in two-point accuracy at 69.5%.

Tavares ranks 12th all-time with 417 offensive rebounds. Kerem Gonlum is 11th with 421.

Anthony Randolph needs 1 steal to reach 100 for his EuroLeague career.

Randolph needs 2 rebounds to reach 700 for his career.

Anadolu Efes Istanbul

Streaks

Vasilije Micic has scored 12 or more points in 18 of his last 19 games.

Micic has PIRs of 12 or more in 18 of his last 19 appearances.

Micic has made at least 1 three-point shot in 16 straight games and has made multiple triples in 11 straight.

Shane Larkin has made at least 1 three-point shot in 10 of his last 11 games.

Larkin has scored in double figures in 10 of his last 11 games.

Larkin has posted double-digit PIRs in eight consecutive games.

Larkin has at least 1 steal in five of his last six games.

Rankings

Shane Larkin ranks second in average PIR this season with 18.9 per game and Vasilije Micic is tied for eighth with 17.3 per game.

Vasilije Micic leads the league in scoring with 18.1 per game; Larkin ranks fifth with 14.8 points per game.

Larkin ranks fourth in assists with 5.3 per game and Micic ranks sixth with 4.7 per game.

Larkin ranks eighth in steals with 1.3 per game.

Larkin ranks second in three-point shots made with 2.4 per game and Vasilije Micic is sixth at 2.2.

Larkin ranks fourth in free throw accuracy this season at 91.0%.

Bryant Dunston ranks third in two-point shooting this season at 71.8%.

Dunston ranks fifth in blocks with 1.0 per game.

Final Four records/Milestones

Shane Larkin set a Final Four championship game record with 29 points in a 2019 loss vs. CSKA Moscow.

Larkin set a Final Four championship game record by making 12 free throws without a miss in 2021. He tied the free throws made mark and became the first one to do it without a miss. He also made 11 of 12 free throws in the 2019 championship game.

Larkin scored 30 points in Anadolu Efes Istanbul's 92-73 win over Fenerbahce Istanbul in 2019 semis. It is tied for the eighth-most points scored in a Final Four game and tied for the fifth-most points in a Final Four semifinal game. Larkin is one of only seven different players to score at least 30 points in a Final Four game.

Micic had 9 assists in the semifinals against Olympiacos Piraeus, which is tied for the fourth-most assists in a Final Four game this century,

Records/Milestones

Shane Larkin set the EuroLeague single-game scoring record with 49 points in a victory over FC Bayern Munich in November 2019. In that game, he also tied the competition record with 10 three-pointers made.

Larkin knocked down a EuroLeague-record-tying 10 three-pointers against Olympiacos Piraeus in March 2020 when he scored 40 points, becoming the first player this century to score 40 or more points twice in his career.

Bryant Dunston is the all-time leader in blocked shots with 308.

Tibor Pleiss ranks sixth all-time with 201 blocked shots. Alex Tyus is fifth with 217.

Dunston is ranked 10th all-time with 1,266 rebounds. Mirsad Turkcan is eighth with 1,287.

Dunston ranks fifth all-time with 523 career offensive rebounds. Paulius Jankunas is fourth with 557.

Pleiss ranks 12th all-time with 1,211 career rebounds. James Gist is 11th with 1,213.

Pleiss ranks 13th all-time with 403 offensive rebounds. Water Tavares of Real Madrid is 12th with 417 and counting.

Vasilije Micic ranks 10th all-time with 929 assists. Theo Papaloukas is ninth with 977.

Dogus Balbay needs 1 assist to reach 200 for his career.

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