Zenit guard Billy Baron has won September-October MVP of 2020/21 VTB United League.
Most valuable player award is presented by ALROSA – world leader in diamond mining and premier Russian diamond manufacture. MVP is kind of diamond of very high quality of each game requirement.
Title’s Information partner is TASS.
Zenit won all 4 starting games (against Khimki, Kalev, Zielona Gora and Tsmoki-Minsk) and are ranked 1st with a 4-0 record.
Billy Baron was Zenit’s leader in September and October with an average of 16.3 points (52.4% FG), 4.3 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 1.3 steals with 17.3 efficiency points.
Baron led his team in season opener against Khimki (79:67) becoming top scorer of the night with 16 points. Plus, the guard added 4 assists and 3 rebounds.
“Thanks for the award! Probably, the first game was the most memorable. It was important for us to win at Khimki,” Baron noted. “We knew based on pre-season games that we had a good team, but we had to stick to the plan and work hard in the fourth quarter. Good season start for us, it helped go forward.”