Real Madrid vs Olympiacos Piraeus
· In this heavyweight matchup, Real holds a 15-14 edge in their meetings since the turn of the century. They have 10 wins apiece in their last 20 clashes, including splitting home wins last season.
· Real Madrid downed Olympiacos in the 1995 EuroLeague championship game, 73-61. Arvydas Sabonis was chosen as the 1995 Final Four MVP.
· Olympiacos defeated Real Madrid 100-89 for the 2013 EuroLeague title in London. Vassilis Spanoulis scored 22 points in that game and was named Final Four MVP.
· Real Madrid routed Olympiacos 78-59 in the 2015 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Championship Game in the Spanish capital. Jaycee Carroll led a balanced Madrid attack with 16 points on 4-of-5 three-point shooting and Andres Nocioni was named Final Four MVP.
· Olympiacos and Real Madrid faced each other three times in the EuroLeague Playoffs. Real advanced to the Final Four in 1996 with a 2-1 win in the best-of-three series and Olympiacos ousted Real 3-1 in 2009's best-of-five series. Real eliminated Olympiacos in the 2014 EuroLeague Playoffs 3-2. Rudy Fernandez led Los Blancos with an average of 17.2 points and 5.6 rebounds per game and Sergio Llull starred with 20 points in the decisive fifth game.
· Real’s All-EuroLeague center Walter Tavares, the reigning EuroLeague Best Defender, has a total of 11 blocked shots in four career games against Olympiacos.
· Olympiacos center Nikola Milutinov recorded a career-best 3 blocks against Real Madrid in December of last season.
· Madrid big man Anthony Randolph matched his career-high in blocks with 4 in Real's 73-79 win over Olympiacos in Piraeus in March 2017.
· Sasha Vezenkov pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds playing for FC Barcelona Lassa against Real Madrid in November 2016.
· Jaycee Carroll set his career-high with 4 steals against Olympiacos in December last season.
· In this heavyweight matchup, Real holds a 15-14 edge in their meetings since the turn of the century. They have 10 wins apiece in their last 20 clashes, including splitting home wins last season.
· Real Madrid downed Olympiacos in the 1995 EuroLeague championship game, 73-61. Arvydas Sabonis was chosen as the 1995 Final Four MVP.
· Olympiacos defeated Real Madrid 100-89 for the 2013 EuroLeague title in London. Vassilis Spanoulis scored 22 points in that game and was named Final Four MVP.
· Real Madrid routed Olympiacos 78-59 in the 2015 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Championship Game in the Spanish capital. Jaycee Carroll led a balanced Madrid attack with 16 points on 4-of-5 three-point shooting and Andres Nocioni was named Final Four MVP.
· Olympiacos and Real Madrid faced each other three times in the EuroLeague Playoffs. Real advanced to the Final Four in 1996 with a 2-1 win in the best-of-three series and Olympiacos ousted Real 3-1 in 2009's best-of-five series. Real eliminated Olympiacos in the 2014 EuroLeague Playoffs 3-2. Rudy Fernandez led Los Blancos with an average of 17.2 points and 5.6 rebounds per game and Sergio Llull starred with 20 points in the decisive fifth game.
· Real’s All-EuroLeague center Walter Tavares, the reigning EuroLeague Best Defender, has a total of 11 blocked shots in four career games against Olympiacos.
· Olympiacos center Nikola Milutinov recorded a career-best 3 blocks against Real Madrid in December of last season.
· Madrid big man Anthony Randolph matched his career-high in blocks with 4 in Real's 73-79 win over Olympiacos in Piraeus in March 2017.
· Sasha Vezenkov pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds playing for FC Barcelona Lassa against Real Madrid in November 2016.
· Jaycee Carroll set his career-high with 4 steals against Olympiacos in December last season.
Game Facts - Real Madrid
Roster
Real currently has 16 players registered for its EuroLeague roster, so at least four must sit out every game.
Sergio Llull has missed the last two games with an injury.
The frontline of Anthony Randolph and Walter Tavares has started every game so far this season.
Real signed center Salah Mejri, but he has yet to appear in a game.
Teenage talent Mario Nakic is the only player on the Real roster without any previous EuroLeague experience.
Streaks
Facundo Campazzo has collected at least 1 steal in eight of his last nine games.
Campazzo has posted a performance index rating in double digits in eight straight games.
Campazzo has made at least 1 three-pointer in five straight games.
Sergio Llull has made at least 1 three-pointer in eight of his last nine games.
Walter Tavares has blocked 1 shot in each of his last nine games.
Rudy Fernandez has made at least 1 three-pointer in six straight games.
Trey Thompkins has made 16 consecutive free throws.
Anthony Randolph has made 17 consecutive free throws.
Rankings
Facundo Campazzo ranks third this season with 6.4 assists per game.
Campazzo leads the league in steals this season with 1.7 per game.
Walter Tavares leads the league this season with 2.0 blocks per game; Jordan Mickey is third with 1.2 blocks per game.
Tavares ranks third this season in two-point accuracy at 72.1%.
Records/Milestones
Facundo Campazzo set a club record with 17 assists in Round 12 win over Valencia.
Felipe Reyes is the career leader in games played with 346.
Reyes is the career rebounding king with 1,782 total rebounds and 695 offensive rebounds.
Reyes ranks third all-time with 1,087 defensive rebounds.
Reyes ranks fifth all-time in EuroLeague scoring with 2,998 points.
Reyes ranks fourth all-time with 3,753 index rating points.
Reyes ranks third all-time with 961 two-point shots made.
Reyes ranks second all-time with 959 free throws made.
Sergio Llull ranks sixth all-time with 2,945 points.
Llull ranks seventh all-time with 1,065 assists. Nick Calathes of Panathinaikos OPAP Athens is sixth with 1,111 and counting.
Llull ranks fourth with 445 three-pointers made. Vassilis Spanoulis of Olympiacos Piraeus is third with 469 and counting.
Rudy Fernandez is tied with Gianluca Basile for fifth place all-time with 421 three-pointers made.
Fernandez is in fifth place all-time with 270 steals. Nick Calathes of Panathinaikos OPAP Athens is fourth with 283 and counting.
Walter Tavares is the all-time EuroLeague leader in two-point accuracy at 73.9%. Gabriel Deck ranks 13th at 64.7%.
Tavares ranks first all-time in true shooting percentage at 71.4%.
Carroll ranks eighth all-time in free throw accuracy at 90.6%.
Carroll moved into 10th all-time with 373 three-point shots made. J.R. Holden is ninth with 377 three-pointers.
Game Facts - Olympiacos Piraeus
Roster
Olympiacos has used 11 different starters so far this season. Nikola Milutinov is the only player to have started every game.
Rankings
Nikola Milutinov has posted a PIR in double-figures in 17 of his last 18 games.
Milutinov has at least 6 rebounds in 11 of 12 games this season.
Brandon Paul has made at least 1 three-point shot in 10 consecutive games.
Kostas Papanikolaou has collected at least 1 steal in nine of his last 10 games.
Vassilis Spanoulis has made at least 1 three-pointer in five straight and eight of his last nine games.
Rankings
Nikola Milutinov ranks fourth this season in average PIR with 20.9 per game.
Milutinov leads the league this season with 9.8 rebounds per game. Milutinov ranks first in offensive rebounds with 4.0 per game.
Records/Milestones
Vassilis Spanoulis is the EuroLeague's career leader in assists with 1,462.
Spanoulis is the career leader with 3,908 index rating points.
Spanoulis ranks second all-time with 4,119 points. Juan Carlos Navarro (4,152 points) is the EuroLeague's career scoring leader.
Spanoulis ranks third on the EuroLeague all-time list with 469 three-pointers made. Milos Teodosic is second with 471 career triples.
Spanoulis is tied with Jonas Maciulis for seventh place all-time with 250 steals. Gianluca Basile is sixth with 261 steals.
Spanoulis is the EuroLeague all-time leader with 1,074 free throws made.
Georgios Printezis ranks sixth all-time with 1,260 career rebounds. Mirsad Turkcan is fifth with 1,287.
Printezis ranks fifth on the all-time charts with 915 defensive rebounds. Ante Tomic ranks fourth with 975.
Printezis ranks 13th all-time with 345 offensive rebounds. Former champ Mike Batiste is 12th with 347.
Printezis ranks eighth all-time with 3,225 performance index rating points. His former teammate Ioannis Bourousis is seventh with 3,255.
Printezis ranks second all-time with 1,012 two-pointers made.
Taylor Rochestie ranks 12th all-time in free throw accuracy at 89.4%.