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Roster Antoine Diot did not play in Round 2. James Gist made his ASVEL debut in Round 2.
Streaks Chris Jones has recorded double-digit PIRs in six of his last seven games.
Rankings Antoine Diot ranked second last season in three-point accuracy at 52.5%, and William Howard was tied for third with 51.5%.
Records/Milestones James Gist is ranked 11th all-time with 1,145 rebounds. Bryant Dunston is 10th with 1,150 and counting. Gist ranks 11th all-time with 420 offensive rebounds. Kerem Gonlum is 10th with 421. Gist is ranked 13th all-time with 152 career blocked shots. Ante Tomic is 12th with 155. Antoine Diot needs 14 three-point shots to reach 100 for his career.Roster Antoine Diot did not play in Round 2. James Gist made his ASVEL debut in Round 2.
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Roster Krunoslav Simon did not play in Round 2. Chris Singleton has never sat out of a EuroLeague game and his next appearance will be his 205th consecutive game played, which is the longest active streak and the second-longest in the EuroLeague all-time. Only Nikos Zisis played in more consecutive games in EuroLeague history, 209.
Streaks Shane Larkin has made at least 1 three-point shot in eight of his last nine games. Larkin has scored in double figures in eight of his last nine games. Vasilije Micic has made at least 1 three-pointer in 10 of his last 11 games. Rodrigue Beaubois has made at least one three-point shot in 21 of his last 22 appearances.
Rankings Vasilije Micic ranked fourth last season in scoring with 16.7 points per game. Micic ranked eighth last season in average PIR with 17.5 per game, and Shane Larkin was ninth with 17.0 per game. Shane Larkin ranked fifth in the EuroLeague last season with 2.5 three-point shots made per game.
Records/Milestones Shane Larkin set the EuroLeague all-time 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 triples 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 274. Dunston is in 10th place all-time with 1,150 rebounds. Former Efes great Kerem Gonlum is ninth with 1,189. Dunston ranks seventh all-time with 469 career offensive rebounds. Jan Vesely of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is sixth with 481 and counting. Tibor Pleiss ranks seventh all-time with 182 blocked shots. Ioannis Bourousis is sixth with 194. Chris Singleton is tied with Ekpe Udoh for 19th place all-time with 129 blocked shots. Aleksey Savrasenko is in 18th place with 130. Singleton is 23rd all-time with 967 career rebounds. Dimitris Nicolo Melli of AX Armani Exchange Milan is 20th with 983 and counting. Dogus Balbay needs 2 assists to reach 200 for his career. Anderson needs 4 two-point shots to reach 300 for his career. Adrien Moerman needs 1 three-point shot made to reach 200 for his career.