Shavon Shields closes Game 1 of the LBA Finals UnipolSai 2024, decided in overtime and won by EA7 Emporio Armani 75-86, scoring 25 points in 27 minutes with 26 rating. 6 triples scored on 7 attempts (86%) from Danish team Olimpia, who equals the red and white club record in a final match.
Two players before him had made 6 three-pointers in a final wearing the Olimpia shirt: Curtis Jerrels in Game 1 of the 2014 finals when against Siena he scored 6 triples out of 8 attempts (75%); after him Andrew Goudelock with 6 triples out of 10 attempts (60%), achieved in Game 1 in the 2018 edition in the final played against Trento.
The record in the playoffs remains the 8 triples scored (out of 8 attempts) by David Rivers with the Fortitudo Bologna shirt in Game 2 of the 1998 final played against Virtus Bologna.
Second position for David Logan with the 7 triples scored out of 12 attempts in Game 3 of the final played by his Sassari against Reggio Emilia in 2015.
With this 25-point performance in Game 1 of the LBA Finals UnipolSai 2024, Shavon Shields surpassed Rimantas Kaukenas to win 2nd place in the top scorers ranking in the Scudetto Finals, rising to 462 points. At the top of the standings is Carlton Myers with 604 points.
(source LBA website)
