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EuroLeague Round 10: 227 points in Madrid, 119 in Piraeus

The highest-scoring game of the season and the lowest were played in the same round. Panathinaikos won the shootout in Madrid and went top. Barcelona and Zalgiris both arrived on four straight wins, and only one of them has changed.

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Analysis The Man Who Doesn't Dribble: Inside the Mind of Sasha Vezenkov, the Euroleague MVP An MVP who barely dribbles, and dominates anyway.

Analysis Obradović is back where he built the dynasty Europe's greatest coach, and why the doubters are wrong.

Analysis The steadiest and streakiest scorers in EuroLeague 2025-26 Same average, two different players. What a stat line hides.

Explainer Nobody has solved the pick and roll Written down in 1922 and attacked by every defense since. How the action works, …

Analysis The clutch leaders of EuroLeague 2025–26 Who you actually want taking the last shot.

Explainer Beyond points per game: eFG%, TS% and PPP explained Three stats that answer the same question — how efficiently is this player …

Analysis Bartzokas-ball: everyone touches the ball, and nothing is an accident The method behind Olympiacos — constant movement, real roles, and a coach who …

Analysis Elijah Bryant plays exactly like he lives The most efficient scoring guard in the EuroLeague is also its most …

Analysis Who really creates the most points in EuroLeague 2025-26 A box score counts the points a player scores and buries the ones he creates. …

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Evan Fournier 6 Sylvain Francisco 6 Jean Montero 5 Nikola Milutinov 5 Sasha Vezenkov 5 Mike James 4 Nadir Hifi 4 Shane Larkin 4 Walter Tavares 4 TJ Shorts 3 Tomas Satoransky 3 Vasilije Micic 3 Alec Peters 2 Dario Saric 2

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Real Madrid 15 Olympiacos Piraeus 14 Panathinaikos Aktor Athens 12 Valencia Basket 10 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 9 Dubai Basketball 8 FC Barcelona 7 Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv 7 Zalgiris Kaunas 4 Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade 3 Paris Basketball 3 Anadolu Efes Istanbul 2 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 2 Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade 2

Stats & tactics

True Shooting 2 Defensive Rating 1 Effective FG % 1 Help Defense 1 PIR 1 Pace 1 Pick and Roll 1 Post Defense 1 Rebound % 1 Rebounds 1 Transition Defense 1 Transition Frequency 1 Transition Offense 1 Usage % 1

Topics

Analysis 18 Players 12 Recap 12 Transfers 12 Explainer 11 Coaches 8 Tools 8 Actions 7 Defense 5 Efficiency 3 Final Four 3 Stats 3 Teams 3 Xavi Pascual 3

Collections

Tactics, explained How plays actually work — defense, isolation and more, step by step. 7 articles

Understand the stats Plain-English guides to the numbers on every player and team page. 6 articles

Summer transfers Who moved, who arrived, and what each new roster actually changes. 12 articles

Playoffs & Final Four Game and series recaps from the nights that decided the season. 5 articles

Punter vs Shorts: two opposite EuroLeague shot charts

Kevin Punter and T.J. Shorts both score around 17 points a game. Punter takes 31% of his shots from mid-range, Shorts takes 10.7% of his from three. Their shot charts, against the league's.

Analysis 2 min 04 Nov

Dubai are winning shootouts, and their defence got worse

Dubai have won four of their last five and are scoring 98 a game. The defence is conceding more than it did when they were losing. One number underneath says the change is real.

October 2026

Recap 4 min 31 Oct

EuroLeague Rounds 8 and 9: eight teams, one win apart

Real Madrid have won six in a row. Seven clubs went 2-0 in the double week. The table from second to ninth is now separated by a single win.

Tools 3 min 30 Oct

Who Plays Like: find any EuroLeague player's closest match

A new tool that reads how a player's game is shaped and finds the players shaped like him. Pick the trait to match on, lock the position, or hunt for young ones.

Analysis 2 min 28 Oct

Real Madrid were 0-3. They have won five in a row.

Nobody else in the EuroLeague has won their last five. What changed for Real Madrid is visible in three numbers, and it started with the three-point line.

Recap 3 min 24 Oct

EuroLeague Round 7: Fenerbahce wins in Piraeus

Fenerbahce won the lowest-scoring game of the season at Olympiacos. Real Madrid made it four straight. Valencia, Hapoel and Dubai kept going.

Tools 3 min 23 Oct

Which EuroLeague teams are better than last season?

A free tool measures every club against itself a year ago, over the same number of games, and says whether the change came from the offence or the defence.

Analysis 3 min 21 Oct

Crvena Zvezda are winning without their shooting

The worst shooting team in the EuroLeague is 4-2 with a positive point difference. The defence explains the wins. The numbers explain how the offence broke.

Recap 5 min 19 Oct

EuroLeague Rounds 5 and 6: Olympiacos back from 28 down

Olympiacos trailed Valencia by 28 and won in overtime, then won another overtime at Barcelona. Good weeks for Real Madrid, Dubai and Crvena Zvezda too.

Tools 3 min 16 Oct

Which EuroLeague players are better than last season?

A new tool measures every EuroLeague player against himself a year ago, over the same number of games, and says if the jump is real or just more minutes.

Explainer 4 min 14 Oct

EuroLeague Usage % leaders: whose team is it?

Usage % is the share of possessions that end with one player. Nadir Hifi finishes 42% of Paris possessions. The EuroLeague's biggest loads in 2026-27.

Recap 4 min 12 Oct

Round 4: Panathinaikos settled the big one, and the clock says who everyone really is

Panathinaikos beat Fenerbahce by 18. Valencia are 4-0 on the back of one quarter. And the best team in the league is being outscored in the fourth.

Analysis 4 min 09 Oct

Xavi Pascual, the preparer

Youngest EuroLeague champion, and a coach who wants comprehension.

Tools 3 min 07 Oct

Your Fantasy Five: build two lineups and find out what they are missing

Pick five players, pick five more, and see what each group actually is. No points, no budget, no scoreline. Just the profile of a team and the holes in it.

Recap 5 min 05 Oct

EuroLeague Rounds 2 and 3: Real Madrid are 0-3, and Elijah Bryant won the week twice

Twenty games in five days. The rust cleared, Panathinaikos and Fenerbahce are perfect, the eleven-time champion has not won yet, and one guard took both MVP awards.

Explainer 8 min 02 Oct

Nobody has solved the pick and roll

Written down in 1922 and attacked by every defense since. How the action works, what it grew into, and the connections it produced in the EuroLeague last season.

September 2026

Analysis 5 min 30 Sep

Saras Jasikevicius wants a reason for every shot

The notebook, the points per possession, the rules that never move. He used to be the best point guard of his generation coaches, now he has changed.

Recap 4 min 27 Sep

EuroLeague Round 1: what decided all ten games

Dubai beat Real Madrid by one on the offensive glass, Olympiacos shot 67% on twos, and free throws settled two more. The numbers behind the opening round.

Transfers 5 min 25 Sep

The ten moves that shaped the EuroLeague summer

Five arrivals from the NBA and five transfers inside the league. The players who change how their teams will look in 2026-27.

Transfers 4 min 23 Sep

Anadolu Efes lost their heart. Then they signed the best scorer this league has had.

Larkin left for Fenerbahce after eight years. Efes answered with Mike James, Dario Saric and a deep, talented roster. The defence is the open question.

Recap 3 min 21 Sep

Real Madrid won the first SuperCup

Preseason? Who said so? All games were dogfights. Real made it and the tournament MVP scored six points in the final.

Analysis 3 min 18 Sep

What PIR sees that points don't

Walter Tavares ranked 82nd in scoring and 21st in PIR. So how is PIR working and who does it help most?

Analysis 4 min 16 Sep

Bartzokas-ball: everyone touches the ball, and nothing is an accident

The method behind Olympiacos — constant movement, real roles, and a coach who learned to trust his players.

Transfers 3 min 14 Sep

Hapoel Tel Aviv spent big again. The team they built.

An ambitious owner, a huge roster, a proven coach, and home games far from home.

Analysis 3 min 11 Sep

Milutinov: The quiet, elite, team-first center

A 2.13m throwback who takes no threes, barely touches the ball, and bends games anyway. The quiet, elite, team-first center Olympiacos leaned on all season.

Analysis 2 min 09 Sep

Who really creates the most points in EuroLeague 2025-26

A box score counts the points a player scores and buries the ones he creates. So we counted both, from the play-by-play of all 402 games. Who really runs the offense.

Tools 2 min 07 Sep

Define Your Best: rank the EuroLeague your way

Introducing Define Your Best, a tool that lets you set what "best" means. Six sliders, your weights, and the whole EuroLeague re-sorts to your definition.

Analysis 4 min 04 Sep

Obradović is back where he built the dynasty

The best coach European basketball ever produced went home to Partizan, and it went cold. The doubters called him finished. Panathinaikos just handed him the biggest contract a coach has ever signed. One season to settle it.

Analysis 4 min 02 Sep

The steadiest and streakiest scorers in EuroLeague 2025-26

Kevin Punter and Wade Baldwin both averaged 15 points. Punter scored 43 one night and 2 another. Baldwin gave you 15, most nights. We measured which EuroLeague scorers you can count on, and which run hot and cold.

August 2026

Transfers 3 min 31 Aug

Barcelona starts from (almost) zero

Ten new players, a new coach, and no track record to read. Barcelona tore down its ageing core this summer and rebuilt younger, more athletic and NBA-flavoured. What that becomes, nobody yet knows.

Analysis 3 min 28 Aug

Elijah Bryant plays exactly like he lives

The most efficient scoring guard in the EuroLeague is also its most understated. With Elijah Bryant, that was never two facts. It's one.

Explainer 4 min 26 Aug

Transition offense: the fastest points in basketball, before the defense arrives

Run before they're set. What transition offense actually is, why it's the most efficient scoring in the game, and the EuroLeague team built entirely around it.

Transfers 3 min 24 Aug

The Armani Milano Poeta Wanted

Milano stopped chasing big names. Peppe Poeta built a team to fit his game instead: fast, free, and stacked with guards.

Analysis 3 min 21 Aug

The Rehearsed Chaos of Pedro Martínez

Inside the fast, disciplined system arriving at Real Madrid, and the room of kings waiting to test it.

Explainer 2 min 19 Aug

Rebound % Beats Rebounds Per Game — Here's Why

Raw rebound totals reward playing time. This stat rewards actually winning the ball.

Transfers 3 min 17 Aug

Dubai Got Serious

A EuroLeague-winning coach and a much tougher roster. The debut was respectable. The ambition is now something else entirely.

Transfers 3 min 14 Aug

The Last Shot Is His: Sylvain Francisco, in Stats and Nerve

A stats portrait of an All-EuroLeague guard — the confidence that wins games and loses them.

Explainer 3 min 12 Aug

Zone defense: why a coach chooses to guard space instead of a player.

Not every defense follows one man around the court. Here's who reaches for zone, and why.

Transfers 3 min 10 Aug

Zalgiris rebuilt for a title run. Here's who's new — and the one gap they're still managing.

A summer of major additions, and why small forward is the position to watch.

Analysis 3 min 05 Aug

The Man Who Doesn't Dribble: Inside the Mind of Sasha Vezenkov, the Euroleague MVP

No muscle, no speed, no wasted motion — how Olympiacos' quiet forward outthinks a league built to stop him, and the one place his body still wins.

Explainer 3 min 03 Aug

Transition defense: the four seconds that decide whether a turnover costs you nothing or costs you two points.

Sprint back, foul, or scramble. Three ways teams handle the moment right after they lose the ball — and why the best teams never really choose.

July 2026

Analysis 3 min 31 Jul

EuroLeague Offensive Rating, Defensive Rating and Net Rating: the 2025-26 efficiency landscape

Points scored and allowed per 100 possessions, mapped for every team. The picture is more interesting than the standings.

Tools 3 min 29 Jul

Who's the best center in EuroLeague at grabbing rebounds? Now you can just ask.

A tool built for one very specific kind of question — and it answers it better than anything else on the site.

Transfers 4 min 27 Jul

Fenerbahçe rebuilt half their team this summer. Here's what each new player brings.

Six new faces, one clear plan — told in plain language for fans of every level.

Tools 2 min 24 Jul

Does your player actually matter? The Player Impact tool tells you.

When Mfiondu Kabengele performs, Dubai Basketball wins. When he doesn't, they mostly lose. The numbers are that clear.

Analysis 3 min 22 Jul

The clutch leaders of EuroLeague 2025–26

Who showed up in the moments that mattered — and what the numbers say about how.

Explainer 3 min 20 Jul

Help defense: the one player who doesn't rotate breaks the entire system

Three variations, one principle — and why Juancho Hernangómez is the perfect example of how it works.

Explainer 2 min 17 Jul

EuroLeague advanced stats: what every number on a player page means.

Most stat pages give you numbers. This one tells you what they mean.

Transfers 3 min 15 Jul

Panathinaikos is changing their skin. They're not only an offensive team anymore.

Four signings, one clear message — and a coach who has built this kind of team before.

Explainer 4 min 13 Jul

Post defense: how you guard the block tells you everything about what you fear

Three ways to defend the post. Each one is a bet — on your own size, your help defense, or your teammate.

Transfers 4 min 10 Jul

Montero and Miller-McIntyre: what Olympiacos just added at point guard

The reigning EuroLeague champions didn't rebuild. They upgraded — in the most specific way possible.

Tools 3 min 08 Jul

Is your team actually playing better? The Team Form Guide tells you.

Standings tell you where teams are. Form tells you where they're going. Here's the tool that shows the difference.

Explainer 3 min 06 Jul

Beyond points per game: eFG%, TS% and PPP explained

Three stats that answer the same question — how efficiently is this player scoring? — with increasing depth.

Transfers 5 min 03 Jul

ASVEL built something different this summer

Theis, Weiler-Babb, Brooks, Francisco. Four arrivals, four very different profiles — and a clearer picture of what Villeurbanne is trying to become.

June 2026

Explainer 4 min 27 Jun

Isolation: the loneliest play in basketball, and the hardest to defend.

One player. One defender. No help coming. Here's what makes it work — and who does it best in EuroLeague.

May 2026

Recap 2 min 24 May

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