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Joe Arlauckas

Joe Arlauckas
Personal information
Born (1965-07-20) July 20, 1965 (age 51)
Rochester, New York
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school Thomas Jefferson
(Rochester, New York)
College Niagara (1983–1987)
NBA draft 1987 / Round: 4 / Pick: 74th overall
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career 1987–2000
Position Power forward
Number 53
Career history
1987 Sacramento Kings
1988 Snaidero Caserta
1988–1990 Caja Ronda
1990–1993 Taugrés
1993–1998 Real Madrid
1998–1999 AEK
1999–2000 Aris
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Joseph John "Joe" Arlauckas (born July 20, 1965) is an American retired professional basketball player of Lithuanian descent. He played at the power forward position. Arlauckas is well known for holding the record for the most points scored in a single FIBA European League game, including only games played since the 1991–92 season. He scored 63 points in a FIBA European League game, while playing for Real Madrid against Virtus Bologna, during the 1995–96 season, on February 26, 1996.Radivoj Korać holds the all-time EuroLeague (former FIBA European League) single-game scoring record, at 99 points scored, counting all games played since the competition began during the 1958 season.

The son of Lithuanian immigrants, Arlauckas played four years of NCAA Division I college basketball at Niagara University, with the Purple Eagles.

Arlauckas was drafted with the 74th pick of the 1987 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings, along with their first round draft pick Kenny Smith. In his first season in the NBA, the Kings had a poor regular season record of 24–58 (6th place of the Midwest Division), which started with Hall-of-Famer Bill Russell's brief stint as the Kings' head coach (during which time the Kings had a record of 17–41).


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