For the second week in a row, the MVP honor is shared by two players, this time former teammates who played big roles in very different, yet equally important, Top 16 Week 3 victories. Lior Eliyahu tied a Euroleague record in helping Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv roll to a 104-67 win over Union Olimpija in Group F. D’Or Fischer racked up a double-double as Real Madrid edged Efes Pilsen 89-86 in overtime in Group G. The two players were teammates at Maccabi in the 2007-08 season and helped the team reach that season’s Final Four in Madrid. As teammates, they were co-MVP along with former Panathinaikos big man Nikola Pekovic in the first game of the Top 16 that season. On Thursday of this week, they finished with Euroleague-best performance index ratings of 30 each. Eliyahu was a perfect 10-for-10 on shots inside the arc, matching a Euroleague record shared by four other players for the most two-pointers made without a miss. He finished with a season-high 20 points to go with 6 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal in 21 minutes and did not play the fourth quarter due to Maccabi’s big lead. Fischer controlled the paint for Madrid, amassing 15 points, 12 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks – the last of which came on Efes guard Kerem Tunceri’s attempt to win the game with seconds remaining in overtime. Madrid outscored Efes by 22 points in the 31 minutes Fischer played.