Walter Tavares becomes EuroLeague's all-time leader in blocks / News - Basketnews.com

Walter Tavares blocked the 318th shot in his EuroLeague career and became an all-time leader in this statistical category.

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Walter Tavares blocked Laurynas Birutis' two-point shot in the first quarter of Thursday's EuroLeague game between hosts Zalgiris Kaunas and Real Madrid and registered his 318th career block in the EuroLeague.

Walter Tavares

MIN:26.46PTS:11.5 (69.66%)REB:7.14As:1.5ST:0.79BL:2.64TO:2.29GM:14ProfileEuroLeague2022/2023

He overtook current Anadolu Efes Istanbul center Bryant Dunston (317 blocks in his career) and rose to first place. The center from Cabo Verde finished the game with 4 blocks, and now has a 4-block lead over Dunston.

Kyle Hines (295 blocks), Fran Vazquez (249), and Alex Tyus (222) are the other three big men in the all-time Top 5.

Tavares averages a league-best 2.6 blocks per game this season.

A 2.21-meter big man from the island of Maio has played 176 EuroLeague games during his career.

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