2024-04-28 03:48:10
The Brazilian, with the Tenerife team, won a ticket to the grand final of the tournament on Friday night, where he will aim to mark his career with another trophy. This is the Brazilian’s first FIBA Champions League MVP title in his career.
This season, in the FIBA Champions League, the defender collects 16.5 points (55.8% doubles, 34.4% triples, 91.5% penalties), 7.9 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 ball and averaged 19.1 points per game.
The 40-year-old Brazilian played his best game in the Top 16 round against Peristeri of Athens, when he scored 31 points (9/14 doubles, 1/2 triples, 10/10 penalties), made 5 assists, had 4 rebounds and accumulated 33 utility points.
In addition, in Friday’s semi-final against the same “Peristeri” of Athens, M. Huertas played another powerful match, where he scored 27 points (10/15 doubles, 0/1 triples, 7/7 penalties), rebounded 9 balls, dished out 7 assists and finished the match with 32 utility points.
The defender has been playing in the Tenerife team since 2019, and in 2022. with Lenovo, M. Huertas became the winner of the FIBA Champions League and was recognized as the most valuable basketball player of the final four.
Looking at bare statistics, the defender was the second most valuable player of the tournament. Only Izmir Pinar Karsiyaka’s center Vernon Carey was more useful than him, with 17.8 points, 7.7 rebounds and 23.3 assists per game.
True, the Turkish club ended its performance in the FIBA Champions League at the “Top 16” stage.
Vassilis Spanoulis, who led the Peristeri club to the FIBA Champions League final four this season, was recognized as the best strategist of the championships.
This year, the Greek legend also visited Vilnius, where his team beat Vilnius “Ryta” (110:92).
2024-04-28 03:48:10