Round that smiled at the home teams with only two away victories: that of Valencia in Berlin and of Partizan in the Belgrade derby. Real and Olympiacos remain firm at the top after their respective victories, with Monaco (overtaken Milan) hooking Fenerbahce and Barcelona in third place.
Speaking of the successes of Valencia and Partizan, in the playoff area the victories of Bayern stand out (over Virtus), Panathinaikos who stops the positive streak of Zalgiris. And now the standings are very short with 7 teams in 4pts.
European day that saw excellent performances hail, with as many as 7 players who reached 30 PT.
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Darius Thompson (Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz) 39.5 PT: after the Henry case that shook the whole team to its foundations, let Darius let us talk about Baskonia for other reasons. The all-rounder from Tennessee puts together extra-terrestrial numbers. 19pt with 5/11 shooting are numbers he can do, but what scares him is the assist voice. There, the former Brindisi surpassed himself by churning out as many as 16 for what is his first double-double in the competition. Just to remind you that he gets all the stats dirty, captures 6 rebounds, places a block that will go around the social networks and takes home 5 fouls. Make a statue of this boy. Martian.
Matthew Costello (Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz) 36.3 PT: just to stay at Baskonia and speaking of players with a past in the Bel Paese, it’s up to the former Avellino. A super performance arrives for him after two opaque tests. He puts in 33 (11/14) including the two free throws of victory. Not bad. He adds 5 rebounds and 4 fouls to his offensive production. The 5/8 from three points is the icing on the cake. Killer.
Gabriel Deck (Real Madrid) 36.6 PT: these are the matches in which the South American garra finds its zenith. And in fact from whom if not from someone who lives on these sensations could we expect an exploit. Tonight he equalized his maximum in the evaluation item (33), which he had already touched against Virtus, thanks to the 23pts put on the scoresheet with a sensational 7/9 shooting, to which he added 7 rebounds of which 4 offensive. He makes it plain with the 7 fouls suffered which yield an 8/8 from the line. Soul to heart of Real.
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Billy Baron (EA7 Emporio Armani Milano) -2 PT: the shooter from Pennsylvania is heavily loaded. Not even the memory of the epic pre-Christmas comeback has awakened the Milanese gunslinger from the warmth. Another colorless test, made by 3 miserable dots with 1/4 from long range. Since the famous night of December 23rd he has been traveling with a terrible 11/35 from beyond the arc. And if the best (together with Davies) of these Milan loses, we are not surprised if they have 5 consecutive defeats.
Tibor Pleiss (anadolu Efes Istanbul) -2 PT: coach Ataman said that with Larkin’s return, the German center would return to being the once-dominant player of last season. And it was like this for three races, but this evening he was eaten (sportingly speaking) by the big Basques who, don’t want it, are certainly not the creme de la creme in the role. Only 5 ′ on the court and 2pt scored with 1/3 shooting after which he sat and watched the opponents show without being able to help him.
Mario Hezonja (Real Madrid) 0 PT: the Croatian is going through a somewhat complicated season in which some sharp points break the hegemony of performances that are, to say the least, subdued. And if even in the “Clasico” you don’t find the determination to give 101%, well, there are a few problems. And to think that he had plenty of time available (22 minutes of use), but he exploited them badly, making only 7pts with 3/7 from the field and 4 fouls spent. For the third time this season he closes at 0 rating and this downward performance is certainly not expected from the Croatian talent.
