Maximum effect in a minimum amount of time is the definition of efficiency on the basketball court. Add to that great timing in crucial games and it could also define the difference that center Rasho Nesterovic of Olympiacos Pireaus, Euroleague Basketball's choice as the MVP for February, made for his team over the second half of the Top 16. After a one-week break in the phase, the Reds faced back-to-back road games against the teams directly above and below them in their group. But in both games, they were behind heading into the final quarter. Nesterovic helped solve each of those dilemmas. He scored 10 points in the final quarter - including a memorable trio of tip-ins - to hand Power Electronics Valencia its only home defeat in three months. The next week, Nesterovic did it again, reeling off 9 fourth-quarter points against Fenerbahce Ulker, which was unbeaten in the Top 16 until then. That victory clinched first place for Olympiacos in the Top 16's most volatile group. To finish up the phase, he led the Reds to a final Top 16 win at home over Zalgiris as that game’s best scorer. The bottom line: Olympiacos showed the fortitude and veteran know-how to go 3-