Round 3 MVP: Jordan Floyd, Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse

Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse guard Jordan Floyd came off the bench to shine for his team in 86-73 win over the visiting 7Bet-Lietkabelis Paneveyzs, and in the process earned MVP of the Round honor. Bourg is the only remaining undefeated team this season, and Floyd led it to its third win in as many games scoring all of his 21 points in the second half. He shot 6-for-8 on two-pointers and 1-for-4 from long range, while making 6-of-7 free throws. Floyd also had 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and drew 7 fouls. Floyd’s 31 PIR was the of all players in Round 3. He became the first Bourg player to earn MVP of the Round honor in exactly 2 years. Second best PIR, 28, belongs to Darion Atkins of Dolomiti Energia Trento who had an all-round performance in a loss against Paris Basketball. Atkins scored 24 points on 9-of-15 two-pointers, collected 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Germani Brescia guard Troy Caupain had a PIR 27 in a 90-98 overtime win at ratiopharm Ulm, Caupain’s former team. Playing few seconds over 40 minutes, Caupain had 17 points, 8 assists, 7 rebounds and 2 steals, while drawing 5 fouls. Turk Telekom Ankara’s Jerian Grant had this round’s lone double-double of 12 points, 10 assists, along with 3 steals and 3 rebounds, accumulating a PIR of 26 in a victory over Hapoel Tel Aviv. Rounding out the list of this round’s top performers are big men Aleksander Balcerowski of Gran Canaria and Aleksander Dziewa of Slask Wroclaw, each with a performance index rating of 25. Dziewa amassed 17 points, a season-high 15 rebounds and 2 blocks in a road loss at Veolia Towers Hamburg, and Balcerowski had 16 points and 9 rebounds in a win over London Lions.