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Mario Hezonja

UNIKS Kazan
Position:	SF
Height:	202 cm
Weight:	91 kg
Age:	27 yo (1995 February 25)
Birth place:	Dubrovnik, Croatia
Citizenship:	Croatian

PTS

14.2

9 Position in the EuroLeague

REB

6.1

9 Position in the EuroLeague

AST

1.8

70 Position in the EuroLeague

EFF

14.2

19 Position in the EuroLeague

Statistics /

MIN

2P M/A

3P M/A

FT M/A

REB

RBS

PTS

EFF

EuroLeague

29:12

52.4%
86/164

34.9%
45/129

77.8%
49/63

6.1
5.5/0.6

1.8

1.2

2.3

0.3

2.8

14.2

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Last 10 games

Date	Opponent	MIN	2P M/A	3P M/A	FT M/A	REB	AS	ST	TO	BS	RBS	PF	RF	PTS	EFF
02-22	AS Monaco	36	44.4% 4/9	42.9% 3/7	75% 3/4	8 7/1	5	2	4	1	1	3	5	20	23
02-11	Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	35	60% 3/5	57.1% 4/7	- 0/0	9 9/0	2	1	6	0	0	1	3	18	21
02-04	Zalgiris Kaunas	28	55.6% 5/9	25% 1/4	100% 1/1	5 4/1	3	2	0	0	0	4	2	14	15
02-02	ALBA Berlin	27	33.3% 3/9	0% 0/3	50% 1/2	3 1/2	0	3	1	0	1	2	2	7	1
01-28	CSKA Moscow	38	66.7% 6/9	33.3% 3/9	- 0/0	9 8/1	3	2	5	0	0	5	3	21	19
01-25	Real Madrid	23	40% 2/5	50% 2/4	- 0/0	4 4/0	1	0	3	1	1	2	0	10	5
01-20	FC Barcelona	37	33.3% 2/6	25% 1/4	100% 4/4	11 11/0	1	0	7	1	1	2	4	11	11
12-30	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	21	40% 2/5	50% 1/2	100% 2/2	9 7/2	1	0	4	0	0	4	1	9	8
12-22	FC Barcelona	36	28.6% 2/7	66.7% 4/6	100% 2/2	4 3/1	2	2	1	1	0	5	4	18	18
12-17	Zalgiris Kaunas	34	44.4% 4/9	66.7% 4/6	- 0/0	6 5/1	0	1	2	1	0	0	3	20	22

Video

Booed Hezonja and wild Crvena Zvezda - Partizan derby (URBONUS podcast)

News

	Bojan Bogdanovic and Ivica Zubac included in Croatian NT roster for upcoming FIBA window 2022-06-07 Ivica Zubac, Mario Hezonja, and Bojan Bogdanovic are included in the provisional Croatian national team roster before the upcoming FIBA World Cup qualifiers ...
	Mario Hezonja has reportedly signed his Real Madrid contract 2022-05-30 Real Madrid and Mario Hezonja have come to a final agreement. The intense rumor that had developed in the previous period about the EuroLeague finalists targeting the ...
	Real Madrid reportedly agree to terms with Mario Hezonja 2022-05-24 Real Madrid have reached an agreement with Mario Hezonja, according to Marca.

Career

Season	Team
2011-2012	KK Zagreb Zagreb
2012-2015	FC Barcelona
2015-2018	Orlando Magic
2018-2019	New York Knicks
2019-2020	Portland Trail Blazers
2020-2021	Panathinaikos Athens
2021-Now	UNICS Kazan
2014-2016	Croatia
2021	Croatia

Personal records

EuroLeague
Efficiency	29	2021-11-04
Points	27	2021-11-04
Assists	5	2021-10-21
Steals	4	2015-01-30
Rebounds	11	2022-01-20
Blocks	2	2021-03-04

News

	Bojan Bogdanovic and Ivica Zubac included in Croatian NT roster for upcoming FIBA window 2022-06-07 Ivica Zubac, Mario Hezonja, and Bojan Bogdanovic are included in the provisional Croatian national team roster before the upcoming FIBA World Cup qualifiers ...
	Mario Hezonja has reportedly signed his Real Madrid contract 2022-05-30 Real Madrid and Mario Hezonja have come to a final agreement. The intense rumor that had developed in the previous period about the EuroLeague finalists targeting the ...
	Real Madrid reportedly agree to terms with Mario Hezonja 2022-05-24 Real Madrid have reached an agreement with Mario Hezonja, according to Marca.
	Real Madrid reportedly targeting Mario Hezonja 2022-05-02 Real Madrid have Mario Hezonja as one of the main targets to bolster the roster, according to Marca. BasketNews sources confirm Real's showing interest in Hezonja. Mario ...
	Mario Hezonja doesn't plan to return to the NBA: 'It's more of a show than the game itself' 2022-04-13 Croatian swingman Mario Hezonja left the NBA during the 2020-2021 season after being waived by the Memphis Grizzlies. According to a recent interview he gave to a Russian ...
	Shved, Hezonja, McCollum and John Brown headline VTB All-Star Game lineups 2022-01-26 VTB United League announced the Russian Stars and World Stars lineups for the 2022 All-Star Game, which will take place on February 20 at VTB Arena in Moscow. The lineups ...
	Hezonja headlines VTB's 3-point and dunk contests 2022-01-19 One of the brightest VTB United League's stars will headline the main All-Star game events in Moscow. Mario Hezonja will participate in this year's United League's ...
	Revival in Kazan: Perasovic’s game-changing shift that turned the season for UNICS (1) 2021-12-30 Reaching the EuroLeague via EuroCup is a tricky business. Most of the time, it is the same old story: Those successful clubs suddenly find themselves in dire hardship to ...
	Hezonja can’t see Saras and Zeljko theatrics in NBA: 'They'd get punched in second practice’ (1) 2021-12-07 Mario Hezonja is one of the most-exciting players European basketball has ever produced and the UNICS Kazan swingman shares freely about his development, his career and ...
	Booed Hezonja and wild Crvena Zvezda - Partizan derby (URBONUS podcast) 2021-11-15 BasketNews’ Donatas Urbonas & Rytis Vysniauskas discuss Mario Hezonja’s return to Athens, the most exciting things from the first Crvena Zvezda and ...
	Hezonja on boos from PAO fans: ‘I deserved it and I do not forgive myself either’ 2021-11-12 Mario Hezonja made his return to Athens, which was bittersweet. His new team, UNICS Kazan, won the game 74-72 thanks to Lorenzo Brown’s game-winner, but the ...
	Mario Hezonja, John Brown help struggling UNICS survive Parma 2021-11-01 UNICS Kazan improved to 4-1 in the VTB regular season after downing Parma Perm on the road 73-66 (20-21, 17-12, 19-24, 17-9). The game was decided in the fourth quarter ...
	Nail-biting thriller in Kazan: James sends the game to overtime, Monaco beat UNICS 2021-10-08 UNICS Kazan (2-0) hosted AS Monaco (0-2) in a rematch of last season's Eurocup final. However, the first victory in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague for the Russian club ...
	Fantasy tips by Leksas for Round 2: James' motivation and Mickey's advantage over Zalgiris 2021-10-06 Last week's Turkish Airlines EuroLeague tip-off also marked the start of BasketNews Fantasy. After Round 1, participants of the Classic mode can make up to three roster ...
	Hezonja's 27 points help UNICS capture third place in the VTB SuperCup 2021-09-19 UNICS Kazan finished a pre-season stage with a convincing victory over Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar 84-70 (21-22, 20-22, 21-16, 22-10), securing third place in the VTB ...
	Hezonja on feeling himself after frustrating NBA years and why he left Panathinaikos 2021-09-14 You'll read a bizarre love story. Hezonja went to play for his childhood dream team and was greeted there like a rockstar. After the frustrating years in the NBA, he ...
	EuroLeague awards predictions: Will Shved repeat as top scorer and who's next MVP? (1) 2021-08-27 The EuroLeague season hasn't even started, and some teams haven't even completed their roster moves. Still, for our expert panel, it's even more fun that way. Hope you'll ...
	10 biggest transfers that changed the EuroLeague landscape 2021-08-19 EuroLeague players were on the move this off-season. It will take some time getting used to the new uniforms some of the EuroLeague stars will wear this season. ...
	Super transfer for Super Mario completed 2021-07-31 EuroLeague's newcomers completed perhaps summer's biggest move yet, by acquiring Mario Hezonja. UNICS Kazan made the official announcement on a one-year deal with an ...
	Mario Hezonja to join UNICS Kazan 2021-07-22 Mario Hezonja's late negative response to Panathinaikos's proposal for a two-year contract became known at dawn, while a few hours later the Croatian forward himself took ...

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EuroLeague

		MIN	2P M/A	3P M/A	FT M/A	REB	AS	ST	TO	BS	RBS	PF	RF	PTS	EFF	GM
21/22	UNICS Kazan	29:12	52.4% 86/164	34.9% 45/129	77.8% 49/63	6.1 5.5/0.6	1.8	1.2	2.3	0.3	0.3	2.8	3	14.2	14.2	25 »
20/21	Panathinaikos Athens	22:07	46.3% 19/41	36.6% 15/41	84.2% 32/38	2.5 2.5/0	1.3	1.5	2.1	0.4	0.3	2.6	4.4	14.4	12.6	8 »
14/15	FC Barcelona	16:02	57.1% 32/56	38.2% 29/76	75% 18/24	2 1.5/0.5	1	0.6	1	0.2	0.2	1.8	1.1	7.7	6.1	22 »
13/14	FC Barcelona	5:47	53.8% 7/13	25% 2/8	75% 3/4	0.5 0.4/0.1	0.2	0	0.4	0	0	0.6	0.4	1.6	0.9	14 »
12/13	FC Barcelona	8:30	33.3% 2/6	- 0/0	50% 1/2	2 1.5/0.5	0	0.5	0	0	0	1.5	0.5	2.5	1.5	2 »

FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament

MIN

2P M/A

3P M/A

FT M/A

REB

RBS

PTS

EFF

2021

Croatia

27:40

54.5%
12/22

22.2%
4/18

77.8%
14/18

5.7
4.7/1

2.3

0.7

2.7

16.7

13.3

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NBA

		MIN	2P M/A	3P M/A	FT M/A	REB	AS	ST	TO	BS	RBS	PF	RF	PTS	EFF	GM
19/20	Portland Trail Blazers	15:30	48.4% 75/155	30.3% 27/89	81.5% 53/65	3.4 2.8/0.5	0.9	0.7	0.8	0.2	-	2	-	4.8	4.6	59 »
18/19	New York Knicks	20:19	47.8% 149/312	27.6% 42/152	76.3% 87/114	4.1 3.6/0.5	1.5	1	1.5	0.1	-	1.9	-	8.8	7	58 »
17/18	Orlando Magic	21:36	52.4% 183/349	33.7% 90/267	81.9% 86/105	3.7 3.2/0.5	1.4	1.1	1.2	0.4	-	1.8	-	9.6	8.5	75 »
16/17	Orlando Magic	14:19	39.8% 74/186	29.9% 43/144	80% 40/50	2.3 2/0.3	1	0.4	0.9	0.2	-	1.1	-	4.9	3.3	65 »
15/16	Orlando Magic	17:22	50.4% 114/226	34.9% 67/192	90.7% 49/54	2.2 1.9/0.4	1.4	0.5	1.2	0.2	0.2	1.6	-	6.1	4.3	79 »

Olympic Games

MIN

2P M/A

3P M/A

FT M/A

REB

RBS

PTS

EFF

2016

Croatia

21:20

46.2%
6/13

50%
12/24

100%
6/6

3.3
3.2/0.2

1.3

0.3

0.8

0.2

1.2

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FIBA EuroBasket

MIN

2P M/A

3P M/A

FT M/A

REB

RBS

PTS

EFF

2015

Croatia

21:30

66.7%
8/12

27.3%
6/22

66.7%
6/9

4.3
3.5/0.8

1.2

0.8

1.7

0.5

1.5

1.8

6.7

8.3

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FIBA Basketball World Cup

MIN

2P M/A

3P M/A

FT M/A

REB

RBS

PTS

EFF

2014

Croatia

6:30

100%
2/2

-
0/0

1
0.5/0.5

0.5

1.5

2.5

-0.5

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Seasons: 21/22 | 20/21 | 19/20 | 18/19 | 17/18 | 16/17 | 15/16 | 14/15 | 13/14 | 12/13

Date	Team	Opponent	Score	MIN	2P M/A	3P M/A	FT M/A	REB	AS	ST	TO	BS	RBS	PF	RF	PTS	EFF
02-22	UNICS Kazan	AS Monaco	79-76	36	44.4% 4/9	42.9% 3/7	75% 3/4	8 7/1	5	2	4	1	1	3	5	20	23
02-11	UNICS Kazan	Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	77-84	35	60% 3/5	57.1% 4/7	- 0/0	9 9/0	2	1	6	0	0	1	3	18	21
02-04	UNICS Kazan	Zalgiris Kaunas	67-76	28	55.6% 5/9	25% 1/4	100% 1/1	5 4/1	3	2	0	0	0	4	2	14	15
02-02	UNICS Kazan	ALBA Berlin	81-53	27	33.3% 3/9	0% 0/3	50% 1/2	3 1/2	0	3	1	0	1	2	2	7	1
01-28	UNICS Kazan	CSKA Moscow	75-86	38	66.7% 6/9	33.3% 3/9	- 0/0	9 8/1	3	2	5	0	0	5	3	21	19
01-25	UNICS Kazan	Real Madrid	85-68	23	40% 2/5	50% 2/4	- 0/0	4 4/0	1	0	3	1	1	2	0	10	5
01-20	UNICS Kazan	FC Barcelona	70-64	37	33.3% 2/6	25% 1/4	100% 4/4	11 11/0	1	0	7	1	1	2	4	11	11
12-30	UNICS Kazan	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	75-67	21	40% 2/5	50% 1/2	100% 2/2	9 7/2	1	0	4	0	0	4	1	9	8
12-22	UNICS Kazan	FC Barcelona	111-109	36	28.6% 2/7	66.7% 4/6	100% 2/2	4 3/1	2	2	1	1	0	5	4	18	18
12-17	UNICS Kazan	Zalgiris Kaunas	66-53	34	44.4% 4/9	66.7% 4/6	- 0/0	6 5/1	0	1	2	1	0	0	3	20	22
12-15	UNICS Kazan	CSKA Moscow	67-88	33	75% 6/8	33.3% 2/6	- 0/0	10 10/0	3	2	0	0	0	3	2	18	26
12-09	UNICS Kazan	Maccabi Tel Aviv	74-85	19	75% 3/4	40% 2/5	100% 2/2	4 4/0	2	1	1	0	0	5	1	14	12
12-03	UNICS Kazan	Olympiacos Piraeus	84-87	33	16.7% 1/6	25% 2/8	60% 3/5	7 6/1	4	4	2	1	1	3	3	11	11
11-26	UNICS Kazan	Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	78-98	28	0% 0/1	57.1% 4/7	83.3% 5/6	5 5/0	2	2	0	0	0	2	6	17	25
11-19	UNICS Kazan	ALBA Berlin	85-71	36	87.5% 7/8	14.3% 1/7	71.4% 5/7	7 7/0	5	2	3	0	0	2	6	22	28
11-17	UNICS Kazan	AX Armani Exchange Milan	97-71	27	25% 1/4	50% 1/2	- 0/0	3 3/0	1	1	3	0	0	2	0	5	1
11-11	UNICS Kazan	Panathinaikos Athens	72-74	26	50% 1/2	20% 1/5	66.7% 4/6	4 2/2	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	9	8
11-04	UNICS Kazan	LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne	85-82	31	83.3% 10/12	28.6% 2/7	100% 1/1	6 5/1	2	1	1	0	0	2	3	27	29
10-29	UNICS Kazan	Real Madrid	65-58	27	66.7% 4/6	25% 1/4	66.7% 2/3	8 7/1	1	0	5	0	0	4	2	13	9
10-27	UNICS Kazan	Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz	83-69	20	80% 4/5	0% 0/4	- 0/0	5 5/0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	5
10-21	UNICS Kazan	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	71-68	28	50% 3/6	33.3% 1/3	66.7% 4/6	7 7/0	5	1	3	0	0	3	4	13	17
10-14	UNICS Kazan	Fenerbahce Istanbul	80-41	26	16.7% 1/6	0% 0/3	75% 3/4	3 3/0	1	1	2	1	2	2	5	5	1
10-12	UNICS Kazan	FC Bayern Munich	73-70	29	80% 4/5	25% 1/4	100% 4/4	6 6/0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	15	21
10-08	UNICS Kazan	AS Monaco	80-88	31	36.4% 4/11	33.3% 2/6	75% 3/4	5 5/0	0	0	3	1	1	3	4	17	8
10-01	UNICS Kazan	Zenit St Petersburg	69-70	21	57.1% 4/7	33.3% 2/6	- 0/0	4 4/0	0	2	1	0	0	4	4	14	12

Seasons: 21/22 | 20/21 | 19/20 | 18/19 | 17/18 | 16/17 | 15/16 | 14/15 | 13/14 | 12/13

Type: Average | Totals

EuroLeague

	MIN	2P M/A	3P M/A	FT M/A	REB	AS	ST	TO	BS	RBS	PF	RF	PTS	EFF	GM
UNICS Kazan	29:12	52.4% 86/164	34.9% 45/129	77.8% 49/63	6.1 5.5/0.6	1.8	1.2	2.3	0.3	0.3	2.8	3	14.2	14.2	25 »
Home game	29:55	53.5% 46/86	33.3% 23/69	79.3% 23/29	6.8 6.4/0.5	1.4	1.1	3.2	0.3	0.2	2.6	2.8	14.2	13.5	13 »
Away game	28:25	51.3% 40/78	36.7% 22/60	76.5% 26/34	5.3 4.6/0.7	2.2	1.4	1.4	0.3	0.4	2.9	3.3	14.3	15	12 »
Wins	28:04	59.7% 43/72	33.3% 20/60	82.9% 29/35	6.4 5.8/0.5	1.5	0.9	2	0.2	0.1	2.6	2.8	13.5	14.7	13 »
Losses	30:25	46.7% 43/92	36.2% 25/69	71.4% 20/28	5.8 5.2/0.6	2.1	1.6	2.7	0.5	0.6	2.9	3.3	15.1	13.8	12 »
Last 5 games	32:47	51.2% 21/41	36.7% 11/30	71.4% 5/7	6.8 5.8/1	2.6	2	3.2	0.2	0.4	3	3	16	15.8	5 »
October	26:00	52.2% 24/46	23.3% 7/30	76.2% 16/21	5.4 5.3/0.1	1	0.7	2	0.3	0.4	2.9	3.3	12.1	10.4	7 »
November	29:36	70.4% 19/27	32.1% 9/28	75% 15/20	5 4.4/0.6	2	1.2	1.6	0	0	2	4	16	18.2	5 »
December	29:20	46.2% 18/39	45.5% 15/33	81.8% 9/11	6.7 5.8/0.8	2	1.7	1.7	0.5	0.2	3.3	2.3	15	16.2	6 »
January	32:39	50% 10/20	35.3% 6/17	100% 4/4	8 7.7/0.3	1.7	0.7	5	0.7	0.7	3	2.3	14	11.7	3 »
February	31:30	46.9% 15/32	38.1% 8/21	71.4% 5/7	6.3 5.3/1	2.5	2	2.8	0.3	0.5	2.5	3	14.8	15	4 »
Versus Real Madrid	25:00	54.5% 6/11	37.5% 3/8	66.7% 2/3	6 5.5/0.5	1	0	4	0.5	0.5	3	1	11.5	7	2 »
Versus Fenerbahce Istanbul	26:00	16.7% 1/6	0% 0/3	75% 3/4	3 3/0	1	1	2	1	2	2	5	5	1	1 »
Versus Zenit St Petersburg	21:00	57.1% 4/7	33.3% 2/6	- 0/0	4 4/0	0	2	1	0	0	4	4	14	12	1 »
Versus CSKA Moscow	35:30	70.6% 12/17	33.3% 5/15	- 0/0	9.5 9/0.5	3	2	2.5	0	0	4	2.5	19.5	22.5	2 »
Versus Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	31:30	50% 3/6	57.1% 8/14	83.3% 5/6	7 7/0	2	1.5	3	0	0	1.5	4.5	17.5	23	2 »
Versus Panathinaikos Athens	26:00	50% 1/2	20% 1/5	66.7% 4/6	4 2/2	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	9	8	1 »
Versus Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz	20:00	80% 4/5	0% 0/4	- 0/0	5 5/0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	5	1 »
Versus FC Bayern Munich	29:00	80% 4/5	25% 1/4	100% 4/4	6 6/0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	15	21	1 »
Versus FC Barcelona	36:30	30.8% 4/13	50% 5/10	100% 6/6	7.5 7/0.5	1.5	1	4	1	0.5	3.5	4	14.5	14.5	2 »
Versus Maccabi Tel Aviv	19:00	75% 3/4	40% 2/5	100% 2/2	4 4/0	2	1	1	0	0	5	1	14	12	1 »
Versus ALBA Berlin	31:30	58.8% 10/17	10% 1/10	66.7% 6/9	5 4/1	2.5	2.5	2	0	0.5	2	4	14.5	14.5	2 »
Versus LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne	31:00	83.3% 10/12	28.6% 2/7	100% 1/1	6 5/1	2	1	1	0	0	2	3	27	29	1 »
Versus Anadolu Efes Istanbul	24:30	45.5% 5/11	40% 2/5	75% 6/8	8 7/1	3	0.5	3.5	0	0	3.5	2.5	11	12.5	2 »
Versus AS Monaco	33:30	40% 8/20	38.5% 5/13	75% 6/8	6.5 6/0.5	2.5	1	3.5	1	1	3	4.5	18.5	15.5	2 »
Versus Zalgiris Kaunas	31:00	50% 9/18	50% 5/10	100% 1/1	5.5 4.5/1	1.5	1.5	1	0.5	0	2	2.5	17	18.5	2 »
Versus Olympiacos Piraeus	33:00	16.7% 1/6	25% 2/8	60% 3/5	7 6/1	4	4	2	1	1	3	3	11	11	1 »
Versus AX Armani Exchange Milan	27:00	25% 1/4	50% 1/2	- 0/0	3 3/0	1	1	3	0	0	2	0	5	1	1 »

Video

Booed Hezonja and wild Crvena Zvezda - Partizan derby (URBONUS podcast)

Mario Hezonja
Height:	202 cm
Weight:	91 kg
Born:	1995-02-24, Dubrovnik, Croatia