A dominant night on the boards helped push his team to the championship game and Frutti Extra Bursaspor center Kevarrius Hayes to the MVP honor for the 7DAYS EuroCup Semifinals.
7DAYS EuroCup Semifinals MVP: Kevarrius Hayes, Bursaspor
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Hayes posted a double-double of 11 points and 16 boards for as Bursaspor blew out host MoraBanc Andorra 68-85 to advance to the 7DAYS EuroCup Final on May 11. His 12 defensive rebounds were a new EuroCup record in for the semifinals or finals. His 16 total boards were the second-most in semifinals history. Hayes shot a perfect 5-for-5 on two-pointers and 1-for-1 at the foul line, adding a steal and a block for a performance index rating of 27, the highest on either winning team in the semis.
The best semifinals performance, albeit in a losing effort, came from the same game, as Andorra's Oriol Pauli posted a career-high 28 PIR in his 100th EuroCup game. Pauli scored 16 points, pulled 9 rebounds and dished 5 assists. Staying in the same game, the next-best PIR was 23 by Bursaspor guard Andrew Andrews, who led the winners with 20 points. Yet another Bursaspor player, Onuralp Bitim, followed with a PIR of 18, and the fifth-best PIR of the semis belonged to Xabi Lopez-Arostegui of Valencia Basket, which lost 73-83 to Virtus Segafredo Bologna.