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Only three games were played, but there is no arguing that after one of the most intense 48 hours in the history of European basketball, the last week of the Quarterfinal Playoffs deserves an MVP. And that MVP is none other than Michalis Kakiouzis of Winterthur FC Barcelona, who with a week-high index rating of 23 led his team to a thrilling 76-70 win over archrival Real Madrid to grab a spot in the Final Four. Kakiouzis scored 19 points off the bench for Barcelona, making 5 of 7 two-pointers and 2 of 3 triples while pulling 5 rebounds. Second among the week's top performances was Serkan Erdogan of Tau Ceramica with an index rating of 22 in his team's epic win at Panathinaikos. Erdogan scored 24 points while making 4 of 6 triples. The top performances of the week were completed by the Vasilis Spanoulis of Panathinaikos (index rating 20), Nikola Vujcic (19) of Maccabi Elite Tel Avivand two players tied at 18 each, Mike Batiste of Panathinaikos and Sofoklis Schortsianitis of Olympiacos. As for individual stats leaders in the round, Spanoulis finished with the top average index rating (22.0 per game), Louis Bullock of Madrid as top scorer (18 ppg.), Anthony Parker of Maccabi as top rebounder (10.0 rpg) and Shammond Williams of Barcelona as best passer (5.0 apg.). Tau Ceramica, Maccabi and Barcelona advanced with victories this week and will join previous qualifier CSKA Moscow in Prague, the Czech Republic, for the 2006 Final Four, from April 28 to 30!
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Only three games were played, but there is no arguing that after one of the most intense 48 hours in the history of European basketball, the last week of the Quarterfinal Playoffs deserves an MVP. And that MVP is none other than Michalis Kakiouzis of Winterthur FC Barcelona, who with a week-high index rating of 23 led his team to a thrilling 76-70 win over archrival Real Madrid to grab a spot in the Final Four. Kakiouzis scored 19 points off the bench for Barcelona, making 5 of 7 two-pointers and 2 of 3 triples while pulling 5 rebounds. Second among the week's top performances was Serkan Erdogan of Tau Ceramica with an index rating of 22 in his team's epic win at Panathinaikos. Erdogan scored 24 points while making 4 of 6 triples. The top performances of the week were completed by the Vasilis Spanoulis of Panathinaikos (index rating 20), Nikola Vujcic (19) of Maccabi Elite Tel Avivand two players tied at 18 each, Mike Batiste of Panathinaikos and Sofoklis Schortsianitis of Olympiacos. As for individual stats leaders in the round, Spanoulis finished with the top average index rating (22.0 per game), Louis Bullock of Madrid as top scorer (18 ppg.), Anthony Parker of Maccabi as top rebounder (10.0 rpg) and Shammond Williams of Barcelona as best passer (5.0 apg.). Tau Ceramica, Maccabi and Barcelona advanced with victories this week and will join previous qualifier CSKA Moscow in Prague, the Czech Republic, for the 2006 Final Four, from April 28 to 30!
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