My main man Sonny Weems made a little noise in Europe today by dropping 22 points on 8-16 in an 11-point Zalgiris win over Brose Baskets. Brose Baskets has now lost three Euroleague games in a row, but hell, Zalgiris was yet to win one this season. Sonny’s 22 were a game high, and his six boards tied him for a team high. He continues to shoot well from long distance (4-7), a promising sign. When Sonny left for Lithuania you may recall that I cited three-point shooting as one of the aspects of his game which needed the most improvement. Yes, the line is a little closer over there, but 9-16 in his four Euroleague contests is still very impressive. One of today’s triples was of the buzzer-beating variety. You’ll see it, along with a monster jam, in the following video…
In other week four Euroleague news…
-Nicolas Batum was named MVP with a line of 21/9/4 in a five-point SLUC Nancy victory over Caja Laboral. This is Batum’s second weekly MVP award in three weeks. Washington Wizard Kevin Seraphin had 12/5 in the same contest.
-Jordan Farmar dropped 18 points to lead Maccabi Electra over Anadolu Efes. In the same game, Sasha “The Machine” Vujacic let 13 three-pointers fly (only made 4) in a losing effort.
-Acie Law and Nikola Pekovic combined for 34 points to help Partizan earn a one-point victory over Real Madrid.
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What’s up with the narrator? Dude is weirder than the guy that does the NBA.com top 10s.
