MIES (Switzerland) – The final week of Basketball Champions League action before the end of 2020 brought good news for Brose Bamberg fans as their team qualified for the Play-Offs, and great news for all the fans who they enjoy seeing high-level displays of the best players.
There were so many individual performances during Matchday 8 that it would be nearly impossible to pick a five-man lineup, but we can still highlight the players below:
Kyan Anderson inspires Falco’s first win over Zaragoza
Falco Szombathely crossed paths with Casademont Zaragoza on Tuesday for the fourth time since the two clubs joined the BCL, but this time the Hungarian team was finally the one to savor victory.
Kyan Anderson was the predominant force in Falco’s triumph for 94-86 over his Spanish rivals, improving his offensive performance dramatically compared to the second leg in Zaragoza, when he added 5 points on 1 of 12 shots from the field.
On Tuesday, Falco’s point guard had 25 points at BCL on 7-of-11 shooting from the field and delivered 9 assists, while collecting 4 rebounds and 1 steal for an efficiency rating of 34.
D’Angelo Harrison has no one to stop him
Going into Tuesday’s clash with Filou Oostende, D’Angelo Harrison He was already the first Happy Casa Brindisi player to string together two back-to-back matches of 20 or more points in the BCL, and adding a third such match to his streak was apparently not enough for the 27-year-old compulsive scorer.
Harrison set a new club record in the competition by becoming the first Brindisi player to score 35 points on 6 of 12 shots from beyond the arc and added 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals for an efficiency rating of 34.
The Brindisi point guard is the league’s leading scorer, averaging 21.8 points per game and has yet to miss a single free throw after 29 attempts since his BCL debut.
Ishmail Wainright leads Strasbourg on the road
Just a month ago, Ishmail Wainright made headlines by posting a double-double of 36 points and 13 rebounds and a stratospheric efficiency rating of 51 in Uganda’s win over Cape Verde in the 2021 FIBA AfroBasket Qualifiers.
On Tuesday, insiders at SIG Strasbourg proved they don’t need to make outrageous numbers to make an impact in the game, as their performance propelled the French side to a crucial away win by 79-76 in Peristeri.
Wainright stayed on the court for 34 minutes, longer than any player on any team, and finished with 18 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal and an efficiency rating of 24, the second-highest of his career at BCL.
Ken Horton gives the champions a needed boost
Inherit San Pablo Burgos played unrecognizable in the opening minutes of his clash with Darüssafaka Tekfen in Istanbul on Tuesday and was behind by 12 points, but after Ken Horton He passed to the controls of the ship of the current champions of the BCL.
The veteran forward came off the bench and quickly hit a triple, then proceeded to take a foul while attempting another triple and made all three free throws. Suddenly, Burgos recalled the qualities that helped them reach the top of the podium less than three months earlier and defeated their Turkish hosts by 74-71.
Horton finished with a high of 20 points on 5-of-7 from beyond the arc, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in just 26 minutes of action, and an efficiency rating of 24 that tied his career record at BCL in the Semifinal against JDA. Dijon in the Final to Eight of Athens.
Flying Michale Kyser signs another great show
There may be critics of the game Michale KyserBut no one can accuse the VEF Riga big man of not having a reel of highlights almost single-handedly every time he goes out onto a basketball court.
Fortunately for VEF, Kyser is not only one of the most spectacular players in the BCL, but he is also a key piece of the team that extended their winning streak to three games on Wednesday by beating by 84-60 a Rytas Vilnius.
Kyser posted an efficiency rating of 29 as he posted a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds and also added 6 assists and 2 blocks for good measure. He is now the league’s top shotblocker, averaging 2.5 blocks per game, and the fifth-best rebounder with 8.3 rebounds per game.
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