Round 17 brought a lot of great individual performances and players who stepped up big. These were the leaders in the main statistical categories.
Round 17 individual highs: Shane Larkin, Efes, 28 points
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Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul led all scorers this week with 28 points. AS Monaco star Mike James still leads the league with 19.8 points per game.
Two big men managed to pull 12 rebounds apiece in respective victories for their teams: Walter Tavares of Real Madrid and Johannes Voigtmann of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan. Midway through the regular season, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz team captain Tadas Sedekerskis remains the league’s best rebounder with his average of 8.3 boards per contest.
Thomas Walkup of Olympiacos Piraeus dished 9 assists in this round. Real playmaker Facundo Campazzo is still the best assists provider in the league with 7.0 dimes per game.
Walkup and Diego Flaccadori of Milan collected 4 steals apiece in Round 17. Paris Lee of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne still dominates this category with 2.1 steals per night.
Nicolo Melli of Milan and Nikola Milutinov of Olympiacos both made a round-high 3 blocks this week. Tavares is still atop the charts for blocks, averaging 1.4 rejections per game.
Two players – Voigtmann (19 points, 12 rebounds) and Tavares (16 points, 12 rebounds) – had a double-double in Round 17.