By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Dwayne Bacon and Tamir Blatt shared Round 32 MVP honors after both posted a PIR of 27 in road wins.
Bacon led Dubai Basketball to an 87–74 victory over FC Bayern Munich, finishing with 21 points (8/10 2PT, 1/4 3PT, 2/2 FT), 3 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals.
Blatt guided Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv to an 89–85 win over LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne with 14 points (1/1 2PT, 4/7 3PT), 13 assists, and zero turnovers. It marks Blatt’s second MVP of the Round award, while Bacon earns his second (previously shared).
Just behind them, Mfiondu Kabengele (Dubai Basketball), Aliou Diarra (Virtus Bologna), and Sehmus Hazer (Anadolu Efes Istanbul) each recorded a PIR of 26. Kabengele posted 16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks against Bayern. Diarra had 11 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks in a 109–91 loss to Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv. Hazer scored 26 points with 2 rebounds, 2 assists, and a steal in a 98–93 loss to AS Monaco.
Round leaders:
- Points: Sehmus Hazer – 26
- Rebounds: Jaylen Hoard (Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv) – 11
- Assists: Tamir Blatt – 13
- Steals: Eugene Omoruyi (Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz) – 4
- Blocks: Aliou Diarra (Virtus Bologna), Derek Willis (Paris Basketball) – 3
Season leaders:
- Points: Sasha Vezenkov (Olympiacos Piraeus) – 19.5 ppg
- Rebounds: Nikola Milutinov (Olympiacos Piraeus) – 7.2 rpg
- Assists: Codi Miller-McIntyre (Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade) – 7.2 apg
- Steals: Aleksa Avramovic (Dubai Basketball) – 1.5 spg
- Blocks: Walter Tavares (Real Madrid) – 2.0 bpg
Blatt (14 points, 13 assists), Walter Tavares (12 points, 10 rebounds), Nigel Williams-Goss (Zalgiris; 11 points, 10 assists), and Nick Calathes (Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade; 12 points, 10 assists) recorded double-doubles.
It was Calathes’s 47th career double-double, second all-time behind Mirsad Turkcan (50).
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