Lonnie Walker needed just two games to settle in at Besiktas Istanbul. The new arrival delivered a spectacular performance as Besiktas came from behind to secure a 103-101 road win over Virtus Bologna, with the decisive basket coming in the final seconds. His career-high Performance Index Rating of 36 was the best mark of Round 9 and earned him MVP of the Round honors.
Walker finished with 30 points, shooting 2-of-4 on two-pointers, 7-of-11 from beyond the arc and 5-of-9 from the free-throw line. He also recorded 4 rebounds, 5 assists, a steal and 8 fouls drawn. It is the second MVP of the Round award of his career, and he becomes the first Besiktas player to receive the honor.
Theo Maledon of Real Madrid posted the second-highest PIR of the round, with 35, in his team’s 95-76 home victory over Fenerbahçe Tarfin Istanbul. Maledon scored 26 points on 3-of-6 two-pointers, 3-of-4 three-pointers and 11-of-12 free throws, while adding 7 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal and 9 fouls drawn.
Nadir Hifi ranked third with a PIR of 30, leading Paris Basketball to a 99-94 road win over Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv. Hifi recorded 26 points, shooting 4-of-7 from two-point range, 3-of-4 from three-point range and 9-of-10 at the free-throw line. He also contributed 4 assists, a steal and 11 fouls drawn.
Three players completed the list of top performers with PIRs of 29. Chima Moneke led Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade to a dominant 103-73 home win over Bayern Munich, finishing with 15 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.
Tyty Washington was perfect from inside the arc for LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, making all seven of his two-point attempts and going 2-of-3 from three-point range. He finished with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in ASVEL’s 94-79 home victory over Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. In the same game, Baskonia’s Kenneth Faried scored 17 points, including 9-of-10 from the free-throw line, and added 8 rebounds and 10 fouls drawn.
INDIVIDUAL HIGHS: FACUNDO CAMPAZZO, REAL MADRID, 10 ASSISTS
Walker led all scorers in Round 9 with 30 points against Virtus Bologna. Nadir Hifi currently leads the EuroLeague scoring rankings with an average of 21.2 points per game.
Dario Saric of Anadolu Efes Istanbul was the round’s leading rebounder, grabbing 12 boards in his team’s 83-68 home win over Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens. Jonas Valanciunas of Zalgiris Kaunas leads the season standings with 8.1 rebounds per game.
Facundo Campazzo of Real Madrid was the only player to reach double figures in assists during the round, handing out 10 against Fenerbahçe. Carlik Jones of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade and Chris Jones of Crvena Zvezda are tied at the top of the season standings with 5.9 assists per game.
Wenyen Gabriel of Besiktas recorded a round-high 4 steals against Virtus. Luca Vildoza of Partizan leads the league in that category with 2.1 steals per game.
Six players tied for the round-high with 2 blocks: Moneke, Mo Gueye of Valencia Basket, Jaylen Hoard of Maccabi, Olivier Nkamhoua of Barcelona, Austin Wiley of Bayern and Azuolas Tubelis of Zalgiris. Virtus Bologna’s Aliou Diarra leads the EuroLeague in blocks with 2.1 per game.
Campazzo, with 10 points and 10 assists, and Saric, with 11 points and 12 rebounds, were the only players to record double-doubles in Round 9.
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