Euro Roundup: Bargnani fantastic in the Euroleague
By Jonathan Givony

With href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> Euroleague href=/profile//> report href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> Italy href=/profile//> our href=/profile//> Italian href=/profile//> scout href=/profile//> Carlo href=/profile//> Sandrinelli href=/profile//> chimes href=/profile//> in: href=/profile//> href=/profile//> Again, href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> nice href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Andrea href=/profile//> Bargnani, href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Benetton's href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Strasbourg href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 20 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> (6/10 href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> field href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 3/4 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> treys), href=/profile//> 5 href=/profile//> rebs, href=/profile//> 4 href=/profile//> steals href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 10 href=/profile//> fouls href=/profile//> drawn href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> 32 href=/profile//> minutes href=/profile//> (a href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> high). href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> showed href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> all, href=/profile//> slashing href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> basket href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> usual href=/profile//> quickness, href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> rhythm href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> couple href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> blocks href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> defense. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> remember href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> mid-range href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dribble href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> pure href=/profile//> Nowitzki. href=/profile//>

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In href=/profile//> LegaDue, href=/profile//> Danilo href=/profile//> Gallinari href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> (although href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> loss), href=/profile//> recording href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> career-high href=/profile//> 22 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> (5-9 href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> field href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 3-3 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> 3-pointers, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 9-9 href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> free-throw href=/profile//> line), href=/profile//> 4 href=/profile//> steals, href=/profile//> 3 href=/profile//> assists href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 8 href=/profile//> fouls href=/profile//> drawn href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> 35 href=/profile//> minutes.

This href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> weekend, href=/profile//> Gallinari href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 16 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> 6/10 href=/profile//> shooting href=/profile//> (being href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> scorer href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Pavia) href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 6 href=/profile//> rebounds, href=/profile//> although href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> again. href=/profile//>

Bargnani href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> quiet, href=/profile//> having href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> foul href=/profile//> trouble href=/profile//> (eventually href=/profile//> fouling href=/profile//> out), href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Benetton's href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Livorno. href=/profile//> His href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> falling href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> (0/3 href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> beyond href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> arc), href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 6 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 7 href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> block href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> 18 href=/profile//> minutes.
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