Shorts and LeDay share Round 7 MVP as both post a PIR of 33
TJ Shorts II of Valencia and Hapoel Tel Aviv's Zach LeDay share the EuroLeague Round 7 MVP award, both on a performance index rating of 33. LeDay had 22 points and 10 rebounds against Virtus; Shorts scored 25 with nine assists against his former club Paris.
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O prêmio de MVP da 7ª rodada da Euroliga é dividido nesta semana por TJ Shorts II, do Valência, e Zach LeDay, do Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv, cada um com índice de performance 33 — igual à melhor marca da rodada.
LeDay impulsionou a virada do Hapoel, que venceu a Virtus Bologna por 90 a 81 em casa na quarta-feira com 22 pontos (4 de 7 dentro do garrafão, 2 de 5 de três e 8 de 9 na linha) mais 10 rebotes, quatro assistências e seis faltas recebidas. São cinco MVPs de rodada para o americano, um no Olympiacos e três no Armani Olimpia Milão, e ele é o segundo jogador do Hapoel reconhecido nesta temporada, depois de Elijah Bryant nas rodadas 2 e 3.
Shorts respondeu na sexta-feira, na vitória por 93 a 104 fora de casa sobre o seu ex-clube, o Paris Basketball. Em 24 minutos ele cravaram 25 pontos — 7 de 11 dentro, 2 de 3 de três e um perfeito 5 de 5 na linha — com nove assistências e quatro rebotes. É o sétimo MVP de rodada dele, cinco dos quais conquistados vestindo a camisa do Paris.
Depois vieram Armoni Brooks, do Valência, e Mfiondu Kabengele, do Dubai Basketball, ambos com PIR de 29. Brooks marcou 22, com 4 de 7 de três, mais sete rebotes e três assistências na capital francesa; Kabengele somou 24, com 9 de 12 dentro do garrafão, sete rebotes, duas assistências e dois tocos na vitória do Dubai por 91 a 107 sobre o Bayern de Munique.
Quatro jogadores chegaram a 28: Elie Okobo (Dubai), Facu Campazzo (Real Madrid), Mathias Lessort (Panathinaikos) e Carlik Jones (Partizan), este último líder da rodada com 26 pontos na vitória sobre o Crvena Zvezda. Nadir Hifi, do Paris, segue como maior pontuador da competição, com 20,3 por jogo.
O pivô do Olympiacos Nikola Milutinov pegou 13 rebotes, melhor da rodada, e subiu à liderança da temporada com 7,8, enquanto o armador do Panathinaikos Sylvain Francisco distribuiu 11 assistências; Shorts lidera o fundamento com 6,1. Dustin Sleva (Zalgiris) somou três roubos de bola, embora Luca Vildoza (Partizan) ainda lidere a lista da temporada com 2,6. Quatro tocos cada um foram para Oshae Brissett (Maccabi), Kai Jones (Anadolu Efes) e Aliou Diarra (Virtus), com Diarra melhor da liga, com 2,4.
Três duplos-duplos saíram da 7ª rodada: LeDay, com 22 pontos e 10 rebotes; o ala do Olympiacos Sasha Vezenkov, com 17 e 10; e Francisco, com 10 e 11.
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