{"id":468580,"date":"2025-11-08T12:23:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T11:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=468580"},"modified":"2025-11-08T12:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T11:23:34","slug":"euroleague-round-9-mvp-mike-james-as-monaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/euroleague-round-9-mvp-mike-james-as-monaco\/","title":{"rendered":"Euroleague Round 9 MVP: Mike James, AS Monaco"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A vintage performance on a night that saw him achieve another historic EuroLeague milestone has earned Mike James<\/a>\u00a0MVP of the Round honors in Round 9 of the 2025-26 EuroLeague season. James recorded a performance index rating of 37, the highest of any player this week, while leading AS Monaco to an 107-112 overtime win at Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv. In the process, James became the all-time leader in PIR, having now accumulated 5,617 index points for his career, surpassing\u00a0Nando De Colo<\/a>\u00a0(5,587) in first place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Against Maccabi, James shined with 34 points, making 5-of-11 two-point shots, 4-of-8 three-pointers and 12-of-16 free throws. He also had 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 steals while drawing 9 personal fouls. This is the 12th time James has secured MVP of the Round honors in his career, trailing only\u00a0Shane Larkin<\/a>\u00a0(19) and De Colo and\u00a0Sasha Vezenkov<\/a>\u00a0(16 apiece).<\/p>\n

Round 9\u2019s next best PIR, 36, belonged to\u00a0Elijah Bryant<\/a>\u00a0of Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv. Bryant had 25 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block and 8 drawn fouls in a 97-109 road win over Dubai Basketball.<\/p>\n

Virtus Bologna forward\u00a0Saliou Niang<\/a>\u00a0had a PIR of 35, collecting 18 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block in an 87-76 loss at Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the list of best performances are two players with a 34 PIR, Dubai\u2019s\u00a0Dwayne Bacon<\/a>\u00a0and Anadolu Efes Istanbul guard\u00a0PJ Dozier<\/a>. Bacon netted 36 points and finished with 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 9 fouls drawn in a loss against Hapoel, while Dozier had 34 points, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks in a 93-97 double-overtime loss against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Check out his highlights below…<\/p>\n

Mike went crazy in Belgrade<\/p>\n

MVP of the Round I #EveryGameMatters<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/frBHnep7kH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) November 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n