An outstanding individual performance in a winning effort has seen playmaker Lorenzo Brown of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv earn Round 5 MVP honors in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Brown led Maccabi to an 85-74 home win against Panathinaikos Athens, amassing a PIR of 33. He finished the game with 22 points on 7-of-10 two-pointers, 2-of-3 three-pointers and 2-of-2 free throws, while he also had 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 5 fouls drawn. This is the second time that Brown has won MVP of the Round, as he was previously chosen as Round 11 MVP in the 2021-22 season while playing for UNICS Kazan.
Gabriel Deck of Real Madrid also reached a PIR of 33, but Los Blancos registered a 91-95 home loss against Virtus Segafredo Bologna. Deck had 28 points on 9-of-12 two-pointers, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, a steal and 6 fouls drawn. Elie Okobo of AS Monaco and Chris Jones of Valencia Basket each had a PIR of 28 in Round 6. Okobo led Monaco to a 76-81 road victory against Olympiacos Piraeus with 23 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 fouls drawn. Jones helped Valencia record an 87-73 home win against ALBA Berlin with 20 points, 8 assists and 3 steals. Walter Tavares of Real, with a PIR of 27, completes the top individual performances in Round 5.
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