After another round of elite-level play in the EuroLeague, some players certainly left their mark on Thursday and Friday night's action.
Round 9 individual highs: Vincent Poirier, Real Madrid, 5 blocks
Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz guard Markus Howard led all scorers in Round 9 with a new career-high and EuroLeague season-high 35 points. Nikola Mirotic of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan leads the league with 19.1 points per game.
Two players had 14 rebounds this round: Bonzie Colson of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and Olympiacos Piraeus center Moustapha Fall, a personal best for each player. Baskonia's Tadas Sedekerskis leads the league with 9.6 rebounds per contest.
Olympiacos playmaker Thomas Walkup, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne forward Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot and ALBA Berlin guard Malte Delow each had 8 assists in Round 9. Real Madrid playmaker Facundo Campazzo is the league leader, averaging 7.8 assists per night.
Panathinaikos Athens guard Jerian Grant topped charts this round with a career-best 5 steals. Grant leads the league in steals with 2.1 per game.
Real center Vincent Poirier led all players with 5 blocks, another EuroLeague season high. Real's Walter Tavares leads all players this season with 2.0 blocks per contest.
There were seven double-doubles in Round 9: Moneke (19 points, 13 rebounds), Dinos Mitoglou of Panathinaikos Athens (24 points, 20 rebounds), Fall (14 points, 14 rebounds), Colson (13 points 14 rebounds), Poirier (12 points, 11 rebounds), EA7 Emporio Armani Milan's Nicolo Melli (13 points, 10 rebounds) and Tornike Shengelia of Virtus (17 points, 11 rebounds).