{"id":384776,"date":"2024-04-25T15:30:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=384776"},"modified":"2024-04-25T15:30:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:30:36","slug":"euroleague-playoffs-game-1-mvp-nigel-hayes-davis-fenerbahce-beko-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/euroleague-playoffs-game-1-mvp-nigel-hayes-davis-fenerbahce-beko-istanbul\/","title":{"rendered":"EuroLeague Playoffs Game 1 MVP: Nigel Hayes-Davis, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It was a night to remember for Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul after knocking off AS Monaco 91-95 to steal home-court advantage in their series.\u00a0Nigel Hayes-Davis<\/a>\u00a0claiming MVP honors for Round 1 of the playoffs was the icing on the cake.<\/p>\n

The star forward led Fenerbahce with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 39 minutes played in totaling a PIR of 23. That was the highest among winning players in Game 1. Hayes-Davis scored 12 of his points in the fourth quarter and overtime to score his third MVP honor and second within a month. He was most recently MVP of Round 32.<\/p>\n

The highest PIR of the round came from\u00a0Mathias Lessort<\/a>\u00a0of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, who posted a 26 in his team\u2019s 87-91 loss at the hands of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. Lessort had 22 points and 6 rebounds for the Greens. His teammate Kostas Slokas was next with a PIR of 23 after tallying 12 points, 13 assists and 2 steals.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the top performers of Game 1 was\u00a0Dzanan Musa<\/a>\u00a0of Real Madrid. Musa scored 16 points, grabbed 3 rebounds and dished 3 assists in just 17 minutes for a PIR of 20 in Los Blancos\u2019s 90-74 rout of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Playoffs Game 1 individual highs: Kostas Sloukas, 13 assists<\/h4>\n

Points<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mathias Lessort of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens was the top scorer in the opening games of the 2024 EuroLeague Playoffs with a 22-point effort against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n

Rebounds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Juancho Hernangomez<\/a>\u00a0of Panathinaikos and\u00a0Jaron Blossomgame<\/a>\u00a0of AS Monaco shared the top spot in the charts for rebounds in Game 1 of the playoffs with 9 boards apiece.<\/p>\n

Assists<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another Panathinaikos player,\u00a0Kostas Sloukas<\/a>, stood out with the Game 1 high for assists with 13. That also marked his career-best.<\/p>\n

Steals<\/strong><\/p>\n

With 3 steals each,\u00a0Mike James<\/a>\u00a0of AS Monaco and\u00a0Shaq McKissic<\/a>\u00a0of Olympiacos Piraeus stood out with the most of this phase of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Blocks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fittingly, the all-time EuroLeague leader in blocked shots,\u00a0Walter Tavares<\/a>\u00a0of Real Madrid, was the only player with multiple blocks in Game 1 of the playoffs. He finished his team\u2019s victory over Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz with 2 rejections.<\/p>\n

Double-doubles<\/strong><\/p>\n

The lone double-double in Game 1 of the playoffs came from Kostas Sloukas, who had 12 points and 13 assists for Panathinaikos in their loss to Maccabi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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