|
|
|
|
| |
| Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs - Game 3 MVP: Nikola Mirotic, FC Barcelona |
| |
A stunning individual performance in a bounce-back road win allowed Nikola Mirotic of FC Barcelona to become the MVP for Game 3 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs.
Mirotic led Barca to a 66-75 victory on the court of FC Bayern Munich, finishing the game with 25 points on 6-for-7 two-point, 2-for-4 three-point and 7-for-7 free-throw shooting. He added 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 fouls drawn for a performance index rating of 31. Both his scoring and PIR were the highest among all quarterfinalists in Game 3, not to mention his personal highs in 20 playoff games to date. Mirotic earned his third MVP of the Round honor this season and the ninth of his career.
In the same game, Augustine Rubit led Bayern with 14 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 8 fouls drawn for a PIR of 27, the second-best of all Game 3s. Guerschon Yabusele of Real Madrid came next with a PIR of 26 based on his 16 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists in a 76-87 road victory against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv that made Real the first team to punch its ticket to the Final Four. Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul and Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos Piraeus, each with a PIR of 24, complete the top individual performances in Playoffs Game 3 while putting their teams a victory away from Final Four qualification. Larkin had 16 points and 5 assists as Efes turned back visiting AX Armani Exchange Milan, 77-65. Vezenkov powered Olympiacos past host AS Monaco, 83-87, with 17 points, 9 rebounds and 2 steals.
Individual highs: Adam Hanga, Real, 10 rebounds
Nikola Mirotic of Barcelona led all scorers in Game 3, getting 25 points in his team's road victory against Bayern. Vasilije Micic of Efes is the competition's top scorer at 18.1 points per game. Adam Hanga of Real pulled down 10 rebounds to help his team reach the Final Four with a road win in Tel Aviv. Georgios Papagiannis of Panathinaikos OPAP Athens leads the overall rebounds rankings with 8.2 per game. Nick Calathes of Barcelona and Mike James of AS Monaco each had 8 assists in Game 3. Calathes also ranks first for the season with 6.2 assists per night. Shavon Shields of AX Armani Exchange Milan collected 4 steals in his team's road loss against Efes. John Brown of UNICS Kazan ranks first in steals at 2.8 per game. Walter Tavares of Real, his teammate Vincent Poirier, Kostas Papanikolaou of Olympiacos Piraeus and Ante Zizic of Maccabi each had 2 blocks in Game 3. Papagiannis ranks first in blocks (1.72 bpg.), with Tavares not far behind (1.70 bpg.). There were no double-doubles in Game 3 of the playoffs.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
