Second event of the season con Euroleague Weeklythe Eurodevotion container in 10 flashes from the week of Round 3 in the major continental tournament.
The sore notes
- 65 to 86 firms Nunn (30), Osman (20) and Juancho (15). Pana plays with three men today, Ataman even says that only Nunn will try. Ok, there are problems but it’s October 11th and that devil Ergin knows how to handle these things like no one else.
- 17 offensive rebounds by the wingers in the two victories in Paris. “Tagging up” produces results, Tabellini’s team produces basketball more through the system than with individuals, given that it is certainly not the best roster of the tournament…
- Virtus lost 50 balls in three European matches, 40 in the last two, compared to 57 assists, of which 42 in the last two outings and 15 in the W with Real. Paris aside, the assist/missal ratio was a fair sign of quality (37/24), however overall greater control over the pace of the match is needed, something already suffered in Valencia.
- Baskonia? Markus Howard’s 9.3 points per game on 33.3% from beyond the arc isn’t sustainable. All the mitigating circumstances in the world given the very annoying muscle injury in the preseason but without him it is very difficult to make progress. Vitoria urgently needs a guard also because he and Nowell cannot be paired.
- Ups and downs. Kameron Taylor with two errors gives the victory to a Barça that today has a defense that is leaking on all sides, Kevin Punter is incredible in the final quarter and it is confirmed that, especially in the absence of Laprovittola, the Blaugrana cannot do without the former Partizan in the phenomenon version.
Maccabi in NBA style, but not only
- Coming off two defeats, Kattash is starting to find the square. The yellow and blue play NBA style basketball and show talent, athleticism and physicality in industrial quantities.
- Ok, Hapoel lost, but Antonio Blakeney confirms itself as a “scorer” of the highest level. 17.7 on average with 8/12 from three and 21/25 on the free throw line after three games. 3 fouls suffered per evening. Only 36.4% from two is a bit surprising, moreover on only 11 attempts.
- Sterling Brown is worth the best in the league so far. 16.7 for 17.0 rating with 64.7% from two and 46.2% from three, numbers that would even be low if the player wasn’t the protagonist of several plays in the most important moments of the matches. Last year it closed with 12.4 points and 11.5 rating. Attention!
- Another Round in which no match is won by scoring less than 80 points. Maccabi’s 103 and Barça’s 108 are the eighth and ninth victories over triple figures. Last season we had to wait until Round 12 to reach 9 winning runs over 100.
Chima Moneke and those honey words…
- The beautiful word they always strike a chord in sensitive hearts, but in the world of basketball, after an absurd dismissal like that of Sfairopoulos, they must be weighed carefully. Zvezda’s reaction was good, Moneke’s race was excellent but frankly a lot of doubts remain.
