Shabazz Napier MVP of Euroleague Round 6

A great individual performance in a winning effort has seen Shabazz Napier of FC Bayern Munich earn Round 6 MVP honors with a PIR of 26, the highest of any player on a winning team.

Napier led Bayern to an 84-87 road win over Virtus Segafredo Bologna. He had 16 points on 3-of-3 two-pointers and 7-of-7 free throws, as well as 5 rebounds, 7 assists, a steal and 7 fouls drawn to get a PIR of 26. Napier went 1 of 7 from downtown but buried the go-ahead three-pointer with 5.0 seconds left to secure Bayern’s first road win of the season. This is Napier’s first EuroLeague MVP of the Round honor in his 46th game in the competition.

The highest PIR of this round belonged to ALBA Berlin’s Justin Bean, whose team registered an 83-92 home loss against Paris Basketball. Bean led ALBA with a career-best 16 points on 6-of-8 two-pointers, 1-of-3 three-pointers and 1-of-1 free throws, in addition to posting a career-high 14 rebounds, 3 assists, a steal, a block and 4 fouls drawn for a PIR of 34 – more than double his previous highest PIR.

Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos Piraeus recorded a PIR of 25 in the Reds’ 79-69 home victory over Real Madrid. Vezenkov had a season-high 23 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 fouls drawn.

Juancho Hernangomez of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, with a PIR of season-high 24, and Uros Plavsic of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade, who amassed a PIR of career-best 23, complete the top individual performances in Round 6.

Hernangomez scored 13 points on perfect shooting, going 5 for 5 on two-pointers and 1 for 1 on three-pointers, while he also had 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal. Plavsic posted 16 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks, all of which are career-best marks.