Llull stole a Euroleague record from Navarro

Sergio Llull, Spanish shooting guard of Real Madrid, became the player with the most triples in the history of the Euroleague by reaching 624 and surpassing his compatriot Juan Carlos Navarro in the first game of the Euroleague playoffs that measured the his team at the WiZink Center against Baskonia.

Llull started the rivalry with a total of 622, one behind Navarro, who scored them all while defending the Barça shirt. After scoring his first triple of the game with seven minutes left in the game, he surpassed the record three and a half later, when he made the score 84-62.

The 36-year-old Spaniard had to throw 1,870 times to reach the record number after starting the game with a success rate of 33.4% throughout his tournament career and the 2016-2017 season was the most fruitful in this section for him. total 73 hits.

In the case of Navarro, now in second place, he remained at 623 after 1,669 attempts, for a total conversion percentage of 37.3%. His most notable campaign was in 2012-2013, where he converted 65 three-pointers. Behind them are two more Spaniards, Sergio Rodríguez and Rudy Fernández; and the American Scottie Wilbekin; all still active.

In this way, Llull continues to occupy privileged positions in some Euroleague statistics because with this victory he added, at the start of the clash against Baskonia, his fifth historical position in total points (3,907), the sixth in terms of assists (1,387). and eleventh in terms of free throws made (699). He is also the third active player with the most minutes, the thirteenth with the most starts and the thirty second with the most steals.

He has an ambitious challenge in front of him, which is to become the man with the most games in the competition. His 403 appearances puts him just behind Kyle Hines, still active at Armani Milan with 425; and ahead of Sergio Rodríguez, who has 401.