Baxter won the April BEKO PBL MVP Title
Enisey center Lonnie Baxter won the BEKO PBL MVP of the April Title. Baxter twice won the Round MVP titles in April and still the only player who made it straight. Moreover the American three times took places in the Symbolic fives of 19, 20 and 21 rounds.
Baxter played 5 games in April. He scored 24.2 points in a game in average, made 8 rebounds, 1 steal, 0.4 assists, 0.4 blocked shots and 0.6 dunks. Moreover he made opponent players 5.8 times commit fouls on him. His rating in April is 28.2.
Maciej Lampe too the second place in the month rating. UNICS center played 4 games. He scored 19.8 points in a game, made 9.8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and only 1.8 turnovers, His rating is 26.8.
Third place was taken by another Enisey player – Marcus Williams. The American won the Round 19 MVP title and twice took place in the Symbolic fives of the Rounds. In average Williams scored 19 points in a game, made 8.4 assists, 4.2 rebounds, 1.4 steals and only 1 foul. Also he made opponent players 5.8 times commit fouls on him. His rating is 23.6.
Henry Domercant from Spartak also took a part in the April Symbolic five. He scored 17.2 points in a game, made 3.4 rebounds, 1 assist and 0.8 steals. Also Domercant has the same avount of committed fouls on him as Williams and Baxter – 5.8. His rating is 17.6.
Dynamo guard Victor Keyru also entered the Symbolic five of the month. He scored 19.2 points, made 5.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.4 blocked shots and his month rating is 17.2.
Symbolic five. April 2011.
Marcus Williams (Enisey) – Henry Domercant (Spartak) – Victor Keyru (Dynamo) – Maciej Lampe (UNICS) – Lonnie Baxter (Enisey).
BC Nizhny Novogorod head coach has been named the best coach of 2010/2011 season by the League.
BEKO PBL govering body has discussed possible merge of the league with VTB United league.
Spartak-Primorye from Vladivostok will play in the PBL next season if they are able to meet certain requierements.
The Moscow club is out of the top Russian league due to financial problems.
CSKA captain becomes the most valuable player of the post-season.