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Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season - Round 11 MVP: Serge Ibaka, FC Bayern Munich

Veteran center Serge Ibaka dominated for FC Bayern Munich in a 90-76 win over Virtus Segafredo Bologna in Round 11 of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season. He led his team to its third win in the last four games and in the process earned MVP of the Round honors.

Ibaka, who returned to the competition this season after making his debut in the 2011-12, posted career highs of 24 points and 13 rebounds for his first double-double in EuroLeague action. Ibaka made 9-of-12 two-pointers, as well as hitting his only three-point attempt and all 3 free throws. He also had 2 blocks, accumulating a personal-best PIR of 34, getting his first-ever MVP award and Bayern’s first MVP of the Round since 2020-21.

Two players accumulated this round's second-best PIR, 32: Facundo Campazzo of Real Madrid and Edgaras Ulanovas of Zalgiris Kaunas. In a 100-99 overtime loss against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, Campazzo scored 33 points, tying a EuroLeagu record 11-of-11 on two-pointers made, and also had 7 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals. Ulanovas scored 20 points on 6-for-6 two-point shooting, along with 6 rebounds and 5 assists in a 70-83 road win over EA7 Emporio Armani Milan. Nicolas Laprovittola of FC Barcelona had a PIR of 31. In a 101-92 win over LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, Laprovittola netted a career-high and a club-record 8 three-pointers, and also dished 9 assists. Rounding out the list of this round's top performers is Fenerbahce guard Marko Guduric, who had 21 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals in his team’s overtime win against Real.

Individual highs: Facundo Campazzo, Real Madrid, 33 points

Campazzo led all scorers in Round 11 with 33 points. Mike James of AS Monaco is the EuroLeague scoring leader with 18.8 points per game.

Ibaka pulled down 13 rebounds, the most in this round. Tadas Sedekerskis of Baskonia Vitoria-Gastiez is the league leader in this statistic, averaging 8.9 boards per night.

Baskonia playmaker Codi Miller-McIntyre had 10 assists, more than any other player in Round 11. Campazzo leads the league with 8.3 dimes per contest.

Three players had 4 steals this round: Dinos Mitoglou of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, Carsen Edwards of FC Bayern Munich and Paris Lee of ASVEL. Lee tops the steals charts with 2.2 per game.

Khalifa Koumadje of ALBA Berlin led all players this round with 4 blocks. Real Madrid center Vincent Poirier leads the EuroLeague, averaging 1.5 blocks per night.

Ibaka (24 points, 13 rebounds) and Miller-McIntyre (11 points, 10 assists) were the two players who achieved a double-double in Round 11.

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