Week 9 MVP: Immanuel McElroy, Alba Berlin
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 Not only did his outstanding performance allow Alba Berlin to register its first Euroleague road win this season and put one foot in the Top 16, but Immanuel McElroy played well enough in his team's most pivotal game that he also earned the Week 9 MVP honor with an index rating of 38. Thanks to his near-perfect scoring show, Alba was able to steal a 75-79 road win against DKV Joventut in a Group C showdown for survival on Thursday. McElroy dominated the game and finished with 26 points, missing only one shot all night. He was 6-for-7 on two-pointers, 4-for-4 from three-point distance, and 2-for-2 at the free-throw line. McElroy added 3 rebounds, 4 assists, a steal and he drew 5 fouls to amass his 38 index rating. Among the biggest winners in Week 9 were Tau Ceramica and Euroleague top scorer Igor Rakocevic, who helped his team grab an overtime road win against Lottomatica Roma to finish first in Group C. Rakocevic had 31 points on 8-for-10 two-pointers, 12-for-12 free throws, 8 rebounds and 9 fouls drawn for a 36 index rating. Despite his team's Group C home loss against Fenerbahce Ulker, Mirza Begic of Union Olimpija also stood tall, scoring 21 points on 9-for-14 two-pointers, 5-for-5 free throws and 13 rebounds for a third-best index rating of 34. Michael Batiste of Panathinaikos and Dee Spencer of Le Mans, each with a 30 index rating, completed the top individual performances of the week.
Individual highs: Paulius Jankunas of Zalgiris, 17 rebounds
Rakocevic was also the Week 9 top scorer with 31 points against Lottomatica and leads the overall standings at 20.1 points per game. Paulius Jankunas of Zalgiris led all rebounders by pulling down 17 in his team's critical home win against SLUC Nancy. Despite not playing this week, his teammate Loren Woods (9 rpg.) is the regular season top rebounder, with Jankunas ranked third (8.1 rpg.). Novica Velickovic of Partizan Belgrade dished 7 assists, more than anyone else this week, in his team's key home win against Panionios On Telecoms. Omar Cook of Unicaja and former Euroleague MVP Theo Papaloukas of Olympiacos tie for first place overall at 5.1 assists per game. Shaun Stonerook of Montepaschi Siena collected 6 steals in his team's big comeback win against Panathinaikos this week and ties for second place overall (2.22 spg.), right behind Charles Smith of Efes Pilsen (2.33 spg.). Tiago Splitter of Tau Ceramica had 4 blocks against Lottomatica, while Woods of Zalgiris still leads the overall standings at 2.38 per game. As many as 9 players - Begic, Jankunas, Jan Vesely of Partizan, D'or Fischer of Maccabi Electra, Ersan Ilyasova of Regal FC Barcelona, Boniface Ndong of Unicaja, Pete Mickeal of Tau, Aleksandar Nadjfeji of Alba Berlin and Ioannis Bourousis of Olympiacos - registered double-doubles this week.
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