By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Tuesday featured no less than six road wins while Wednesday saw some high-octane offensive displays by home teams so the Team of the Week reflects, to an extent, the remarkable individual performances that brought about such results.
The five players who make up Team of the Week for Gameday 6 in the 2019-20 Basketball Champions League Regular Season are Adam Smith of PAOK, Vitor Benite of San Pablo Burgos, Steve Vasturia of RASTA Vechta, Vojtech Hruban of ERA Nymburk and Dyshawn Pierre of Dinamo Sassari.
Adam Smith
The PAOK point guard got the hot hand early on Wednesday night, scoring 13 first-half points in his team’s clash with Casademont Zaragoza to pace the Greek side to a much-needed 93-78 success at home.
Smith finished with 31 points on 11 of 16 shooting from the floor and three rebounds, registering a season-high efficiency rating of 28. The 27-year-old American is the only the second player to score at least 27 points in consecutive games this season.
He is something of a barometer of PAOK this season and his recent performances mirror his team’s resurgence, following a 0-4 start to the season. He has shot 21 of 36 from the floor in the past two games, after going 19 of 63 in his first four appearances.
Smith of course is no stranger to huge performances in the BCL, as he had registered a career-high efficiency rating of 31 on Gameday 2 in the 2017-18 season and was named MVP of the week. On that occasion, he had 25 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists to help his then team Elan Chalon to a win over Capo d’Orlando.