EL: Budućnost VOLI beat Baskonia and break an EuroLeague record!
The reigning ABA League champions scored 21 three-pointers which is a new EuroLeague single-game record!
Edwin Jackson (Photo: Mornar/Media Pro)
What a night in Podgorica! Budućnost VOLI defeated Baskonia and scored their first EuroLeague win in this season, but something else happened this Thursday evening in Sports center Morača. Something the whole Europe is talking about!
Budućnost VOLI scored 21 three-pointers in the match against Baskonia which is the new EuroLeague single-game record!!! The previous record was shared by Montepaschi Siena and Barcelona Lassa who both made 19 threes in a single game.
Edwin Jackson made most of them – 6 out of 9 attempts - and he was the top scorer in the winning team with 24 points. Danilo Nikolić was 4/5 from downtown, Earl Clark made 4/6, Suad Sehovic nailed 3/5, Coty Clarke was perfect with 2/2, while Nikola Ivanović hit 2/7.
At the end, Budućnost VOLI scored 99 points, with 63 of them coming from outside the 3-point line!
EuroLeague Regular Season, Round 7, Thursday, 15.11.2018:
BUDUĆNOST VOLI - Baskonia 99:84 (26:18, 22:19, 27:23, 24:24)
Jackson 24, Clark 20 | Shengelia 16, Shields 14.
| Group Regular Season | W | L | PTS+ | PTS- | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Real Madrid | 7 | 0 | 642 | 531 | 111 |
| 2. CSKA Moscow | 6 | 0 | 528 | 477 | 51 |
| 3. Fenerbahce Istanbul | 6 | 1 | 590 | 549 | 41 |
| 4. AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan | 5 | 2 | 611 | 579 | 32 |
| 5. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens | 4 | 2 | 511 | 474 | 37 |
| 6. FC Barcelona Lassa | 4 | 2 | 484 | 464 | 20 |
| 7. Anadolu Efes Istanbul | 4 | 2 | 517 | 502 | 15 |
| 8. FC Bayern Munich | 3 | 3 | 501 | 481 | 20 |
| 9. Zalgiris Kaunas | 3 | 3 | 474 | 474 | 0 |
| 10. Olympiacos Piraeus | 3 | 4 | 552 | 560 | -8 |
| 11. KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | 2 | 5 | 555 | 567 | -12 |
| 12. Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | 1 | 5 | 452 | 495 | -43 |
| 13. Herbalife Gran Canaria | 1 | 5 | 499 | 572 | -73 |
| 14. Khimki Moscow Region | 1 | 6 | 556 | 584 | -28 |
| 15. Buducnost VOLI Podgorica | 1 | 6 | 483 | 548 | -65 |
| 16. Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul | 1 | 6 | 528 | 626 | -98 |
