It took nearly 23 years for a player to deliver 8 blocked shots, which the Olympiacos big man did on Friday night.
Moustapha Fall had a never-seen-before performance in Round 16
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"Moustapha Fall had a dominant game. I consider that he helped us a lot to win the game."
Those were the words of Olympiacos Piraeus head coach Georgios Bartzokas after his team beat LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 73-85 on Friday night.
A historic night for Moustapha Fall
But not only was Moustapha Fall dominant, he produced a stat line no player has ever had before, while also blocking more shots than any other player in almost 23 years.
Fall scored just 2 points in the contest, making 1 of his 2 two-point attempts, but he collected 8 blocks, 7 assists and 7 rebounds.
"I just tried my best to help the team as much as possible," Fall said after the victory, in which he did something no player has done since the inaugural EuroLeague season.
Fall's 8 blocks are now second all-time, only behind the record of 10 which was set by Stojko Vrankovic in February 2001 while playing for PAF Bologna. The only other player who had 8 blocks in a EuroLeague game was Grygorii Khizhniak in a Zalgiris Kaunas jersey in November 2000.
Fall's first 2 blocks came late in the second quarter, and he delivered the other 6 blocked shots after halftime.
He dipped into his playmaking skills, too
In addition to dominating under his own rim, Fall also sparked Olympiacos's offense, not by scoring but rather dishing a team-high and personal-best tying 7 assists.
In doing that, Fall became the first-ever player who had more than 5 blocks and more than 3 assists in the same game. Fall shattered that mark in a big win for Olympiacos, which got the team back to an even 8-8 record.
"Very important win for us to get back on track," Fall added. "We are in a tough period, we have a lot of people coming back from injury, so everybody needs to step up."
And step up he did. Perhaps it will prove to be a catalyst for a spike in Olympiacos's results, too.