By Cesare Milanti / info@eurohoops.net
For the first-ever EuroLeague Play-In, there must be also a first-ever EuroLeague Play-In MVP. After his season-high night of 35 PIR against Baskonia on Tuesday, Lorenzo Brown collected this award, silencing critics over his recent lack of valuable performances.
The Spanish national team’s playmaker had the best scoring game of his 2023-24 season so far, posting up 29 points over a career-high 7 three-pointers that went in. He also had 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1 steal for the third MVP award of his five-year EuroLeague career.
After this victory, Maccabi Tel Aviv officially clinched 7th position in the EuroLeague standings, facing 2nd-seeded Panathinaikos in the upcoming best-of-five Playoff series. Baskonia, after losing to the Israeli yellow-and-blue team, eventually beat Virtus Bologna to face Real Madrid in the Playoffs.
Full list of 2023-24 EuroLeague 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)
- Round 29: Josh Nebo, Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Crvena Zvezda (33 PIR)
- Round 30: Wade Baldwin IV, Maccabi Tel Aviv vs ASVEL (46 PIR)
- Round 31: Elijah Bryant, Anadolu Efes vs ALBA Berlin – Mario Hezonja, Real Madrid vs Partizan Belgrade (33 PIR)
- Round 32: Nigel Hayes-Davis, Fenerbahce vs ALBA Berlin (46 PIR)
- Round 33: Will Clyburn, Anadolu Efes vs Fenerbahce (28 PIR)
- Round 34: Kostas Sloukas, Panathinaikos vs ALBA Berlin – James Nunnally, Partizan Belgrade vs Valencia – Markus Howard, Baskonia vs Virtus Bologna (27 PIR)
- Play-In: Lorenzo Brown, Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Baskonia (35 PIR)
Lorenzo Brown achieve Play-In Showdown MVP honors🥇
A season-high 29 PTS & 35 PIR to help @MaccabiTLVBC lock up the 7th seed in the Playoffs✔️
MVP of the Play-In Showdown I @PaniniAmerica pic.twitter.com/8C4RHbcnt8
— Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) April 20, 2024
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