Shane Larkin's 28-point-show grants him EuroLeague Round 33 MVP honors / News - Basketnews.com

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Shane Larkin turned on his engines and rallied reigning champion Anadolu Efes Istanbul from 15 points down to a playoff-clinching 87-77 win over visiting ALBA Berlin on Friday night, and in the process earned the MVP of the Round honor.

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It is the third such award of the season for Larkin, and the 14th of his career, coming behind 28 points, which he reached by making 4-of-9 two-point shots and 6-of-11 threes.

Larkin also had 8 assists, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals, as well as 5 drawn fouls for a performance index rating of 35, the highest in Round 33.

The next best PIR, 30, belonged to a pair of centers, Ante Zizic of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and Georgios Papagiannis of Panathinaikos OPAP Athens.

Zizic paced Maccabi to a playoff-clinching 94-73 win over LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne with a career-high 24 points, on 8-for-10 two-pointers, along with 5 rebounds and 2 assists, while Papagiannis scored 18 points in an 87-86 upset win over Real Madrid.

The big man was 9-of-11 on two-pointers, with 10 rebounds and 5 blocks.

AS Monaco center Donta Hall had an index rating of 27, collecting 16 points on perfect 6-for-6 shooting, 8 rebounds, and 2 blocks in a win over AX Armani Exchange Milan.

Rounding out the list of top performers in Round 33 are Walter Tavares of Real and Shavon Shields of Milan, each with a PIR of 26.

Shields had 22 points, 5 assists, and 3 rebounds, while Tavares posted 12 points plus 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block.

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