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- Efes defeated Real in Madrid 64-74 In Round 10.
- On January 6, 2024, Real and Efes played the longest game in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague history. Real won 130-126 after four overtimes as each team broke the previous single-game record for points (123) by any one team.
- In that record game, Real's Dzanan Musa earned MVP of the Round honors with a career-high PIR of 45. Musa's 40 points and 13 two-pointers made were club records and career highs. He also had a career-best 8 assists.
- Efes recorded the most rebounds in club history with 56, which matched the fifth-highest total ever in the EuroLeague, in that 4OT loss against Real.
- Real forward Mario Hezonja scored a career-high 31 points and tied his career high with 12 defensive rebounds in a 130-126 win over Efes.
- In that 4OT game, Shane Larkin set a EuroLeague record by playing 53 minutes and 11 seconds.
- Efes center Dan Oturu posted his career high in rebounds (9) and offensive rebounds (7) in that 4OT loss against Real Madrid.
- In the 2022 championship game, Efes edged Real 58-57 to lift its second consecutive EuroLeague crown. Vasilije Micic led Efes with 23 points and Tibor Pleiss added 19, while Real's sole double-digit scorer was Walter Tavares with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
- Efes and Real squared off in 2021 in a best-of-five EuroLeague playoff series, which Efes won in five games. Efes dominated the first two games of the series in Istanbul, winning 90-63 and 91-68, before Real used big fourth-quarter rallies in Games 3 and 4 to send the series to a deciding game. In Game 5, Efes held on to win 88-83 and proceeded to capture the EuroLeague crown.
- In their 2020-21 regular-season clash in Madrid, Efes raced to an 83-108 victory. In that game, Efes scored 67 second-half points, which is the most points Real has allowed in a single half of a EuroLeague game since the 2007-08 season.
- Real Madrid ousted Efes with a 3-1 series win in the 2015 EuroLeague Playoffs. Rudy Fernandez averaged 13.5 points, 4.0 assists and 3.3 rebounds in the series.
- Shane Larkin made history in the 2019-20 season against Real in Madrid by becoming the first player to secure MVP of the Round honors in four straight rounds. Larkin powered Efes to a 75-80 road win, piling up 32 points along with 4 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals for a performance index rating of 36.
- The Efes single-game record for assists is 15, which Thomas Heurtel set in a game against Los Blancos in April 2015.
- Efes center Vincent Poirier had spent the last three seasons with Real, helping the team win the 2023 EuroLeague title.
- Poirier pulled down a career-high 9 offensive rebounds playing for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz against Real Madrid in March 2019.
- Real's Dzanan Musa spent the second part of the 2020-21 season with Efes. He made four appearances with the team that went on to win the EuroLeague title
- Real guard Andres Feliz and Efes forward Derek Willis were teammates at Joventut Badalona in the 2021-22 season.
- Real center Usman Garuba posted his career highs in PIR (30), scoring (24), rebounds (12) and defensive rebounds (10) against Efes in an 82-76 home win in Game 4 of the 2021 EuroLeague playoffs.
- Garuba blocked a career-best 3 shots against Efes in March 2021.
- Real guard Sergio Llull dished a career-high 12 assists against Efes in April 2015.
- Llull also had a career-best 3 steals against Efes in December 2011, and career-high 8 rebounds in January 2019.
- Real's Gabriel Deck made a career-best 9 two-point shots, playing a career-high 40:00 minutes in a 93-90 road loss against Efes in March 2022.
- Real guard Alberto Abalde dished a career-high 8 assists while playing for Valencia Basket against Efes in February 2018. He set a career high with 3 steals for Valencia against Efes in October 2019 and tied it while playing for Real against Efes in April 2021.
- Efes point guard Darius Thompson had a career-high 5 steals against Real Madrid earlier this season in Round 10.

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Streaks
Shane Larkin has scored at least 10 points in five of his last six games.
Larkin has PIRs of 12 or more in five of his last six games.
Larkin has made at least 1 three-point shot in eight straight games.
Elijah Bryant has made 21 consecutive free throws.
Vincent Poirier has PIRs of 10 or more in seven straight games.
Ercan Osmani has made 11 straight free throws.

Season rankings
Vincent Poirier ranks fifth in blocks with 1.2 per game.
Ercan Osmani leads the league in free-throw shooting at 96.6%.
Osmani ranks fourth in three-point shooting at 52.5%.
Rodrigue Beaubois ranks ninth in three-point shooting at 46.6%.
Dan Oturu ranks ninth in two-point shooting at 70.0%.
Efes leads the league in blocks with 3.8 per game.
Efes is third in the league in two-point accuracy at 58.2%.
Efes's defense has held opponents to 53.1% two-point shooting, the third lowest in the league.

Records/Milestones
Larkin is ranked 11th all-time in scoring with 3,466 points. Georgios Printezis is 10th with 3,599 points.
Shane Larkin is in eighth place all-time in three-pointers made with 533. Monaco's Mike James is seventh with 576 and counting.
Rodrigue Beaubois is in 10th place all-time in three-pointers made with 498. Vassilis Spanoulis is ninth with 518.
Beaubois is in 20th place in career scoring with 3,036 points. Rudy Fernandez is 19th with 3,037 points.
Vincent Poirier ranks ninth all-time in blocks with 202. Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona is eighth all-time with 216 and counting.
Poirier is tied with Ioannis Bourousis in 12th place all-time with 439 offensive rebounds. James Gist is 11th with 452.

   Game Facts - Real Madrid

Streaks
Facundo Campazzo has PIRs of at least 11 in eight of his last nine games.
Mario Hezonja has made at least 1 triple in 33 of his last 34 games.
Hezonja has scored more than 10 points in 10 straight and 18 of his last 19 games.
Hezonja has PIRs of 13 or more in 10 straight games.
Dzanan Musa has scored 10 or more points in nine of his last 10 games.
Musa has made at least 1 triple in seven of his last eight games.
Musa has PIRs of at least 12 in five of his last six games.

Season rankings
Facundo Campazzo ranks sixth in average index rating with 20.5 per game.
Campazzo ranks third in assists with 6.9 per game.
Walter Tavares leads the league in blocks with 1.4 per game.
Tavares ranks second in rebounding with 7.6 per game.
Tavares ranks fourth in offensive rebounding with 2.8 per game.
Tavares ranks third in two-point shooting at 74.8%.
Serge Ibaka ranks 10th in two-point shooting at 68.6%.
Mario Hezonja ranks eighth in free-throw shooting at 93.2%.
Real leads the league in rebounding with 36.5 per game.
Real leads the league in defensive rebounding with 26.6 per game.
Real leads the league in two-point accuracy at 59.9%.
Real has held opponents to a league-low 50.9% two-point shooting.

Records/Milestones
Walter Tavares blocked 88 shots in the 2022-23 season to set the all-time single-season record.
Tavares is the competition's all-time leader in blocks with 457.
Tavares is in fourth place all-time in two-point accuracy at 68.3%.
Tavares ranks fourth all-time with 1,796 rebounds. Felipe Reyes is third with 1,799 rebounds.
Tavares ranks third all-time with 675 offensive rebounds. Felipe Reyes is second with 705.
Sergio Llull is the all-time leader with 431 EuroLeague appearances.
Llull is the all-time leader in three-point shots made with 667.
Llull ranks fifth all-time in scoring with 4,103 points. Juan Carlos Navarro is fourth with 4,152.
Llull is sixth all-time with 1,438 assists. Milos Teodosic of Crvena Zvezda is fifth with 1,474 and counting.
Facundo Campazzo is in 13th place all-time with 1,051 assists. Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul is 12th with 1,076 and counting.
Llull ranks 12th all-time with 718 free throws made. Paulius Jankunas is 11th with 748.
Llull ranks fifth all-time with a 2.7-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Facundo Campazzo ranks 10th all-time with a 2.6-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Dzanan Musa made 178 free throws during the 2022-23 season to set the single-season EuroLeague record.