Shane Larkin received MVP honors for EuroLeague round 33 after his incredible performance in Efes’ win in Friday’s matchup vs ALBA Berlin. The star guard put up 28 points, while also he dished eight assists and registered five rebounds and four steals.
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Shane Larkin turned on his engines and rallied reigning champion Anadolu Efes Istanbul from 15 points down to a playoff-clinching 87-77 win over visiting ALBA Berlin on Friday night, and in the process earned the MVP of the Round honor. It is the third such award of the season for Larkin, and the 14th of his career, coming behind 28 points, which he reached by making 4-of-9 two-point shots and 6-of-11 threes. Larkin also had 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 4 steals, as well as 5 drawn fouls for a performance index rating of 35, the highest in Round 33.
The next best PIR, 30, belonged to a pair of centers, Ante Zizic of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and Georgios Papagiannis of Panathinaikos OPAP Athens. Zizic paced Maccabi to a playoff-clinching 94-73 win over LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne with a career-high 24 points, on 8-for-10 two-pointers, along with 5 rebounds and 2 assists, while Papagiannis scored 18 points in an 87-86 upset win over Real Madrid.
The big man was 9-of-11 on two-pointers, with 10 rebounds and 5 blocks. AS Monaco center Donta Hall had an index rating of 27, collecting 16 points on perfect 6-for-6 shooting, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks in a win over AX Armani Exchange Milan. Rounding out the list of top performers in Round 33 are Walter Tavares of Real and Shavon Shields of Milan, each with a PIR of 26. Shields had 22 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds, while Tavares posted 12 points plus 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.
Individual leader, Georgios Papagiannis, Panathinaikos, 5 blocks.
Larkin led all scorers in Round 30 with 28 points. His teammate Vasilije Micic is the EuroLeague top scorer this season with 18.1 points per game. Tavares had 12 rebounds, more than any other player in Round 30. Papagiannis leads the EuroLeague in rebounding with 8.1 per game. Larkin led all players with 8 assists this round.
Lorenzo Brown of UNICS Kazan tops the assists charts this season with 6.1 per game. Scottie Wilbekin of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and Larkin had 4 steals each, better than all other players in Round 30. John Brown of UNICS leads the league averaging 2.8 steals. With 5 blocks, Papagiannis was the top shot-blocker of the round. Tavares leads the league with 1.7 per game. The two double-doubles of this round belong to Papagiannis and Tavares.
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