A stunning offensive performance in the German derby was enough for FC Bayern Munich\u2019s Carsen Edwards to secure Round 23 MVP honors with a round-high 34 PIR.<\/p>\n
Edwards scored a career-high 34 points in Bayern\u2019s 84-99 win at ALBA Berlin, netting 6-of-9 two-pointers, 5-of-13 three-pointers and 7-of-8 free throws. He also posted 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 3 fouls drawn, giving him a career-best 34 PIR. This is the first time Edwards has been the MVP of the Round, while it is the second time this season a Bayern player has earned MVP of the Round honors \u2013 and 11th time all-time \u2013 following Shabazz Napier back in Round 6.<\/p>\n
Real Madrid\u2019s Facundo Campazzo and LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne\u2019s Theo Maledon had the joint second-best PIR in Round 23 with 29. In Real Madrid\u2019s dramatic 90-89 victory over Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, the Argentine amassed 22 points, going 6 for 9 on two-pointers, 1 for 4 on threes and 7 for 7 on free throws, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 6 fouls drawn. ASVEL beat FC Barcelona 100-94, with Maledon recording 18 points on 2-of-6 two-pointers, 2-of-7 three-pointers and 8-of-8 free throws, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 9 fouls drawn. AS Monaco\u2019s Mike James and Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade\u2019s Isaac Bonga round out the list of top performers with a 28 PIR. James had 24 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 12 fouls drawn in Monaco\u2019s 80-86 win at Virtus Segafredo Bologna, while Bonga finished with 16 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 3 fouls drawn in Partizan\u2019s 92-86 triumph over Paris Basketball.<\/p>\n
Individual highs<\/strong>: Carsen Edwards, Bayern, 34 points Baskonia\u2019s Nikos Rogkavopoulos led all players in Round 23 by pulling down 11 rebounds. Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade\u2019s Joel Bolomboy has averaged a league-best 8.0 rebounds per contest this season.<\/p>\n ASVEL\u2019s Theo Maledon and Anadolu Efes Istanbul\u2019s PJ Dozier both recorded a round-high 9 assists. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv\u2019s Tamir Blatt (7.41 apg.) is the leading assist provider in the league, narrowly ahead of Paris\u2019s TJ Shorts (7.38 apg.).<\/p>\n Maccabi\u2019s Jaylen Hoard made 4 steals in Round 23, more than anyone else. Bayern\u2019s Nick Weiler-Babb tops the steals charts with 1.6 per night.<\/p>\n Three players \u2013 Panathinaikos\u2019s Wenyen Gabriel, Real Madrid\u2019s Walter Tavares, and Monaco\u2019s Georgios Papagiannis \u2013 had a round-best 3 blocks. Papagiannis (1.35 bpg.) leads the EuroLeague in blocks, just ahead of Tavares (1.30 bpg.), Gabriel (1.27 bpg.), and Efes\u2019s Vincent Poirier (1.26 bpg.).<\/p>\n Baskonia duo Rogkavopoulos (22 points, 11 rebounds) and Chima Moneke (14 points, 10 rebounds) were the only players to record a double-double in Round 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A stunning offensive performance in the German derby was enough for FC Bayern Munich\u2019s Carsen Edwards to secure Round 23 MVP honors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":425293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-425294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/29a1aeb0-438c-4d33-85ec-3348f641197b.webp","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425294"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=425294"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=425294"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=425294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBayern\u2019s Edwards scored 34 points in Round 23, the most of any player. Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens\u2019s Kendrick Nunn leads the league in scoring with 20.1 points per game.<\/p>\n