A career-high performance in a record-breaking team effort saw Elie Okobo of AS Monaco earn Round 14 MVP honors with a career-high PIR of 39.
Okobo led Monaco to a 125-104 home victory over Paris Basketball, breaking the competition's scoring record in a non-overtime game. He had a season-high 26 points on 4-of-4 two-pointers, 4-of-6 three-pointers and 6-of-6 free throws, adding 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 4 fouls drawn for a PIR of 39. Okobo earned MVP of the Round honors for the fourth time in his career (once with LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, three with his current team) and is the third Monaco player to take home this honor this season, after Nikola Mirotic (Round 2) and Mike James (Round 9).
Duane Washington of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade amassed a PIR of 31 in a 92-85 home win over FC Bayern Munich. He scored 22 points on 2-of-4 two-pointers, 5-of-6 three-pointers and 3-of-7 free throws, also getting 1 rebound, 6 assists, 1 steal and 9 fouls drawn.
Johannes Voigtmann of Bayern reached a PIR of 29 against Partizan with 10 points, 18 rebounds (a new EuroLeague season high), 7 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and 5 fouls drawn.
Darius Thompson of Valencia Basket, who amassed a PIR of 28, and Tyrique Jones of Partizan, with a PIR of 27, complete the top individual performances in Round 14. Thompson recorded 19 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals in Valencia's road win over Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, while Jones finished with 21 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 fouls drawn as Partizan downed Bayern.
Individual highs: Johannes Voigtmann, Bayern, 18 rebounds
Elie Okobo of Monaco had 26 points, the most of any player in Round 14. Nadir Hifi of Paris is the competition's top scorer with 20.4 points per game.
Johannes Voigtmann of Bayern led all rebounders by pulling down 18 boards. It is a new season high, too. Nikola Milutinov of Olympiacos Piraeus remains atop the rebounding charts with 8.0 per game.
Nick Weiler-Babb of Anadolu Efes Istanbul dished 9 assists in this round. Sylvain Francisco of Zalgiris Kaunas is the leader in assists with 7.3 per night.
Oshae Brissett of Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv, Mfiondu Kabengele of Dubai Basketball, Luca Vildoza of Virtus Bologna, and Jerian Grant of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens each collected a round-high 4 steals this week. Alpha Diallo of Monaco ranks first overall with 1.8 steals per game.
Roman Sorkin, also of Maccabi, had 4 blocks in Round 14. Walter Tavares of Real Madrid leads the league this season with 2.0 blocks per game. On Thursday night, Tavares became the first player to reach the 500-block milestone in EuroLeague history.
Johannes Voigtmann (10 points, 18 rebounds) and Tyrique Jones (21 points, 10 rebounds) were the only players to record a double-double in Round 14.