An outstanding individual performance in a good-as-gold road victory allowed Marko Guduric of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul to earn Regular Season Round 25 MVP honors with a performance index rating of 35.
Guduric lived a night of multiple emotions as Fenerbahce returned to action for the first time since the earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria, leading his team to a thrilling 94-97 road win in front of more than 19,000 Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade fans at Stark Arena. Playing in his home country in a black jersey chosen by Fenerbahce to honor the earthquake victims, Guduric had the best night of his 197-game Turkish Airlines EuroLeague career, scoring 25 points on 4-for-5 three-point shooting and dishing a career-high 7 assists on the way to a new personal-high performance index rating of 35, the highest in Round 26. This marks Guduric’s first MVP honor in his seven EuroLeague seasons to date.
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv guard Lorenzo Brown celebrated his return from injury by leading his side to a 90-82 home win over FC Bayern Munich, with team highs of 27 points and a 33 PIR. He also posted 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals. Rokas Giedraitis of Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz amassed a PIR of 31 in his team’s 88-83 road loss against Virtus Segafredo Bologna. Giedraitis had 25 points on 6-of-6 two-pointers, as well as 7 rebounds, an assist, 2 steal and 7 fouls drawn. Mathias Lessort of Partizan, with a PIR of 30, and Maodo Lo of ALBA Berlin, who had a PIR of 27, complete the top individual performances in Round 25. Lessort had a 15-point, 11-rebound double-double, in addition to 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks in Partizan’s defeat to Fenerbache, while Lo recorded 24 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals in a 72-87 road win at Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade.
Individual highs: Freddie Gillespie, FC Bayern Munich, 4 blocks
Lorenzo Brown of Maccabi led all scorers in Round 27 by scoring 27 points against Bayern. Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos is the competition’s top scorer at 18.5 points per night. Mathias Lessort of Partizan led all rebounders by pulling down 11 against Fenerbahce. Vezenkov also ranks first in rebounds at 7.42 per night, edging Lessort (7.36 rpg.). Kostas Sloukas of Olympiacos dished 9 assists against Valencia Basket, more than anyone in Round 25. He is also first overall at 6.7 assists per game. Bonzie Colson of Maccabi, Cory Higgins of FC Barcelona and Jonah Radebaugh of Valencia each collected 4 steals in this round. Thomas Walkup of Olympiacos ranks first overall at 1.9 per night. Freddie Gillespie of Bayern had 4 blocks against Maccabi. Walter Tavares of Real Madrid remains atop the overall standings at 2.4 per contest. Lessort and Elijah Bryant of Anadolu Efes Istanbul were the only players to register a double-double in Round 25.
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