{"id":435169,"date":"2025-03-27T19:07:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=435169"},"modified":"2025-03-27T19:07:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:07:55","slug":"euroleague-round-31-mvp-kendrick-nunn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/euroleague-round-31-mvp-kendrick-nunn\/","title":{"rendered":"Euroleague Round 31 MVP: Kendrick Nunn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A dominant performance in a winning effort has seen Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens<\/a>\u00a0superstar\u00a0Kendrick Nunn<\/a>\u00a0secure Round 31 MVP honors with a PIR of 34.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Nunn played a season-high 38:14 minutes as Panathinaikos beat Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 92-99, with the February MVP of the Month posting 26 points on 2-of-2 two-pointers, 5-of-10 three-pointers and 7-of-7 free throws, as well as 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 5 fouls drawn. Having previously been the MVP of the Round in Game 5 of the 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs and Round 26 of this current campaign, this is the third time that Nunn has achieved this feat.<\/p>\n

Olympiacos Piraeus forward\u00a0Sasha Vezenkov<\/a>\u00a0recorded the highest index rating in Round 31 with a 36 PIR, but it came in a losing effort as the Reds fell 81-70 at LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne. Vezenkov poured in 25 points on 5-of-6 twos, 3-of-6 threes and 6-of-6 free throws, while he also grabbed 10 rebounds, dished 1 assist, made 1 steal and drew 3 fouls.<\/p>\n

The third-best index rating was shared between ASVEL\u2019s\u00a0Theo Maledon<\/a>\u00a0and Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade\u2019s\u00a0Brandon Davies<\/a>, who both had a 28 PIR \u2013 a season high in the case of Davies. Maledon recorded 23 points on 4-of-7 twos, 2-of-5 threes and 9-of-9 free throws, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 7 fouls drawn in ASVEL\u2019s win against Olympiacos, while Davies netted a season-best 22 points on 7-of-8 two-pointers, 2-of-2 triples and 2-of-3 free throws in his team\u2019s 85-71 triumph over ALBA Berlin, in addition to recording 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals and 7 fouls drawn.<\/p>\n

Also sharing a 27 PIR in Round 31 were Panathinaikos\u2019s\u00a0Juancho Hernangomez<\/a>\u00a0and Real Madrid\u2019s\u00a0Walter Tavares<\/a>. Hernangomez amassed 18 points on 1-of-3 twos, 4-of-6 threes and 4-of-6 free throws, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 3 fouls drawn in the Greens\u2019 win, while Tavares finished with 19 points on 8-of-8 twos and 3-of-4 free throws, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 2 fouls drawn and a PIR as Real Madrid beat EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 96-89.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Check out the highlights on the road…<\/p>\n

Doing a bit of everything once again \ud83d\ude4c pic.twitter.com\/1cAsZ9Ef0B<\/a><\/p>\n

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