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| Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season - Round 28 co-MVPs: Carsen Edwards, Vincent Poirier |
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This is the second time Edwards has secured the award, and the fourth time for Poirier
A pair of dominant performances have seen FC Bayern Munich’s Carsen Edwards and Anadolu Efes Istanbul’s Vincent Poirier share co-MVP honors in Round 28 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.
Both Edwards and Poirier finished with a 29 PIR, the highest in this round. Edwards erupted for 30 points on 4-of-7 two-pointers, 6-of-10 triples and 4-of-5 free throws as Bayern beat Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade 100-82. He also posted 1 rebound, 4 assists, 1 steal and 7 drawn fouls. This is the second time that Edwards has been the MVP of the Round, having also earned this honor in Round 23 of this current season. Poirier, meanwhile, had an 18-point, 13-rebound double-double as Efes defeated Virtus Segafredo Bologna 89-68. He reached those 18 points after shooting 7 for 11 on two-pointers and 4 for 5 from the line. Poirier also added 1 steal, 1 block and 4 fouls drawn. This is the fourth time that he has taken home MVP of the Round honors, having previously done so in Round 12 of the 2017-18 season, in Game 2 of the 2019 playoffs and Game 2 of the 2022 playoffs.
In third place this week is Zvezda’s Joel Bolomboy, who had a monster night on the glass in his team’s loss at Bayern. Bolomboy, who had a 28 PIR, grabbed 19 rebounds – the most of any player this season – of which 12 came on the offensive end, also a EuroLeague season high and the second most all-time. He netted 12 points on 6-of-8 two-pointers, made 2 assists, blocked 1 shot and drew 1 foul. Fourth place in Round 28 is occupied by Bayern’s Vladimir Lucic, who amassed 18 points on 3-of-5 two-pointers, 3-of-4 triples and 3-of-6 free throws, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, zero turnovers and 7 drawn fouls for a PIR of 26. Rounding out of the list of top performers this week is AS Monaco’s Jordan Loyd with a 25 PIR. Loyd scored 21 points on 4-of-5 two-pointers, 4-of-4 three-pointers and 1-of-1 free throws as Monaco beat Paris Basketball 79-91, with the American also posting 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, zero turnovers and 2 fouls drawn.
Individual highs: Joel Bolomboy, Zvezda, 19 rebounds
Bayern’s Carsen Edwards poured in 30 points in Round 28, the most of any player. Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens star Kendrick Nunn leads the EuroLeague in scoring with 20.6 points per game.
Joel Bolomboy of Zvezda set a EuroLeague season high with the 19 rebounds he pulled down in this round. He also tops the rebounding charts with 8.5 boards per night.
FC Barcelona’s Tomas Satoransky posted a career-high 12 assists, which is the best mark of any player this week. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv’s Tamir Blatt is the league’s leading assist provider with 7.2 per contest.
Seven players recorded 3 steals in Round 28: Olympiacos Piraeus’s Nikola Milutinov, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne’s Neal Sako, Maccabi’s Jimmy Clark, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz’s Luka Samanic, ALBA Berlin’s Matteo Spagnolo, Monaco’s Mike James and Paris’s Daulton Hommes. Bayern ballhawk Nick Weiler-Babb averages a league-best 1.7 steals per game.
Baskonia’s Donta Hall finished with 3 blocks, the most in this round. Monaco’s Georgios Papagiannis (1.41 BPG) has a slender lead over Real Madrid’s Walter Tavares (1.39 BPG) at the top of the charts in blocks.
Vincent Poirier (18 points, 13 rebounds), Joel Bolomboy (12 points, 19 rebounds) and Neal Sako (10 points, 11 rebounds) were the only players to record a double-double in Round 28.
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