Top 16 Round 12 MVP: Tyler Honeycutt, Khimki Moscow Region

Tyler Honeycutt was seemingly everywhere at Zalgirio Arena on Friday evening in leading Khimki Moscow Region to a 71-76 come-from behind victory over Zalgiris Kaunas. After producing an amazing performance at both ends of the floor, Honeycutt earned weekly MVP honors for Round 12 of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16. His impressive stat line of 10 points, 17 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 blocks resulted in a performance index rating of 30, which was the most among all players during the three days of Round 12 games. Anadolu Efes Istanbul teammates Thomas Heurtel and Dario Saric were the weekly runners-up with index ratings of 28 in an 87-67 rout of Unicaja Malaga to remain alive in the competition. Heurtel did not miss inside the arc in tallying 17 points and 13 assists; Saric only missed 2 shots altogether as he amassed 17 points and 11 rebounds. Rounding out the list of Round 12’s top performers were FC Barcelona Lassa point guard Tomas Satoransky and Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar’s Malcolm Delaney. Satoransky was worth 20 points, 6 assists and 3 steals for an index rating of 26 in a 75-71 loss at Laboral Kutxa Vitoria Gasteiz. Delaney helped Lokomotiv past Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade with 12 points, 9 assists, 2 steals and 9 fouls drawn to compile an index rating of 25.