BCL Team of the Month for October: Spissu, Gray, Wiltjer, Jerrett and Boutsiele
Steven Gray tied Jimmy Baron’s record from December 2016 for most made threes in a single BCL game, with 10 made triples
The first Team of the Month for the 2020-21 Basketball Champions League season was always going to be a big occasion, but it’s also big in terms of size and absolutely huge in terms of performance.
Size matters therefore on Team of the Month for October, which includes one point guard, one wing player, two power forwards and one center. The five of them combined for a stratospheric PER of 166 between them and set a few new all-time competition records in the process.
Dinamo Sassari’s Marco Spissu, Peristeri’s Steven Gray, Turk Telekom’s Kyle Wiltjer, Grant Jerrett of Darüssafaka Tekfen,and Jeremy Boutsiele of Limoges CSP have been named on the team, for their stellar displays over the two opening weeks of the Regular Season.
MARCO SPISSU – PER 31 in Dinamo Sassari 93-84 Galatasaray on Oct. 21
The Wednesday night clash between BCL debutants Limoges and Igokea was a very unpredictable — and highly enjoyable — game of basketball but the French team seemed to have the edge whenever Boutsiele was on the floor – in fact his plus/minus was +15 points.
The 27-year-old big man, who scored crucial back-to-back baskets to bring his team ahead 76-73 with 58 seconds remaining, finished with 25 points on 11 of 16 shooting (all from two-point range) and added 8 rebounds and 2 blocks.
Boutsiele became the second player on a French team in the BCL to score 25 or more points without attempting a single three-pointer, after Nanterre’s Julian Gamble in November 2018.
Fonte: BCL.