By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Real Madrid will face Olympiacos (19.00 CET) in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Finals and no matter what, history will be made.
And this includes the numbers of the Final, which will include a chance for some impressive records to be created or broken by the stars of the two finalists, while earlier Monaco and Barcelona will face each other for the 3rd place game (16.00 CET).
Sasha Vezenkov leading and Sloukas making history
The season MVP Sasha Vezenkov will start the final leading the league this season in average index rating with 21.2 per game and also in scoring (17.3 per game) and defensive rebounding (5.3 per game).
Thomas Walkup leads the league this season in steals with 1.8 per game, while he is fourth this season in assists with 5.6 per game and Kostas Sloukas ranks third with 5.7.
Meanwhile, Walkup enters the championship game having recorded 73 steals this season, which is a
single-season record.
However, Sloukas‘ records are even more impressive. He is ranked sixth all-time with 4,033 index rating points. Paulius Jankunas is fifth with 4,067.
Sloukas also ranks fourth in Final Fours since 2002 in assists with 58. Theo Papaloukas is third with 59 assists, and Sergio Rodriguez of Real Madrid is second with 61 countings.
On top of that Sloukas and Sergio Llull are tied for seventh in Final Fours since 2002 in accumulated performance index rating with 162 each. Nando De Colo is sixth with 163 and David Andersen is fifth with 168.
Sloukas is tied with Ramunas Siskauskas for third place in Final Fours since 2002 with 46 free throws made each. Trajan Langdon is second with 47 free throws made and Nando De Colo is the leader with 59.
Sloukas ranks eighth in Final Fours since 2002, scoring so far 157 points. Theo Papaloukas is seventh with 164 points.
Real Madrid stars lead the way in the record books
However, the scoring leader in Final Fours since 2002 is Real Madrid’s Sergio Llull with 196 points.
Sergio Rodriguez is fourth in Final Fours since 2002 in scoring with 175 points, just four points away from Nando De Colo (179).
Llull is tied with Kostas Sloukas for seventh place in Final Fours since 2002 with an accumulated performance index rating of 162. De Colo is sixth with 163 and David Andersen is fifth with 168.
Sergio Rodriguez ranks ninth in Final Fours since 2002 with an accumulated performance index rating of 158.
Sergio Llull is the leader in Final Fours since 2002 in assists with 67 and Rodriguez is second with 61.
Rodriguez is in third place in Final Fours since 2002 with 28 three-point shots made and Llull is fourth with 27. Juan Carlos Navarro and J.R. Holden are tied for the all-time lead with 30 triples made apiece.
Lull ranks seventh in Final Fours since 2002 with 37 two-point shots made. J.R. Holden is sixth with 39.
Fernandez is in second place in Final Fours since 2002 with 23 steals. J.R. Holden is first with 24 steals.
Walter Tavares is tied with Kyle Hines for first place in Final Fours since 2002 with 16 blocks.
Walter Tavares enters the championship game having blocked 88 shots this season, which is a single-season record, being also the competition’s all-time leader with 372 blocks.
And last but not least, Dzanan Musa enters the championship game having made 178 free throws this season, which is a single-season record.