A thrilling individual performance within a great team effort saw Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul to earn his second consecutive MVP honor in Round 19. Larkin led Efes to an 88-68 home victory against AX Armani Exchange Milan with 23 points on 4-for-7 two-point, 4-for-8 three-point and 3-for-3 free-throw shooting. He added 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, a block and 7 fouls drawn for a performance index rating of 30, the best on a winning team in Round 19. He is the second player, after Mike James of CSKA Moscow, to earn back-to-back MVP honors this season. Nikola Mirotic of FC Barcelona also had a PIR of 30 but his team lost 92-85 on the road to Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv. Despite that, Mirotic shined with 22 points on 4-for-7 three-point shooting, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 7 fouls drawn. DeShaun Thomas of Panathinaikos OPAP Athens and Georgios Printezis of Olympiacos Piraeus registered PIRs of 28 in Round 19. Thomas led Panathinaikos to a 98-83 win against Bayern Munich with 18 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 fouls drawn. Printezis had 15 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and a block in his team’s 86-93 home loss against ALBA Berlin. Will Thomas of Zenit St Petersburg, who had a PIR of 27 as his team downed visiting KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 72-66, completed the top individual performances in Round 19.
That man again ?@ShaneLarkin_3 wins his second consecutive MVP of the round award! ?
How good is he at the moment? #GameON pic.twitter.com/oBt1OSl2CX
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