By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
In total, the two behemoths of European basketball have played against each other 54 times! From the 1967-68 season to this day, Real and Maccabi have created the most classic pair with the most clashes between them than any other, with the Whites being ahead with 32-22 wins
But they’ve faced each other in a final only twice, and here there is an oxymoron, if you will.
One time Real won 89-85, but we have to turn the clock back to 1980, when they clashed in Berlin (Rullan 27 – Earl Williams 31).
The other time was in the modern era of the EuroLeague and, specifically, in the final in Milan, when Maccabi won 98-86 in overtime in the Final Four that opened up the way for a rich (in terms of money) career for Tyrese Rice (26 points then), even though he never repeated those performances.