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Kostas Sloukas, Sergio Llull, and Sergio Rodriguez have the biggest chances of breaking the EuroLeague Final Four records this year, including games played, minutes played, PIR, points, rebounds, assists, and other statistical categories.
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Credit IPA/SIPA-Scanpix, Sonia Canada via Getty Images Europe The 2024 Final Four in Berlin starts this week, and before the action begins, BasketNews decided to take a look at the history books.
With the help of BasketNews data analyst Laurynas Sinkevicius, we analyzed various EuroLeague Final Four records that include these categories:
Games played Minutes played PIR Points 3-pointers made 2-pointers made Rebounds Assists Steals Turnovers BlocksWhile a few EuroLeague Final Four records will remain untouched, most of them could have new leaders. A lot will depend on Kostas Sloukas, Sergio Llull, and Sergio Rodriguez's performances.
Also, the data includes only the modern EuroLeague era from the 2001-02 season when the Final Four format was introduced.
With all that being said, let's have a look at all EuroLeague Final Four records
Most games played in EuroLeague Final Four
It's important to note that a player must have played at least 1 second in a game during the Final Four for his appearance to count. So, if a specific player played in the semifinal but spent the final or a 3rd-place game on the bench, only 1game would count in this case.
Therefore, Kostas Sloukas will aim for his 19th and 20th appearance even though, technically, it will be his 11th Final Four.
The only Final Four in which the veteran guard was registered but didn't play a single game was in 2010 in Paris. Sloukas, 20 at the time, was left out of Olympiacos' squad that traveled to the French capital and made it to the championship game.
Nevertheless, it won't be enough to become an all-time leader, as Victor Khryapa has 23 appearances. Sloukas and Sergio Llull (18 appearances) can overtake Theodoros Papaloukas, who also collected 18 appearances in the Final Four.
Meanwhile, Sergio Rodriguez (16 appearances) has an opportunity to catch up with Papaloukas and Kyle Hines (both 18).
No. Player Games played 1. Victor Khryapa 23 2-5. Kostas Sloukas 18 2-5. Theodoros Papaloukas 18 2-5. Sergio Llull 18 2-5. Kyle Hines 18 6-8. Rudy Fernandez 16 6-8. Sergio Rodriguez 16 6-8. J.R. Holden 16 9-10. Milos Teodosic 15 9-10. Andrey Vorontsevich 15Most minutes played in EuroLeague Final Four
Kostas Sloukas averaged more than 26 minutes this season, and this number didn't change during the playoffs.
If nothing unexpected happens, Sloukas will move to 4th place in total minutes played in the Final Four. Theoretically, he can also overtake Sergio Llull.
However, if Llull plays at least 16 minutes, he'll jump to 2nd place, overtaking Victor Khryapa.
Total minutes played in EuroLeague Final Four
No. Player Minutes played 1. J.R. Holden 560 2. Victor Khryapa 469 3. Sergio Llull 454 4. Theodoros Papaloukas 402 5. Kostas Sloukas 397 6. Kyle Hines 391 7. Milos Teodosic 384 8. Trajan Langdon 374 9. Rudy Fernandez 352 10. Matjaz Smodis 344Most minutes played in a single EuroLeague Final Four game
No. Player Minutes played 1-2. Trajan Langdon 45:00 1-2. J.R. Holden 45:00 3. Dimitris Diamantidis 43:15 4. Adam Hang 41:46 5. Bootsy Thornton 41:45 6. Lawrence Roberts 41:18 7. Marcus Brown 41:00 8. Carlos Delfino 40:45 9. Devin Smith 40:40 10. Jaka Lakovic 40:30Biggest PIR in EuroLeague Final Four
PIR is another category in which a new record holder could emerge. And once again we are talking about Kostas Sloukas.
The Greek guard is currently in 7th place after collecting 168 PIR points throughout the years in the EuroLeague Final Four. However, Victor Khryapa, the current leader, has 208.
41 PIR in two games? It's not the easiest task, but it's certainly doable for a player like Sloukas. It's worth mentioning that Sergio Rodriguez has 181 PIR, while Sergio Llull – 162.
Total PIR in EuroLeague Final Four
No. Player PIR 1. Victor Khryapa 208 2. Kyle Hines 198 3. Theodoros Papaloukas 189 4. Sergio Rodriguez 181 5. Trajan Langdon 170 6. Nikola Mirotic 169 7-8. Kostas Sloukas 168 7-8. David Andersen 168 9. Nando De Colo 163 10. Sergio Llull 162Biggest PIR in a single EuroLeague Final Four game
No. Player PIR 1. Shane Larkin 43 2-3. Edy Tavares 39 2-3. Nikola Mirotic 39 4. Trajan Langdon 37 5-7. Ekpe Udoh 36 5-7. Gustavo Ayon 36 5-7. Marcus Brown 36 8-14. Manu Ginobili 34 8-14. Ante Tomic 34 8-14. Facundo Campazzo 34 8-14. Will Clyburn 34 8-14. Anthony Parker 34 8-14. Sasha Vezenkov 34 8-14. Dejan Bodiroga 34Most points scored in EuroLeague Final Four
Sergio Llull is already a top scorer with 198 points, but Sergio Rodriguez is only 8 points behind him, so he has an opportunity to overtake his Real Madrid teammate.
We can't forget about Sloukas again. He has 164 points scored in the EuroLeague Final Fours. Again, 35 points in two games might be a steep hill to climb, but reaching the Top 3 might be doable for him.
Total points in EuroLeague Final Four
No. Player Points 1. Sergio Llull 198 2. J.R. Holden 194 3. Sergio Rodriguez 190 4. Nando De Colo 179 5. Trajan Langdon 172 6. Juan Carlos Navarro 168 7. Theodoros Papaloukas 164 8. Kostas Sloukas 163 9. Milos Teodosic 155 10. David Andersen 154Most points scored in a single EuroLeague Final Four game
No. Player Points 1. Trajan Langdon 32 2-3. Nando De Colo 30 2-3. Shane Larkin 30 4-6. Ramunas Siskauskas 29 4-6. Sasha Vezenkov 29 4-6. Shane Larkin 29 7-8. Sergio Llull 28 7-9. Mike Batiste 28 7-9. Nicolo Melli 28 10-13. Manu Ginobili 27 10-13. Anthony Parker 27 10-13. Marcus Brown 27 10-13. Carlos Delfino 27Most 3-pointers made in EuroLeague Final Four
Sergio Rodriguez can become an undisputed leader in made 3-pointers during the EuroLeague Final Fours.
The 37-year-old has 30 3-pointers, just like J.R. Holden and Juan Carlos Navarro. Rodriguez's teammate Sergio Llull has 27 triples in his account.
There's no clear leader in most 3-pointers made in a single game, too. Darius Adams and Terrell McIntyre made six 3-pointers each. Meanwhile, 13 different players made five triples.
Total 3-pointers made in EuroLeague Final Four
No. Player 3-pointers made 1-3. J.R. Holden 30 1-3. Juan Carlos Navarro 30 1-3. Sergio Rodriguez 30 4. Sergio Llull 27 5. Milos Teodosic 26 6. Trajan Langdon 23 7-8. Vassilis Spanoulis 22 7-8. Sarunas Jasikevicius 22 9-10. David Blu 21 9-10. Jaycee Carroll 21Most 3-pointers made in a single EuroLeague Final Four game
No. Player 3-pointers made 1-2. Darius Adams 6 1-2. Terrell McIntyre 6 3-15. K.C. Rivers, David Blu, Carlos Delfino, Vassilis Spanoulis, Isaiah Canaan, Sergio Rodriguez, Jaycee Carroll, Juan Carlos Navarro, Ali Muhammed, J.R. Holden, Marcus Brown, Shane Larkin, Marko Tusek 5Most 2-pointers made in EuroLeague Final Four
2-pointers made is one of the categories that probably won't see many changes. Sergio Llull and Kostas Sloukas can improve their positions but there's still some way left to the very top.
Total 2-pointers made in EuroLeague Final Four
No. Player 2-pointers made 1. David Andersen 57 2. Kyle Hines 55 3-4. Theodoros Papaloukas 53 3-4. Jan Vesely 53 5. Mike Batiste 44 6. J.R. Holden 39 7. Sergio Llull 38 8. Nando De Colo 36 9-11. Kostas Sloukas 34 9-11. Matjaz Smodis 34 9-11. Felipe Reyes 34Most 2-pointers made in a single EuroLeague Final Four game
No. Player 2-pointers made 1. Gustavo Ayon 11 2. Mike Batiste 10 3-7. Will Clyburn 9 3-7. Andrew Goudelock 9 3-7. Sasha Vezenkov 9 3-7. Theodoros Papaloukas 9 3-7. Nando De Colo 9 8-13. David Andersen 8 8-13. Maceo Baston 8 8-13. Luis Scola 8 8-13. Ekpe Udoh 8 8-13. Gregor Fucka 8 8-13. Gustavo Ayon 8Most rebounds in EuroLeague Final Four
Speaking of rebounds, it's another category in which Victor Khryapa is in a league of his own. The Russian forward accumulated 107 rebounds and is simply untouchable.
However, Edy Tavares is set to improve his position. The Real Madrid center has 57 rebounds in his account. In the most optimistic scenario, Tavares could climb to as high as 3rd place. Matjaz Smodis has 73 rebounds.
Tavares is also among the leaders when it comes to the most rebounds in a single EuroLeague Final Four game. He accumulated 15 rebounds against Barcelona last year and shares firstplace with David Andersen and Maceo Baston.
Total rebounds in EuroLeague Final Four
No. Player Rebounds 1. Victor Khryapa 107 2. Kyle Hines 86 3. Matjaz Smodis 73 4. David Andersen 70 5. Jan Vesely 64 6. Nikola Mirotic 59 7. Mike Batiste 58 8. Edy Tavares 57 9. Ioannis Bourousis 53 10. Maceo Baston 50Most rebounds in a single EuroLeague Final Four game
No. Player Rebounds 1-3. David Andersen 15 1-3. Edy Tavares 15 1-3. Maceo Baston 15 4-6. Mirsad Turkcan 14 4-6. Felipe Reyes 14 4-6. Shaun Stonerook 14 7. Michailis Kakiouzis 13 8-15. Matjaz Smodis, Joey Dorsey, Mike Batiste, Ante Tomic, Victor Khryapa, Kornel David, Ekpe Udoh, Nikola Mirotic 12Most assists in EuroLeague Final Four
Regarding the assists, we have a unique situation. It's completely dominated by active players.
When it comes to total assists in the EuroLeague Final Fours, the Top 3 is occupied by Sergio Rodriguez, Sergio Llull, and Kostas Sloukas.
Meanwhile, Facundo Campazzo made the most assists (15) in a single EuroLeague Final Four game. What's also interesting is that the Top 4 assists performance took place in the 3rd place game.
Total assists in EuroLeague Final Four
No. Player Assists 1. Sergio Rodriguez 70 2. Sergio Llull 67 3. Kostas Sloukas 61 4. Theodoros Papaloukas 59 5-7. Sarunas Jasikevicius 46 5-7. Dimitris Diamantidis 46 5-7. Milos Teodosic 46 8-9. Victor Khryapa 45 8-9. J.R. Holden 45 10. Nick Calathes 40Most assists in a single EuroLeague Final Four game
No. Player Assists 1. Facundo Campazzo 15 2. Nick Calathes 13 3. Terrell McIntyre 12 4. Pablo Prigioni 11 5-11. Dimitris Diamantidis 9 5-11. Jeremy Pargo 9 5-11. Nick Calathes 9 5-11. Sergio Rodriguez 9 5-11. Vrbica Stefanov 9 5-11. Sergio Llull 9 5-11. Vasilije Micic 9Most steals in EuroLeague Final Four
Real Madrid and EuroLeague legend Rudy Fernandez has the opportunity to leave with a bang, as the Spanish guard has already announced that he will retire after the season.
Fernandez is two steals away from becoming a leader in the EuroLeague Final Four history. The 39-year-old made 23 steals throughout the Final Four, while J.R. Holden has 24.
Kyle Hines and Nikola Mirotic are the other active players closest to the top. However, each of them has 13 steals.
Total steals in EuroLeague Final Four
No. Player Steals 1. J.R. Holden 24 2. Rudy Fernandez 23 3. Victor Khryapa 22 4. Dimitris Diamantidis 18 5. Theodoros Papaloukas 17 6. Trajan Langdon 15 7-8. Pablo Prigioni 14 7-8. Milos Teodosic 14 9-11. Mike Batiste 13 9-11. Kyle Hines 13 9-11. Nikola Mirotic 13Most steals in a single EuroLeague Final Four game
No. Player Steals 1. Aaron Jackson 7 2. Chuck Eidson 6 3-8. Shaquielle McKissic 5 3-8. Nicolo Melli 5 3-8. Jaka Lakovic 5 3-8 Romain Sato 5 3-8. J.R. Holden 5 3-8. Theodoros Papaloukas 5 9-15. Bo McCalebb, Theodoros Papaloukas, Victor Khryapa, Dontaye Draper, Nikola Mirotic, Mike Batiste, Malcolm Delaney 4Most blocks in EuroLeague Final Four
Another category that favors Edy Tavares. He's one block away from becoming the all-time leader in the EuroLeague Final Four history.
He also made four blocks in one game, which is good enough for the Top 3 in a single game record book.
Total blocks in EuroLeague Final Four
No. Player Blocks 1-2. Edy Tavares 16 1-2. Kyle Hines 16 3-4. Ekpe Udoh 15 3-4. Ekpe Udoh 16 5. Sasha Kaun 12 6-8. Victor Khryapa 10 6-8. Andrey Vorontsevich 10 6-8. Nikola Vujcic 10 9-10. Nikola Mirotic 9 9-10. Ioannis Bourousis 9Most blocks in a single EuroLeague Final Four game
No. Player Blocks 1. Maceo Baston 6 2-3. Ekpe Udoh 5 2-3. Gregor Fucka 5 4-8. Edy Tavares 4 4-8. Ekpe Udoh 4 4-8. Ioannis Bourousis 4 4-8. Fran Vazquez 4 4-8. Andrei Kirilenko 4 9-14. Alex Tyus, Sasha Kaun, Edy Tavares, Nenad Krstic, Andrey Vorontsevich, Sertac Sanli 3Most turnovers in EuroLeague Final Four
Probably not a category in which players would like to see themselves. Nevertheless, it's still part of the stats, and there's a possibility to see Kostas Sloukas at the top after the 2024 EuroLeague Final Four will finish.
Milos Teodosic leads the pack with 35 turnovers combined, while Sloukas is in 4th place with 29.
Sergio Rodriguez (28) is the only other player in the Top 10 that will play in this Final Four.
Meanwhile, Marcus Brown holds the record for the most turnovers in a single EuroLeague Final Four game. He made 7 turnovers against Panathinaikos in a 2005 EuroLeague 3rd-place game.
Total turnovers in EuroLeague Final Four
No. Player Turnovers 1. Milos Teodosic 35 2. Theodoros Papaloukas 34 3. Vassilis Spanoulis 32 4. Kostas Sloukas 29 5-7. Mike Batiste 28 5-7. Vasilije Micic 28 5-7. Sergio Rodriguez 28 8. Nikola Vujcic 27 9. Nando De Colo 26 10-11. Victor Khryapa 25 10-11. Juan Carlos Navarro 25Most turnovers in a single EuroLeague Final Four game
No. Player Turnovers 1. Marcus Brown 7 2-11. Nikola Pekovic 6 2-11. Marcelinho Huertas 6 2-11. Milos Teodosic 6 2-11. Serkan Erdogan 6 2-11. Mike Batiste 6 2-11. Jeremy Pargo 6 2-11. Lawrence Roberts 6 2-11. Bogdan Bogdanovic 6 2-11. Vassilis Spanoulis 6 2-11. Igor Rakocevic 6 Like what we are doing? You can express your gratitude here.Link to this article：https://www.brazilv.com/post/31579.html
