A career-best night in assists has seen Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens guard Kostas Sloukas earn MVP of the Round honors in Round 14 of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.
Round 14 MVP: Kostas Sloukas, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens
Sloukas played an integral role as the Greens defeated LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 81-89, pairing his career-high 12 assists with 18 points. He also had 5 rebounds and 1 steal, which gave him a PIR of 29, the highest of any winning player in this round. In his 365-game EuroLeague career, Sloukas had never reached 12 assists, while his 18 points and 3 triples made were both season highs. This is his third MVP of the Round honor in 13 EuroLeague seasons.
Despite recording the best PIR mark of anyone in Round 14, Keenan Evans’s career-high 38 PIR night was not enough to stop Zalgiris Kaunas from losing 85-93 to Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade. The guard scored a career-best 33 points, in addition to grabbing 3 rebounds, dishing 4 assists and recording 1 steal. The third-best performer in Round 14 was P.J. Dozier, who shined for Partizan with 16 points, a joint career-best 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. Rounding out the list of top performers in Round 14 are Bonzie Colson of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, Darius Thompson of Anadolu Efes Istanbul and Chima Moneke of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, each of whom had a 26 PIR. Colson recorded 19 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists in a 95-86 win over Efes, while Thompson had 22 points, 7 assists 4 rebounds and 2 steals. Meanwhile, Moneke collected 16 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in an 81-91 loss against Virtus Segafredo Bologna.