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BKT EuroCup Semifinals MVP: Devon Dotson, Besiktas GAIN Istanbul

The 26-year-old guard led all semifinalists in average PIR in helping his team make history

Besiktas GAIN Istanbul guard Devon Dotson came up big when it counted most, helping his team sweep a best-of-three series against a fellow Turkish side Bahcesehir College Istanbul and earning MVP of the BKT EuroCup Semifinals honors in the process.

Dotson had two of his five best performances of the season in the two semifinal victories, accumulating a 21 PIR in each of them. He finished with the highest PIR of any player in either semifinal series.

Playing in his second season in the competition, Dotson finished the series averaging 16.0 points on 57.1% three-point shooting, along with 5.0 assists and 4.5 rebounds, while playing just 22 minutes per game.

In Game 1, Dotson had 16 points on 4-of-5 on two-pointers and 2-of-4 on threes, along with 6 assists and 4 rebounds in a 91-72 win. He followed that up with 16 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block in Game 2. Dotson made 2-of-6 twos, 2-of-3 three-pointers and 6-of-8 free throws as Besiktas pulled out a 72-82 road win to clinch the series and reach the club’s first EuroCup Finals appearance.

Euroleague Basketball (EB) is a global leader in the sports and entertainment business, devoted to running the top European competitions of professional basketball clubs under a unique and innovative organizational model. Owned and administered by some of the most successful and historic clubs in the world, EB manages the continent’s two premier men’s basketball competitions, the EuroLeague and the BKT EuroCup, as well as the sport’s premier under-18 showcase, the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague.

The EB competitions bring the elite of European basketball to all five continents and to the entire sports community through the OTT platform EuroLeague TV. EB also organizes a series of community and educational activities, led by the One Team program, in alignment with the United Nations Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. On the academic side, the Euroleague Basketball Institute (EBI) trains future professionals in sports management through his Sports Business MBA.