By Aris Barkas/ barkas@eurohoops.net
As you can see in the standings, Zalgiris is now tied with Fenerbahce Dogus at the fourth spot with a 9-5 record stunning everyone around Europe. The second part of the tw0-games week ended up with close contest, as you can see in our Game Center and Baskonia adding to the woes of Barcelona.
And that brings us to our MVP.
MVP
Toko Shengeila
He had an amazing first half with 20 points, however he set a new career high with 24 points in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and made two crucial free throws in the last seconds, helping Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz seal the big win over FC Barcelona Lassa. He will share the official MVP weekly award with Cory Higgins who also registered a new career high, however Higgins did it by shooting 16 free throws, while Shengelia had only six attempts from the charity line.
Best Five
- Norris Cole: Once again he reminded to everyone who he is with 19 points, 3/4 threes, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, leading Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv to the big win over Fenerbahce Dogus.
- Toko Shengeila: He is the go to guy of this version of Baskonia.
- Nikita Kurbanov: He was all over the floor with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists as CSKA Moscow got the win over Khimki Moscow Region in the Russian match up of the week
- Trey Thompkins: Real Madrid is not only Luka Doncic and Thompkins proved it with 20 points and 5 rebounds against Brose Bamberg.
- James Gist: With Calathes out, he emerged as the leader of Panathinaikos with 16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks in the road win of Panathinaikos at Belgrade against Crvena Zvezda.
Coach of the week: Sarunas Jasikevicius
The magic bus of Zalgiris Kaunas keeps turning heads all around Europe and Sarunas Jasikevicius should be proud of his team. And this time he even smiled when Milakins made the three. Jasikevicius is proving every week that he can be a legend in coaching, like he was a legend during his playing days.
Last word: Kill Bill
Two things are certain: The sun will rise every day and Vasilis Spanoulis will always go for the kill.