Greek forward Kostas Papanikolaou ('90), from Olympiakos, has been the best prospect of the Euroleague's third round after crashing Unicaja Malaga with 17 points (6/7 FG and 3/3 FT), 6 rebounds and a 24 valoration in only 27 minutes (93-66). The player has started all three Euroleague games played, with Nesterovic, Nielsen, Spanoulis and Teodosic. Dusan Ivkovic squad is leading group B with a 2-1 record. What other Eurohopes prospects made a good job this week in the top european competition?

 

-Mario Delas ('90, Cibona): Scored 13 points, pulled down 6 rebounds and made a 2/4 from 3 points line, even croatians lost in Siena (80-57).

-Nihad Djedovic ('90, Roma): The guard loaned from FC Barcelona nailed 13 points, with 2 assists and 2 steals, in the losing effort against Real Madrid (56-74).

-Tomislav Zubcic ('90, Cibona): His second game in a row scoring in double digits. The forward ended with 11 points and 5 boards in 23 minutes.  

-Tibor Pleiss ('89, Bamberg): Good game of the center, finishing with 8 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists at home against Charleroi (79-69).

 

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