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Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season - Round 15 Tri-MVPs: Josh Nebo, Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv; Kevin Punter, Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade; Shavon Shields, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan

In arguably one of the closest races ever to become the MVP of the Round, three players shared this honor in Round 15 of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season: Josh Nebo of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, Kevin Punter of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade and Shavon Shields of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan.

Shields, Nebo and Punter each amassed a PIR of 25 as their teams all came away with Round 15 wins. Shields led Milan to an 84-61 home triumph against LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne with 13 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 4 fouls drawn. Nebo also had a PIR of 25 to guide Maccabi to an 89-81 home victory over Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. He had 17 points on 5-of-8 two-pointers and 7-of-8 free throws, adding 11 rebounds and 5 fouls drawn. Punter helped Partizan grab a 67-72 road win over Valencia Basket with 13 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and 6 fouls drawn. Keenan Evans of Zalgiris Kaunas and Dan Oturu of Anadolu Efes Istanbul each recorded a PIR of 30 but neither player could lead their teams to a win. In just his fourth EuroLeague game, Oturu had 19 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks in an 86-71 loss at FC Bayern Munich. Evans, meanwhile, had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 9 fouls drawn as Zalgiris fell 80-78 at Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. Tadas Sedekerskis of Baskonia also had a PIR of 25.

Individual highs: Dan Oturu, Efes, 5 blocks

Keenan Evans, Dan Oturu, Tyler Dorsey of Fenerbahce and Markus Howard of Baskonia led all scorers in Round 15 with 19 points apiece. Mike James of AS Monaco is the competition's top scorer at 19.2 points per game.

Tadas Sedekerskis, Josh Nebo and Olympiacos Piraeus big man Nikola Milutinov each grabbed 11 rebounds in Round 15. Sedekerskis leads the overall standings with 8.4 boards per night.

Sergio Rodriguez of Real Madrid, Codi Miller-McIntyre of Baskonia and Lorenzo Brown of Maccabi had 8 assists apiece in this round. Facu Campazzo of Real ranks first in assists at 7.4 per game.

As many as 13 players each recorded 3 steals in this round. Paris Lee of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne leads the steals table at 2.0 per game.

Oturu had 5 blocks in Efes’s road loss against Bayern. Serge Ibaka is the competition's top shot blocker at 1.5 per game.

Mario Hezonja of Real (17 points, 10 rebounds), Sedekerskis (15 points, 11 rebounds), Nebo (17 points, 11 rebounds) and Milutinov (10 points, 11 rebounds) each recorded a double-double in this round.

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