Euroleague – Euroleague round 8 best performance: Paulius Jankunas

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PauliusJankunas Power forward Paulius Jankunas (205-PF-84) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Zalgiris, receiving a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 8.The 32-year old player was the main contributor (30 points, eight rebounds) in Zalgiris game versus CSKA. They already lost 6 games and recorded just two victories. In the team’s last game Jankunas had a remarkable 53.8% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at Zalgiris, through which he has constantly improved. Paulius Jankunas averages this season 12.9ppg and 6.6rpg. The second best player in last round’s games was 27-year old German Tibor Pleiss (217-C-89) of Galatasaray. Pleiss had a very good evening with 22 points and 8 rebounds. It was enough for Galatasaray to edge the higher-ranked Darussafaka (#5, 5-3) 85-81. This victory allowed Galatasaray to leave bottom place moving a little bit up to 15th position in the standings. 6 lost games are too many comparing to just …

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