{"id":324153,"date":"2023-03-30T19:14:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T17:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=324153"},"modified":"2023-03-30T19:14:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T17:14:07","slug":"euroleague-round-31-co-mvps-maik-kotsar-and-georgios-papagiannis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/euroleague-round-31-co-mvps-maik-kotsar-and-georgios-papagiannis\/","title":{"rendered":"Euroleague Round 31 co-MVP&#8217;s: Maik Kotsar and Georgios Papagiannis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two big men who propelled their teams to home victories to start the double-round week,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euroleaguebasketball.net\/euroleague\/players\/maik-kotsar\/004603\/\">Maik Kotsar<\/a>\u00a0of Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and\u00a0Georgios Papagiannis\u00a0of Panathinaikos Athens, are the co-MVPs for Round 31, the second such accolade for each in their careers. Their joint PIR of 40 was a career high for each. Kotsar led Baskonia in points (23), rebounds (10) and blocks (2) in 30 minutes of a pivotal 93-87 home win over ALBA Berlin. Papagiannis paced Panathinaikos Athens to an 86-76 success over visiting FC Bayern Munich. The big man led the Greens in points (24), rebounds (11) and blocks (3) in 28 minutes on court during which he did not miss a single shot: 7 of 7 two-pointers, 3 of 3 threes and 1 of 1 free throws. 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