By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Justin Robinson has a great season in Paris, and his performance against Maccabi was enough to give him the MVP award for Round 37.
Per the press release: “Justin Robinson put on a dominant display in Round 37 to claim MVP honors for the first time in his career – and the first for any Paris Basketball player this season – finishing with a round-high PIR of 35.
Robinson poured in 25 points on 2-of-4 two-pointers, 3-of-5 three-pointers and a perfect 12-of-12 from the free-throw line, adding 6 assists, 2 steals and 8 fouls drawn to lead Paris to a 113–80 demolition of Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv.
Jared Butler of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade posted a PIR of 33 in his team’s 93-106 road win over LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, finishing with 24 points on 7-of-9 two-pointers, 3-of-3 three-pointers and 1-of-2 free throws, along with 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 4 fouls drawn.
Jean Montero of Valencia Basket recorded a PIR of 30 in his team’s 102-84 home win over Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, putting up 22 points on 6-of-6 two-pointers, 2-of-7 three-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws, with 1 rebound, 7 assists and 7 fouls drawn.
Kevin Punter of FC Barcelona and Shaquille Harrison of ASVEL each finished with a PIR of 29. Punter put together his line in a 93-86 losing effort against AS Monaco, scoring 27 points on 4-of-8 two-pointers, 6-of-7 three-pointers and 1-of-1 free throws, with 1 rebound, 4 assists, 1 steal and 6 fouls drawn. Harrison contributed 16 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 5 fouls drawn against Zvezda.
Individual highs: Kai Jones, Efes, 5 blocks
Kevin Punter was the round’s leading scorer with 27 points. Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos Piraeus leads the overall standings with 19.4 points per game.
Moses Wright of Zalgiris Kaunas led all rebounders with 11 boards. Nikola Milutinov of Olympiacos tops the overall standings with 6.911 rebounds per game, with Jaylen Hoard of Maccabi (6.909 rpg.), Walter Tavares of Real Madrid (6.84 rpg.) and Juancho Hernangomez (6.81 rpg.) close behind.
Shaquille Harrison, Trent Forrest of Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, Elie Okobo of Monaco and Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv duo Chris Jones and Vasilije Micic each dished 8 assists, the most in the round. Codi Miller-McIntyre of Zvezda leads the overall standings with 7.6 assists per game.
Mbaye Ndiaye of ASVEL led the round with 3 steals. Luca Vildoza of Virtus Bologna tops the overall standings with 1.39 steals per game, followed by Alpha Diallo of Monaco (1.35 spg.) and Jimmy Clark of Maccabi (1.33 spg.).
Kai Jones of Anadolu Efes Istanbul had a round-high 5 blocks. Tavares leads the overall standings with 1.9 blocks per game”.