Lithuania – Lithuania NKL round 5 best performance: Marius Valukonis

MariusValukonis Forward Marius Valukonis (198-F-88) had a very impressive game in the last round for top-ranked Suduva-Mantinga, receiving a Eurobasket.com NKL Player of the Week award for round 5.The 28-year old player had a double-double of 18 points and 12 rebounds, while his team crushed Perlas-MRU (#4, 3-2) with 23-point margin 92-69. The game was between two of the league’s top four teams. It allowed Suduva-Mantinga to take over top position in the Lithuania NKL. Suduva-Mantinga have a solid 4-1 record. Valukonis has many years of experience at Suduva-Mantinga, through which he has constantly improved. Marius Valukonis averages this season 15.0ppg and 5.6rpg. The second best player in last round’s games was 30-year old Mindaugas Reminas (187-G-86) of Palanga. Reminas had a very good evening with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Bad luck as Palanga was edged by the higher-ranked Mazeikiai (#8, 3-3) 89-87. This loss caused Palanga to drop to 11th position in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of …

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