Larkin, James and Vezenkov have been chosen for the first time to be part of the first team of the competition, whose title will be decided on Saturday the 21st after the semi-finals Olympiacos-Efes and Barça-Madrid
Nikola Mirotic (Barcelona) and Walter Tavares (Real Madrid), who meet next Thursday the 19th in the semifinals of the Euroleague Final Four in Belgrade, have been included for the second consecutive year in the ideal quintet of the highest continental competition, together featuring Shane Larkin (Anadolu Efes), Mike James (Monaco) and Sasha Vezenkov (Olympiacos). The Spanish-Montenegrin power striker from Barça has been named in the top Euroleague teams for the fourth time in his career (two in the first quintet and two in the second), matching the nominations of Dimitris Diamantidis, Theodoro Papaloukas and Ramunas Siskauskas. It is the third nomination for the Cape Verdean center of Madrid, of which two in the first team.
Mirotic led the regular phase of the Euroleague in PIR (19.4 points), leading Barcelona to finish first in the regular season, with 21 wins and seven losses. The Barça star was the second highest scorer in the league (16.6 points per game), surpassed only by Serbian Anadolou Efes player Vasilije Micic (18.2). With almost unprecedented effectiveness, Mirotic is the second player in EuroLeague history to record shooting rates of 65-45-85, with 65.6% from twos, 45.5% from triples and 87.5% from free throws. Voted MVP in October and December, on matchday nine, against Baskonia, he got 25 points and eight rebounds in just 18 minutes, for a PIR of 37, and against Real Madrid, on matchday fourteen, he exploded with 31 points and ten rebounds and a career high and season high of 39 PIR.
In Edy Tavares’ case, he was second in both blocks (1.7) and rebounds (7.6), averaging 10.9 points and 74.2% in free throws, his best personal mark. No other player has taken more offensive rebounds than he has, averaging three. Voted November’s MVP, he helped make the 20-3 start signed by Real Madrid and in the quarter-finals he also stood out in Real Madrid’s qualifiers for the Final Four against Maccabi Tel Aviv, 3-0.
After counting the votes of the media, fans and captains and coaches of the EuroLeague teams, the game director of the current continental champion, Shane Larkin, has been recognized for the first time (in the second team in the 2020-2021 season); Monaco shooting guard Mike James (third highest scorer in the regular season, not in the Final Four); and Olympiakos power forward Sasha Vezenkov, who in his best season as a professional led Olympiakos to fight for the major title five years later.
The Euroleague 2022 will be decided on Saturday the 21st, two days after the semifinals of the Final Four to be played on Thursday in the Serbian capital: Olympiacos-Efes (6:00 PM) and Barcelona-Real Madrid (9:00 PM). o’clock). The favorites to play in the final are Efes and Barça, who, if they live up to the predictions, would re-launch the battle for the title from last year when the Turkish team was declared champions for the first time in its history in Cologne. .
Source: La Verdad
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