Braian Angola delivered a dominant performance to lead LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne to just its second road win of the season, a stunning 88-91 victory at Anadolu Efes Istanbul. The 26-point outing earned Angola Round 30 MVP honors with a PIR of 28 – the highest among winning players this round – in just his seventh EuroLeague game.
Angola shot efficiently across the board: 4-of-7 two-pointers, 3-of-6 three-pointers and 9-of-11 free throws, while adding 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 9 fouls drawn. Angola earned his first-ever MVP of the Round award, becoming the second ASVEL player to secure this honor this season. Bastien Vautier was the Round 18 MVP with a PIR of 31, also against Efes.
Saben Lee of Efes posted the round’s highest index rating with a 29 PIR, but it came in a losing effort against Angola’s ASVEL. Lee finished with 18 points on 5-of-7 two-pointers, 1-of-1 three-pointers and 5-of-5 free throws, adding 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 6 fouls drawn.
Chima Moneke of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade recorded a PIR of 28 in his team’s 80-85 home loss to FC Bayern Munich. Moneke had 22 points on 7-of-8 two-pointers, 1-of-3 three-pointers and 5-of-7 free throws, in addition to 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 7 fouls drawn.
Carsen Edwards of Virtus Bologna and Moses Wright of Zalgiris Kaunas each posted a PIR of 27 to round out the top performances in Round 30. Edwards had 32 points in Virtus’s 92-84 road loss to Real Madrid, hitting 7-of-10 two-pointers and 6-of-14 three-pointers, adding 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 4 fouls drawn. Wright had 20 points on 7-of-11 two-pointers and 6-of-7 free throws in Zalgiris’s 91-87 road loss to Valencia Basket, with 9 rebounds, 1 assist and 5 fouls drawn.
Individual highs: Walter Tavares, Real Madrid, 5 blocks
Carsen Edwards led Round 30 in scoring with 32 points against Real Madrid. Nadir Hifi of Paris Basketball leads the overall standings with 19.5 points per game.
Alen Smailagic of Virtus and Alan Dokossi of Paris each pulled down a round-best 11 rebounds. Nikola Milutinov of Olympiacos Piraeus leads the competition with 7.3 rebounds per game.
Mike James of Monaco and Codi Miller-McIntyre of Crvena Zvezda each dished out a round-high 8 assists. Crvena Zvezda’s Codi Miller-McIntyre leads the EuroLeague with 6.9 assists per game.
Mamadi Diakite of Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz collected 4 steals in Round 30. Aleksa Avramovic of Dubai Basketball leads the competition with 1.5 steals per game.
Walter Tavares of Real Madrid had 5 blocks against Virtus. He leads the EuroLeague with 2.0 blocks per game.
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