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Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season - Round 14 MVP: Brandon Davies, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan

Not only did EA7 Emporio Armani Milan snap its own losing streak and end another team's winning run, but center Brandon Davies walked away with the MVP honor for Round 14, too. Davies put together 15 points, a career-high 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 steals while drawing 10 fouls for a performance index rating of 30, the best among players on winning teams in Round 14, as Milan topped host Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 67-71 on Thursday. Milan's victory came after nine consecutive defeats and stopped Zvezda's streak of five wins in a row. Davies now has six MVP of the Round honors with three different teams during his career.
Round 14's top performance came in a losing cause. Ante Zizic of Anadolu Efes Istanbul recorded a career-high PIR of 33 with 20 points and 9 rebounds but his team lost 82-79 at Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade. His teammate Rodrigue Beaubois came next with a PIR of 30, matching Davies, after scoring a career-high 30 points, including 5 three-pointers, but fell to the same fate.
Two more players who lost their battles, too, came next, with PIRs of 28 each. Bojan Dubljevic's 28 points weren't enough to prevent Valencia Basket from falling 97-92 at FC Bayern Munich. And Filip Petrusev of Zvezda posted a career-high 20 points, along with his personal best PIR, in his team's defeat at the hands of Milan.

Individual highs: Beaubois, Efes, 30 points

Beaubois topped all Round 14 scores with his 30 points for Efes. Dwayne Bacon of Panathinaikos Athens is the current overall scoring leader with 20.3 points per game. A point guard, Nick Calathes of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, led all Round 14 rebounders with 13, his career-high. Mathias Lessort of Partizan is the league leader with 7.8 on average. Darius Thompson's 9 assists for Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz led the round. Kostas Sloukas of Olympiacos Piraeus has 6.7 per game as overall leader. Nando De Colo's 4 steals for LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne topped all Round 14 performers. Thomas Walkup of Olympiacos is the season leader with 2.1 per game. Walter Tavares of Real Madrid added to his league-leading 2.6-block average by rejecting 4 shots in this round, more than any other player. Calathes (11 points, 13 rebounds), Petrusev (20 points, 11 rebounds) and Josh Nebo of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (11 points, 10 rebounds) had double-doubles in Round 14.

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