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Ilyasova appeared in 46 games (40 starts) with Atlanta this season, averaging 10.9 points and 5.5 rebounds in 25.6 minutes per game, while shooting .459 from the field and .359 from three-point range. He has scored in double figures 23 times this season and has nine 20-point performances. Ilyasova is also fourth in the NBA in charges drawn with 22 after leading the league with 36 in 2016-17.
A native of Turkey, Ilyasova returns to Philadelphia where he played 53 games (40 starts) with the 76ers in 2016-17 after being acquired in a trade with Oklahoma City on Nov. 1, 2016. Ilyasova scored in double figures in 46 games with Philadelphia, scoring at least 20 points in 12 contests. He also posted a season-high 17 rebounds against Memphis on Dec. 6, 2016. Philadelphia later traded Ilyasova on Feb. 22, 2017 to Atlanta in exchange for Tiago Splitter and a 2017 second-round pick (forward-center Mathias Lessort).
Ilyasova finished the 2016-17 season with a career-high 142 made three-pointers, including 107 with the 76ers. Ilyasova’s previous high for a season was 96 in 2015-16.