A rock-solid individual effort in an impressive road victory earned Wade Baldwin of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul the honor of being the Round 19 MVP with a PIR of 29.
Baldwin helped Fenerbahce secure a 93-108 road victory over Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, finishing with 24 points on 7-of-14 two-pointers, 2-of-4 three-pointers, and 4-of-5 free throws. He also contributed 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 block and 5 fouls drawn. This performance marked Baldwin’s eighth MVP award with four different teams: FC Bayern Munich, Baskonia, Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv, and now Fenerbahce.
Despite Kendrick Nunn of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens posting the highest PIR of the round (40), his team lost 82-87 at home to archrival Olympiacos Piraeus. Nunn scored 32 points on 8-of-8 two-pointers, 3-of-8 three-pointers, and 7-of-7 free throws, adding 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 6 fouls drawn.
Nadir Hifi of Paris Basketball recorded a PIR of 30 in his team's 94-89 road loss against LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, scoring 26 points. Hifi also added 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 10 fouls drawn.
Other top individual performances in Round 19 include Nick Weiler-Babb of Anadolu Efes Istanbul with a PIR of 28, as well as Jordan Nwora of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade, David McCormack of FC Bayern Munich and Nikola Milutinov of Olympiacos, each with a PIR of 27. Weiler-Babb had 17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 steals and 4 fouls drawn in Efes’s 65-87 defeat to Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade, a game that saw Nwora post 24 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 2 fouls drawn for the visitors. McCormack amassed 18 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 8 fouls drawn as Bayern beat Maccabi 95-71, while Milutinov recorded 10 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 4 fouls drawn in Olympiacos’s 82-87 win at Panathinaikos in the Greek derby.
Individual highs: Kendrick Nunn, Panathinaikos, 32 points
Kendrick Nunn of Panathinaikos was the top scorer of the round with 32 points. Nadir Hifi of Paris currently leads the competition in scoring with an average of 20.0 points per game.
Three players grabbed 9 rebounds in Round 19: Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos, his teammate Nikola Milutinov, and Mbaye Ndiaye of ASVEL. Milutinov and Chima Moneke of Crvena Zvezda are tied for the lead in rebounds per game, each averaging 7.7.
Codi Miller-McIntyre of Crvena Zvezda dished out 9 assists, the most of anyone in Round 19. McKinley Wright of Dubai Basketball leads the EuroLeague in assists this season, averaging 6.9 per game.
Nick Weiler-Babb of Efes recorded 5 steals, leading the category for Round 19. Alpha Diallo of AS Monaco is currently ranked first overall with 1.7 steals per game.
Walter Tavares of Real Madrid had 4 blocks in this round. He also leads the league in blocks, averaging 2.1 per game.
There were no double-doubles in Round 19.