Blakeney and Bryant Share EuroLeague Round 8 MVP Award

Antonio Blakeney and Elijah Bryant shared the Round MVP award in Round 8 of the EuroLeague. Hapoel Tel Aviv beat Anadolu Efes 118-88 at home, holding their opponent to 88 points. Both players finished the game with 35 efficiency points.

Blakeney played the best EuroLeague game of his career against Efes, scoring 35 points. The American guard shot 4/5 on 2-point attempts and 8/9 from beyond the three-point line. He also grabbed 3 rebounds and drew 4 fouls. It was the first time he earned this honor in his EuroLeague career.

Bryant finished the game with 16 points, a career-high 12 assists, 3 rebounds and 4 steals. He missed only one field goal attempt. He shot 4/5 on 2-point shots and 2/2 on threes. This was Bryant's third Round MVP award this season and the sixth of his career.

Blakeney and Bryant became only the third pair of players from the same team to share a Round MVP award in EuroLeague history. The previous pair to do so was Mirsad Turkcan and Alphonso Ford, who achieved it in the 2002/03 season with Montepaschi Siena. Other standout players of the round included Tyson Carter of Crvena Zvezda and Kendrick Nunn of Panathinaikos, who followed the pair with 26 efficiency points each. Carter scored 24 points against Maccabi Tel Aviv, while Nunn scored 20 points and had 6 assists against Olimpia Milano.