Andrey Kirilenko – is the MVP of VTB United League regular season

CSKA forward Andrey Kirilenko added another title to his multiple titles – the MVP of VTB United League regular season.
Most valuable player of the regular season was determined due to poll on the League’s web-site, players’ efficiency rate (sum of statistic rates), MVP of the month titles and being in month’s symbolic five during current season and VTB United League council experts’ and Sport-Express newspaper opinion.

As a result, Kirilenko scored 18 points leaving behind in the top for one point Khimki forward Kresimir Loncar and for two – the center of Lietuvos Rytas Jonas Valanciunas.

This season, Kirilenko played in nine matches made 10.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.3 block-shots and 2.0 assists per game, largely contributed to the successful performance of his team - CSKA won the first place in the group and got to the VTB United League Final Four. We remind that 30-year-old Russian forward during the regular season four times got to the symbolic five of best players of the month.

Into symbolic top five of the regular season determined by VTB United League and «Sport-Express» newspaper along with Kirilenko are included forward Kresimir Loncar (Khimki), center Jonas Valanciunas (Lietuvos Rytas), guards Patrick Beverley (Spartak) and Henry Domercant (UNICS).

How was the MVP of regular season determined

Fans’ version*:
1. Jonas Valanciunas (Lietuvos Rytas) - 8 points (36%)
2. Kresimir Loncar (Khimki) - 7 points (22%)
3. Andrey Kirilenko (CSKA) - 6 points (14%)
4. Paulius Jankunas (Zalgiris) - 5 points (12%)
5. Semen Antonov (Nizhniy Novgorod) - 4 points (6%)
6. Jeremiah Massey (Lokomotiv-Kuban) - 3 points (5%)
7. Patrick Beverley (Spartak) - 2 points (4%)
8. Henry Domercant (UNICS) - 1 point (1%)

* - For the players selected by the expert council of the League from eight clubs which made their way to the playoffs of the championship.

Rating of effectiveness*:
1. Kresimir Loncar (Khimki) - 5 points (efficacy per game - 18.1)
2. Jonas Valanciunas (Lietuvos Rytas)  - 4 points (16.5)
3. Patrick Beverley (Spartak) - 3 points (15.6)
4. Andrey Kirilenko (CSKA) - 2 points (15.1)
5. Jeremiah Massey (Lokomotiv-Kuban) - 1 point (14.8)

*- For players whose clubs made their way to the playoffs of the championship.

MVP and symbolic five of the month*:
1. Andrey Kirilenko (CSKA) - 4 points (4 times in the top five)
2. Chester Simmons (Nymburk) - 3 points (MVP 1 time + 1 in the top five)
3. Jonas Valanciunas (Lietuvos Rytas), Patrick Beverley (Spartak), Rawle Marshall (Astana), Michal Ignerski (Nizhniy Novgorod), Vladimir Veremeenko (UNICS) - 2 points (MVP 1 time), Kresimir Loncar (Khimki), Vitaliy Fridzon (Khimki) - 2 points (2 times in the top five).
4. Paulius Jankunas (Zalgiris), Jeremiah Massey (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Henry Domercant (UNICS), Adrian Abrams (Nymburk), Sandis Valters (VEF), Andrey Vorontsevich (CSKA), Yotam Halperin (Spartak), Lynn Greer (UNICS), Nenad Krstic (CSKA), Jack McClinton (Budivelnik), Oleksiy Pecherov (Azovmash), Lonniel Rush (Krasnye Krylia), Petr Samoilenko (UNICS), Courtney Sims (VEF) , Kristaps Janicenoks (VEF) - 1 point (1 in the top five).

*- For the title of MVP player gets 2 points, for getting into the symbolic five - 1 point.

Experts of VTB United League:
1. Andrey Kirilenko (CSKA) - 3 points
2. Jonas Valanciunas (Lietuvos Rytas) - 2 points
3. Kresimir Loncar (Khimki) - 1 point

Experts of «Sport-Express»:
1. Andrey Kirilenko (CSKA) - 3 points
2. Kresimir Loncar (Khimki) - 2 points
3. Patrick Beverley (Spartak) - 1 point

Results:
1. Andrey Kirilenko (CSKA) - 18 points
2. Kresimir Loncar (Khimki) - 17 points
3. Jonas Valanciunas (Lietuvos Rytas) - 16 points
4. Patrick Beverley (Spartak) - 8 points
5. Paulius Jankunas (Zalgiris) - 6 points
6. Jeremiah Massey (Lokomotiv-Kuban) - 5 points
7. Semen Antonov (Nizhniy Novgorod) - 4 points
8. Chester Simmons (Nymburk) - 3 points
9-13. Henry Domercant (UNICS), Vladimir Veremeenko (UNICS), Michal Ignerski (Nizhniy Novgorod/Lokomotiv-Kuban), Rawle Marshall (Astana), Vitaliy Fridzon (Khimki) - 2 points.
14-25. Adrian Abrams (Nymburk), Sandis Valters (VEF), Andrey Vorontsevich (CSKA), Yotam Halperin (Spartak), Lynn Greer (UNICS), Nenad Krstic (CSKA), Jack McClinton (Budivelnik), Oleksiy Pecherov (Azovmash), Lonniel Rush (Krasnye Krylia), Petr Samoilenko (UNICS), Courtney Sims (VEF) , Kristaps Janicenoks (VEF) - 1 point.

- This year the situation is that I am not interested - in what tournament we play, at what stage ... - said the MVP of VTB United League-2011/12 Andrey Kirilenko. - I go to the court and enjoy every minute. Perhaps that's what comes with my age. At the same time I feel a great responsibility for the results of CSKA. We have to win every game - regardless of the strength of the opponent, the match status and other factors. So I do not distinguish games and tournaments between important and not very important. The same is about the individual titles. Any appreciation of professional merit is pleasant.

Full interview with Andrey Kirilenko you can read on our web-site under «Interviews»