Marius Grigonis gets EuroLeague Round 6 MVP honors 0

Two players who have led their teams 5-1 records atop the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague standings, Marius Grigonis of Zalgiris Kaunas and Nikola Mirotic of FC Barcelona, are sharing the MVP honor for this week after each posted a performance index rating of 27.

Grigonis reached this award for the first time, and is the first Lithuanian player so honored since Edgaras Ulanovas of Zalgiris in Game 4 of the 2018 playoffs.

Grigonis led Zalgiris to a 83-74 victory against LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne with 25 points on 6-for-8 two-point and 7-for-7 free-throw accuracy, adding 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 6 fouls drawn for a PIR of 27.

In that game, Moustapha Fall of ASVEL also amassed a PIR of 27 but couldn’t help his team win. Fall finished with 7 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, a block and 11 fouls drawn.

Thomas Walkup of Zalgiris (26 PIR) and Errick McCollum of Khimki Moscow Region (25) complete the top individual performances in Round 6.