Hot-handed Marc Gasol takes out Quarter-Final Top Performer honors
ISTANBUL (FIBA EuroBasket 2017) - With a spectacular third-quarter shooting performance, Marc Gasol powered Spain into another Semi-Final, picking up an efficiency ranking of 37 in the process.
ISTANBUL (FIBA EuroBasket 2017) - With a spectacular third-quarter shooting performance, Marc Gasol powered Spain into another Semi-Final, picking up an efficiency ranking of 37 in the process.
Gasol ended the night with 28 points and 10 rebounds, hitting 4-of-6 from downtown, with 18 of those points coming in his third-quarter blitz, effectively knocking Germany out of the game.
Slovenia's lethal pairing of Luka Doncic and Goran Dragic also made the Top Performers' team, both starring in one of the all-time great FIBA EuroBasket games. Doncic had 27 points and 9 rebounds against Latvia, his senior statesman Dragic providing 26 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds.
Producing an immense performance in the same game, albeit in a losing effort, Latvia's Kristaps Porzingis also made the Top Performers' team. The Latvian center bowed out of the tournament with a 34-point showing.
Completing the team is Serbian leader, Bogdan Bogdanovic. The guard produced another classy performance, highlighted by 22 points against Italy to get his team into the Semi-Finals.
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