One of the competition's most iconic players earned MVP of the Round honors for the sixth time in his career
Round 25 MVP: Kostas Sloukas, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens
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Age really is just a number for Kostas Sloukas, as the 36-year-old showed that he is still at the top of his game by taking home Round 25 MVP honors with a standout performance in Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens’s 78-79 road win at LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne.
Sloukas finished the game with 26 points on 2-of-4 two-pointers, 4-of-5 three-pointers and 10-of-10 free throws, adding 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal and 6 fouls drawn for a PIR of 36, the highest of any winning player in Round 25. Sloukas, a four-time EuroLeague champion with three different teams and the 2024 Final Four MVP with Panathinaikos, earned MVP of the Round honors for the sixth time in his career.
Mfiondu Kabengele had the highest index rating of this round with a PIR of 40, but Dubai Basketball registered a 95-92 road loss at Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade. Kabengele had 24 points on 7-of-9 two-pointers, 2-of-2 three-pointers and 4-of-5 free throws, adding 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 6 fouls drawn.
Tyrique Jones of Olympiacos Piraeus and Sylvain Francisco of Zalgiris Kaunas each had a PIR of 29 in Round 25. Jones led Olympiacos to an 87-75 home win over FC Barcelona with 16 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks. Francisco had 30 points on 11-of-11 free throws, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 6 fouls drawn in a 102-91 losing effort against Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Braian Angola of ASVEL, with a PIR of 28, completes the top individual performances in this round. Angola posted 20 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists and 9 fouls drawn in ASVEL’s defeat to Panathinaikos.
Individual highs: Sylvain Francisco, Zalgiris, 30 points
Francisco was this round's top scorer with 30 points. Kendrick Nunn of Panathinaikos leads the scoring charts (19.43 PPG) over Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos (19.42 PPG).
Vezenkov led all rebounders in Round 25 by pulling down 11. His teammate Nikola Milutinov is the competition's best rebounder with 7.6 per night.
Thomas Heurtel of ASVEL was the only player to record double digits in assists this week, dishing 12. Codi Miller-McIntyre of Crvena Zvezda ranks first overall with 6.8 per night.
As many as seven players collected 3 steals apiece in Round 25. Alpha Diallo of AS Monaco leads the steals standings with 1.6 per night.
Mamadi Diakite of Baskonia, Walter Tavares of Real Madrid and Momo Faye of Paris Basketball each had 4 blocks in Round 25. Tavares is also atop the overall standings with 2.0 blocks per game.
Vezenkov (20 points, 11 rebounds) was the only player to register a double-double in this round.