{"id":462540,"date":"2025-10-02T16:33:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=462540"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:33:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:33:59","slug":"euroleague-round-1-mvp-kendrick-nunn-panathinaikos-aktor-athens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/euroleague-round-1-mvp-kendrick-nunn-panathinaikos-aktor-athens\/","title":{"rendered":"EuroLeague Round 1 MVP: Kendrick Nunn, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kendrick Nunn<\/a>\u00a0of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens earned Round 1 MVP honors in the 2025-26 EuroLeague season after an outstanding individual performance in a winning effort. He led his team to an 87-79 home victory over FC Bayern Munich. Nunn scored 21 points, shooting 9 of 11 from two-point range and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line. He also contributed 3 rebounds, 10 assists (matching his career high) and 3 steals, finishing with a PIR of 29, the highest among all winning players in Round 1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Will Clyburn<\/a>\u00a0of FC Barcelona posted the highest PIR of the round, but it came in a losing effort. Clyburn scored 23 points, shooting 5 of 6 from two-point range, 3 of 5 from three-point range, and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line. He also added 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, and drew 2 fouls in Barcelona\u2019s 103-87 loss to Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n

Moses Wright<\/a>\u00a0of Zalgiris Kaunas followed closely with a PIR of 28 in his team\u2019s 84-89 road win over AS Monaco. Wright scored 21 points, shooting 8 of 8 from the field, including a three-pointer, and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line. He also had 6 rebounds, 1 steal, and 4 fouls drawn.<\/p>\n

Nikola Milutinov<\/a>\u00a0of Olympiacos Piraeus and his teammate\u00a0Sasha Vezenkov<\/a>\u00a0rounded out the top performances of Round 1, each finishing with a PIR of 27. In a 96-102 win at Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, Milutinov posted 12 points, 14 rebounds and 1 steal while Vezenkov amassed 24 points, 13 boards and 1 steal.<\/p>\n

Individual highs: Nikola Milutinov, Olympiacos, 14 rebounds<\/h3>\n

Two of the last three EuroLeague MVPs,\u00a0Mike James<\/a>\u00a0of Monaco and Vezenkov each scored a round-high 24 points.<\/p>\n

Milutinov pulled down 14 rebounds, the most in Round 1.<\/p>\n

Four players registered 10 assists: Nunn,\u00a0Omari Moore<\/a>\u00a0(Valencia Basket),\u00a0Trent Forrest<\/a>\u00a0(Baskonia), and\u00a0Wade Baldwin<\/a>\u00a0(Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul).<\/p>\n

Eight players each collected 3 steals in their opening round of the campaign:\u00a0Lonnie Walker<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jimmy Clark<\/a>\u00a0(Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv),\u00a0Ish Wainwright<\/a>\u00a0(Hapoel),\u00a0Wenyen Gabriel<\/a>\u00a0(Bayern),\u00a0Mario Hezonja<\/a>\u00a0(Real Madrid),\u00a0Nicolo Melli<\/a>\u00a0(Fenerbahce),\u00a0Tomas Satoransky<\/a>\u00a0(Barcelona), and\u00a0Thomas Walkup<\/a>\u00a0(Olympiacos).<\/p>\n

Walter Tavares<\/a>\u00a0of Real Madrid led the league with 3 blocks in Round 1 during his team\u2019s 74-68 road loss to Virtus Bologna.<\/p>\n

Seven players recorded double-doubles in this round: Valencia’s Moore (12 points, 10 rebounds) and\u00a0Matt Costello<\/a>\u00a0(13 points, 10 rebounds), Olympiacos’s Vezenkov (24 points, 13 rebounds) and Milutinov (12 points, 14 rebounds), Fenerbahce’s Baldwin (10 points, 10 assists), Panathinaikos’s Nunn (21 points, 10 assists), and Baskonia’s Forrest (14 points, 10 assists).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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