With the best night yet in his budding Turkish Airlines Euroleague career, Alessandro Gentile of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan continued his great run of form to earn the bwin MVP honor for Top 16 Round 12. Gentile led his team to a 99-85 victory over Laboral Kutxa Vitoria on Thursday with a career-high 29 points. He also established a career best with a performance index rating of 30, which was the highest of any player on a winning team in Top 16 Round 12. Gentile, who has averaged 23.8 points over his past four games, made 4 of 5 threes against Laboral, grabbed 7 rebounds and dished 4 assists. He joined center Samardo Samuels to become Milan’s second weekly MVP in the Top 16. For the second week in a row, the week’s top index rating belonged to Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade center Boban Marjanovic, who dominated the paint in his team’s 73-68 loss at ALBA Berlin. Marjanovic set a career high with a performance index rating of 40. It’s the second time for an Olimpia players to be named MVP during this Top 16 after Samardo Samuels. In Olimpia’s history, the honor was won before by Omar Cook and Curtis Jerrells.