A huge double-double in a double-overtime road win over the club's archrival has seen Real Madrid center Walter Tavares secure MVP of the Round honors for the first time this season.
Tavares was a dominant force in El Clásico, leading Real to a 90-97 double-overtime road victory over FC Barcelona with 24 points on 10-of-13 two-point shooting and 4 of 6 from the free-throw line. He added 18 rebounds, an assist, a steal, 2 blocks and 5 fouls drawn to amass a PIR of 39, the highest of all players in Round 12. Tavares claimed MVP of the Round honors for the seventh time in his career, and he is also the first Real player to be MVP of the Round in the 2024-25 campaign.
The second-best PIR, 38, belongs to Nikola Mirotic of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after he led his team to an 85-91 win at Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul with 29 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists and 7 drawn fouls. Alpha Diallo of AS Monaco had the next best PIR, 35, which came in an 88-91 win at the reigning champion Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens. Diallo collected 24 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists and drew 7 fouls. Filip Petrusev had a PIR of 34 in Crvena Zvezda Merridianbet Belgrade's thrashing of FC Bayern Munich. In a 101-77 win, Petrusev amassed 25 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and a steal, all in just 22 minutes on the floor. Two players, Panathinaikos center Mathias Lessort and Real point guard Facundo Campazzo, had a 32 PIR. Campazzo posted 18 points, 10 assists 5 rebounds 2 steals and 10 fouls drawn in a win against Barcelona, while Lessort amassed 22 points and 11 rebounds in a loss against Monaco.
Individual highs: Walter Tavares, Real Madrid, 18 rebounds
Mirotic led all scorers this round with 29 points. Bayerrn guard Carsen Edwards is this season's scoring leader with 19.8 points per game, while Mirotic is second with an average of 18.5 points per night.
Tavares led all rebounders by pulling down 18 boards against Barcelona. Tavares is the league's top rebounder with 8.4 per game.
Codi Miller-McIntyre of Crvena Zvezda dished 12 assists, more than any other player in this round. TJ Shorts of Paris Basketball leads the EuroLeague with 7.8 assists per game.
Jaylen Hoard of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv collected 4 steals, the most in Round 12. Monaco's Diallo tops the steal charts this season with 1.8 per contest.
Kevarrius Hayes of Paris Basketball, Laurynas Birutis of Zalgiris Kaunas, Wenyen Gabriel of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and Donta Hall of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz each had 3 blocks in this week's games. Tavares is the EuroLeague's top shot blocker with 1.7 blocks per game.
Four players registered a double-double this round: Real duo Campazzo (18 points, 10 rebounds) and Tavares (24 points, 18 rebounds), Baskonia's Hall (14 points, 11 rebounds) and Lessort (22 points, 11 rebounds).