Marcelinho Huertas becomes the new assist king

Achieved by Marcelinho Huertas This Sunday, before half-time of the match between Lenovo Tenerife and Dorian Land Gran Canaria, He will become the top assistant in the ACB league, surpassing the reign of Pablo Laso.

18th minute of the match between Lenovo Tenerife and Dreamland Gran Canaria. The score for the Tenerife team is 40-36. Marcelinho Huerta’s ball went into the basket and he passed it to Shermadini, making it 42-36. The game will stop. Marcelinho Huertas has provided 2,897 assists, surpassing Pablo Laso.

The day was as expected and I couldn’t think of anything else. Derby, packed stadiums, and catching up with Pablo Laso, the Brazilian point guard surpassed 2,896 assists, creating a difference that will be very difficult for other players to overcome in the years to come.

The closest active player to this is Sergio Llull, who occupies 6th place (1,873 assists), but the gap is currently over 1,000 passes.

Only in the 2019-20 season, Huertas posted a higher average than this year. That meant eight basket passes per game. The Brazilian has already left behind players such as Nacho Azofura (2,224 games), Albert Oliver (2,074 games) and Nacho Rodriguez (2,032 games). Elmer Bento (1,838), Jose Luis Llorente (1,768), Andre Turner (1,748), Pablo Prigioni (1,721).

Laso has been the tournament’s best passer for 32 years, surpassing Jose Luis Llorente in the 1991-1992 season.

From the beginning of the season, Huertas began aiming for a record that would be difficult to break, with a high level of competition, not only in scoring, but also in effective passing to teammates.

In matchday 20, Lenovo Tenerife played against UCAM Murcia. Huertas contributed to the victory over Tenerife (75-73) with 21 points and 7 assists.

In the next game on the 21st, the Brazilian point guard scored 18 points and provided 6 assists in a 95-78 victory over Baskonia.

In matchday 22, the Lenovo player came close to surpassing Pablo Laso, achieving a double-double with 11 points and 9 assists against Casademont Zaragoza, winning 100-106. After six assists in Matchday 23 and just one against leaders Real Madrid in Matchday 24, the São Paulo-born player completed seven passes to the basket against Moravanc Andorra, giving him 2,890 assists by this derby. reached.

Although he is three fewer than Pablo Laso, he will be stripped of this privilege in Germany, which he has had since the 1991-92 season.