Euro Roundup: Belinelli and Fernández shine
By Luis Fernández

Andrea href=/profile//> Bargnani href=/profile//> monopolized href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> spotlight href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> week href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> awesome href=/profile//> performance href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Euroleague href=/profile//> (already href=/profile//> commented href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> DraftExpress). href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> comeback href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> domestic href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> wasn’t href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> sweet. href=/profile//> Our href=/profile//> Italian href=/profile//> correspondent href=/profile//> Carlo href=/profile//> Sandrinelli href=/profile//> reports href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> us:

It href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> interesting href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> fought href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> until href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> (Rome href=/profile//> eventually href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> 75-72 href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Benetton). href=/profile//> Bargnani href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> minutes, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> quarters, href=/profile//> confirmed href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> we’d href=/profile//> already href=/profile//> seen href=/profile//> earlier href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season: href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> performance, href=/profile//> comes href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> one. href=/profile//> His href=/profile//> statline href=/profile//> doesn't href=/profile//> tell href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> story href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> tonight. href=/profile//> His href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> definitely href=/profile//> wasn't href=/profile//> falling, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> main href=/profile//> concern href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> him: href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> 30 href=/profile//> minutes, href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> passive href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> distracted, href=/profile//> showing href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> aggressiveness href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> taking href=/profile//> advantage href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Righetti href=/profile//> (way href=/profile//> shorter href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> him) href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> guarding href=/profile//> him. href=/profile//> Benetton href=/profile//> tried href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> feed href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> post href=/profile//> several href=/profile//> times, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> seemed href=/profile//> unable href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> position href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> receive href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball. href=/profile//> Defensively, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> better, href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> block href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> forced href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> couple href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> fouls, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> sometimes href=/profile//> seemed href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bit href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> court. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> pulled href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> 7 href=/profile//> rebounds, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> mostly href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> size href=/profile//> advantage href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Rome’s href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> men. href=/profile//>
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However, href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> 7 href=/profile//> minutes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fourth href=/profile//> quarter, href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Benetton href=/profile//> trailing href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> 9 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> seemed href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> player, href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> different href=/profile//> attitude. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> showed href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> intensity href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> desire, href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> boards, href=/profile//> taking href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> shots href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> afraid href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> additional href=/profile//> mistakes, href=/profile//> earning href=/profile//> 6 href=/profile//> free href=/profile//> throws href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> aggressiveness. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> committed href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> 4th href=/profile//> foul href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 5:30 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> clock, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> kept href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> thinking href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//> After href=/profile//> Bodiroga href=/profile//> nailed href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> free href=/profile//> throws href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 20 href=/profile//> seconds href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> (putting href=/profile//> Rome href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> 5) href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Mordente href=/profile//> nearly href=/profile//> committed href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> turnover href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> 10 href=/profile//> seconds href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> through href=/profile//> David href=/profile//> Hawkins' href=/profile//> pressure, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> seemed href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> over; href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Bargnani href=/profile//> received href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> outside, href=/profile//> near href=/profile//> Rome’s href=/profile//> bench, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> hit href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> beautiful href=/profile//> off-the-dribble href=/profile//> 3 href=/profile//> pointer href=/profile//> (just href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> shooting href=/profile//> guard) href=/profile//> while href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> strictly href=/profile//> guarded href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> Marko href=/profile//> Tusek, href=/profile//> giving href=/profile//> Benetton href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> extra href=/profile//> chance. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> couldn't href=/profile//> eventually href=/profile//> capitalize, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> nevertheless, href=/profile//> Bargnani's href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> effort href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> quarter href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> see, href=/profile//> especially href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> such href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> until href=/profile//> then.

His href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> statline: href=/profile//> 13 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> 3/10 href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> field href=/profile//> (2/5 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> 3FGs) href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 5/6 href=/profile//> FTs, href=/profile//> 11 href=/profile//> rebounds, href=/profile//> 4 href=/profile//> steals, href=/profile//> 1 href=/profile//> block, href=/profile//> 3 href=/profile//> TOs href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> 29 href=/profile//> minutes; href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> stats href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> quarter: href=/profile//> 10 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> 2/4 href=/profile//> FGs href=/profile//> (1/3 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> 3FGs), href=/profile//> 5/6 href=/profile//> FTs, href=/profile//> 4 href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> steal href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> 7 href=/profile//> minutes.

We href=/profile//> stick href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Carlo href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> dig href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> Marco href=/profile//> Belinelli’s href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> latest href=/profile//> showing.

href=/profile//> Yet href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> wonderful href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Italian href=/profile//> League, href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Climamio href=/profile//> Bologna href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> Carpisa href=/profile//> Napoli: href=/profile//> Bologna href=/profile//> eventually href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> 112-107 href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> overtimes, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Belinelli href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> impressive.

Besides href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> usual href=/profile//> excellent href=/profile//> movement href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> open href=/profile//> 3 href=/profile//> pointers, href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> showed href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> threat href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dribble, href=/profile//> passing href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> extremely href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> defending href=/profile//> Napoli’s href=/profile//> guards href=/profile//> decently, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> pulling href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> generally href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> under href=/profile//> pressure. href=/profile//> For href=/profile//> example, href=/profile//> hitting href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> crucial href=/profile//> 3-pointer href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> OT href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> gave href=/profile//> Climamio href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> 4-point href=/profile//> lead, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> dishing href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> assist href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> Becirovic href=/profile//> trey href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> possession, href=/profile//> never href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> coolness href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> Jon href=/profile//> Stefansson href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> defending href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> physical href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> him. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> leadership href=/profile//> potential href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> sure, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> me href=/profile//> rethink href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> possibly href=/profile//> becoming href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> PG, href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> least href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> combo href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> positions. href=/profile//> His href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> statline href=/profile//> says href=/profile//> 25 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> 9/17 href=/profile//> shooting href=/profile//> (3/7 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> 3FGs), href=/profile//> 4/4 href=/profile//> FTs, href=/profile//> 5 href=/profile//> rebounds, href=/profile//> 5 href=/profile//> steals href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 5 href=/profile//> assists href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> 37 href=/profile//> minutes.

Thabo href=/profile//> Sefolosha href=/profile//> joined href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> party href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Italian href=/profile//> League href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> performance href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Angelico href=/profile//> Biella href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> victory href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Bipop href=/profile//> Carire href=/profile//> Reggio href=/profile//> Emilia. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Swissman href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> minutes href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> delivering href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> all-around href=/profile//> showings, href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 10 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 8 href=/profile//> rebounds, href=/profile//> 5 href=/profile//> assists href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> steals.

The href=/profile//> ACB href=/profile//> League href=/profile//> brings href=/profile//> us href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> awesome href=/profile//> showing href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> Rudy href=/profile//> Fernández. href=/profile//> Leading href=/profile//> DKV href=/profile//> Joventut href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> smashing href=/profile//> victory href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Etosa href=/profile//> Alicante, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Spanish href=/profile//> shooting href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> 27 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 7 href=/profile//> rebounds, href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> assists href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 3 href=/profile//> steals.

Tiago href=/profile//> Splitter href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> excellent href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> shine href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> weekend, href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> Luis href=/profile//> Scola href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> suffering href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> plantar href=/profile//> fasciitis href=/profile//> problems href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> rested href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Tau’s href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Forum href=/profile//> Valladolid. href=/profile//> Without href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> main href=/profile//> post href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> reference href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> court, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Brazilian href=/profile//> didn’t href=/profile//> waste href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> opportunity, href=/profile//> leading href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 18 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> while href=/profile//> adding href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> 7 href=/profile//> boards, href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> key href=/profile//> contribution href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> victory.

A href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Addeco href=/profile//> Estudiantes href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Pamesa href=/profile//> Valencia href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> search href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> playoff href=/profile//> spot. href=/profile//> Youth href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> prominent href=/profile//> role, href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> Sergio href=/profile//> Rodríguez href=/profile//> delivered href=/profile//> 15 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> rebounds, href=/profile//> 4 href=/profile//> assists href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> steals, href=/profile//> while href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> generation href=/profile//> mate href=/profile//> Carlos href=/profile//> Suárez href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> rebounding, href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 21 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 6 href=/profile//> boards, href=/profile//> plus href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> steals.

Olimpija href=/profile//> Ljubljana href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> slowly href=/profile//> changing href=/profile//> its href=/profile//> dynamic href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Adriatic href=/profile//> League, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> enjoys href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> consecutive href=/profile//> victories href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Siroki, href=/profile//> although href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> qualification href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Final href=/profile//> Eight href=/profile//> seems href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> shot. href=/profile//> Yotam href=/profile//> Halperin href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 26 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 4 href=/profile//> assists, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Hasan href=/profile//> Rivcic href=/profile//> contributed href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 6 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> 13 href=/profile//> rebounds. href=/profile//> Helios href=/profile//> didn’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> slightest href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> powerful href=/profile//> FMP, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> Domen href=/profile//> Lorbek href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> deliver href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> usual href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> production, href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 18 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> plus href=/profile//> 3 href=/profile//> assists.

An href=/profile//> excellent href=/profile//> showing href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Kosta href=/profile//> Perovic href=/profile//> helping href=/profile//> Partizan href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> spectacular href=/profile//> overtime href=/profile//> victory href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Zadar; href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> 22 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 9 href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 3 href=/profile//> steals. href=/profile//> For href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Croatian href=/profile//> team, href=/profile//> Jure href=/profile//> Lalic href=/profile//> contributed href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 13 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 6 href=/profile//> rebounds. href=/profile//> Another href=/profile//> overtime href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> needed href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Vrsac, href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> Geoplin href=/profile//> Slovan href=/profile//> fell href=/profile//> short href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> victory href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Hemofarm href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> toughest href=/profile//> courts href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Goran href=/profile//> Dragic href=/profile//> having href=/profile//> 13 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 5 href=/profile//> rebounds, href=/profile//> 4 href=/profile//> assists href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> steals.

In href=/profile//> Serbia, href=/profile//> Borac href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Mega href=/profile//> Ishrana, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> Milos href=/profile//> Teodosic href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Dragan href=/profile//> Labovic href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> part. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> 18 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 4 href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> each, href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Dragan href=/profile//> adding href=/profile//> 3 href=/profile//> steals. href=/profile//> Meanwhile, href=/profile//> Buducnost href=/profile//> rolled href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Mornar href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Vladimir href=/profile//> Dasic href=/profile//> delivering href=/profile//> 16 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> steals.

In href=/profile//> Croatia, href=/profile//> Split href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> away href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> victory href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Zagorje, href=/profile//> thanks href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> performance href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> Hrvoje href=/profile//> Peric, href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> 30 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 7 href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> crucial href=/profile//> game.

In href=/profile//> Greece, href=/profile//> Costas href=/profile//> Vassiliadis href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> hero href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> PAOK. href=/profile//> Staying href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> court href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> full href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 21 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 4 href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> assists href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> victory href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Panionios.

Although href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> stat-wise, href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> Greek href=/profile//> delivered href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> excellent href=/profile//> performance; href=/profile//> Panagiotis href=/profile//> Vasilopoulos href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> extremely href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> piece href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Olympiacos href=/profile//> helping href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Greek href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> victory href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Top-16 href=/profile//> stage href=/profile//> while href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> closer href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> unexpected href=/profile//> quarterfinal href=/profile//> appearance. href=/profile//> Showing href=/profile//> excellent href=/profile//> defensive href=/profile//> ability, href=/profile//> intense href=/profile//> pressure href=/profile//> stopping href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> matchup href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> aggressive href=/profile//> intimidation, href=/profile//> along href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> usual href=/profile//> sober href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> display href=/profile//> based href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> three-pointers, href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> penetrations href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> movement, href=/profile//> Panagiotis href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 9 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 8 href=/profile//> rebounds, href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> assists href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 3 href=/profile//> blocks href=/profile//> (a href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> might href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> gone href=/profile//> uncredited). href=/profile//> For href=/profile//> Zalgiris, href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> Paulius href=/profile//> Jankunas, href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> 15 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 11 href=/profile//> rebounds, href=/profile//> although href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> teammates, href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> nightmares href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Sofoklis href=/profile//> Schortsanitis, href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> massacred href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Lithuanian href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> men href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> Shaq-esque href=/profile//> performance.