By Stefan Djordjevic/ info@eurohoops.net
Facundo Campazzo has been showing off his ‘magic’ throughout the whole season and he didn’t shy away from the challenge at the 2019 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four neither.
The 28-year-old Argentian guard dished 15 assists in the third-place game against Fenerbahce Beko to set the single Final Four game record in front of Elmer Bennett who had 13 against AEK Athens back in 2001.
RECORDS FINAL FOUR – SINGLE GAME – MOST TOTAL ASSISTS | |||||||
Rank | Player | Team | Assists | Final Four | Date | Season | vs. |
1 | CAMPAZZO, FACUNDO | Real Madrid | 15 | Vitoria-Gasteiz | 19 May. 2019 | 2018-19 | Fenerbahce Beko |
2 | BENNETT, ELMER | Tau Ceramica | 13 | Athens 2001 * | 04 Apr. 2001 | 2000-01 | AEK Athens |
3 | MCINTYRE, TERRELL | Montepaschi Siena | 12 | Madrid 2008 | 04 May. 2008 | 2007-08 | Tau Ceramica |
3 | MULAOMEROVIC, DAMIR | Efes Pilsen Istanbul | 12 | Paris 2001 | 13 May. 2001 | 2000-01 | CSKA Moscow |
4 | PRIGIONI, PABLO | Tau Ceramica | 11 | Madrid 2008 | 04 May. 2008 | 2007-08 | Montepaschi Siena |
5 | KUKOC, TONI | Benetton Treviso | 10 | Athens 1993 | 13 Apr. 1993 | 1992-93 | PAOK |
6 | RODRIGUEZ, SERGIO | Real Madrid | 9 | London 2013 | 10 May. 2013 | 2012-13 | FC Barcelona Regal |
6 | DIAMANTIDIS, DIMITRIS | Panathinaikos Athens | 9 | Barcelona 2011 | 08 May. 2011 | 2010-11 | Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv |
6 | DIAMANTIDIS, DIMITRIS | Panathinaikos Athens | 9 | Barcelona 2011 | 06 May. 2011 | 2010-11 | Montepaschi Siena |
6 | PARGO, JEREMY | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 9 | Barcelona 2011 | 08 May. 2011 | 2010-11 | Panathinaikos Athens |
Not only that but Campazzo has also dished six assists in the semifinal vs. CSKA Moscow for a total of 21 assists which write out another record for most assists in a single Final Four. The previous record was held by Dimitris Diamantidis who logged a total of 18 assists back in 2011 against Montepaschi Siena and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
RECORDS FINAL FOUR – SINGLE FINAL FOUR ACCUMULATED | ||||||
Rank | Player | Team | Assists | Final Four | Season | vs. |
1 | CAMPAZZO, FACUNDO | Real Madrid | 21 | Vitoria-Gasteiz | 2018-19 | CSKA Moscow and Fenerbahce Beko |
2 | DIAMANTIDIS, DIMITRIS | Panathinaikos Athens | 18 | Barcelona 2011 | 2010-11 | Montepaschi Siena and Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv |
3 | MCINTYRE, TERRELL | Montepaschi Siena | 17 | Madrid 2008 | 2007-08 | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv and Tau Ceramica |
3 | KARASEV, VASSILI | CSKA Moscow | 17 | Paris 1996 | 1995-96 | Panathinaikos Athens and Real Madrid Teka |
4 | PARGO, JEREMY | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 16 | Barcelona 2011 | 2010-11 | Real Madrid and Panathinaikos Athens |
5 | SPANOULIS, VASSILIS | Olympiacos Piraeus | 14 | Istanbul 2017 | 2016-17 | CSKA Moscow and Fenerbahce Istanbul |
5 | PRIGIONI, PABLO | Tau Ceramica | 14 | Madrid 2008 | 1993-94 | CSKA Moscow and Montepaschi Siena |
5 | MULAOMEROVIC, DAMIR | Efes Pilsen Istanbul | 14 | Paris 2001 | 2000-01 | Panathinaikos Athens and CSKA Moscow |
His teammate Sergio Llull also had a chance to set a record and he has gotten three steps closer to it. Llull has played 14 Final Four games so far and dished a total of 53 assists which now puts him six assists behind the first-placed Theodoros Papaloukas who logged 59 assists over 18 games.
RECORDS FINAL FOUR – ACCUMULATED | |||
Rank | Player | Team | Assists |
1 | PAPALOUKAS, THEODOROS | Olympiacos Piraeus, CSKA Moscow | 59 |
2 | LLULL, SERGIO | Real Madrid | 53 |
3 | RODRIGUEZ, SERGIO | Real Madrid | 48 |
4 | DIAMANTIDIS, DIMITRIS | Panathinaikos Athens | 46 |
4 | JASIKEVICIUS, SARUNAS | FC Barcelona, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Panathinaikos Athens | 46 |
4 | TEODOSIC, MILOS | CSKA Moscow | 46 |
8 | HOLDEN, JR | CSKA Moscow | 45 |
8 | KHRYAPA, VICTOR | CSKA Moscow | 45 |
9 | SPANOULIS, VASSILIS | Olympiacos Piraeus | 39 |
10 | PRIGIONI, PABLO | Baskonia, Real Madrid | 37 |