In the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague roll call, we take a look at five players who had a big impact on their respective games in this latest double-round week.
Roll call, Rounds 20-21: Telling contributions in another double-round week
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Campazzo filled the stat sheet
Real Madrid went unscratched in the double-round week with, as per usual, many different important contributors. One of them was Facundo Campazzo, who started the week off with an all-round performance in a 71-92 win over FC Bayern Munich, a game in which he had 8 points, a career-high 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. On Thursday, his contribution was even more significant. In a 96-86 overtime win over Valencia Basket, Campazzo led all Real Madrid scorers with 19 points on 4-for-6 three-point shooting, in addition to posting 7 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 steals and even 1 block for a 28 PIR. Once again, the Argentine reminded everyone of his quality this week.
Grigonis rained threes for Panathinaikos
Marius Grigonis had arguably his best EuroLeague game in Round 20, when he torched Anadolu Efes Istanbul with a career-high 7 triples on 9 attempts. In an 83-76 win, Grigonis played 35 minutes and finished with 24 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and a career-high 28 PIR. He also had +12 in the plus/minus column. Two days later, Grigonis only scored 5 points in an 88-63 win over AS Monaco. But even though he was just 1-of-6 on field goals in that game, Grigonis still played 32:41 and had a +29, the second-best total on the team. He certainly had a major impact in two important wins for Panathinaikos.
DiBartolomeo lifted Maccabi against Virtus
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv had a big bounce-back win on Wednesday, downing Virtus Segafredo Bologna 95-78, and John DiBartolomeo had one of the best games of his career. DiBartolomeo scored a season-high 16 points, making 3-of-4 three-pointers and all 5 of his free throws. He also pulled down 4 rebounds, had 2 steals and dished 1 assist. With those 5 free throws, and 2 more in an 88-79 loss at Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade on Friday, DiBartolomeo has now gone 57 consecutive free throws without a miss, the third-longest streak in competition history. Igor Rakocevic has the second-longest streak with 58 while the longest streak belongs to Kevin Punter, who made 69 consecutive free throws.
Wilbekin: From 0 to 30 in 48 hours
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul won both of its games in this double-round week, first coming from behind to beat Partizan before downing FC Bayern Munich in overtime, but it was a curious few days for Scottie Wilbekin. The guard contributed 0 points in that triumph over Partizan, but against Bayern, Wilbekin came alive with 30 points, the most he has netted since joining Fenerbahce in the summer of 2022. It was his third-highest total in his 221-game EuroLeague career, while he also went 6-of-10 from three-point range against Bayern, the most triples he has made in a Fenerbahce jersey. It was quite some way to bounce back scoring-wise, that’s for sure.
Parker's consistency paced Barcelona to victories
Barcelona is still undefeated in 2024 thanks to a pair of wins this past week. First, Barcelona beat Olympiacos Piraeus 86-78, then it downed Zalgiris Kaunas 91-73 on Friday night. Jabari Parker was Barca's best and most consistent performer across those two games. Making his fifth and sixth starts of the season, he had a game-high 21 points, 4 rebounds and 1 steal against the Reds, before collecting 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals against Zalgiris. In those two games combined, he made 5-of-10 two-pointers and 7-of-10 threes. Parker finished with a combined PIR of 42 over two games, while Barcelona was +15 with Parker on the floor against Olympiacos and +28 against Zalgiris. Impressive stuff, it has to be said.