MVP of Round 5: Will Clyburn
Clyburn scored 29 points, the second-highest total of his 145-game EuroLeague career and the most he ever scored in a regular-season game. Clyburn made 6 of 8 two-point shots, 3 of 8 threes and all 8 of his free throws. He also collected a team-high 4 assists, 3 rebounds, and drew 7 fouls for a performance index rating of 32, the highest among players on winning teams in Round 5.
This is the third MVP of the Round honor in six EuroLeague seasons for Clyburn, whose injured teammate Tornike Shengelia earned a pair earlier in this one.
The highest PIR of Round 5 came in the same game and belonged to Olympiacos guard Tyler Dorsey, who had a performance index rating of 34. Dorsey scored a career-high 32 points, netting 7 of 10 three-point shots in the process. He also had 4 rebounds and 2 assists in the loss against CSKA. Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz forward Simone Fontecchio posted a PIR of 30 in his team's 78-66 win over visiting AS Monaco. Fontecchio scored 20 points, missing just one shot all night, and also collected 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Nikola Mirotic had a PIR 28 in FC Barcelona's 84-58 win over Zenit St Petersburg. Mirotic scored 20 points, had 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist and 3 fouls drawn while playing less than 16 minutes. Wrapping up the round's top performers was James Nunnally who paced Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv to a 77-73 win over Panathinaikos OPAP Athens with a game-high 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists for a PIR of 25.
