Kirilenko for the second time recognized as the most useful player of the Euroleague

For the second time, the striker of the Moscow CSKA and the Russian national team was called the most useful player (MVP) of the tour of the male basketball Euroleague.

On Thursday, in the fifth round of the Euroleague, the army team beat the Spanish UNIKU on their parquet with a score of 77:66. Kirilenko managed to score 17 points, making 9 rebounds, 6 interceptions, 2 programs and 3 block shots - the Russian spent 35 minutes on the site. The forwarding coefficient of the striker, which was 39 points, turned out to be a record in the current Euroleague draw.

Earlier, Kirilenko was recognized as the best player in the first round of the competition, also two nominations (for 2 and 4 tours) on the account of the Frenchman Nicolas Batyum, RIA Novosti recalls.

In addition, in the five best players of the tour were the American Terrell Laydeus (30), Greek Costas Vasiliadis (27) and Lithuanians Donatos Mateunas (29) and Paulus Yankunas (38).