Turkish Airlines EuroLeague RS – Round 6 MVP: Dzanan Musa, Real Madrid

A career-best performance in a winning effort during Real Madrid’s 77-83 road victory against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan has seen Dzanan Musa earn MVP of the Round honors for the first time. Musa had a performance index rating of 31, the highest in his 20-game EuroLeague career. He had personal-bests of 25 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, too. Musa hit 4-of-4 two-pointers, 5-of-8 three-pointers and 2-of-3 free throws, as well as drawing 3 fouls. Next behind Musa were Mathias Lessort of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade and Nicolas Laprovittola of FC Barcelona, as they both had a PIR of 28. Lessort came up big in his team’s 89-91 road victory against Panathinaikos Athens, finishing the game with 15 points on 5-of-7 two-pointers, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Laprovittola had 26 points on 5-for-8 three-point shooting, with 7 assists and 2 steals, in his team’s 81-80 win over Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. Rounding out the list of the top performers in Round 6 with PIRs of 27 are Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos Piraeus and Filip Petrusev of Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade. Vezenkov posted 20 points, 7 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals in an 82-83 loss against Valencia Basket, while Petrusev had 16 points plus 12 rebounds and 4 assists in an 85-77 loss at AS Monaco.

Individual highs: Kevin Punter of Partizan, 29 points



Kevin Punter of Partizan was the top scorer in Round 6 with 29 points. Monaco guard Mike James is the EuroLeague’s top scorer with 21.3 points per game. Zvezda’s Filip Petrusev led all rebounders by pulling down a career-high 12. Lessort leads the league in rebounding with 9.0 per game. Four players dished 8 assists in this round of games, with Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz duo Darius Thompson and Pierria Henry and ALBA Berlin pair Tamir Blatt and Luke Sikma all finding their teammates with regularity. Thompson leads the league with 7.2 assists per game. In Round 6, six players had 3 steals: Dwayne Bacon of Panathinaikos Athens, Yam Madar of Partizan, Nando De Colo and David Lighty, both of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, Chris Jones of Valencia and Alessandro Pajola of Virtus Segafredo Bologna. Pajola tops the steals charts, averaging 2.3 steals per contest. Six other players – Lessort, Bonzie Colson of Maccabi, Georgios Papagiannis of Panathinaikos, Walter Tavares of Real Madrid, Ben Lammers of ALBA and Laurynas Birutis of Zalgiris Kaunas – each had 2 blocks in this round. Lessort and Christ Koumadje are the top shot-blockers through six rounds with 2.2 per game. Three players with double-doubles in this round, as Lessort and Partizan teammate Zach LeDay (13 points, 10 rebounds) both did so, in addition to Zvezda’s Petrusev.