A dominant showing in the first round of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague\u2019s Play-In Showdown has seen Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv guard Lorenzo Brown achieve play-in MVP honors.<\/p>\n
Brown amassed a season-high 35 PIR for Maccabi during a 113-85 thrashing against Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, which saw the Israeli lock up the seventh seed in the EuroLeague Playoffs. The 33-year-old guard posted a season-best 29 points on a career-high 7 made three-pointers, in addition to recording 5 assists, 5 rebounds and 1 steal. Brown\u2019s 29 points and 7 made triples are new postseason highs for Maccabi. This is Brown\u2019s third MVP award in 156 EuroLeague games over a five-season period.<\/p>\n
Coming in second place is Codi Miller-McIntyre, who tied a EuroLeague postseason high by having a 45 PIR in Baskonia\u2019s drubbing at Maccabi. The first-year guard set a new personal best in scoring by netting 32 points, as well as having 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. In third place in the play-in MVP race is Tadas Sedekerskis, also of Baskonia, as he achieved a 25 PIR during his team\u2019s 89-77 second-round win against Virtus Segafredo Bologna. The Lithuania international had 16 points, of which 11 came in the first quarter, 7 rebounds and 1 assist in a game-high 35:45 minutes on the floor. Matt Costello was another player who shined for Baskonia against Virtus, recording 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and a 23 PIR. Last but not least, Maccabi\u2019s Wade Baldwin had a 22 PIR in his side\u2019s win at home to Baskonia after scoring 26 points, grabbing 1 rebound and dishing 5 assists.<\/p>\n
Round 33, individual highs: Codi Miller-McIntyre, Baskonia, 32 points<\/b><\/p>\n
Miller-McIntyre\u2019s 32 points against Maccabi were the most scored during the Play-In Showdown. His Baskonia teammate Markus Howard is the EuroLeague\u2019s leading scorer with 19.5 points per game.<\/p>\n
Miller-McIntyre also had the most rebounds in a Play-In Showdown game with 8 against Maccabi. Josh Nebo of Maccabi is the top rebounder in the competition with 7.3 boards per night.<\/p>\n
Miller-McIntyre dished 8 assists in Baskonia\u2019s second-round Play-In Showdown victory, which is more than any other player. He is the EuroLeague\u2019s leading assists provider with 7.2 dimes per contest.<\/p>\n
Maccabi\u2019s Bonzie Colson and Anadolu Efes Istanbul duo Rodrigue Beaubois and Shane Larkin recorded 3 steals apiece in the first round of the Play-In Showdown. Paris Lee of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne topped the charts in this statistic during the regular season with an average of 1.7 per game.<\/p>\n
Efes big man Tibor Pleiss had 3 blocks in his team\u2019s only game in the Play-In Showdown. Real Madrid\u2019s Vincent Poirier is the leading shot blocker in the EuroLeague with 1.5 rejections per night.<\/p>\n
No player recorded a double-double during the Play-In Showdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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