A career night in a thrilling double-overtime win has seen LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne big man Bastien Vautier secure MVP honors for Round 18 of the 2025-26 EuroLeague season.
Vautier’s career-high 31 PIR was more than double his previous-best mark (14 PIR in Round 1), and it came after netting a career-high 28 points, the most of any ASVEL player in a game this season, in a 103-99 double-overtime triumph against Anadolu Efes Istanbul. He reached those 28 points after shooting 10 for 13 on two-pointers and 8 for 12 from the free-throw line. Vautier, in his rookie EuroLeague season, also had 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 8 fouls drawn.
The highest PIR in this round belonged to Real Madrid’s Facundo Campazzo, who had a season-high 41 PIR in his team’s 100-95 defeat at AS Monaco. Campazzo had 24 of his 28 points in the second half, including 14 in the final 99 seconds of the game, as he made 3-of-5 two-pointers, 6-of-7 three-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws. The Argentine also posted 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals and 6 fouls drawn.
Dubai Basketball’s McKinley Wright and Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade’s Chima Moneke both had the third-best index rating in Round 18 with a PIR of 30. Wright finished with 19 points on 5-of-8 two-pointers and 9-of-10 free throws, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 8 fouls drawn as Dubai beat EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 99-92. Moneke, meanwhile, amassed 17 points on 5-of-6 two-pointers, 1-of-2 triples and 4-of-4 free throws, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 4 fouls drawn in Crvena Zvezda’s 102-92 loss at Paris Basketball.
Rounding out the list of top performers in Round 18 is Crvena Zvezda’s Jared Butler, who poured in a career-high 31 points – including 22 in the fourth quarter, the second most in a quarter in EuroLeague history – after making 4-of-8 two-pointers, 6-of-8 three-pointers and 5-of-5 free throws in his team’s defeat to Paris. He also had 1 rebound, 4 assists, 2 steals and 5 fouls drawn.
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