The 28-year-old has a good chance to continue his fine form when Zalgiris Kaunas visits Peace and Friendship Stadium in Round 10 on Friday night.
Who's hot: Alec Peters, Olympiacos Piraeus
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Heading into Round 10 of this Turkish Airlines EuroLeague campaign, it is hard to find a player in the league who has scored more and performed better in recent weeks than Olympiacos Piraeus forward Alec Peters.
The 28-year-old, playing in his sixth season in the competition and his second with Olympiacos, has played the best basketball of his career during the month of November.
Over the last four games, all this month, only one player has averaged more points than Peters, who posted 20.5 points over that span.
Alec Peters has found his groove
Peters collected 19 points and 6 rebounds on the road in Round 6 against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, then had 22 points plus 8 rebounds against Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in Round 7.
During November's double-round week last week, Peters first had 13 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists in a road win against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, then posted a personal-best 28 points in a career-high 39:07 minutes on the floor, along with 4 rebounds and 3 assists, in a win over Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade.
In those four games, Peters was nearly unstoppable, showing great accuracy from all ranges and igniting the Reds' offense time and time again.
The Olympiacos forward made 18 two-point shots on 26 attempts (69.2%) over this four-game span, including a career-best 7-for-8 against Fenerbahce.
He has also connected on 11 triples on 22 three-point shots (50.0%) so far in November. He was 4-for-6 from downtown against Baskonia and 4-for-8 in a win over Zvezda last week.
Leading the league in makes
When you add all those two-pointers and three-pointers together, no player has made more field goals, 29, than Peters over the last four rounds.
In addition, the No. 25 made 13 of his 14 free throws, all while averaging 6.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists since Round 6.
With his best game coming last week in Round 9, when he tied a career-best 31 PIR against Zvezda, Peters has accumulated a performance index rating of 88 since Round 6, which is the third-best mark in the EuroLeague over that four-game period.
Peters has done it while playing 31 minutes and 34 seconds on average over the last four games, nearly double his career average in minutes played.
And he used that time tremendously, considering that heading into this four-game stretch, he had career averages of 6.7 points, on 53.6% two-point and 43.1% three-point shooting and an average PIR of 7.1.
Peters will certainly try to extend his run of good form on Friday night when Zalgiris Kaunas comes to Piraeus.