Latvia – Best players of Latvia LBL round 8

ViktorsIljins Viktors Iljins (212-C-91) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Jurmala and that’s him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 8.The 25-year old center had a double-double of 22 points and ten rebounds, while his team crushed Valka/Valga (#10, 1-4) with 17-point margin 81-64. Jurmala is placed at 5th position in Latvia LBL. Jurmala is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 4-5 record. Iljins turned to be Jurmala’s top player in his first season with the team. Iljins has impressive league stats. He is in league’s top in rebounds (8th best: 6.2rpg).The second most remarkable performance in last round’s games was 25-year old power forward Roberts Freimanis (204-F/C-91) of Barons Riga. Freimanis impressed basketball fans with 18 points and 6 rebounds. It was enough for Barons Riga to edge the higher-ranked Ventspils (#1, 7-1) by 4 points 66-62. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Barons Riga …

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