By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Maccabi Tel Aviv star guard Lorenzo Brown won MVP for Round 5 of the EuroLeague regular season. The American player had 22 points, nine assists and six rebounds, accumulating 33 (highest among players of winning teams) in Efficiency during the home victory of his team over Panathinaikos Athens.
Per EuroLeague Basketball:
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.