{"id":208284,"date":"2021-04-01T14:51:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T12:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=208284"},"modified":"2021-04-01T14:51:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T12:51:53","slug":"eurocup-mvp-of-the-week-mathias-lessort-as-monaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/eurocup-mvp-of-the-week-mathias-lessort-as-monaco\/","title":{"rendered":"EuroCup MVP of the Week: Mathias Lessort, AS Monaco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mathias Lessort picked a sterling moment to set a career-high in scoring. The AS Monaco center led his team to a series win over Buducnost VOLI Podgorica on Wednesday while claiming the MVP honors for the week in the 7DAYS EuroCup. Lessort posted a performance index rating of 29 to lead all players in the two Game 3s played in the EuroCup Quarterfinals. He made 7 of 10 two-point shots and set a club record with 10 free throws made alongside 2 misses in compiling 24 points. He also had 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 block and 7 fouls drawn, while committing 5 turnovers and 3 fouls. The second-highest PIR of the week came from Mindaugas Kuzminskas with 28 for Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar in a loss at UNICS Kazan. UNICS Jordan Morgan and Okaro White were third and fourth, respectively, with PIRs of 27 and 26, followed by Lessort&#8217;s Monaco teammate Marcos Knight (21).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xepWr5p-WCo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Individual highs: Marcos Knight of AS Monaco, 12 rebounds<\/h3>\n<p>Lessort was the leader among all Game 3 players in both scoring, with 24 points, and steals with 3. His quarterfinals average of 18.7 points was third-best. Lokomotiv&#8217;s Nigel Williams-Goss was the stage&#8217;s top scorer with 21.7 points per game. Alessandro Pajola of Virtus Segafredo Bologna led all players with 4 steals per game. Knight&#8217;s career-high 12 rebounds led all who played in Game 3 and his average of 7 per game placed fifth in the phase. John Brown of UNICS led all players with 8.7 rebounds per game in the quarters. Lokomotiv teammates Williams-Goss and Mantas Kalnietis each dished 8 assists to top the Game 3 lists. Milos Teoeodic of Virtus averaged 8.0 per game to lead all players in the quarterfinals. White and Willie Reed of Buducnost toed for the Game 3 lead with 3 blocks each. 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