By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
When it comes to facing Bayern Munich, Shane Larkin gets in a different beast mode.
Back in 2019, he recorded the record for most points scored in a game against the German side with 49; in this year’s Round 28, he scored 14 points during a decisive third-quarter offensive stretch, giving Anadolu Efes the final 109-86 victory.
Ending with a PIR of 33 in a 28-point night with 3 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 fouls drawn, shooting 3/3 from two, 6/9 from beyond the arc, and 4/5 at the line, the American playmaker was named MVP of the Round for the 17th time in his career.
In the aftermath, he commented on the importance of this win. “We need to progress game by game for the play-in race, I told my teammates after the match. Today we both won the match and got the tiebreaker. Still, we are not in a position to relax, we have to work hard every day. We have to fight until the end to qualify for the play-in. If we can achieve this, then anything is possible”, he said.
Shane Larkin is now the player with the most EuroLeague MVPs of the Round in the history of the competition, overcoming Nando De Colo at 16. Mike James follows in 3rd position at 11.
Full list of 2023-24 EuroLeague Round MVPs
- Round 1: Alec Peters, Olympiacos vs Panathinaikos (31 PIR)
- Round 2: Guerschon Yabusele, Real Madrid vs Anadolu Efes (39 PIR)
- Round 3: Tornike Shengelia, Virtus Bologna vs ALBA Berlin (32 PIR)
- Round 4: Nikola Milutinov, Olympiacos vs Partizan Belgrade (30 PIR)
- Round 5: Mathias Lessort, Panathinaikos vs Baskonia (31 PIR)
- Round 6: Tornike Shengelia, Virtus Bologna vs Anadolu Efes (30 PIR)
- Round 7: Facundo Campazzo, Real Madrid vs Virtus Bologna (39 PIR)
- Round 8: Codi Miller-McIntyre, Baskonia vs FC Barcelona (29 PIR)
- Round 9: Chima Moneke, Baskonia vs ASVEL (35 PIR)
- Round 10: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes vs Partizan Belgrade – Maodo Lo, Milan vs Crvena Zvezda (38 PIR)
- Round 11: Serge Ibaka, Bayern Munich vs Virtus Bologna (34 PIR)
- Round 12: Tyrique Jones, Anadolu Efes vs Panathinaikos (36 PIR)
- Round 13: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes vs ALBA Berlin (41 PIR)
- Round 14: Kostas Sloukas, Panathinaikos vs ASVEL (29 PIR)
- Round 15: Josh Nebo, Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Baskonia – Kevin Punter, Partizan Belgrade vs Valencia – Shavon Shields, Olimpia Milano vs ASVEL (25 PIR)
- Round 16: Milos Teodosic, Crvena Zvezda vs Maccabi Tel Aviv (40 PIR)
- Round 17: Johannes Voigtmann, Milano vs Baskonia (29 PIR)
- Round 18: Chima Moneke, Baskonia vs Panathinaikos – Bonzie Colson, Maccabi Tel Aviv vs AS Monaco (34 PIR)
- Round 19: Dzanan Musa, Real Madrid vs Anadolu Efes (45 PIR)
- Round 20: Wade Baldwin IV, Maccabi Tel Avis vs Virtus Bologna (29 PIR)
- Round 21: Mathias Lessort, Panathinaikos vs AS Monaco (42 PIR)
- Round 22: Nikola Milutinov, Olympiacos vs Maccabi Tel Aviv (40 PIR)
- Round 23: Wade Baldwin IV, Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Panathinaikos (33 PIR)
- Round 24: Mike James, AS Monaco vs Partizan Belgrade (31 PIR)
- Round 25: Keenan Evans, Zalgiris Kaunas vs Panathinaikos (35 PIR)
- Round 26: Codi Miller-McIntyre, Baskonia vs ASVEL (42 PIR)
- Round 27: Mathias Lessort, Panathinaikos vs Real Madrid (33 PIR)
- Round 28: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes vs Bayern Munich (33 PIR)
PHOTO CREDIT: Turkish Airlines EuroLeague