By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Nemanja Nedovic led Panathinaikos to the home win over Fenerbahce BEO and in doing so, he also registered the best winning performance of this week’s EuroLeague action.
Per EuroLeague: With a huge game just when his new team needed it most, Nemanja Nedovic of Panathinaikos OPAP Athens has earned the MVP of the Week award, the first of his seven-season Turkish Airlines EuroLeague career. Nedovic scored 28 points, second-best in his seven EuroLeague seasons, to lead Panathinaikos past Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 82-68 on Thursday. His performance off the bench came with career highs of 7 three-pointers made, tying the second-most ever by a Panathinaikos player, and 2 blocks, as well.
The week’s top performance came from Daniel Hackett of CSKA Moscow in an 86-84 overtime loss to Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade. Hackett’s 29 points and 39 PIR, the EuroLeague’s highest so far this season, were career highs in his 197th EuroLeague game. Matching Nedovic with a 28 PIR, but in a losing cause, was Alexey Shved of Khimki Moscow Region, whose monster 32-point, 11-assist double-double went for naught as visiting Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv won their game in overtime, 87-89. Zvezda guard Jordan Loyd finished with a 25 PIR after posting 31 points, his career high and the most in any EuroLeague game yet this season, including the game-winner over CSKA in overtime. Fifth among the week’s performers was Angelo Caloiaro of Maccabi, who had a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds to go with 3 steals in his team’s overtime victory against Khimki.