{"id":478176,"date":"2026-01-10T14:20:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T13:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=478176"},"modified":"2026-01-10T14:20:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T13:20:36","slug":"euroleague-round-21-mvp-sasha-vezenkov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/euroleague-round-21-mvp-sasha-vezenkov\/","title":{"rendered":"Euroleague Round 21 MVP: Sasha Vezenkov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another outstanding performance in a winning effort allowed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euroleaguebasketball.net\/en\/euroleague\/players\/sasha-vezenkov\/003469\/\">Sasha Vezenkov<\/a>\u00a0of Olympiacos Piraeus to earn Round 21 MVP honors and keep rewriting EuroLeague history.<\/p>\n<p>Vezenkov led Olympiacos to a 95-80 home victory over FC Bayern Munich with 25 points on 8-of-10 two-pointers, 2-of-2 three-pointers and 3-of-3 free throws, adding 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 5 fouls drawn for a PIR of 35, the highest in Round 21. It is the third MVP of the Round honor of the season for Vezenkov after achieving this award in Rounds 3 and 5. He is now second all-time in the MVP of the Round charts with 17 MVP of the Round awards, only trailing Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul (19) and ahead of Nando De Colo of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (16).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euroleaguebasketball.net\/en\/euroleague\/players\/kenan-kamenjas\/008325\/\">Kenan Kamenjas<\/a>\u00a0of Dubai Basketball reached a PIR of 34 in his team&#8217;s 92-81 home win over Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. In Round 21, Kamenjas starred by amassing 20 points and 15 rebounds, hitting 6-of-10 two-point shots and 8-of-8 free throws. He also had 1 assist and drew 5 fouls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euroleaguebasketball.net\/en\/euroleague\/players\/armoni-brooks\/013384\/\">Armoni Brooks<\/a>\u00a0of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan reached a PIR of 31 in his team&#8217;s 87-74 home win over Anadolu Efes Istanbul. Brooks had 31 points on 3-of-4 two-pointers, 7-of-12 three-pointers and 3-of-3 free throws, 8 rebounds and 3 fouls drawn.<\/p>\n<p>(Via<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euroleaguebasketball.net\/en\/euroleague\/news\/round-21-mvp-sasha-vezenkov-olympiacos-piraeus\/\"> Euroleague<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vezenkov is now second all-time in the MVP of the Round charts with 17 MVP of the Round awards, only trailing Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul 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