Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Real Madrid
· In this heavyweight matchup, Real holds an 18-14 edge in their meetings since the turn of the century, and has won the last four games.
· Last season in Piraeus, Real used overtime to down Olympiacos 82-86. In their meeting in the Spanish capital in April, Real won 72-63 with Walter Tavares collecting 15 points, 8 rebounds, a career-best 4 steals and 2 blocks.
· 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 have 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 single-game club record in scoring is 33 points, which Luka Doncic set against Olympiacos on December 8, 2017.
· Olympiacos center Mousstapha Fall and Real's Guerschon Yabusele and Thomas Heurtel were teammates at LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne last season.
· Fall was a teammate of Real's Thomas Heurtel, Vincent Poirier and Yabusele on the French national team this past summer. Together they won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
· Fall set his career-high with 11 rebounds playing for LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne against Real in March of last season.
· Olympiacos guard Thomas Walkup set his career-high in PIR with 29 and tied a career-best with 7 rebounds playing for Zalgiris Kaunas against Real in November of last season.
· Walkup tied his career-best with 19 points playing for Zalgiris against Real in January 2020.
· Olympiacos guard Tyler Dorsey had a career game playing for Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv against Real last season, posting career-highs in points (30) and PIR (36).
· Real’s All-EuroLeague center Walter Tavares had a career-high 5 blocks against Olympiacos in December 2020.
· Real 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.
· Last season in Piraeus, Olympiacos center Hassan Martin posted his career-high with 18 points in an overtime loss against Real.
· In this heavyweight matchup, Real holds an 18-14 edge in their meetings since the turn of the century, and has won the last four games.
· Last season in Piraeus, Real used overtime to down Olympiacos 82-86. In their meeting in the Spanish capital in April, Real won 72-63 with Walter Tavares collecting 15 points, 8 rebounds, a career-best 4 steals and 2 blocks.
· 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 have 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 single-game club record in scoring is 33 points, which Luka Doncic set against Olympiacos on December 8, 2017.
· Olympiacos center Mousstapha Fall and Real's Guerschon Yabusele and Thomas Heurtel were teammates at LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne last season.
· Fall was a teammate of Real's Thomas Heurtel, Vincent Poirier and Yabusele on the French national team this past summer. Together they won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
· Fall set his career-high with 11 rebounds playing for LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne against Real in March of last season.
· Olympiacos guard Thomas Walkup set his career-high in PIR with 29 and tied a career-best with 7 rebounds playing for Zalgiris Kaunas against Real in November of last season.
· Walkup tied his career-best with 19 points playing for Zalgiris against Real in January 2020.
· Olympiacos guard Tyler Dorsey had a career game playing for Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv against Real last season, posting career-highs in points (30) and PIR (36).
· Real’s All-EuroLeague center Walter Tavares had a career-high 5 blocks against Olympiacos in December 2020.
· Real 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.
· Last season in Piraeus, Olympiacos center Hassan Martin posted his career-high with 18 points in an overtime loss against Real.
Game Facts - Olympiacos Piraeus
Streaks
Thomas Walkup has made at least 1 three-pointer in six of his last seven games.
Tyler Dorsey has made at least 1 three-pointer in 11 straight and 14 of his last 15 games.
Kostas Papanikolaou has made at least 1 three-point shot in 11 of his last 12 games.
Sasha Vezenkov has made at least 1 triple in 12 of his last 13 games.
Vezenkov has recorded a PIR of 16 or more in 12 of his last 13 games.
Shaquielle McKissic has recorded at least 1 steal in 11 of his last 12 games.
Rankings
Kostas Sloukas ranked fifth last season with 6.0 assists per game.
Shaquielle McKissic ranked third last season with 1.5 steals per game.
Hassan Martin ranked second in the EuroLeague last season in two-point accuracy with 72.0%, and Moustapha Fall ranked fifth with 70.1%.
Records/Milestones
Georgios Printezis ranks sixth all-time with 1,410 career rebounds. His former teammate Kyle Hines is fifth with 1,468 and counting.
Printezis is the all-time leader in two-point shots made. He has 1,158 for his career.
Printezis ranks fourth all-time with 1,031 defensive rebounds. Felipe Reyes is third with 1,094.
Printezis ranks 13th all-time with 379 offensive rebounds; Mirsad Turkcan is 12th with 385.
Printezis ranks eighth all-time with 3,707 performance index rating points. Ante Tomic is seventh with 3,723.
Kostas Sloukas is in seventh place all-time with 1,131 assists. Sergio Llull of Real Madrid is sixth with 1,162 and counting.
Kostas Papanikolaou is 6 blocks away from 100 for his EuroLeague career.
Game Facts - Real Madrid
Streaks
Walter Tavares has blocked at least 1 shot in 11 straight and 17 of his last 18 games.
Tavares has posted double-digit PIRs in 11 straight and 14 of his last 15 games.
Rudy Fernandez has made at least 1 three-point shot in 10 of his last 11 games.
Rankings
Walter Tavares led the EuroLeague last season with 8.0 rebounds per game.
Tavares ranked fifth last season in average PIR with 18.1 per game.
Tavares led the EuroLeague last season with 1.8 blocks per game.
Trey Thompkins was second in the EuroLeague last season in free-throw accuracy at 94.7%, and Jaycee Carroll was tied for third at 94.4%.
Records/Milestones
Sergio Llull is in fifth place all-time with 3,204 points in his career. Georgios Printezis of Olympiacos Piraeus is fourth with 3,583 and counting.
Llull ranks sixth all-time with 1,162 assists. Thomas Heurtel is fifth with 1,219. Dimitris Diamantidis sits in fourth place with 1,255.
Llull is in 11th place all-time with 580 free throws made. Ioannis Bourousis is 10th with 581.
Llull ranks third all-time, and first among active players, with a 2.83-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio. Nigel Williams-Goss is fourth all-time with 2.82-to-1.
Rudy Fernandez ranks fourth all-time with 494 three-point shots made. Llull is fifth with 490.
Llull is 8 steals away from reaching 200 for his career.
Fernandez ranks fifth all-time with 301 steals. Pablo Prigioni is fourth with 322.
Fernandez has exactly 700 assists for his career.
Fernandez needs 4 rebounds to reach 800 for his career.
Walter Tavares ranks fourth all-time with 226 blocks.
Tavares ranks fourth all-time in two-point accuracy at 69.6%.