Another round filled with outsider bonuses defined the 3rd gameweek of the PickMaster Euroleague, as surprises once again gave daring players the chance to skyrocket their scores!
It’s now becoming a pattern, every week since the season’s start has included two major upsets, and that’s clearly reflected in the overall standings, where all top contenders have built their success by trusting the unexpected.
The average performance for the round settled at 96.54 points, with the best score reaching 176.5. The average number of correct predictions was 6.33, and the average divergence stood at 9.9 points per game. Three teams — Maccabi, Crvena Zvezda, and Zalgiris — won despite having a lower prediction percentage among players, while five players managed to secure the mid-tier weekly bonus by correctly predicting 9 out of 10 results.
| Best Score | 176.5 |
| TOP 10 Score | 139.0 |
| Average Score | 96.54 |
| Correct Results AVG | 6.33 |
| Average Divergence | 9.9 |
| Exact Bonuses | 149 |
| Bonus 10/10 (count) | 0 |
| Bonus 9/10 (count) | 5 |
| Bonus 8/10 (count) | 31 |
| Outsider Games | 4 |
| Outsider Bonuses (coung) | 2 |
| Median | 96 |
| Pass 1 Score | 72 |
| Pass 2 Score | 64 |
| Pass 3 Score | 48 |
Let’s now take a closer look at what happened in Round 3 of the game — through the games and the detailed standings.
Games
| Home Team | Away Team | Percentages | Result | Extra Scores |
Hapoel | Maccabi | 91.8% - 8.2% | 90-103 | 14.44% |
Partizan | Efes | 74.7% - 25.3% | 93-87 | 1.07% |
Milano | Monaco | 33.8% - 66.2% | 79-82 | 2.93% |
Baskonia | Panathinaikos | 19.7% - 80.3% | 84-86 | 8.88% |
Paris | Virtus | 78.4% - 21.6% | 90-79 | 3.02% |
Real | Villeurbanne | 99.3% - 0.7% | 85-72 | 29.85% |
Fenerbahce | RedStar | 93.7% - 6.3% | 81-86 | 12.88% |
Olympiacos | Dubai | 93.7% - 6.3% | 86-67 | 20.88% |
Barcelona | Valencia | 80.7% - 19.3% | 108-102 | 3.71% |
Bayern | Zalgiris | 54.6% - 45.4% | 70-98 | 2.34% |
Round Standings
The winner of the 3rd round was
petrdami, who topped the standings with 176.5 points, correctly predicting 9 out of 10 games and earning the 20-point round bonus. He also recorded 61 points of total divergence, hit one exact margin, and gained 28.5 additional points from extra scores, along with 28 outsider points from two bonus upsets.
In second place came
malamos71 with 172 points, also with 9 correct results and the round bonus, while adding 26 points from extra scores, 27 outsider points, and finishing with 58 total divergence.
ust behind them,
Dimkon13 took third place with 163 points, having a solid 9/10 run, a 72-point divergence, one exact margin, 21 extra-score points, and 12 outsider points, in another outstanding fantasy performance.
The Top 10 for the round was completed at 139 points.
| Rank | Player | Score | Games | Divergence | Bonus | Extra | Outsider |
| 1 | petrdami | 176.5 | 9 | 61 | 1 | 28.5 | 2 (28) |
| 2 | malamos71 | 172 | 9 | 58 | 0 | 26 | 2 (27) |
| 3 | Dimkon13 | 163 | 9 | 72 | 1 | 21 | 1 (12) |
| 4 | panosroussos | 161 | 8 | 75 | 0 | 30 | 2 (27) |
| 5 | kill_xaris | 146 | 8 | 77 | 1 | 21 | 2 (26) |
| 6 | valerios12 | 145 | 8 | 74 | 1 | 35 | 1 (8) |
| 7 | kazabuku | 144 | 9 | 75 | 0 | 17 | 1 (8) |
| 8 | napolitanos | 144 | 7 | 93 | 0 | 48 | 1 (36) |
| 9 | kyparissia | 140.5 | 8 | 70 | 2 | 17.5 | 0 (0) |
| 10 | nragkousis | 139 | 8 | 83 | 2 | 26 | 0 (0) |
Overall Standings
After the completion of Round 3,
napolitanos climbed to the top of the overall standings with 389 total points, correctly predicting 20 of the 30 games so far, with a total divergence of 243, three exact margins, 88 extra-score points, and 63 outsider points.
In second place,
Dimkon13 followed closely with 372 points, having 22 correct results, 225 total divergence, two exact margins, 30 bonus points, 58 extra-score points, and 23 outsider points.
Third overall was
malamos71, who reached 362 points with 23 correct predictions, 221 divergence points, two exact margins, 30 bonus points, 26 extra-score points, and 39 outsider points, in another impressive streak.
The Top 10 in the overall standings closed at 335.5 points.
| Rank | Player | Score | Games | Divergence | Exact Bonus | Round Bonus | Extra | Outsider |
| 1 | napolitanos | 389 | 20 | 243 | 3 | 0 | 88 | 3 (63) |
| 2 | Dimkon13 | 372 | 22 | 225 | 2 | 30 | 58 | 2 (23) |
| 3 | malamos71 | 362 | 23 | 221 | 2 | 30 | 26 | 3 (39) |
| 4 | fitsoulas | 357 | 22 | 232 | 1 | 20 | 55 | 2 (25) |
| 5 | Melo000 | 341 | 20 | 261 | 2 | 10 | 71 | 1 (24) |
| 6 | steriosk | 340 | 20 | 256 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 1 (20) |
| 7 | ALEXSONIC13 | 337.5 | 23 | 246 | 0 | 20 | 60.5 | 0 (0) |
| 8 | ANDREASSS | 337 | 19 | 296 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 3 (68) |
| 9 | petrdami | 336 | 16 | 149 | 1 | 20 | 42 | 3 (41) |
| 10 | Giankam1983 | 335.5 | 15 | 142 | 1 | 10 | 45.5 | 2 (30.5) |
Olympiacos Standings
In the Olympiacos special leaderboard, the Reds defeated Dubai at home with a clear 86–67, with Ikaria, Nick, and monkey21 coming closest to the exact margin (1-point divergence) and earning 15 points, while thanossof, thrylos7, and kill_xaris followed closely behind with 2-point divergence and 14 points each.
| Rank | Player | Score | Games | Divergence | Bonus |
| 1 | monkey 21 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Ikaria | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Nick | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | kill_xaris | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | thrylos7 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | thanossof | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | fildial | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | PANOUKLAS | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | kdiamantop | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | skiritis | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
At the top of Olympiacos’s standings after Round 3 stands
PANOUKLAS with 40 points, having 3/3 correct results and 8 total divergence, tied with
ang3cha who also has 40 points, 3/3 results, one exact margin, and 12 divergence. Right behind them,
alekos311 and
vironakos share third place with 39 points, both with 3/3 predictions and 9 total divergence. The Top 10 ends at 36 points.
| Rank | Player | Score | Games | Divergence | Bonus |
| 1 | PANOUKLAS | 40 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | ang3cha | 40 | 3 | 12 | 1 |
| 3 | alekos311 | 39 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | vironakos | 39 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | datianos21 | 39 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| 6 | Hunter2789 | 37 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | vittoros1986 | 37 | 3 | 15 | 1 |
| 8 | Dimkon13 | 37 | 3 | 15 | 1 |
| 9 | tsiouts | 36 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 10 | jkidd13 | 36 | 3 | 16 | 1 |
Panathinaikos Standings
As for Panathinaikos, the Greens claimed a dramatic 84–86 road win in Vitoria against Baskonia, with lb33 and skiritis being the only players to predict the exact margin and earn 20 points each, while another sixteen participants came within a single point, taking 15 points apiece.
| Rank | Player | Score | Games | Divergence | Bonus |
| 1 | skiritis | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | lb33 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | rodos13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | malamos71 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Dimkon13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MANOWAR | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | petant | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | gdim | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Drazen | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | kaklios | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
At the top of the Greens’ leaderboard after Round 3 is
nikosbakos with 40 points, having 2/3 correct predictions, one exact margin, and 7 total divergence, followed by
targ33 and
XRHSTOS MEL with 37 points each, both at 3/3 with 11 total divergence. The Top 10 concludes at 34 points.
| Rank | Player | Score | Games | Divergence | Bonus |
| 1 | nikosbakos | 40 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | targ33 | 37 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| 3 | XRHSTOS MEL | 37 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | steriosk | 37 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| 5 | gdim | 35 | 2 | 15 | 1 |
| 6 | Oslot | 35 | 2 | 19 | 1 |
| 7 | Kappa | 34 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| 8 | ANDREASSS | 34 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| 9 | Stoiximatzis333 | 34 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | parallou | 34 | 2 | 16 | 1 |
Max 5 Standings
The best score in the current Max 5 interval (rounds 1-5) is 176.5 points from petrdami at Round 3.
Two rounds remain in the current Max 5 interval to have our winner!
Next Round
Round 4 of PickMaster Euroleague starts on Tuesday 14 of October at 20:00 with the game between Maccabi and Barcelona.