FIBA Basketball

    2018 by the numbers

    The third season of the Basketball Champions League is ongoing, and has already delivered great games and great performances. Time for us to have a look back at 2018 to highlight some key numbers.


    MIES (Switzerland) - The third season of the Basketball Champions League is ongoing, and has already delivered great games and great performances. Time for us to have a look back at 2018 (calendar year) to highlight some key numbers that have defined the past 12 months.

    TEAMS


    Most games played in BCL in 2018:

    [orderedList] AEK: 20 games MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg: 20 games UCAM Murcia: 20 games Banvit: 18 games medi Bayreuth: 18 games SIG Strasbourg: 18 games [/orderedList]

     
    Most games won in BCL in 2018:

    [orderedList] AEK: 15 games Iberostar Tenerife: 14 games UCAM Murcia: 14 games Banvit: 11 games SIG Strasbourg: 11 games PAOK: 10 games [/orderedList]

     
    Most games lost in BCL in 2018:

    [orderedList] Petrol Olimpija: 12 games MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg: 11 games Neptunas Klaipeda: 10 games medi Bayreuth: 9 games Nanterre 92: 9 games CEZ Nymburk: 9 games Ventspils: 9 games [/orderedList]

      


    Most points scored in BCL in 2018:

    [orderedList] AEK: 1638 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg: 1563 UCAM Murcia: 1537 medi Bayreuth: 1429 Banvit: 1409 SIG Strasbourg: 1408 [/orderedList]

     
    Most points conceded in BCL in 2018:

    [orderedList] MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg: 1566 AEK: 1560
  1. UCAM Murcia: 1426
  2. medi Bayreuth: 1397 SIG Strasbourg: 1366 CEZ Nymburk: 1341 [/orderedList]


    Most points scored per game in BCL in 2018:

    [orderedList] Dinamo Sassari: 88.0 UNET Holon: 87.1 Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem: 87.0 Segafredo Virtus Bologna: 86.1 AS Monaco: 85.4 Telekom Baskets Bonn: 84.9 [/orderedList]


    Most points conceded per game in BCL in 2018:

    [orderedList] Opava: 92.1 Enisey Krasnoyarsk: 90.0 SikeliArchivi Capo d'Orlando: 89.8 Dinamo Sassari: 89.0 Fribourg Olympic: 89.0 Telekom Baskets Bonn: 86.4 [/orderedList]

     
    But also,

    The most prolific game in BCL in 2018 was Umana Reyer Venezia vs UNET Holon in October (111-104).  The BCL game with the fewest tally of points scored in 2018 was Filou Oostende vs Sidigas Avellino in January (51-61). The biggest points difference in a BCL game in 2018 was +47, Iberostar Tenerife against SikeliArchivi Capo d'Orlando in January (106-59). [/unordered]

     


    PLAYERS

     
    Players with most games played in BCL in 2018:

    [orderedList] Kevin Punter: 20 games Mike Green: 20 games Giannoulis Larentzakis: 20 games Charlon Kloof:  20 games Adam Waleskowski:  20 games Alex Urtasun:  20 games Tony Taylor:  18 games Dominic Waters:  18 games Darion Atkins:  18 games Gasper Vidmar:  18 games Andreas Seiferth:  18 games Ridvan Oncel:  18 games Bastian Doreth:  18 games [/orderedList]

     
    Players with most games started in BCL in 2018:

    [orderedList] Adam Waleskowski:  20 games Mike Green: 20 games Gasper Vidmar:  18 games Tony Taylor:  18 games De'Mon Brooks: 17 games Ovie Soko: 17 games Petr Benda: 16 games Vince Hunter: 16 games [/orderedList]

     
    Players with most points scored in BCL in 2018:

    [orderedList] Kevin Punter: 372 Vince Hunter: 229 Ovie Soko: 221 Tony Taylor:  219 De'Mon Brooks: 213 Vojtech Hruban: 211 Tomas Delininkaitis: 210 Dusan Sakota: 209 Mike Green: 203 MarQuez Haynes: 199 [/orderedList]


    Players with most points scored from the bench in BCL in 2018:

    [orderedList] Tomas Delininkaitis: 210 Dusan Sakota: 153 Kendrick Ray: 135 Alex Urtasun:  130 Nemanja Djurisic: 128 Martin Peterka: 117 Tyrese Rice: 117 Ingus Jakovics: 111 Robin Benzing: 106 Mitchell Watt: 103 [/orderedList]


     
    Players with most rebounds in BCL in 2018:

    [orderedList] Ovie Soko: 115 Jordan Morgan: 106 Vince Hunter: 105 Darion Atkins: 98 Sadiel Rojas: 95 Vladimir Dragicevic: 87 [/orderedList]


    Players with most assists in BCL in 2018:

    [orderedList] Eugene Lawrence: 97 Mike Green: 92 Tony Taylor: 87 Tamir Blatt: 81 DJ Cooper: 79 Ferran Bassas: 74 [/orderedList]


    Players with most double-doubles in BCL in 2018:

    [orderedList] Babacar Toure: 5 Jerai Grant: 5 Jordan Morgan: 4 Darion Atkins: 3 Ovie Soko: 3 Paris Lee: 3 Vladimir Dragicevic: 3 Youssoupha Fall: 3 [/orderedList]


    But also,

    Mike Green played 554 minutes in BCL in 2018, more than any other player. Mike Green (203pts, 70rbd & 92ast) and Tony Taylor (219pts, 50rds, 87ast) are the only two players to have scored 150+ points, grabbed 50+ rebounds and made 50+ assists in BCL in 2018. Mads Bonde Sturup is the player with the most games played without losing a single one in BCL in 2018: He won all the 10 games he took part in with Iberostar Tenerife in 2018. [/unordered]