The 20th Euroleague race was completed and did not make us wiser. In fact, he confirmed two data. Sasha and his team are the two best players in the event and Olympiacos and Panathinaikos are the two best teams. After the end of the 20th turn, Olympiacos plays at the top of the score with a 14-6 record, while Panathinaikos is in second place 13-7. The two Greek teams are in a semi-wild state and unless they are difficult to predict, they will not have the seat advantage in the playoffs. Olympiacos leveled Bayern Munich 112-69, while Panathinaikos was comfortable with Partizan 96-84. Both Greek teams reached five straight wins in the Euroleague and are rightly considered the ultimate favourites for Abu Dhabi’s Final Four. Olympiacos and Panathinaikos have the best Euroleague teams, while they have on their roster both top players of the event, Sasha Vezenkov and Kendrik Nan. Both are in semi-wild condition and will fight their own battle for the season’s MVP award. CORVERSE Sasha Vezenkov made sure to shock Europe with the 45 points he scored against Bayern Munich. Bulgarian forward broke his record in scoring, achieving 45 points, broke his record in the two-points with 10/10 (he had nine in the final of the season 2022/23 with Real), broke his record in three-pointers with 8/10 (he had 6 three-points in games with Alba of the 2020/21), also broke his record in the PIR statistical category with 52 points in the rating system (he had 43 in a match against Bayern of the season 2022/23). George Bartzokas withdrew him in two minutes before the finale of the match, with Vezenkov missing the great opportunity to write the ultimate story, scoring most points in one game from any other Euroleague player. 45 points are the third largest harvest in the history of Euroleague, behind only Larkin (49) and Hayes (50). For his part, Kendrick Nan is the fear and terror of every defense in the Euroleague. He puts the ball in the basket in any way he wants and is the first scorer of the event. The American guard is in a lunar state after his punishment and distributes one 30-year-old after another. Kendrick Nan has entered a very closed league of Euroleague players who count five match streaks with 25+ points! After Keith Langford, Milos Vujanic and Dejan Tomasevic, the American guard became the only fourth player in the history of the event to reach the five-series match with more than 25 points, having the opportunity the following week against Barcelona (15/01) to write a new record! For the record, the 29-year-old shooter counted 27 points in Virtus, 27 in Bayern, 26 on Basconia and 39 against Armani Milan.
Vezenkov and Nan drive Olympiacos and Panathinaikos and launch them at Euroleague
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