With a monster performance direly needed by a team short on bodies, center Tyrique Jones of Anadolu Efes Istanbul claimed the Round 12 MVP honor, the first such distinction of his young Turkish Airlines EuroLeague career.<\/p>\n
Jones led Efes to a 71-68 home victory over Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens with a performance index rating of 36, his best yet and the season’s highest by any EuroLeague rookie. He finished the game with personal highs of 21 points, 13 rebounds, 4 steals, 8-for-12 two-point and 5-for-5 free-throw shooting. His 7 offensive boards equaled the season high among all EuroLeague players. Jones’s first MVP of the Round honor came in just his 12th EuroLeague game.<\/p>\n
Carsen Edwards and Serge Ibaka of FC Bayern Munich joined Joffrey Lauvergne of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in amassing PIRs of 28, the second-best total of the round. Edwards scored a career-high 32 points, making 7 of 11 two-pointers, 5 of 10 three-pointers and 3 of 3 free throws in his team’s 91-84 overtime victory over EA7 Emporio Armani Milan. In the same game, Ibaka posted a double-double of 20 points and 12 rebounds, hitting 5 of 8 shots inside the arc and 3 of 4 from downtown, including a deep one on a broken play to force overtime just before the fourth-quarter buzzer. Lauvergne had 23 points, 9 rebounds and 5 fouls drawn in a ASVEL’s 91-94 home loss to Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. Wade Baldwin of Maccabi and Shavon Shields of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, each with a PIR of 27, complete the top individual performances in Round 12.<\/p>\n
Individual highs: Carsen Edwards of Bayern, 32 points<\/b><\/p>\n
Round 12 brought a lot of great individual performances and players who stepped up big. These were the leaders in the main statistical categories.<\/p>\n
Carsen Edwards of FC Bayern Munich had 32 points, more than any other player, in his team’s 91-84 overtime victory over EA7 Emporio Armani Milan. Markus Howard of Baskonia-Vitoria Gasteiz and Mike James of AS Monaco are tied for first place in the scoring list, each at 18.6 points per game.<\/p>\n
Tyrique Jones of Anadolu Efes Istanbul led all rebounders by pulling down 13 in his team’s 71-68 home victory over Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens. Tadas Sedekerskis of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz is the competition’s best rebounder at 8.9 boards per game.<\/p>\n
Facundo Campazzo of Real Madrid and Milos Teodosic of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade each had 9 assists in Round 12. Campazzo ranks first overall at 8.3 assists per night.<\/p>\n
Jones, Rokas Giedraitis of Zvezda and Stefan Jovic of Valencia Basket each collected 4 steals in this round. Paris Lee of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne ranks first overall in steals at 2.2 per game.<\/p>\n
Kevarrius Hayes of Zalgiris Kaunas had 3 blocks against ALBA Berlin to lead the round. Vincent Poirier of Real leads the 2023-24 EuroLeague in blocks at 1.6 per game.<\/p>\n
Four players posted double-doubles in Round 12: Jones, Mario Hezonja of Real, Maik Kotsar of Baskonia, and Serge Ibaka of Bayern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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