Eurolega, MVP del Round 7: Sylvain Francisco e Chima Moneke condividono il premio

30/10/202512:34

EuroLeague RS - Round 7 co-MVPs: Sylvain Francisco and Chima Moneke The Zalgiris guard and Zvezda big man shared the honors as the top performers of the round For the first time in the 2025-26 EuroLeague Regular Season, the MVP of the Round honor will be shared by two players after Sylvain Francisco of Zalgiris Kaunas and Chima Moneke of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade posted equally impressive performances in leading their teams to pivotal victories. The two played in the first two games of the round on Tuesday evening and posted respective PIRs of 35, which no player in the remaining eight fixtures would be able to match. Francisco scored a season-high 23 points and dished 10 assists for his first career double-double to lead Zalgiris to an 86-65 victory over Virtus Bologna. He made 4 of 5 two-point shots and 3 of 6 three-pointers while also collecting 3 rebounds and even blocking 1 shot en route to the second MVP of the Round award of his career. Moneke stood tall to lead Zvezda to a 79-65 triumph over LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne with 24 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. He missed only one field goal all night and only played 22 minutes. This marks the fourth MVP of the Round in Moneke’s trophy case. The third-best PIR of the round came from Alpha Diallo with a 32 in AS Monaco's 87-92 win at Olympiacos Piraeus. The do-it-all forward made 8 of 9 two-point shots and 3 of 4 triple in setting a career-high in scoring with 27 points. He added 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Rounding out the list of the round's top performers were Isiaha Mike of FC Bayern Munich and Monaco's Mike James. Mike helped Bayern drop Real Madrid 90-84 with a career-best 29 points and 7 rebounds for a PIR of 30. James contributed 23 points and 10 assists in his team's win. Individual highs: Isiaha Mike of FC Bayern Munich, 29 points Isiaha Mike was Round 7's best scorer with his career-high 29 points. Paris Basketball’s Nadir Hifi remains the EuroLeague's top scorer this season with 22.0 points per game. The best rebounder in Round 7 was Omer Yutseven of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens with 13. Olympiacos Piraeus’s Sasha Vezenkov continues to lead the league in rebounding with an average of 8.7 boards per game. Sylvain Francisco and Mike James each dished 10 assists in Round 7 to lead the charts. Francisco climbed atop the season-long rankings with 6.7 assists per game, a shade ahead of James's 6.6. Cedi Osman recorded 4 steals for Panathinaikos in Round 7, which were the most by any player. Hifi remains atop the table for the season with an average of 2.1 per game. Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv center Dan Oturu rejected 4 shots to stand above all other shot-blockers in Round 7. With 1.4 blocks per game, he is second to only Real Madrid’s Walter Tavares (1.6 bpg.) for most blocks this season. Five players posted double-doubles in Round 7. Francisco and James were the only two to do so with points and assists. They were joined by Bayern's Oscar da Silva (10 points, 10 rebounds), Partizan's Tyrique Jones (14 points, 10 rebounds) and Yurtseven (16 points, 13 rebounds).

Per la prima volta in questa stagione di EuroLeague, il titolo di MVP del Round viene condiviso

Per la prima volta in questa stagione di EuroLeague, il titolo di MVP del Round viene condiviso: Sylvain Francisco (Zalgiris Kaunas) e Chima Moneke (Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet) hanno chiuso la settima giornata con un PIR di 35, guidando le loro squadre a vittorie decisive.

Francisco ha firmato la sua miglior prestazione stagionale con 23 punti e 10 assist nel successo 86-65 contro la Virtus Bologna, centrando la prima doppia doppia della carriera in Eurolega. Moneke, invece, è stato dominante nel 79-65 della Stella Rossa sull’ASVEL, chiudendo con 24 punti, 7 rimbalzi e 3 recuperi in soli 22 minuti.

Alle loro spalle, Alpha Diallo (Monaco) ha realizzato 27 punti con un PIR di 32 nella vittoria esterna sull’Olympiacos. Isiaha Mike (Bayern Monaco) ha messo a segno 29 punti, miglior prestazione individuale del turno, mentre Mike James ha contribuito con 23 punti e 10 assist.

Tra le altre statistiche di spicco: Omer Yurtseven (Panathinaikos) miglior rimbalzista con 13, Cedi Osman leader nei recuperi (4), e Dan Oturu (Hapoel Tel Aviv) top nelle stoppate con 4.