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| Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season - Round 19 MVP: Dzanan Musa, Real Madrid |
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A record-breaking performance in a one-of-a-kind game allowed Dzanan Musa of Real Madrid to earn Round 19 MVP honors in the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.
Musa, who finished with a round-high 45 PIR, led Real to a 130-126 quadruple-overtime victory over Anadolu Efes Istanbul. Before Friday’s clash at WiZink Center, no game in EuroLeague history had ever gone to triple or quadruple overtime. Musa led the way with 40 points, shattering a club record that Luka Doncic and Facu Campazzo previously shared with 33 points apiece. Musa hit 13-of-15 two-pointers, 2-of-5 threes and 8-of-11 free throws. He added 2 rebounds, a career-high 8 assists, 1 steal and 7 fouls drawn for a PIR of 45, the second-best mark in Real history. Darjus Lavrinovic holds the all-time record with a PIR of 49 in an 84-81 loss against Khimki Moscow Region on October 22, 2009. Musa set another club record by making 13 two-point shots made en route to the fourth MVP of the Round honor of his 74-game EuroLeague career.
Youssoupha Fall dominated in the paint while helping LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne end its 10-game losing streak in a resounding 93-79 victory over Zalgiris Kaunas. Fall scored 22 points, one shy of his career best, by making a career-high 10 two-point shots on 12 attempts. He collected 12 rebounds for his ninth career double-double, while also blocking 1 shot and drawing 3 fouls for a career-best PIR of 36. Walter Tavares of Real had a PIR of 35 in his team's historic win against Efes. Tavares had 20 points on 8-of-10 two-pointers, 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals, 4 blocks and 5 fouls drawn. Also in that game, Shane Larkin of Efes amassed a PIR of 33, finishing with 32 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and 9 fouls drawn. Paris Lee of ASVEL, with a PIR of 31, completes the top individual performances in Round 19.
Individual highs: Dzanan Musa, Real Madrid, 40 points
Dzanan Musa of Real Madrid led all scorers with a career-high 40 points in a historic 130-126 quadruple-overtime victory over Efes. Musa became the 10th player to reach the 40-point mark in competition history. Shane Larkin holds the all-time record with 49 points and is also the only player to get multiple 40-point games. Mike James of AS Monaco leads the 2023-24 EuroLeague in scoring at 19.6 points per game.
Walter Tavares of Real, teammate Mario Hezonja and ASVEL center Youssoupha Fall each pulled down 12 rebounds in Round 19. Tadas Sedekerskis of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz is the best rebounder in the competition at 8.0 boards per night.
Facu Campazzo, also of Real, was the only player to reach double digits in assists, dishing 11 against Efes. He is also first overall with 7.3 dimes per game.
Keenan Evans of Zalgiris Kaunas, P.J. Dozier of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade and Maik Kotsar of Baskonia each collected 4 steals in this round. Paris Lee of ASVEL leads the standings with 1.9 steals per contest.
Tavares had 4 blocked shots against Efes, a game in which he became the first player to break the 400-block mark in the competition. Tavares leads this season's standings with 1.6 rejections per night.
Five players recorded a double-double in Round 19: ASVEL’s Fall (22 points, 12 rebounds), Real’s trio of Tavares (20 points, 12 rebounds), Campazzo (25 points, 11 assists) and Hezonja (31 points, 12 rebounds), and Efes big man Tibor Pleiss (14 points, 11 rebounds).
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