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Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season - Round 26 MVP: Codi Miller-McIntyre, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz

A truly historic performance in a winning effort has seen Codi Miller McIntyre of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz claim Round 26 MVP honors with a career-high PIR of 42.

Miller-McIntyre led Baskonia to a 94-80 home victory over LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne. He broke the EuroLeague's all-time assist record, dishing a career-best 20. Facu Campazzo and Stefan Jovic shared the previous record with 19 assists apiece. He added 11 points and a personal-high 11 rebounds to become just the third-ever EuroLeague player with a triple-double after Nick Calathes and Nikola Vujcic. Miller-McIntyre also set another all-time record for the most assists in a half, having had 12 before halftime. This is his second MVP of the Round honor this season, as he previously earned Round 8 MVP honors with a PIR of 29.

Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul, Wade Baldwin of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and Yago Dos Santos of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade each had a PIR of 32 in Round 26. Larkin led Efes to a 105-91 win over Maccabi with 22 points on 4-of-7 two-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws, in addition to having 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 fouls drawn. In that game, Baldwin amassed 26 points, 5 assists and 10 fouls drawn. Dos Santos posted 21 points, 3 rebounds, 14 assists and 6 fouls drawn in his team's 91-93 home loss against Zalgiris Kaunas. Shavon Shields of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan and his teammate Nikola Mirotic, each with a PIR of 29 in an 81-76 victory over Real Madrid, complete the top individual performances in Round 26.

Individual highs: Codi Miller-McIntyre, Baskonia, 20 assists

Shavon Shields of Milan was Round 26's top scorer with 27 points. Mike James of AS Monaco is this season's leading scorer with 19.4 points per night.

Codi Miller-McIntyre of Baskonia and Alec Peters of Olympiacos Piraeus each pulled down 11 rebounds in Round 26. Chima Moneke of Baskonia leads all rebounders with 7.3 boards per game.

Miller-McIntyre dished 20 assists against ASVEL, setting a new single-game all-time record. He also leads the overall standings with 7.2 per contest.

Oscar da Silva of FC Barcelona recorded a round-high 5 steals. Paris Lee ranks first overall in steals with 1.8 per game.

Jordan Mickey of Virtus Segafredo Bologna had 3 blocks, more than anyone else in Round 26. Vincent Poirier of Real is this season's leader in blocks with 1.6 per game.

Da Silva (10 points, 10 rebounds), Yago Dos Santos of Crvena Zvezda (21 points, 14 assists) and Joffrey Lauvergne of ASVEL (16 points, 10 rebounds) each had a double-double in Round 26. Miller-McIntyre posted 11 points, 11 rebounds and 20 assists, recording the fourth-ever triple-double in EuroLeague history.

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