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| Turkish Airlines EuroLeague RS - Round 26 MVP: Will Clyburn, Anadolu Efes Istanbul |
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A stunning individual performance in a winning effort allowed forward Will Clyburn of Anadolu Efes Istanbul to claim Round 26 MVP honors in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.
Clyburn was everywhere as Efes downed Panathinaikos Athens in the Greek capital, 82-87. His PIR of 32 topped all EuroLeague players in Round 26. Clyburn finished the game with 24 points, hitting 5-of-9 two-pointers, 4-of-6 three-pointers and 2-of-2 free throws. He added 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals. Clyburn, the 2019 Final Four MVP, has won his second MVP honor in the last five rounds, and for the fifth time in his EuroLeague career.
Next best PIR, 31, belongs to Daulton Hommes of Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. In a 114-75 drubbing of Valencia Basket, Hommes had 24 points, going 4-for-6 from the field and 15-for-15 from the free-throw line, while he also had 6 rebounds and 7 drawn fouls to his name. Nikola Mirotic of FC Barcelona had a PIR of 27 in his team's 93-74 home victory against Zalgiris Kaunas. Mirotic scored 28 points on 6-of-7 two-pointers, 3-of-6 three-pointers and 7-of-7 free throws, in addition to adding 2 rebounds, a steal and 4 fouls drawn. Wrapping up the list of top performers are Donta Hall of AS Monaco and Baskonia guard Darius Thompson, each of whom had a PIR of 25. Hall registered his first double-double of the season with 12 points on 100% shooting and 10 rebounds as Monaco grabbed an 86-67 home win against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. Thompson had 16 points, 11 assists and 3 steals for Baskonia.
Individual highs: Nikola Mirotic, Barcelona, 28 points
Barcelona star Nikola Mirotic led all scorers in Round 26 with 28 points in his team's 93-74 home victory against Zalgiris. Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos Piraeus is league's scoring leader with 18.1 points per game. Donta Hall of Monaco, Josh Nebo of Maccabi and Christ Koumadje of ALBA Berlin led all players by pulling down 10 rebounds apiece in Round 26. Vezenkov leads the league in this statistic, averaging 7.4 rebounds per night. Baskonia's Darius Thompson dished 11 assists, the most of any player in this round. Kostas Sloukas of Olympiacos tops the assists charts with 6.6 per contest. Six players – Edgaras Ulanovas of Zalgiris, Giampaolo Ricci of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, Charles Kahudi of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, Zach LeDay and Kevin Punter, both of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade, and Jonas Mattisseck of ALBA – each collected 3 steals in Round 26. Olympiacos guard Thomas Walkup averages 1.8 steals, the most this season. Walter Tavares of Real Madrid and Devin Booker of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul had 3 blocks apiece in this round. Tavares is league's top shot blocker with 2.4 blocks per game. Hall (12 points, 10 assists), Thompson (16 points, 11 assists) and Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul (13 points, 10 assists) registered double-doubles in Round 26.
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