Roman Sorkin earned the first MVP of the Round honor of his 129-game EuroLeague career after an outstanding performance in Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv’s 92-91 victory over Real Madrid, posting a PIR of 30 – the highest of any winning player in Round 6.
The forward scored a season-high 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting from two-point range and 3-of-3 from the free-throw line, while also grabbing 6 rebounds, dishing 3 assists, blocking 2 shots, and drawing 4 fouls. Sorkin becomes the first Maccabi player to be named MVP of the Round this season.
Leandro Bolmaro of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan recorded the highest index rating in Round 6, finishing with a career-best 37 PIR in his team’s 100-103 loss to Valencia Basket. Bolmaro poured in a career-high 31 points, shooting 8-of-12 on twos, 2-of-3 from beyond the arc, and 9-of-11 from the free-throw line. He also tallied 4 rebounds, including 3 on the offensive glass, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, and drew 7 fouls.
Trey Lyles of Real Madrid recorded a career-high 29 PIR, the third-best index rating this week, in the loss at Maccabi. The first-year forward contributed 16 points on 3-of-5 shooting from two-point range and 10-of-11 from the free-throw line, along with 10 rebounds, 3 assists, and 7 fouls drawn.
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne’s Nando De Colo posted a season-high 27 PIR in his team’s 85-79 win over Dubai Basketball. De Colo finished with 24 points on 1-of-5 shooting from two-point range, 3-of-7 from three, and 13-of-13 from the free-throw line. He also contributed 1 rebound, 5 assists, 2 steals, and drew 9 fouls.
Rounding out the list of top performers is Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade’s Jordan Nwora, who posted a 26 PIR. Nwora scored 19 points on 4-of-8 from two-point range, 2-of-3 from three, and 5-of-8 from the free-throw line. He also grabbed 7 rebounds, dished 6 assists, and recorded 1 steal, 1 block, and drew 6 fouls.
Individual highs: Leandro Bolmaro, Milan, 31 points
Bolmaro led the scoring in Round 6 with a career-high 31 points. Paris Basketball’s Nadir Hifi remains the EuroLeague's top scorer, averaging 22.8 points per game.
Three players – Lyles, Dubai’s Filip Petrusev, and Virtus Bologna’s Alessandro Pajola – each grabbed a round-high 10 rebounds. Olympiacos Piraeus’s Sasha Vezenkov continues to lead the league in rebounding with an average of 9.2 boards per game.
Two players – Anadolu Efes Istanbul’s Shane Larkin and Maccabi’s Tamir Blatt – dished out a round-best 9 assists. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul’s Wade Baldwin is the new league leader in assists, averaging 6.3 per contest.
Sylvain Francisco recorded 4 steals in Round 6, the most by any player this week. Hifi is still atop the steals charts with an average of 2.3 per game.
ASVEL’s Mbaye Ndiaye recorded a career-high 4 blocks in Round 6, the most by any player this week. Real Madrid’s Walter Tavares and Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz’s Khalifa Diop share the league lead in blocks, both averaging 1.5 rejections per game.
Lyles (16 points, 10 rebounds) and Petrusev (13 points, 10 rebounds) were the only players to post a double-double in Round 6.