McCarty won the BEKO PBL Championship MVP Round 17
UNICS forward Kelly McCarty won the BEKO PBL Round 17 MVP title. Anton Ponkrashov, Egor Vialtsev, Zakhar Pashutin and Alexander Dedushkin entered the MVP Top-5.
The game against Triumph became the best for Kelly McCarty who has repeated the record of player’s rating in one game made by Spartak Henry Domercant before. McCarty’s ranking is 40. He became the fourth player in the season who rating is more than 30 with Henry Domercant, Marcus Williams and Eugeny Voronov.
Kelly McCarty scored 33 points, made 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 blocked shot and 1 slam dunk in the game against Triumph.
Triumph guard Egor Vialtsev gained the second place in the rating with 30 ranking points. Vialtsev made his third double-double in the season. He scored 22 points, made 11 assists, 1 rebound. Also 6 times he made UNICS players to commit fouls on him.
Spartak playmaker Anton Ponkrashov took the third place in the BEKO PBL Round 17 MVP rating. He scored 22 points, made 3 assists, 2 rebounds in the game against Enisey. His rating is 24.
The fourth place is taken by Krasnye Krylya center Alexander Dedushkin. He scored 15 points, made 13 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. If he didn’t make 8 turnovers he could gain the Round 17 MVP title. His rating is 23.
UNICS defender Zakhar Pashutin took the fifth place in the rating. He scord 19 points, made 5 assists, 3 rebounds and 1 steal in the game against Triumph. His rating is 21.
Symbolic five. Round 17.
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Anton Ponkrashov (Spartak) – Egor Vialtsev (Triumph) – Kelly McCarty (UNICS) – Pero Antic (Spartak) – Alexander Dedushkin (Krasnye Krylya).
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