Theo Maledon became the first player to score one millionth point in Euroliga, in an exciting match of Real Madrid against Paris Basketball. Maledon achieved this milestone with a three-pointer with 43 seconds left in the first quarter, which gave the 22-21 lead and entered the history books of Euroliga, which opened on October 16, 2000, with a canasta from the Croatian Dino Radja, then in the Olympiacos Greek team, with a canasta precisely against the white team in the Spanish capital. Real Madrid achieved a hard-won victory in Euroliga against Paris Basketball (95-90) after a match in which they had to offer their best offensive face, led by Theo Maledon, Walter Tavares, and Trey Lyles, authors of 51 points between the three. After throwing away in Milan an eight-game winning streak, the white team put the count back to zero against a rival who had given them a scare in the same competition last year, winning at home in the first game of the play-in with a team that was far from the current one. Despite this, and also ignoring their poor position in the classification table, the Paris team remains a high-pace team with many shots, the one that tries the most and scores the most points. A real headache that forces you to be fine in the opposite basket and not to get distracted to avoid a sudden downpour. That experience was lived by Sergio Scariolo's team in the first quarter, when they took a 2-12 run with three-point attacks; three triples and a 2+1. Fortunately, they had filled the hucha enough, with a 14-9 start, not to suffer too much from the consequences (16-21, m.7). The reaction, however, was notable. And it had a bit of history. After a triple from Gabriel Deck, Maledon began a small cameo, scoring five points without a reply. And the external shot with which he achieved the first three of them is already a material heritage of the competition, as it served to add the one millionth point in the same. Another milestone witnessed in the Spanish capital, which attended, for example, the debut of the counter on October 16, 2000, with a canasta from the Croatian Dino Radja, then in the Olympiacos Greek team; the match with the most points to date, against Anadolu Efes on January 5, 2024 (130-126, after four overtime periods); and the duel with the highest global score in the regular time, against Maccabi on January 14, 2025 (116-113). It was the most notable in a first half of constant exchange of blows, with a host who could not get rid of a sticky opponent, who always had a canasta in the zurrón when things got complicated and who, in his best moment, reached a seven-point favorable rent, a momentary fire that was extinguished by Chuma Okeke with a triple and Theo Maledon with a 2+1. The second half started with Lamar Stevens on fire, leaving two perimeter shots in just 41 seconds. The demonstration that Paris was going to continue playing its way, until it gave them the strength or capacity. Thus; Tavares, Mario Hezonja, and Facundo Campazzo had to come out to counter another attempt by the French team, which, despite this, managed to stay ahead for the entire third quarter and reach the half-hour mark winning by four (70-74, m.30). The decisive ten minutes started hot, with four triples in less than a minute and a half shared between the two teams, siend
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Theo Maledon scores one millionth point in Euroliga
·2026-06-11·2 min read
