By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Puerto Rican forward Isaiah Pineiro making things happen for Darussafaka included an impressive dunk to set himself in the first place of the weekly Basketball Champions League Top 5 Plays. The flight contributed to his 20-point effort as Dacka defeated Baxi Manresa in Round of 16 Gameday 5 action at home Wednesday and remained in the hunt for a spot in the Quarterfinals.
With one of his three rejections of the night, Jeremy Simmons locked on Aaron Jones and from there earned second-best honors in the Top 5. The experienced forward, former Charleston standout, posting a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double also helped Tofas Bursa outlast Italian visitor NutriBullet Treviso in overtime Wednesday.
A recent addition to Unicaja and former NBA player, Cameron Oliver went way over the rim to receive the pass from Dejan Kravic and complete an alley-oop dunk. The Spanish outfit managed to clinch a berth to the next round, despite the loss to Filou Oostende Wednesday.
Sitting in fourth place, Joe Ragland set up high-flying Michale Kyser for one of his latest throwdowns. The experienced guard went for 15 points and nine assists lifting Hapoel U-NET Holon to the key win versus MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg in Germany Wednesday.
Facing SIG Strasbourg in the Monday “Game of the Week”, Zoltan Perl’s no-look kick-out assist to Deontae Hawkins came in fifth. However, his 24-point, 10-rebound double-double was not enough to prevent Falco Szombathely from getting eliminated.
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