Turkish Airlines EuroLeague RS - Round 24 MVP: Mike James, AS Monaco
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Turkish Airlines EuroLeague RS - Round 24 MVP: Mike James, AS Monaco
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season - Round 24 MVP: Mike James, AS Monaco
Mike James capped a night in which he went joint second in the all-time Turkish Airlines EuroLeague scoring list by putting in an MVP of the Round performance as AS Monaco beat Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade 85-70 in Round 24.
James finished with a 31 PIR, the most of any winning player in this round, after another excellent display for his team. He scored 19 points, going 3-of-6 on two-pointers, 2-of-6 from deep and 7-of-9 from the free-throw line, in addition to grabbing 5 rebounds -- including 2 on the offensive end -- and dishing 7 assists. Notably, James didn’t commit a single turnover. The 33-year-old drew 9 fouls, too. This is his 11th MVP of the Round award and his first this season.
The best PIR mark in Round 24 belonged to Codi Miller-McIntyre of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, but it came in a loss as his team fell 112-109 in overtime at FC Bayern Munich. Miller-McIntyre had a career-best 39 PIR after having a monster game in which he tied his personal best in points with 20 and dished a career-high 15 assists. He also had 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 6 fouls drawn. In third place is Partizan’s Kevin Punter, who had a 31 PIR in defeat at Monaco. The forward posted a season-high 28 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 8 fouls drawn. Isaiah Canaan of Olympiacos Piraeus in fourth spot had a career-best PIR of 30 as his team beat ALBA Berlin 101-87. Canaan also had a personal-best 31 points after making a career-high 9 three-pointers, which is 1 off tying the EuroLeague record. He amassed 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, too. Rounding out the list of top performers in Round 24 is Real Madrid center Vincent Poirier, who had 16 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 3 blocks and 2 fouls drawn in a 106-101 triumph over Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv.
Individual highs: Codi Miller-McIntyre, Baskonia, 15 assists
Olympiacos sharpshooter Isaiah Canaan led all players in Round 24 with 31 points. Monaco star Mike James leads the EuroLeague in scoring with 19.2 points per game.
Jan Vesely of FC Barcelona topped the rebounding charts in this round with 13 boards. Baskonia’s Tadas Sedekerskis is the EuroLeague’s top rebounder with 7.2 per contest.
Baskonia playmaker Codi Miller-McIntyre had 15 dimes in Round 24. Facundo Campazzo of Real averages a league-best 6.8 assists per night.
Nigel Williams-Goss of Olympiacos had 4 steals, the most of any player in this round. Paris Lee of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne tops the steals charts with 1.9 per game.
New Olympiacos big man Moses Wright and Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul center Georgios Papagiannis each delivered 4 blocks in Round 24. Real’s Walter Tavares is this season’s top shot blocker with 1.6 rejections per game.
Miller-McIntyre (20 points, 15 assists) and Real’s Vincent Poirier (16 points, 10 rebounds) were the only players who had a double-double in this round.