Nigel Hayes-Davis claims MVP honors for playoffs Round 1 / News - Basketnews.com

Nigel Hayes-Davis tallied a PIR of 23 in Fenerbahce's win over Monaco in Game 1. The US forward won the playoffs Round 1 MVP award.

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Nigel Hayes-Davis, who helped Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul knock off AS Monaco 91-95 to steal home-court advantage in their series, has been named MVP for Round 1 of the playoffs.

The star forward led Fenerbahce with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 39 minutes played in totaling a PIR of 23. That was the highest among winning players in Game 1. Hayes-Davis scored 12 of his points in the fourth quarter and overtime to score his third MVP honor and second within a month. He was most recently MVP of Round 32.

The highest PIR of the round came from Mathias Lessort of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, who posted a 26 in his team’s 87-91 loss at the hands of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. Lessort had 22 points and 6 rebounds for the Greens. His teammate Kostas Slokas was next with a PIR of 23 after tallying 12 points, 13 assists and 2 steals.

Rounding out the top performers of Game 1 was Dzanan Musa of Real Madrid. Musa scored 16 points, grabbed 3 rebounds and dished 3 assists in just 17 minutes for a PIR of 20 in Los Blancos’s 90-74 rout of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz.

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