Top 16, Week 1 tri-MVPs: Siskauskas, Javtokas, San Emeterio

The first week of the Top 16 was so exciting and evenly matched that three players will share the weekly MVP honor after having posted performance index ratings of 29 each. Robertas Javtokas of BC Khimki Moscow Region and Ramunas Siskauskas of CSKA Moscow led their teams to key home victories to open the Top 16, while Fernando San Emeterio of Caja Laboral shined in a losing effort. Siskauskas paced CSKA to an 86-78 win against Unicaja with 23 points as he made 4 of 5 three-point shots and 5 of 5 free throws. He added 4 rebounds, 3 assists, a block and 6 fouls drawn, good for his 29 index rating. One night later, with the same index rating in the same vicinity, Javtokas marched Khimki to an 83-70 home win against Cibona with 17 points on 8-of-11 two-point shooting. He also posted 9 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal, a block and 4 fouls drawn. Despite a home loss against Olympiacos, San Emeterio reached his 29 index rating thanks to 20 points scored, including 3-for-5 three-point shooting, as well as 3 rebounds, 7 assists, a steal and 4 fouls drawn. Behind them came another crush of performers tied for fourth place with index ratings of 25 each: Josh Childress of Olympiacos joined Juan Carlos Navarro and Boni Ndong of Regal FC Barcelona as first-week winners in the Top 16, while Marcelinho Huertas of Caja Laboral matched them but could not get his team the victory.

Individual highs: Alan Anderson of Maccabi Electra, 26 points

Anderson was the Top 16, Week 1 top scorer with 26 points in his team's road loss against Montepaschi Siena. Linas Kleiza of Olympiacos is the Euroleague's full season top scorer so far with 17.6 points per game. Viktor Khryapa of CSKA led Top 16, Week 1 in rebounds with the 13 he pulled down against Unicaja. Travis Watson of Zalgiris, who is currently injured, still leads all rebounders with a season-long 10.7 per game. Navarro and David Logan of Asseco Prokom each had 8 assists in their team's respective home wins against Maroussi BC and Zalgiris. Theo Papaloukas of Olympiacos is first in assists so far this season at 7.4 per game. Charles Smith of Efes Pilsen collected 5 steals to lead the weekly standings. Bojan Popovic, who joined Efes Pilsen from Lietuvos Rytas before the start of the Top 16, leads active players in steals at 2.18 per game. Slavko Vranes of Partizan had 4 blocks in his team's road win against Panathinaikos and is also the overall leader (2.09 bpg.) after 11 weeks of play. Ndong, Khryapa, Ioannis Bourousis of Olympiacos and Lawrence Roberts of Partizan each collected respective double-doubles in Top 16, Week 1.

Press release: Euroleague Basketball