The historic 40th showdown of the decades-long rivalry between Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv and Real Madrid was not only an outstanding Euroleague game of basketball at its finest, but also inspired the best individual performance in Top 16 Week 2. In front of a sellout crowd at Nokia Arena, shooting guard Alan Anderson led Maccabi to an 81-76 victory over Madrid with 20 points on 4-for-5 two-point and 9-of-9 free-throw shooting. What's more, Anderson posted his Euroleague career highs in defensive rebounds (8), assists (5), steals (4) and minutes played (37). All that plus a block and 11 fouls drawn gave Anderson a performance index rating of 40. Interestingly, that made Anderson the first player to amass an index rating of 40 or higher in any Top 16 game for almost 5 years. Another Maccabi player, former two-time Euroleague MVP Anthony Parker, was the last player to do so, also posting 40 in a Top 16 win against Montepaschi Siena on March 3, 2005. Second behind Anderson this week was teenager Jan Vesely of Partizan, who led his team to an incredible 67-66 overtime home win against Regal FC Barcelona with 13 points, 15 rebounds, 2 steals and 4 fouls drawn, all good for a 27 index rating. His rebounds and rating were career highs for Vesely. Next, Lior Eliyahu of Caja Laboral helped his team overcome injuries to win their first Top 16 game in dramatic fashion by 75-78 over Cibona on the road in Zagreb. Eliyahu had 22 points by making 10 of 16 two-point shots to go with 9 rebounds and 4 fouls drawn for a 25 index rating. In a losing effort, Jamont Gordon of Cibona was fourth this week, with a 24 index rating, while tying for fifth were a pair of big winners, Viktor Khryapa of CSKA and Mario Kasun of Efes Pilsen, with ratings of 23 each.