February 04, 2012
Regular season Week 6 MVP: Mike Taylor, Crvena Zvezda
Mike Taylor - Crvena Zvezda The Eurocup regular season came to an end with the best individual performances of all winning teams on Tuesday coming from Mike Taylor of Crvena Zvezda with a 35 index rating. Although Terrell Lyday of Unics tied for the same index rating, Taylor is the MVP because his team was victorious in Week 6 while Lyday's was not. The award goes to the player with the best performance for a winning team. Taylor had 24 points on 9-of-12 two-pointers and 6-of-7 free throws as C. Zvezda defeated Benetton Basket 104-83 to win Group F. Taylor added 5 rebounds, an assist, 5 steals, a block and 6 fouls drawn to get that 35 index rating. Lyday had 27 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals and 6 fouls drawn, but Unics lost 75-78 at home to DKV Joventut. Tied for third-best performances in Week 6 were Alex Mumbru of Bizkaia Bilbao Basket and Simas Jasaitis of Galatasaray Cafe Crown, each with a 32 index rating. Mumbru had 26 points, 3 assists and 11 fouls drawn to lead Bilbao to an 88-89 overtime road win against Spartak St. Peterburg. Meanwhile, Jasaitis downed 5-of-8 three-pointers on his way to 25 points, adding 8 rebounds and 4 steals in Galatasaray's 87-80 home win against BancaTercas Teramo, which was good for qualification to the Last 16. Sammy Mejia of Cholet Basket, with a 30 index rating, completed the top individual performances in Game 6.

Individual highs: Patrick Flomo of Telekom Baskets, 5 blocks

Josh Davis of Panellinios was the Week 6 top scorer with 26 points in his team's home win against Sluc Nancy that clinched a Last 16 spot and first place in Group G. Mejia ended as the regular season's best scorer on average at 22.8 points per game. Paul Miller of Triumph Lyubertsy pulled down 14 rebounds, the most of the week. Erik Daniels of Azovmash was the phase's rebounds king at 10.4 per night. Antoine Diot of Le Mans dished 8 assists during his team's 36-point home win over previously undefeated Power Electronics Valencia to reach the Last 16. Kris Valters of Joventut was regular season assists leader with 6 per night. Taylor and John Linehan of Cholet Basket each collected 5 steals to lead the weekly standings. Marcus Slaughter of Nancy and Fred House of Azovmash tied atop the regular season steals table at 2.8 per night. Patrick Flomo of Telekom Baskets bid goodbye to the competition with 5 blocks in his team's come-from-behind home win against Besiktas JK Cola Turka. Another Azovmash player, Hasan Rizvic, led the regular season in blocks at 3 per game. Four players - Daniels, Miller, J.P. Batista of Le Mans and Chris Ensminger of Telekom Baskets - registered respective double-doubles in Game 6.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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