Round 27 roll call: Providing teams with extra boost

In the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague roll call, we take a look at five players that had a big impact on their respective games for Round 27.

No-rest LeDay shined for Partizan

Partizan scored 100 points for the first time this season on Thursday, an offensive performance that recalled the Partizan of last season. Now, as then, the offensive show had Zach LeDay's fingerprints all over it. LeDay played every second of the 100-90 win over Anadolu Efes Istanbul, and had one of his most complete performances of the season. He finished with 21 points, making 7 of 10 two-point shots, and grabbed 8 rebounds. Head coach Zeljko Obradovic was full of praise for his power forward as Partizan got a much-needed win to snap a three-game losing streak and improve its chances in the race for postseason places.

Strazel gave Monaco a first-half boost

Matthew Strazel played his best game of the season for AS Monaco in 67-77 win at FC Barcelona. In his first appearance since Round 21, and only his 10th of the season, Strazel had a season-high 13 points, 3 assists and a steal, playing 18 minutes. He scored 11 points in the first half to get Monaco going offensively, a much-needed boost as his team had trailed by 9 points early on. Monaco got back in the game behind the 21-year-old, whose contribution was needed with Jordan Loyd missing in action. Strazel proved that there is even more depth in Monaco's already-deep backcourt.

Calathes added to his double-double tally

Friday's game between Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz was a fast-paced affair that ended up with Fenerbahce setting a new club scoring record in a 111-96 victory. Fenerbahce also set a club record with 32 assists, 12 of which were the doing of the EuroLeague's all-time assists leader, Nick Calathes. In this game, Calathes also had 11 points and 2 steals, which tied him with Dimitris Diamantidis atop the all-time steals charts, as now both have 434. It was Calathes's first double-double of the season and 44th of his career, which ranks him second all-time, behind only Mirsad Turkcan. All things considered, Calathes was pivotal to what proved an entertaining night for Fenerbahce fans as their team improved to 12-1 at home and 16-11 overall.

Diez's best shooting night

On the opposite side in that game was Baskonia's Dani Diez, who enjoyed a career-best shooting night. Diez scored 15 points on 5-for-5 three-point shooting, a personal best. That's the most points Diez has scored in a EuroLeague game since dropping a career-high 21 playing for Unicaja Malaga against Barcelona nearly six years ago. On this night in Istanbul, Diez also pulled down 6 rebounds and had a team-high PIR of 23. Diez hit all his three-pointers in the first three quarters, the last one to beat the third-quarter buzzer and tie the game at 78-78, but his perfect shooting night was not enough for Baskonia to pull out a win in Istanbul.

Mickey did everything for Virtus

Virtus Segafredo Bologna downed Valencia Basket 87-74 to keep its hat in the race for home-court advantage in the playoffs. Big man Jordan Mickey came up huge on both ends of the floor in the win. Mickey scored 14 points, his best since Round 3, and pulled down 7 rebounds, one shy of his season high. Mickey also had a season-high 3 steals and delivered 3 blocks. He finished the game with a PIR of 20, which was his best since the season opener, and had a +17 in the plus/minus column, tied for team high. It was a much-needed effort from Mickey in an important win.