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| Turkish Airlines EuroLeague RS - Round 34 MVP: Daniel Hackett, Virtus Segafredo Bologna |
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Daniel Hackett of Virtus Segafredo Bologna, a 35-year-old former Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champion, made sure to end his 12th season in the competition with a bang as he earned Round 34 MVP honors after leading his team to a derby victory. Hackett was a man on a mission in Virtus's 89-84 home win over Italian rival EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, as he enjoyed one of the best performances of his 275-game EuroLeague career. He amassed a PIR of 36, the third-highest total of his career, by scoring 25 points and dishing 10 assists, which ties his personal best. He made 7-of-7 two pointers, 2-of-4 triples and 5-of-9 free throws. Hackett had never made more than 5 two-pointers without a miss before in his career.
Sasha Vezenkov followed with a PIR of 31, as he propelled Olympiacos Piraeus to a first-place finish with a double-double of 23 points and 10 rebounds in an 86-78 over Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. The third-best performance of Round 34 belonged to Guerschon Yabusele of Real Madrid, despite his team's 100-96 overtime road loss to Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. Yabusele compiled a PIR of 29, based on his 25 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. In the same game, Lorenzo Brown of Maccabi had 22 points and 6 assists for a 27 PIR in a victory that was worth a fifth-place finish for his team. Dante Exum of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade also amassed a PIR of 27 in his side's 83-81 home win against Panathinaikos Athens. Exum had 18 points, 4 assists, 4 steals and 4 fouls drawn.
Individual highs: Markus Howard, Baskonia, 29 points
Markus Howard of Baskonia led all Round 34 scorers with 29 points. Sasha Vezenkov finished as the regular season's top scorer with 17.6 points per game. The top rebounder of the round was Tibor Pleiss of Anadolu Efes Istanbul with 12. Mathias Lessort of Partizan nipped Vezenkov for the top regular-season rebounding average with 7.3 boards per night. Nick Calathes of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul dished 12 assists, the most in Round 34. Darius Thompson of Baskonia led the league with 6.7 assists per contest to close the regular season. Dante Exum of Partizan made 4 steals to lead all Round 34 players. Thomas Walkup of Olympiacos was the regular-season steals king with 1.9 per game. The best shot blocker in Round 34 was ALBA Berlin's Ben Lammers, who rejected 3 efforts. Walter Tavares broke a EuroLeague record with 77 total blocks, 38 more than any other player, for a league-leading 2.3 per game, the best average in the competition this decade. Double-doubles were registered in their regular-season finales by: Round 34 MVP Daniel Hackett of Virtus, with 25 points and 10 rebounds; Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos Pireaus, with 23 points and 10 rebounds, Josh Nebo of Maccabi, with 15 points and 11 boards; Calathes, who had 18 points and 12 assists; and Pleiss, who got 21 points and 12 rebounds.
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