At the end of one of the greatest months of playoff series in EuroLeague history, one of the competition’s biggest stars, Edy Tavares, heads to the Final Four as the EuroLeague MVP for April/May.
Edy Tavares put nearly all of his skills on display in leading Real Madrid back from a 0-2 deficit in its playoff series against Partizan, which contributed greatly to EuroLeague Basketball choosing Tavares as the MVP of the Month.
After an injury made him leave Game 1 early and miss almost half of Game 2, Edy Tavares returned with a vengeance by producing one of the greatest performances in playoff history as the “Whites” faced elimination on the road in Game 3.
He remained at the forefront of Real’s game plan for the rest of the series. In Real’s three playoff victories, Edy Tavares averaged 17.7 points on 67.9% shooting, 8.3 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 1.3 steals for a PIR of 29.0.
Edy Tavares finished the EuroLeague playoffs with an average PIR of 26.8, which was the third-highest ever in a playoff series and the highest for a player on a winning team. He was the playoff leader in average total rebounds (7.5), offensive rebounds (2.8), blocks (1.8) and fouls drawn (6.3), and ranked second in shooting percentage (70.6%), third in points (16.3) and tied for ninth in steals (1.0), lesser numbers than they might have been because he played barely half of Game 1 due to injury.
A two-time winner of the Best Defender Trophy as voted by head coaches, Edy Tavares is in his sixth EuroLeague season, all of which have come with Real. He now heads to his fourth Final Four and will try to win his second continental crown in fine form as the MVP for April/May.
