A career-best performance in a thrilling FC Barcelona road victory has seen Toko Shengelia earn MVP of the Round honors for Round 8. The 34-year-old veteran paced his team to a 76-78 win at Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade with a career-high performance index rating of 42 in his 291st EuroLeague appearance.

Shengelia scored 24 points on 4-for-5 two-pointers, 2-of-3 three-pointers and 10-of-12 free throws. He also had 5 rebounds, 5 assists and a career-best 4 steals, without committing turnovers and drawing 9 drawn fouls. This is Shengelia’s ninth career MVP of the Round honor and his first in almost two years.

The next best PIR, 29, belongs to Partizan center Tyrique Jones, who had a near triple-double performance with 15 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists. Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz guard M

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