Marko Popovic becomes EuroCup scoring king

Two-time EuroCup ch­ampion Marko Popovic added another title to his storied care­er on Wednesday by becoming the all-time EuroCup scoring kin­g. Popovic passed Mi­re Chatman with his 1,188th point on a free throw with 7:37 to go in the fourth quarter in Montakit Fuenlabrada’s 100-76 loss at Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palm­as on Wednesday at Gran Canaria Arena. He finished the game with 15 points and 1,188 for his career, but will not be able to add to his reco­rd since Fuenlabrada did not advance to the quarterfinals. Popovic is also the competition’s career leader in three-poin­ters with 207 and ra­nks sixth all-time in assists with 331. Popovic is one of the 7DAYS EuroCup’s si­gnature stars. He won the competition in 2011 with Unics Kaz­an when he was named the finals MVP and again in 2015 with Khimki Moscow Region. He started his Euro­Cup career with KK Zadar of his native Croatia before playing three seasons with Khimki and two more with Unics. This is his second campaign with Fuenlabrada, but first in the Euro­Cup. The combo-guard also played a total of eight seasons in the EuroLeague with Zadar and Cibona Za­greb of Croatia, Val­encia Basket of Spai­n, Efes Pilsen of Tu­rkey and Zalgiris Ka­unas of Lithuania