The EuroLeague veteran made 6 of 6 from deep to make club history
Fabien Causeur turned back the clock as Milan stayed red hot
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Round 13 of 34
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Despite being one of the elder statesmen in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, there was no way for the Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade players to stop the 37-year-old Fabien Causeur in Round 13. Particularly when it came to pulling up for three-point shots.
Causeur made history in EA7 Emporio Armani Milan’s 101-86 triumph over the Serbian side on Wednesday night by going 6 for 6 on triples – a club record for most threes made without a single miss.
“I made the first two so my confidence went on the top,” Causeur told EuroLeague TV after the game. “I got my flow during the game, found open shots from my teammates. I think Nico Mannion found me 2-3 times. I’m here for that. I want to make them.”
The Milan guard turned back the clock and ended the game with a season-high 20 points in just over 24 minutes on the court. Having made at least one three-point shot in seven of his last eight games, the two-time Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champion now needs just 9 points to reach 2,500 for his illustrious career.
More importantly, though, he inspired Milan to its fourth win in a row, bouncing back after a slow start to the 2024-25 campaign.
“We have a young team,” Causeur added. “We had a rough start [to] this season. We were 1-5, playing bad. We needed time. There were eight new players in the team. So, it takes time. And the EuroLeague is very hard, it’s a very tough schedule. Game after game after game… Now we start to play better, we have good confidence. We have to keep growing like this but stay humble at the same time.”
Assisted by Nikola Mirotic, who netted a game-high 23 points marking the seventh time this season that he has scored over 20 points, as well as Mannion, who chipped in with a career-high 20 points, Causeur helped Milan keep its momentum going.
The Italian side is now scheduled to host LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne on Friday as it looks to extend its winning streak to five games. Winning runs may well lead to complacency, but in Causeur, Milan has a EuroLeague veteran who will ensure that his team can thrive through humility.