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Turkish Airlines EuroLeague2020-21 regular season
January 25, 2021 - Round 22
Another double-round week will add further fuel to
an already red-hot race for the playoffs, with this week's action
including a pair of top-four challengers for the season's surprise
team. The surprise team of the season is Zenit St Petersburg (13-6),
which has shown commendable consistency to climb to third place in the
standings. This week, though, presents undoubtedly the biggest
challenge yet for Xavi Pascual's men, who face a pair of top-four
rivals with trips to FC Barcelona (15-6) and AC Armani Exchange Milan
(13-7). Read more here.
Valencia Basket vs. Zalgiris Kaunas January 27, 2021 21:00 CET
Real Madrid vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens January 27, 2021 21:00 CET
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz January 27, 2021 20:45 CET
ALBA Berlin vs. CSKA Moscow January 27, 2021 20:00 CET
FC Barcelona vs. Zenit St Petersburg January 26, 2021 21:00 CET
AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Olympiacos Piraeus January 26, 2021 20:45 CET
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv January 26, 2021 19:00 CET
Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade January 26, 2021 17:00 CET
Khimki Moscow Region vs. FC Bayern Munich January 26, 2021 18:00 CET
January 23, 2021 - MVP of the Week: Konstantinos Mitoglou, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens
Young
star-in-the-making Konstantinos Mitoglou dominated for Panathinaikos
OPAP Athens in a 94-78 home win over Khimki Moscow Region on Thursday
to claim his first Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP of the Week honor.
In his fourth season and 79th EuroLeague game, Mitoglou set several
career highs, including 29 points, 9 free throws made and a performance
index rating of 42, which matched the third-best individual mark both
this season and in Panathinaikos history. The 24-year-old forward also
pulled 8 offensive boards, tying his previous best, among his 12 total
rebounds. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul guard Nando De Colo accumulated a
PIR of 38, second-best this week, in an exciting 83-89 road win over
his former team, CSKA Moscow. De Colo scored 22 points, missing just 1
shot all night, while also collecting 9 assists, 4 steals and 2
rebounds. Tyler Dorsey starred in Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv's dramatic
86-84 home win over Real Madrid with career highs of 30 points and 36
PIR to go along with 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Fenerbahce center Jan
Vesely had an index rating of 32, collecting 24 points, 6 rebounds, 3
steals and 2 blocks against CSKA. Read more here.
January 21, 2021 - Round 21
The action keeps on coming in the Turkish Airlines
EuroLeague, with 11 games taking place this week including a pair of
rearranged games on Monday and Tuesday. There will be a very quick
reunion for LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne (6-13) and Olympiacos Piraeus
(10-9), who went head to head in Greece on Friday and will now meet
again on Tuesday in a rearranged Round 10 meeting. ASVEL gained a
surprise 63-69 victory in Piraeus in Round 20 on the back of an
outstanding defensive effort that was especially notable for slowing
down Kostas Sloukas. Read more here.
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. ALBA Berlin 77-84
Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 81-79
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. FC Barcelona 60-72
CSKA Moscow vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 83-89
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Valencia Basket 90-77
AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. FC Bayern Munich 75-51
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Real Madrid 86-84
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Khimki Moscow Region 94-78
Zenit St Petersburg vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 85-78
January 16, 2021 - MVP of the Week: Nemanja Nedovic, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens
Scoring
ace Nemanja Nedovic has earned his second MVP of the Week honor this
season by leading Panathinaikos OPAP Athens to an 88-71 home win over
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in Round 19 on Wednesday. Nedovic's performance
index rating of 40 that night was the highest single-game total of any
player in the double-round week and the fifth-highest of the season so
far. Nedovic scored 33 points to go with 6 assists and 5 rebounds in
the victory. His scoring and PIR were the second-highest of his
112-game EuroLeague career, behind only the 39 points and 45 PIR he
registered less than a month ago, in a Round 16 loss at Maccabi
Playtika Tel Aviv. Following Nedovic with a PIR of 30, also in Round
19, was Nando De Colo of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, whose 27 points
paced his team's 96-76 win over visiting TD Systems Baskonia
Vitoria-Gasteiz. Two frontcourt players recorded PIRs of 29 in big
Round 30 road wins. Walter Tavares led Real Madrid past FC Bayern
Munich 76-81 in overtime with his career-high 26 points and 9 rebounds.
Guerschon Yabusele was everywhere in LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne's 63-69
decision over host Olympiacos Piraeus, amassing 19 points, 5 rebounds,
4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. Read more here.
January 14, 2021 - Round 20
Valencia Basket vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 91-71
FC Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid 76-81
Olympiacos Piraeus vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 63-69
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 100-74
Zenit St Petersburg vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 77-65
CSKA Moscow vs. FC Barcelona 75-88
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 91-82
ALBA Berlin vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 70-84
Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Khimki Moscow Region 99-60
January 10, 2021 - Round 19
This week sees the first two-game week of 2021 with
18 games taking place between Tuesday and Friday for Rounds 19 and 20.
The action includes a heavyweight tussle between the current top two in
the standings, plus lots of confrontations between direct rivals in the
race for the playoffs. FC Barcelona (12-6) shrugged off the ongoing
absence of key players Nikola Mirotic and Brandon Davies to break a
three-game losing streak with a determined win over Valencia Basket
last week and now heads to Moscow for a double-header against the
bottom and top-placed teams in the league. Read more here.
Real Madrid vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade - suspended
FC Bayern Munich vs. Zenit St Petersburg 82-80
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 88-71
CSKA Moscow vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 83-73
AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Valencia Basket 95-80
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 87-89
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 96-76
Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. ALBA Berlin 84-76
Khimki Moscow Region vs. FC Barcelona 75-87
January 9, 2021 - MVP of the Week: Joffrey Lauvergne, Zalgiris Kaunas
In
his fifth Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season, center Joffrey Lauvergne
stormed to his first MVP of the Week honor by dominating as Zalgiris
Kaunas beat Khimki Moscow Region 102-75 on Friday for its sixth
consecutive victory. Lauvergne scored a career-best 29 points by making
13 of 14 two-point shots, or 92.8%, which ranks second all-time for
two-point accuracy in a EuroLeague game. Lauvergne also pulled down 9
rebounds and dished 2 assists for a performance index rating of 38.
Both his scoring and PIR topped Lauvergne's previous bests by 9. The
second-best performance this week belonged to Anadolu Efes Istanbul
point guard Vasilije Micic, who posted 23 points, 9 assists and 5
steals for a PIR of 35 in a big 80-102 road win against LDLC ASVEL
Villeurbanne. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade big man Johnny O'Bryant
registered a PIR 30 in a loss against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul,
collecting 17 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists. Next came Kostas
Sloukas of Olympiacos Piraeus with a PIR of 29 based on his 24 points,
7 assists and 3 steals in an 84-82 win over FC Bayern Munich. Read more
here.
January 6, 2021 - Round 18
The second half of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
Regular Season gets underway with the first fixtures of 2021 on
Thursday and Friday. Round 18 delivers plenty of big games as the race
for the playoffs heats up. High-flying league leader CSKA Moscow (14-3)
will be on familiar territory as it seeks to claim its 13th consecutive
victory with a road trip to TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz on
Thursday. Read more here.
Real Madrid vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 76-80
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. CSKA Moscow 95-93
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 80-102
Olympiacos Piraeus vs. FC Bayern Munich 84-82
FC Barcelona vs. Valencia Basket 89-72
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Zenit St Petersburg 77-89
ALBA Berlin vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 73-85
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 71-73
Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Khimki Moscow Region 102-75
January 4, 2021 - MVP for December: Nikola Milutinov, CSKA Moscow
After
setting all-time Turkish Airlines EuroLeague records for offensive
rebounds in a single game and double-doubles in one month, CSKA Moscow
center Nikola Milutinov has been chosen by Euroleague Basketball as the
competition's MVP for December. Milutinov combined the power of an
elite rebounder with the flash seen in his rim-rocking slams and
remarkable blocked shots to help CSKA sweep to a 6-0 December record
and extend its winning streak to 12 games. Milutinov, in his first
season with CSKA, averaged a rare, month-long double-double by putting
up 12.3 points and 12.5 rebounds per game. He also shot 66.0% from the
field, committed just 3 turnovers in nearly 165 minutes on court, and
registered an average PIR of 24.0. In a Round 17 overtime road win at
AX Armani Exchange Milan, Milutinov pulled 16 offensive rebounds to
shatter by 5 a EuroLeague record that had dated to 2006! It marked his
fifth consecutive double-double and came on his 26th birthday,
culminating what was truly a December to remember for Milutinov and
CSKA. Read more here.
December 31, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Wade Baldwin, Bayern
FC
Bayern Munich moved into a tie for third place in the Turkish Airlines
EuroLeague Regular Season standings on the strength of a club-record
performance by Wade Baldwin that was also worth his first MVP of the
Week honor. Baldwin posted a performance index rating of 41 to set
Bayern's highest individual mark in its four EuroLeague seasons while
leading his team to a 90-77 home win over FC Barcelona. Baldwin scored
29 points, the second-highest total in club history, to go with 7
assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals in the victory. Zach LeDay of AX
Armani Exchange Milan followed Baldwin with a PIR of 31 in his team's
87-91 overtime home loss to CSKA Moscow. He scored 21 points on perfect
shooting – 3 of 3 two-pointers, 1 of 1 from three-point distance and 12
of 12 free throws – while pulling 7 rebounds. In the same game, Nikola
Milutinov of CSKA set a EuroLeague record with 16 offensive rebounds
and scored 17 points for a PIR of 30. Kostas Sloukas of Olympiacos
Piraeus came next with a PIR of 29 in his team's 88-105 road win at
Khimki Moscow Region. Sloukas nailed 5 of 7 three-pointers for 25
points, 1 short of his career high, and dished 5 assists. Read more here.
December 28, 2020 - Round 17
The final action of 2020 takes place on Tuesday and
Wednesday, with Round 17 delivering a big batch of exciting festive
action to mark the midpoint of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular
Season. After overcoming FC Barcelona last week, Anadolu Efes Istanbul
(8-8) will attempt to continue rising in the standings by facing
another Spanish visitor of great repute, Real Madrid (11-5). Read more here.
AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. CSKA Moscow 87-91
FC Bayern Munich vs. FC Barcelona 90-77
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 74-71
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 81-59
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Valencia Basket 71-70
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Zenit St Petersburg 72-78
ALBA Berlin vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 71-74
Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Real Madrid 65-73
Khimki Moscow Region vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 88-105
December 24, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Just
when his team needed it most, Shane Larkin had a monster game to assure
Anadolu Efes Istanbul a much-needed home win and earn his first MVP of
the Week honor this season. Larkin was everywhere in Tuesday's 86-79
victory over visiting FC Barcelona, with 23 points, 8 assists, 7
rebounds, 2 steals and 9 drawn fouls for a performance index rating of
37, the best this week by a winning player. It marks Larkin's 10th such
MVP honor, all since March of 2018, tying him for the second-most ever,
and he's had five of those performances against Barcelona. Nemanja
Nedovic of Panathinaikos OPAP Athens had the week's highest PIR but the
Greens lost to host Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, 89-81. Nedovic shattered
his career highs 39 points and a 45 PIR, which also included 6 assists,
2 rebounds and 2 steals. His 7 triples made in 13 tries matched
Nedovic's best in 108 EuroLeague games to date. Nikola Milutinov of
CSKA Moscow was third with a PIR of 30 as he put up 17 points and 14
rebounds in a 78-87 road win at LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, marking his
fourth consecutive double-double. Read more here.
December 22, 2020 - Round 16
There is plenty of festive fun to enjoy as Round 16
of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague arrives early, on Tuesday and
Wednesday, and delivers a series of showdowns with direct implications
for the playoffs race. Tuesday's early action includes a firecracker as
two big teams aim to bounce back to winning ways with Anadolu Efes
Istanbul (7-8) taking on FC Barcelona (11-4). Efes is currently
positioned outside the playoffs positions after suffering two defeats
last week, going down to a sobering 35-point loss at CSKA Moscow before
being beaten at home by AX Armani Exchange Milan. Read more here.
Valencia Basket vs. Khimki Moscow Region 88-82
AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 79-84
Zalgiris Kaunas vs. FC Bayern Munich 74-73
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 84-77
Real Madrid vs. ALBA Berlin 91-62
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. CSKA Moscow 78-87
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 89-81
Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. FC Barcelona 86-79
Zenit St Petersburg vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 98-69
December 19, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Walter Tavares, Real Madrid
To
start a road trip that he and his team won't forget soon, Real Madrid
tower of power Walter "Edy" Tavares used a career-high performance to
earn the MVP of the Week honor for the second time this season. Tavares
scored 20 points and ripped 14 rebounds on Tuesday as Real outlasted
host Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 93-97 in double-overtime of their Round
14 game. Playing a career-high 41 minutes, Tavares made 9 of 13
two-point shots and added 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block while drawing
4 fouls for a performance index rating of 36, the best of a
double-round week full of games. The second-best performance of the
week also came in Round 14 as Nikola Mirotic of FC Barcelona registered
a 34 PIR in an 87-74 home win over Khimki Moscow Region. Mirotic missed
just 2 shots while scoring 24 points in that victory. In Round 15,
Khimki center Devin Booker posted a PIR of 32 thanks to 26 points, 3
rebounds and 3 assists although his team lost again, 90-84 at LDLC
ASVEL Villeurbanne. Tying for the week's third-best PIR, with 32, was
Mike James of CSKA Moscow, whose 20 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds
paced his team's 83-65 home win over Zenit St Petersburg in Round 15.
Read more here.
December 17, 2020 - Round 15
FC Barcelona vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 67-68
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Khimki Moscow Region 90-84
FC Bayern Munich vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 77-66
Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Real Madrid 82-86
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Valencia Basket 76-73
CSKA Moscow vs. Zenit St Petersburg 83-65
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. ALBA Berlin 92-69
Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 99-62
Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 69-72
December 14, 2020 - Round 14
Are you ready for another week of world-class
basketball? Strap yourselves in for 18 games between Tuesday and Friday
as Rounds 14 and 15 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague deliver a batch
of big games, including a pair of superstars going head to head. Read
more here.
FC Barcelona vs. Khimki Moscow Region 87-74
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 84-81
Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Valencia Basket 85-96
Zenit St Petersburg vs. FC Bayern Munich 79-75
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Real Madrid 93-97
Zalgiris Kaunas vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 92-73
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. ALBA Berlin 84-90
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 71-79
CSKA Moscow vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 100-65
December 12, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Mike James, CSKA Moscow
On
the strength of a near triple-double that matched the sixth-best
performance in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague history, Mike James of CSKA
Moscow roared to another MVP of the Week honor by dominating the
Leningradka Derby on Friday. James posted the highest performance index
rating of the season, 51 as CSKA defeated host Khimki Moscow Region
87-96 for its eighth consecutive victory. The EuroLeague's MVP for
November poured in 36 points, dished 10 assists and pulled 9 rebounds.
His points and PIR were not only career highs but also new club records
for CSKA. His PIR matched the sixth-highest in EuroLeague history. The
second-best performance of the week belonged to Shavon Shields, who had
career highs of 26 points and 34 PIR as AX Armani Exchange Milan beat
Khimki on the road Tuesday by 93-102 in a rescheduled Round 8 game.
Shields missed only 1 shot while making 6 of 6 two-pointers, 4 of 5
triples and both of his free throws. Barcelona teammates Brandon Davies
and Nikola Mirotic came next with PIRs of 28 as their team rallied to
beat Milan 87-71 on Friday. Read more here.
December 9, 2020 - Round 13
The Leningradka derby and two home games for the
first-place team are among the highlights from 13 scheduled games this
week. In addition to the full slate of Round 13, there are four makeup
games set for Tuesday. Read more here.
FC Barcelona vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 87-71
FC Bayern Munich vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 76-62
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 69-81
Khimki Moscow Region vs. CSKA Moscow 87-96
Real Madrid vs. Zenit St Petersburg 79-72
Valencia Basket vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 76-74
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 63-67
ALBA Berlin vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 89-63
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 79-81
December 5, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Walter Tavares, Real Madrid
By
leading a late comeback in the final game on Friday, big man Walter
Tavares of Real Madrid walked off with the latest MVP of the Week honor
in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Tavares loomed large as Real Madrid
came back from 12 points down late in the third quarter to defeat
visiting LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 91-84, scoring 19 points with just 2
shots missed to go with 6 rebounds and 4 blocked shots. His 29
performance index rating was the best of the week. Following him with a
PIR of 26 was Scottie Wilbekin, who led Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv with
23 points in a much-needed 81-76 home win against Crvena Zvezda mts
Belgrade. He made 4 of 7 three-pointers and 7 of 8 free throws on the
way to that total, his 11th consecutive scoring in double figures. In
the same game, Jordan Loyd of Zvezda outscored Wilbekin with 24 points
but had one point less in PIR with 25. Loyd add 3 rebounds and 5
assists to his team's cause. The fourth-best performance of the week
belonged to Real's Sergio Llull, who matched the 19 points of Tavares
and dished 4 assists in his team's home win over ASVEL. Coming fifth
with PIRs of 24 was a trio of players. Read more here.
December 2, 2020 - Round 12
An emotional reunion for Sarunas Jasikevicius is one
of the big talking points ahead of Round 12, with the week's action
also delivering a couple of bonus catch-up contests. The week's action
starts early on Tuesday with LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne (2-6) taking on
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens (3-6) in a game left over from Round 3. Read
more here.
Real Madrid vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 91-84
FC Bayern Munich vs. Khimki Moscow Region 80-77
Zalgiris Kaunas vs. FC Barcelona 62-73
Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 59-77
Valencia Basket vs. ALBA Berlin 92-100
AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 77-80
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 81-76
Zenit St Petersburg vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 65-73
CSKA Moscow vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 80-61
November 30, 2020 - MVP of November: Mike James, CSKA Moscow
Just
a month ago, CSKA Moscow sat in 10th place in the Turkish Airlines
EuroLeague with a 3-3 record and what looked like a long road to its
usual position at or near the top of the standings. That road was made
short, though, by the inspired play since then of unstoppable guard
Mike James, who is Euroleague Basketball's choice as MVP for November.
With James going from strength to strength as CSKA mowed down five
consecutive opponents, the Russian giants are suddenly tied for first
place on victories and looking very much like the same juggernaut that
has reached 16 out of the last 17 Final Fours. Despite missing one
round, James outscored everybody in the EuroLeague in November, ending
the month with a three-game flurry of point production that culminated
in a memorable, game-winning, four-point play. With that, James not
only completed his month-long rise from fourth to first place in the
top-scorer race, but also gave CSKA bragging rights as the only perfect
EuroLeague team in November. Read more here.
November 28, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Luke Sikma, ALBA Berlin
A
stellar individual performance in a winning effort has earned Luke
Sikma of ALBA Berlin the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP of the Week
honor. Sikma put on an all-around performance in Round 11 to lead ALBA
to a 100-80 home win against Khimki Moscow Region. ALBA reached 100
points for just the fifth time in EuroLeague action, all of them in the
last two seasons with Sikma and head coach Aito Garcia Reneses. His
performance index rating of 32 was not only the week's best, but also
matched his personal high. He finished the game with a career-high 20
points on 7-of-10 two-point and 6-of-7 free-throw shooting. Sikma, the
2018-19 7DAYS EuroCup MVP, added 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, a
block, and 5 fouls drawn, all in less than 24 minutes on the floor.
This is the second weekly MVP award of Sikma's career. He previously
shared that honor with Nick Calathes in Round 9 of the 2019-20 Regular
Season. His teammate Niels Giffey posted a PIR of 29 against Khimki, a
new personal best. Giffey had a career-high 22 points on 4-of-4
three-point shooting plus 4 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal and 2 blocks.
Read more here.
November 25, 2020 - Round 11
A showdown between the 2018 and 2019 champions
highlights Round 11 in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, which also
features a Monday meeting with ramifications for the playoffs
positions. Most teams will only be in action once this week, but there
are a couple of games to play for two teams currently positioned just
outside the playoffs places as TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
(4-4) and Zenit St Petersburg (4-2) meet in Spain on Monday evening in
a rearranged Round 3 meeting. Read more here.
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. FC Barcelona 80-68
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. FC Bayern Munich 83-76
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Valencia Basket 86-90
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 85-86
Olympiacos Piraeus vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 76-90
ALBA Berlin vs. Khimki Moscow Region 100-80
Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Zenit St Petersburg 75-83
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 64-75
CSKA Moscow vs. Real Madrid 74-73
November 21, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Mike James, CSKA Moscow
The
best single-game performance index rating for a winning team during the
two rounds played this week belonged to Mike James of CSKA Moscow,
thereby earning him the seventh MVP of the Week honor of his Turkish
Airlines EuroLeague career. James had a PIR of 32 to go with the week's
high scoring total of 27 points as CSKA ambushed Zalgiris Kaunas 78-87
in Round 9. He shot almost perfectly in that game, making 3 of 5
two-pointers, 5 of 6 triples and 6 of 6 free throws while adding 5
assists to CSKA's cause. The top performance in all 16 games played
this week came in a losing effort and belonged to Moustapha Fall of
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, whose 42 PIR based on 25 points and 10
rebounds went for naught in a last-second 76-75 loss at ALBA Berlin in
Round 9. Fall, a EuroLeague rookie, recorded the highest PIR so far
this season and the best ever in ASVEL's 107 games in the competition.
Alec Peters of TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and Nikola Mirotic
of FC Barcelona came next with PIRs of 31. Peters had his in an 86-68
home win over Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, also in Round 9. Read more here.
November 20, 2020 - Round 10
Valencia Basket vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 82-80
Real Madrid vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 94-74
FC Barcelona vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 76-65
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Olympiacos Piraeus
AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 98-92
ALBA Berlin vs. Zenit St Petersburg 66-73 TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 93-72 FC Bayern Munich vs. CSKA Moscow 81-89 Khimki Moscow Region vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 77-105
November 16, 2020 - Round 9
The latest double round week of the season will
deliver another batch of big stories as teams jostle for position in
the hope of establishing a position in the all-important top eight. FC
Barcelona (7-1) has established sole ownership of first place with a
run of five straight victories, and Sarunas Jasikevicius’s men are
arguably in the best form of any team in the history of the competition
after winning their last two games by a startling combined margin of 78
points. Read more here.
Real Madrid vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 79-63
FC Barcelona vs. Olympiacos Piraeus November 18, 2020 21:00 CET
AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 79-87
ALBA Berlin vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 76-75
Valencia Basket vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 95-83
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 86-68
Zalgiris Kaunas vs. CSKA Moscow 78-87
Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. FC Bayern Munich 71-74
Zenit St Petersburg vs. Khimki Moscow Region 83-88
November 14, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Vladimir Lucic, FC Bayern Munich
After
six previous Turkish Airlines EuroLeague seasons without one, Vladimir
Lucic has claimed the MVP of the Week award for the second time in a
month, and in so doing helped FC Bayern Munich take sole possession of
second place in the standings. Lucic was the game's leading scorer with
22 points and best rebounder with 7 boards as Bayern downed visiting
Valencia Basket by 90-79 on Friday. He missed just 3 of 16 shots while
adding 2 assists, 2 steals and 8 fouls drawn for a career-high
performance index rating of 35 in his 107th career EuroLeague game.
This week's second-best performances belonged to Darrun Hilliard of
CSKA Moscow and Corey Walden of Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade, who posted
identical PIRs of 32. Hilliard dominated CSKA's thrilling 89-96 home
win over TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz with a personal-best 31
points. His seventh three-pointer of the night broke an 84-84 tie with
23 seconds left, matching CSKA's single-game record, while his point
total was the highest without free throws by any EuroLeague player in
six years. Read more here.
November 11, 2020 - Round 8
This week marks the first of the season to be
affected by rescheduled games. Replays from Round 4 and Round 5 on
Wednesday not only give way to a full slate of Round 8 games on
Thursday and Friday, but inevitable amount to a double-round week for
four teams. This week's action opens on Wednesday with replays of LDLC
ASVEL Villeurbanne (1-3) vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade (2-3), from
Round 4, and Zenit St Petersburg (2-1) vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan
(3-2), from Round 5, with both home teams aiming to make up ground in
the standings from their own turf. Read more here.
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Zenit St Petersburg 53-66
FC Bayern Munich vs. Valencia Basket 90-79
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 77-80
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Real Madrid 67-73
Khimki Moscow Region vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan
FC Barcelona vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 97-55
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 85-57
Olympiacos Piraeus vs. ALBA Berlin 75-71
CSKA Moscow vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 89-86
November 4, 2020 - Round 7
The Turkish Airlines EuroLeague returns to action on
Thursday with Round 7's match-ups headlined by a clash between the
current standings leader and a perennial title candidate aiming to
continue its upward trajectory. Zalgiris Kaunas (5-1) sitting in joint
first place while Real Madrid (2-4) languishes outside the playoffs
positions might seem like a complete role reversal, but that shifting
status is a fair reflection of the opening weeks of the season. Read
more here.
Valencia Basket vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 86-81
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. CSKA Moscow 83-89
FC Bayern Munich vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 74-59
Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Real Madrid 90-93
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Khimki Moscow Region 83-71
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 86-88
ALBA Berlin vs. FC Barcelona 67-103
Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 91-89
Zenit St Petersburg vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 66-75
November 2, 2020 - MVP for October: Marius Grigonis, Zalgiris Kaunas
He
emerged last month as a go-to leader on a team that has already in this
young season accomplished something unprecedented. And now, for his key
role in helping Zalgiris Kaunas lock down a share of first place,
26-year-old swingman Marius Grigonis is Euroleague Basketball's choice
as the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP for October. His numbers are
more than respectable, but perhaps the most important one shows
Grigonis averaging at least 4 minutes more than anyone else on a
Zalgiris team that is the first in EuroLeague history to win four road
games in four countries during the same month. In three of them,
Zalgiris trailed after 30 minutes on other teams' courts, but Grigonis
was good for a combined 19 points to spur those fourth-quarter
comebacks on to victory. At month's end, Zalgiris had a 5-1 record and
was tied for the league lead despite having traveled more than 15,000
kilometers round trip. All those hours in transit didn't affect
Grigonis during all his time on court helping Zalgiris to its longest
road winning streak this century – which is also the stuff that MVPs of
the Month are made of. Read more here.
October 31, 2020 - Co-MVPs of the Week: Nikola Mirotic and Marius Grigonis
Two
players who have led their teams 5-1 records atop the Turkish Airlines
EuroLeague standings, Marius Grigonis of Zalgiris Kaunas and Nikola
Mirotic of FC Barcelona, are sharing the MVP honor for this week after
each posted a performance index rating of 27. Mirotic earned weekly MVP
honors for the sixth time in his EuroLeague career. Grigonis reached
this award for the first time, and is the first Lithuanian player so
honored since Edgaras Ulanovas of Zalgiris in Game 4 of the 2018
playoffs. Mirotic returned to action after a spell on the sidelines by
coming came off the bench to for 18 points on 7-for-10 two-point
shooting, adding 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and the game-sealing
block in Barcelona's 71-72 win at TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Grigonis led Zalgiris to a 74-83 victory against LDLC ASVEL
Villeurbanne with 25 points on 6-for-8 two-point and 7-for-7 free-throw
accuracy, adding 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 6 fouls drawn for a PIR of
27. In that game, Moustapha Fall of ASVEL also amassed a PIR of 27 but
couldn't help his team win. Fall finished with 7 points, 8 rebounds, 4
assists, 2 steals, a block and 11 fouls drawn. Thomas Walkup of
Zalgiris (26 PIR) and Errick McCollum of Khimki Moscow Region (25)
complete the top individual performances in Round 6. Read more here.
October 28, 2020 - Round 6
The action continues with a set of enticing games in
Round 6 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, including the season’s
early pace-setters attempting to maintain their momentum against two
under-achieving giants. If you had been asked to predict which team
would be still searching for form with a 2-3 record and which would be
flying high at 3-1 ahead of CSKA Moscow’s home meeting with Valencia on
Thursday, it’s unlikely you would have picked the Russian team to be
the strugglers. Read more here.
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. FC Barcelona 71-72
AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. ALBA Berlin
Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 79-84
Khimki Moscow Region vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 83-77
Real Madrid vs. FC Bayern Munich 100-82
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 74-83
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 65-75
Zenit St Petersburg vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens
CSKA Moscow vs. Valencia Basket 84-75
October 24, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Nemanja Nedovic, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens
With
a huge game just when his new team needed it most, Nemanja Nedovic of
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens has earned the MVP of the Week award, the
first of his seven-season Turkish Airlines EuroLeague career. Nedovic
scored 28 points, second-best in his seven EuroLeague seasons, to lead
Panathinaikos past Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 82-68 on Thursday. His
performance off the bench came with career highs of 7 three-pointers
made, tying the second-most ever by a Panathinaikos player, and 2
blocks, as well. The week's top performance came from Daniel Hackett of
CSKA Moscow in an 86-84 overtime loss to Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade.
Hackett's 29 points and 39 PIR, the EuroLeague's highest so far this
season, were career highs in his 197th EuroLeague game. Matching
Nedovic with a 28 PIR, but in a losing cause, was Alexey Shved of
Khimki Moscow Region, whose monster 32-point, 11-assist double-double
went for naught as visiting Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv won their game in
overtime, 87-89. Zvezda guard Jordan Loyd finished with a 25 PIR after
posting 31 points, his career high and the most in any EuroLeague game
yet this season, including the game-winner over CSKA in overtime. Read
more here.
October 21, 2020 - Round 5
One of the biggest occasions in world sport wraps up
the headline action this week in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, but
before that there will be lots more mouth-watering action to savor. The
EuroLeague's endlessly competitive nature is evident from the fact that
only one team is unbeaten through four rounds over three weeks. And
that identity of that team is a surprise, with Zalgiris Kaunas sitting
top of the pile to give new coach Martin Schiller a dream start in his
first EuroLeague season. Read more here.
FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid 79-72
FC Bayern Munich vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 74-68
Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne October 23, 2020 19:30 CET
Khimki Moscow Region vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 87-89
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. CSKA Moscow 86-84
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 82-68
ALBA Berlin vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz October 22, 2020 20:00 CET
Zenit St Petersburg vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan October 22, 2020 19:00 CET
Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Valencia Basket 82-94
October 17, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Vladimir Lucic, Bayern
Veteran
forward Vladimir Lucic has earned the MVP of the Week honor for his
outsized role in leading FC Bayern Munich to a pair of monumental road
wins in the first double-round of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
season. Lucic was the high scorer for Bayern in both games, and his
combined 53 performance index rating topped all players who won two
games this week. First, Lucic had career highs of 26 points and 29 PIR
as Bayern upset host Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 82-85 in Round 3 on
Wednesday. Just 48 hours later, he sealed a 21-point comeback at the
foul line and finished with 18 points as Bayern stunned Fenerbahce Beko
71-75 in Istanbul. This marks the first MVP honor for Lucic in his
eight-season EuroLeague career. The highest combined PIR in games this
week, 57, belonged to Sergio Rodriguez of AX Armani Exchange Milan.
Rodriguez had 18 points and a PIR of 20 in a 86-75 loss to Olympiacos
Piraeus on Wednesday, then shined with 25 points and 7 assists for a
PIR of 37 in Milan's come-from-behind 78-70 win over Real Madrid on
Friday. The next three top performers this week played on teams who
suffered two losses each.Read more here.
October 14, 2020 - Round 4
The third of four consecutive
days of games in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague featured the first two
contests in Round 4 on Thursday. Zalgiris Kaunas put on a display in
beating Anadolu Efes Istanbul to remain undefeated before FC Barcelona
survived an overtime thriller against Panathinaikos OPAP Athens. The
bright lights on Friday night will focus on five more games, including
the latest chapters in the rivalries pitting AX Armani Exchange Milan
against Real Madrid and Olympiacos Piraeus against Maccabi Playtika Tel
Aviv. Read more here.
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Khimki Moscow Region 77-60
AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Real Madrid 78-70
Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 85-82
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. FC Bayern Munich 71-75
CSKA Moscow vs. ALBA Berlin 88-93
Valencia Basket vs. Zenit St Petersburg - Cancelled
FC Barcelona vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 97-89
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 68-89
Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 89-73
October 12, 2020 - Round 3
The first night of the first two-round week of the
season was a strong one for the visiting teams with all three road
sides coming away victorious. Zalgiris Kaunas became the first team to
three wins when it conquered Belgrade, Anadolu Efes Istanbul left the
German capital with its first win and FC Barcelona claimed a victory at
Valencia. Four more Round 3 games will be played on Wednesday.
Real Madrid vs. Khimki Moscow Region 94-85
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. FC Bayern Munich 82-85
Olympiacos Piraeus vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 86-75
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. CSKA Moscow 77-78
Valencia Basket vs. FC Barcelona 66-71
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Zenit St Petersburg - Cancelled
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens - Cancelled
ALBA Berlin vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 72-93
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 69-75
October 12, 2020 - Round 2 MVP: Jordan Loyd, Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade
Crvena
Zvezda mts Belgrade looked for a go-to leader in its first home game
and Jordan Loyd responded with a performance worth the MVP honor for
Round 2 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season. Loyd matched
Zvezda's second-best scoring total ever in the club's 151 EuroLeague
games to lead Zvezda to a resounding 90-73 win over visiting TD Systems
Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. Making 5 of 8 three-pointers and 9 perfect
free throws among his 30 points, Loyd added 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2
steals on the way to a 34 performance index rating, the best on any
winning team in Round 2. Krunoslav Simon had the same PIR for Anadolu
Efes Istanbul but his 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists could not
prevent a 71-80 home loss to Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. The third-best
performance of the week belonged to Jonas Jerebko of Khimki Moscow
Region, who had 23 points, 12 rebounds and a PIR of 30 in undermanned
team's 70-84 home loss to Zalgiris Kaunas. Read more here.
October 7, 2020 - Round 2
The Turkish Airlines EuroLeague round-robin format
promises great games week in and week out. Entering this season,
Maccabi's single-game club record in two-pointers made was 35, set in a
76-93 road win against CSKA Moscow in January 2019 that ended its
streak of nine consecutive losses in the Russian capital, which dated
back to 2004.
AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 87-73
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 71-78
ALBA Berlin vs. FC Bayern Munich 72-90
Khimki Moscow Region vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 70-84
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 90-73
Real Madrid vs. Valencia Basket 77-93
Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 71-80
Zenit St Petersburg vs. FC Barcelona 74-70
CSKA Moscow vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 76-72
October 3, 2020 - Round 1 MVP: Pierria Henry, TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
The
opening week of the new season concluded with an MVP of the Round
performance from Pierria Henry, who fired TD Systems Baskonia
Vitoria-Gasteiz to victory over Spanish rivals Real Madrid. Henry was
everywhere in his team’s 76-63 win, registering a personal-best 32 PIR
by hitting 5 of 7 two-pointers among a career-high 23 points. His 6
assists were only 1 short of Real's entire team total, further
contributing to the first MVP award of Henry's EuroLeague career. The
next best individual performance came from Simone Fontecchio of ALBA
Berlin, who paired 16 points with 8 rebounds for a PIR of 27 in his
team’s loss at Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. One of his opponents, Angelo
Caloiaro had a PIR of 25 after he scored 18 points in Maccabi’s
victory. He went 5 for 5 on both two-pointers and free throws, and his
3 steals matched Caloiaro's career-high. Kevin Pangos also had a PIR of
25, masterminding Zenit St Petersburg’s road upset of Anadolu Efes
Istanbul. Read more here.
September 30, 2020 - Round 1
The new Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season tips off
with Round 1 games on October 1 and 2. As always, the round-robin
format promises great matchups week in and week out. In their first and
only official meeting to date, Efes held off visiting Zenit 90-88 last
November. Despite the loss, Zenit set a club record with 26 assists.
Austin Hollins hit 7 three-pointers made and Alex Renfroe dished 10
assists, both season highs for Zenit.
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Real Madrid 76-63
FC Bayern Munich vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 79-81
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 77-63
Khimki Moscow Region vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 76-78
Valencia Basket vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 65-63
FC Barcelona vs. CSKA Moscow 76-66
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. ALBA Berlin 80-73
Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 67-68
Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Zenit St Petersburg 69-73
Young
star-in-the-making Konstantinos Mitoglou dominated for Panathinaikos
OPAP Athens in a 94-78 home win over Khimki Moscow Region on Thursday
to claim his first Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP of the Week honor.
In his fourth season and 79th EuroLeague game, Mitoglou set several
career highs, including 29 points, 9 free throws made and a performance
index rating of 42, which matched the third-best individual mark both
this season and in Panathinaikos history. The 24-year-old forward also
pulled 8 offensive boards, tying his previous best, among his 12 total
rebounds. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul guard Nando De Colo accumulated a
PIR of 38, second-best this week, in an exciting 83-89 road win over
his former team, CSKA Moscow. De Colo scored 22 points, missing just 1
shot all night, while also collecting 9 assists, 4 steals and 2
rebounds. Tyler Dorsey starred in Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv's dramatic
86-84 home win over Real Madrid with career highs of 30 points and 36
PIR to go along with 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Fenerbahce center Jan
Vesely had an index rating of 32, collecting 24 points, 6 rebounds, 3
steals and 2 blocks against CSKA. Read more 
Scoring
ace Nemanja Nedovic has earned his second MVP of the Week honor this
season by leading Panathinaikos OPAP Athens to an 88-71 home win over
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in Round 19 on Wednesday. Nedovic's performance
index rating of 40 that night was the highest single-game total of any
player in the double-round week and the fifth-highest of the season so
far. Nedovic scored 33 points to go with 6 assists and 5 rebounds in
the victory. His scoring and PIR were the second-highest of his
112-game EuroLeague career, behind only the 39 points and 45 PIR he
registered less than a month ago, in a Round 16 loss at Maccabi
Playtika Tel Aviv. Following Nedovic with a PIR of 30, also in Round
19, was Nando De Colo of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, whose 27 points
paced his team's 96-76 win over visiting TD Systems Baskonia
Vitoria-Gasteiz. Two frontcourt players recorded PIRs of 29 in big
Round 30 road wins. Walter Tavares led Real Madrid past FC Bayern
Munich 76-81 in overtime with his career-high 26 points and 9 rebounds.
Guerschon Yabusele was everywhere in LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne's 63-69
decision over host Olympiacos Piraeus, amassing 19 points, 5 rebounds,
4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. Read more 
In
his fifth Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season, center Joffrey Lauvergne
stormed to his first MVP of the Week honor by dominating as Zalgiris
Kaunas beat Khimki Moscow Region 102-75 on Friday for its sixth
consecutive victory. Lauvergne scored a career-best 29 points by making
13 of 14 two-point shots, or 92.8%, which ranks second all-time for
two-point accuracy in a EuroLeague game. Lauvergne also pulled down 9
rebounds and dished 2 assists for a performance index rating of 38.
Both his scoring and PIR topped Lauvergne's previous bests by 9. The
second-best performance this week belonged to Anadolu Efes Istanbul
point guard Vasilije Micic, who posted 23 points, 9 assists and 5
steals for a PIR of 35 in a big 80-102 road win against LDLC ASVEL
Villeurbanne. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade big man Johnny O'Bryant
registered a PIR 30 in a loss against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul,
collecting 17 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists. Next came Kostas
Sloukas of Olympiacos Piraeus with a PIR of 29 based on his 24 points,
7 assists and 3 steals in an 84-82 win over FC Bayern Munich. Read more
After
setting all-time Turkish Airlines EuroLeague records for offensive
rebounds in a single game and double-doubles in one month, CSKA Moscow
center Nikola Milutinov has been chosen by Euroleague Basketball as the
competition's MVP for December. Milutinov combined the power of an
elite rebounder with the flash seen in his rim-rocking slams and
remarkable blocked shots to help CSKA sweep to a 6-0 December record
and extend its winning streak to 12 games. Milutinov, in his first
season with CSKA, averaged a rare, month-long double-double by putting
up 12.3 points and 12.5 rebounds per game. He also shot 66.0% from the
field, committed just 3 turnovers in nearly 165 minutes on court, and
registered an average PIR of 24.0. In a Round 17 overtime road win at
AX Armani Exchange Milan, Milutinov pulled 16 offensive rebounds to
shatter by 5 a EuroLeague record that had dated to 2006! It marked his
fifth consecutive double-double and came on his 26th birthday,
culminating what was truly a December to remember for Milutinov and
CSKA. Read more 
FC
Bayern Munich moved into a tie for third place in the Turkish Airlines
EuroLeague Regular Season standings on the strength of a club-record
performance by Wade Baldwin that was also worth his first MVP of the
Week honor. Baldwin posted a performance index rating of 41 to set
Bayern's highest individual mark in its four EuroLeague seasons while
leading his team to a 90-77 home win over FC Barcelona. Baldwin scored
29 points, the second-highest total in club history, to go with 7
assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals in the victory. Zach LeDay of AX
Armani Exchange Milan followed Baldwin with a PIR of 31 in his team's
87-91 overtime home loss to CSKA Moscow. He scored 21 points on perfect
shooting – 3 of 3 two-pointers, 1 of 1 from three-point distance and 12
of 12 free throws – while pulling 7 rebounds. In the same game, Nikola
Milutinov of CSKA set a EuroLeague record with 16 offensive rebounds
and scored 17 points for a PIR of 30. Kostas Sloukas of Olympiacos
Piraeus came next with a PIR of 29 in his team's 88-105 road win at
Khimki Moscow Region. Sloukas nailed 5 of 7 three-pointers for 25
points, 1 short of his career high, and dished 5 assists. Read more 
Just
when his team needed it most, Shane Larkin had a monster game to assure
Anadolu Efes Istanbul a much-needed home win and earn his first MVP of
the Week honor this season. Larkin was everywhere in Tuesday's 86-79
victory over visiting FC Barcelona, with 23 points, 8 assists, 7
rebounds, 2 steals and 9 drawn fouls for a performance index rating of
37, the best this week by a winning player. It marks Larkin's 10th such
MVP honor, all since March of 2018, tying him for the second-most ever,
and he's had five of those performances against Barcelona. Nemanja
Nedovic of Panathinaikos OPAP Athens had the week's highest PIR but the
Greens lost to host Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, 89-81. Nedovic shattered
his career highs 39 points and a 45 PIR, which also included 6 assists,
2 rebounds and 2 steals. His 7 triples made in 13 tries matched
Nedovic's best in 108 EuroLeague games to date. Nikola Milutinov of
CSKA Moscow was third with a PIR of 30 as he put up 17 points and 14
rebounds in a 78-87 road win at LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, marking his
fourth consecutive double-double. Read more 
To
start a road trip that he and his team won't forget soon, Real Madrid
tower of power Walter "Edy" Tavares used a career-high performance to
earn the MVP of the Week honor for the second time this season. Tavares
scored 20 points and ripped 14 rebounds on Tuesday as Real outlasted
host Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 93-97 in double-overtime of their Round
14 game. Playing a career-high 41 minutes, Tavares made 9 of 13
two-point shots and added 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block while drawing
4 fouls for a performance index rating of 36, the best of a
double-round week full of games. The second-best performance of the
week also came in Round 14 as Nikola Mirotic of FC Barcelona registered
a 34 PIR in an 87-74 home win over Khimki Moscow Region. Mirotic missed
just 2 shots while scoring 24 points in that victory. In Round 15,
Khimki center Devin Booker posted a PIR of 32 thanks to 26 points, 3
rebounds and 3 assists although his team lost again, 90-84 at LDLC
ASVEL Villeurbanne. Tying for the week's third-best PIR, with 32, was
Mike James of CSKA Moscow, whose 20 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds
paced his team's 83-65 home win over Zenit St Petersburg in Round 15.
Read more 
On
the strength of a near triple-double that matched the sixth-best
performance in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague history, Mike James of CSKA
Moscow roared to another MVP of the Week honor by dominating the
Leningradka Derby on Friday. James posted the highest performance index
rating of the season, 51 as CSKA defeated host Khimki Moscow Region
87-96 for its eighth consecutive victory. The EuroLeague's MVP for
November poured in 36 points, dished 10 assists and pulled 9 rebounds.
His points and PIR were not only career highs but also new club records
for CSKA. His PIR matched the sixth-highest in EuroLeague history. The
second-best performance of the week belonged to Shavon Shields, who had
career highs of 26 points and 34 PIR as AX Armani Exchange Milan beat
Khimki on the road Tuesday by 93-102 in a rescheduled Round 8 game.
Shields missed only 1 shot while making 6 of 6 two-pointers, 4 of 5
triples and both of his free throws. Barcelona teammates Brandon Davies
and Nikola Mirotic came next with PIRs of 28 as their team rallied to
beat Milan 87-71 on Friday. Read more 
A
stellar individual performance in a winning effort has earned Luke
Sikma of ALBA Berlin the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP of the Week
honor. Sikma put on an all-around performance in Round 11 to lead ALBA
to a 100-80 home win against Khimki Moscow Region. ALBA reached 100
points for just the fifth time in EuroLeague action, all of them in the
last two seasons with Sikma and head coach Aito Garcia Reneses. His
performance index rating of 32 was not only the week's best, but also
matched his personal high. He finished the game with a career-high 20
points on 7-of-10 two-point and 6-of-7 free-throw shooting. Sikma, the
2018-19 7DAYS EuroCup MVP, added 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, a
block, and 5 fouls drawn, all in less than 24 minutes on the floor.
This is the second weekly MVP award of Sikma's career. He previously
shared that honor with Nick Calathes in Round 9 of the 2019-20 Regular
Season. His teammate Niels Giffey posted a PIR of 29 against Khimki, a
new personal best. Giffey had a career-high 22 points on 4-of-4
three-point shooting plus 4 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal and 2 blocks.
Read more 
After
six previous Turkish Airlines EuroLeague seasons without one, Vladimir
Lucic has claimed the MVP of the Week award for the second time in a
month, and in so doing helped FC Bayern Munich take sole possession of
second place in the standings. Lucic was the game's leading scorer with
22 points and best rebounder with 7 boards as Bayern downed visiting
Valencia Basket by 90-79 on Friday. He missed just 3 of 16 shots while
adding 2 assists, 2 steals and 8 fouls drawn for a career-high
performance index rating of 35 in his 107th career EuroLeague game.
This week's second-best performances belonged to Darrun Hilliard of
CSKA Moscow and Corey Walden of Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade, who posted
identical PIRs of 32. Hilliard dominated CSKA's thrilling 89-96 home
win over TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz with a personal-best 31
points. His seventh three-pointer of the night broke an 84-84 tie with
23 seconds left, matching CSKA's single-game record, while his point
total was the highest without free throws by any EuroLeague player in
six years. Read more 
He
emerged last month as a go-to leader on a team that has already in this
young season accomplished something unprecedented. And now, for his key
role in helping Zalgiris Kaunas lock down a share of first place,
26-year-old swingman Marius Grigonis is Euroleague Basketball's choice
as the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP for October. His numbers are
more than respectable, but perhaps the most important one shows
Grigonis averaging at least 4 minutes more than anyone else on a
Zalgiris team that is the first in EuroLeague history to win four road
games in four countries during the same month. In three of them,
Zalgiris trailed after 30 minutes on other teams' courts, but Grigonis
was good for a combined 19 points to spur those fourth-quarter
comebacks on to victory. At month's end, Zalgiris had a 5-1 record and
was tied for the league lead despite having traveled more than 15,000
kilometers round trip. All those hours in transit didn't affect
Grigonis during all his time on court helping Zalgiris to its longest
road winning streak this century – which is also the stuff that MVPs of
the Month are made of. Read more 
Two
players who have led their teams 5-1 records atop the Turkish Airlines
EuroLeague standings, Marius Grigonis of Zalgiris Kaunas and Nikola
Mirotic of FC Barcelona, are sharing the MVP honor for this week after
each posted a performance index rating of 27. Mirotic earned weekly MVP
honors for the sixth time in his EuroLeague career. Grigonis reached
this award for the first time, and is the first Lithuanian player so
honored since Edgaras Ulanovas of Zalgiris in Game 4 of the 2018
playoffs. Mirotic returned to action after a spell on the sidelines by
coming came off the bench to for 18 points on 7-for-10 two-point
shooting, adding 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and the game-sealing
block in Barcelona's 71-72 win at TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Grigonis led Zalgiris to a 74-83 victory against LDLC ASVEL
Villeurbanne with 25 points on 6-for-8 two-point and 7-for-7 free-throw
accuracy, adding 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 6 fouls drawn for a PIR of
27. In that game, Moustapha Fall of ASVEL also amassed a PIR of 27 but
couldn't help his team win. Fall finished with 7 points, 8 rebounds, 4
assists, 2 steals, a block and 11 fouls drawn. Thomas Walkup of
Zalgiris (26 PIR) and Errick McCollum of Khimki Moscow Region (25)
complete the top individual performances in Round 6. Read more 
Crvena
Zvezda mts Belgrade looked for a go-to leader in its first home game
and Jordan Loyd responded with a performance worth the MVP honor for
Round 2 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season. Loyd matched
Zvezda's second-best scoring total ever in the club's 151 EuroLeague
games to lead Zvezda to a resounding 90-73 win over visiting TD Systems
Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. Making 5 of 8 three-pointers and 9 perfect
free throws among his 30 points, Loyd added 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2
steals on the way to a 34 performance index rating, the best on any
winning team in Round 2. Krunoslav Simon had the same PIR for Anadolu
Efes Istanbul but his 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists could not
prevent a 71-80 home loss to Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. The third-best
performance of the week belonged to Jonas Jerebko of Khimki Moscow
Region, who had 23 points, 12 rebounds and a PIR of 30 in undermanned
team's 70-84 home loss to Zalgiris Kaunas. Read more 
The
opening week of the new season concluded with an MVP of the Round
performance from Pierria Henry, who fired TD Systems Baskonia
Vitoria-Gasteiz to victory over Spanish rivals Real Madrid. Henry was
everywhere in his team’s 76-63 win, registering a personal-best 32 PIR
by hitting 5 of 7 two-pointers among a career-high 23 points. His 6
assists were only 1 short of Real's entire team total, further
contributing to the first MVP award of Henry's EuroLeague career. The
next best individual performance came from Simone Fontecchio of ALBA
Berlin, who paired 16 points with 8 rebounds for a PIR of 27 in his
team’s loss at Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. One of his opponents, Angelo
Caloiaro had a PIR of 25 after he scored 18 points in Maccabi’s
victory. He went 5 for 5 on both two-pointers and free throws, and his
3 steals matched Caloiaro's career-high. Kevin Pangos also had a PIR of
25, masterminding Zenit St Petersburg’s road upset of Anadolu Efes
Istanbul. Read more 
