- Last season in Villeurbanne, Real won 74-87 behind 25 points from Fabien Causeur who made a career-high 5 triples in that game.
- ASVEL's only win over Real this century, a 77-85 triumph, came in Madrid in February 2003.
- ASVEL and Real played each other for the first time in the 1965 European Cup quarterfinals. Real swept ASVEL with a 37-point aggregate victory.
- ASVEL and Real faced each other in the 2002-03 EuroLeague when they split regular-season road wins. ASVEL won 77-85 in Madrid behind 18 points from Robert Gulyas.
- Real's Sergio Rodriguez and ASVEL's Nando De Colo were backcourt mates at CSKA Moscow for two seasons, from 2017 to 2019. They helped the team win the 2019 EuroLeague title.
- De Colo and the Real Madrid duo of Guerschon Yabusele and Vincent Poirier together won silver medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with the French national team.
- De Colo and Real guard Fabien Causeur have also been teammates on the French national team.
- Big men Joffrey Lauvergne of ASVEL and Vincent Poirier of Real have also been teammates on the French national team.
- Real forward Guerschon Yabusele spent a season and a half with ASVEL before joining Real in the summer of 2021. He made his EuroLeague debut there and helped the team win the French League. He was a teammate of current ASVEL players Amine Noua, Charles Kahudi, Antoine Diot and David Lighty.
- ASVEL center Alex Tyus played for Real during the 2020-21 season.
- Real big man Petr Cornelie was a teammate of ASVEL's Charles Kahudi at Le Mans during the 2013-14 season.
- Cornelie was a teammate of ASVEL's Youssoupha Fall at Le Mans during the 2015-16 season.
- ASVEL point guard Antoine Diot and Real's Alberto Abalde were teammates at Valencia Basket for two seasons, from 2017 to 2019. They helped the team win the 2019 EuroCup.
ASVEL's Amine Noua posted his career high in PIR with 20 and scored a career-best 17 points in a Round 15 loss against Real.
- Real Madrid swingman Mario Hezonja posted his career high in two-pointers made with 10 playing for UNICS Kazan against ASVEL in November 2021.
- ASVEL forward Charles Kahudi set his career-high with 18 points and a PIR of 22 in a 77-87 home loss against Real in January 2020.
- ASVEL guard David Lighty set his career-high in steals with 4 in a 77-87 home loss against Real in January 2020.
- ASVEL's Antoine Diot posted his career-high in scoring with 17 points for Strasbourg against Real Madrid in December 2013.
Game Facts - LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne
Nando De Colo has scored in double figures in 11 of his last 12 games.
De Colo has made at least 1 three-point shot in six straight and 11 of his last 12 games.
De Colo has made 17 consecutive free throws.
Antoine Diot has made 12 consecutive free throws dating back to the 2020-21 season.
Retin Obasohan has collected at least 1 steal in nine of his last 10 games.
Rankings
Youssoupha Fall ranks fourth this season in rebounding with 6.1 per game.
Fall ranks seventh this season in offensive rebounding with 2.2 per game.
Charles Kahudi ranks seventh this season in free throw accuracy at 91.7% and Nando De Colo is ninth at 91.3%.
Records/Milestones
Nando De Colo is the all-time leader in free-throw accuracy at 93.4%.
De Colo is the all-time leader with 4,668 index rating points.
De Colo is ranked third all-time in scoring with 4,132 points. Juan Carlos Navarro is second with 4,152.
De Colo ranks second all-time with 989 free throws made. Vassilis Spanoulis is the all-time leader with 1,131.
De Colo ranks seventh all-time with 958 two-pointers made. Felipe Reyes is sixth with 971.
De Colo ranks sixth all-time in steals with 307. Pablo Prigioni is fifth with 322.
De Colo is 12th all-time in assists with 954. Theo Papaloukas is 11th with 977.
De Colo is in 13th place all-time with 409 career triples made. Gianluca Basile is 12th with 421.
Youssoupha Fall ranks ninth all-time in two-point accuracy at 65.6%.
Fall needs 9 rebounds to reach 500 for his career.
Alex Tyus ranks fifth all-time in blocks with 227. Fran Vazquez is fourth with 249.
Game Facts - Real Madrid
Dzanan Musa has scored in double figures in eight straight and 16 of his last 17 games.
Musa has posted a PIR in double figures in eight straight and 16 of his last 17 games.
Musa has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven of his last eight games.
Mario Hezonja has made at least 1 three-pointer in nine of his last 10 games.
Hezonja has made 13 consecutive free throws.
Rankings
Walter Tavares ranks ninth this season in average index rating with 16.8 per game.
Tavares leads the league this season in blocks with 2.4 per game.
Tavares ranks third this season in rebounding with 7.0 per game and Gabriel Deck is seventh with 5.8 per game.
Tavares ranks third this season in offensive rebounding with 3.0 per game.
Petr Cornelie ranks third this season in two-point shooting at 74.4%.
Records/Milestones
Sergio Llull ranks fifth all-time in scoring with 3,667 points. Mike James of AS Monaco is fourth with 3,748 and counting.
Sergio Rodriguez ranks seventh all-time with 3,516 points scored. Georgios Printezis is sixth with 3,599.
Rodriguez is second all-time with 1,648 assists. Nick Calathes of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is the all-time leader with 1,831 and counting.
Llull is sixth all-time with 1,318 assists. His former teammate Thomas Heurtel is fifth with 1,340.
Llull ranks 11th all-time with 662 free throws made. Jaka Lakovic is 10th with 673.
Llull ranks second all-time with a 2.8-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio, Nigel Williams-Goss is tied for 11th at 2.5-to-1, and Rudy Fernandez is 19th at 2.4-to-1.
Llull is in second place all-time with 577 three-point shots made; Rodriguez is third with 559, and Fernandez fourth with 552 threes. Juan Carlos Navarro is the all-time leader with 623.
Fernandez ranks fourth all-time with 333 steals. Theo Papaloukas is third with 335.
Rodriguez is in eighth place all-time with 286 career steals. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is seventh with 293 and counting.
Rodriguez is 10th all-time with 3,798 index rating points. Dimitri Diamantidis is ninth with 3,806.
Walter Tavares is the all-time leader with 342 blocks.
Tavares is third all-time in two-point accuracy at 68.8%.
Tavares is ranked ninth all-time with 496 offensive rebounds. Nikola Milutinov is eighth with 509.
Fabien Causeur needs 22 triples to reach 300 for his career.
Causeur needs 7 assists to reach 500 for his career.
Adam Hanga needs 22 assists to reach 500 for his career.