With one of the best BKT EuroCup games ever played for his club, swingman Tyrone Wallace lifted Turk Telekom Ankara to a crucial victory and earned the MVP honor for Round 13 of the regular season. In a 79-85 road win at ratiopharm Ulm, Wallace posted a 39 PIR that was the best of the round, his own personal high, and the second-highest in Turk Telekom's eight EuroCup seasons dating to 2004-05. He scored 31 points on 7-for-8 three-point shooting, both figures tied for second-best in the competition this season. Wallace added 6 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and a block for his first MVP nod in 28 career EuroCup games.
Behind Wallace with PIRs of 33 each were a pair of players whose teams lost shootouts, Jaka Blazic of Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana and Aleksander Dziewa of Veolia Hamburg Towers. Blazic had 26 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in Cedevita's 105-100 road loss at Prometey Slobozhanske. Dziewa put up 23 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals as Hamburg fell 118-101 at Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv.
The top player for Ulm against Turk Telekom, big man Trevion Willams, came next with a PIR of 31 based o his 26 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. And this round's fifth-best PIR of 30 belonged to center Angel Delgado, who led Besiktas Emlakjet Istanbul to a 72-59 defeat over Wolves Vilnius with his 16 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists.
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