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| Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season - Round 4 MVP: Nikola Milutinov, Olympiacos Piraeus |
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Nikola Milutinov stepped up for Olympiacos Piraeus against Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade, his former team, as he led a 14-point point comeback en route to a 98-94 overtime victory in Round 4 of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season. Thanks to his performance at Peace and Friendship Stadium, he has earned the seventh MVP of the Round honor of his career.
Milutinov dominated inside, scoring 16 points on 2-for-4 two-point shooting while using 10 drawn fouls for a career-best 12 free throws made on 14 attempts, the best by an Olympiacos player since 2016. Milutinov also collected 7 rebounds and 2 assists, as well as 10 fouls drawn, accumulating a 30 PIR, the best among all winning players in Round 4.
This round's highest PIR, 37, belongs to Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz forward Chima Moneke, however it came in an 82-99 home loss against Zalgiris Kaunas. Moneke scored a career-high 32 points and had 9 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 steals and 1 assist. Shabazz Napier of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade amassed a PIR of 28 in his side’s 85-79 road loss against Virtus Segafredo Bologna. He posted 23 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 8 fouls drawn. Two Zalgiris big men, Brady Manek and Rolands Smits, each had performance index rating of 27. Manek amassed 17 points on 5-for-5 three-point shooting and 14 rebounds, while Smits had 21 points on 3-for-4 three-point shooting and 8 rebounds. They round out the top performers in Round 4.
Individual highs: Brady Manek, Zalgiris Kaunas, 14 rebounds
China Moneke of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz led all scorers with 32 points, becoming the first player this season to score at least 30 points in a single game. Nikola Mirotic of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan is the competition's leading scorer at 20.0 points per game.
Zalgiris Kaunas center Brady Manek was the top rebounder in Round 4 with 14 boards, also the most by any player this season. Tadas Sedekerkis of Baskonia leads all rebounders at 9.0 per night.
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv playmaker Lorenzo Brown had 12 assists, a new club record and more than any other player this round. Real Madrid point guard Facu Campazzo ranks first in assists at 8.5 per contest.
Brown also had 5 steals, the most in Round 4, and leads the overall standings with 2.3 per game.
Two players, Isaia Cordinier of Virtus Segafredo Bologna and Kostas Antetokounmpo of Panathinaikos Athens, had 3 blocks each in this round. Serge Ibaka of FC Bayern Munich ranks first in blocks at 2.0 per night.
There were three double-doubles in this round: Manek had 17 points and 14 rebounds, Brown got 12 points and 12 assists, while Campazzo paired 12 points with 10 assists.
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