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Dante Exum wins his second Euroleague Round MVP trophy / News - Basketnews.com

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Dante Exum scored 17 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, dished out 7 assists, made 3 steals, and drew 7 fouls for 33 PIR in a win against Virtus.

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Dante Exum had his fingerprints all over Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade's 79-88 road win at Virtus Segafredo Bologna, a performance that has seen him earn MVP of the Round honor for the second time in his 51-game EuroLeague career.

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The Partizan guard did a bit of everything en route to a round-high performance index rating of 33. In addition to scoring 17 points after making 6 of 9 two-pointers and 5 of 5 free throws, he also collected 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 7 fouls drawn Exum's PIR was his second-best in two EuroLeague seasons, following the 35 PIR he recorded in a Round 13 defeat to LCLC ASVEL Villeurbanne.

The first Exum's Round MVP trophy came last season when he played for FC Barcelona, collecting a PIR of 31 in Round 28.

Darius Thompson of Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz had Round 27’s second-highest PIR with 32 in a memorable 81-85 win at Real Madrid. The EuroLeague rookie had his third double-double this season, with 18 points and 14 assists, plus 5 rebounds and 3 steals.

Next, with a PIR of 30, was Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade guard Facundo Campazzo, who starred in his team's 94-75 triumph over Anadolu Efes Istanbul with 22 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 drawn fouls.

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan guard Shabazz Napier had a PIR of 28 after scoring 28 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field and dishing 5 assists in his team’s 84-88 win at Valencia Basket.

Rounding out the list of Round 27 top performers was Dzanan Musa of Real Madrid with a PIR of 26, collecting 21 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in his team’s home loss against Baskonia.

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