Shane Larkin won MVP honors for Game 5

2019-05-02T14:53:17+00:00 2019-05-02T14:53:17+00:00.

Aris Barkas

02/May/19 14:53

Eurohoops.net

With just one game left in the EuroLeague playoffs, the choice of the MVP was obvious

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Shane Larkin made things happen for Anadolu Efes in Game 5, led his team to the Final Four and got the MVP award for this week of action.

Per EuroLeague:

Shane Larkin completed a magical and historic playoff series for Anadolu Efes Istanbul by leading his team to its first Final Four in 18 years and capturing MVP honors for Game 5 of the EuroLeague Playoffs. Larkin tallied 18 points and 7 assists in Wednesday’s 80-71 victory over FC Barcelona Lassa. His performance index rating of 19 as the best for Efes in the game. It was Larkin’s second MVP of the series; he also collected the title after Game 3. The highest PIR came from Barcelona big man Chris Singleton, who put together 12 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals for an index rating of 20. The next highest PIRs were 18 by Adrien Moerman and 17 by Vasilije Micic, both from Efes. Moerman also scored 18 and Micic tallied 10 points, 10 assists and 3 steals in the victory.

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