By Antonis Stroggylakis/ info@eurohoops.net
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Luka Doncic could win EuroLeague top scorer honors if he set his mind to it
It’s not exactly news that Luka Doncic is going to be the main attraction in this season’s EuroLeague (he pretty much drew the spotlight’s attention in 2016-2017) but the commanding fashion behind his 27-point career-high entrance in Real Madrid’s road win over Anadolu Efes was splendidly scary.
The 18-year-old produced this number by scoring with such an authoritative efficacy that makes you think he could easily win the “Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy” if he simply thought something along the lines of, “What the heck, let’s give it a shot”. Then again, Doncic hasn’t shown to give a damn about pumping up his statistics. It’s all about supply and demand in Real Madrid‘s current state given Sergio Llull’s injury, so the wunderkind simply does what he feels it needs to be done to make his teammate’s absence go unnoticed.
Doncic scored his 27 points through nine field goals in 14 attempts (6/8 2-pointers, 3/6 from beyond the arc, 6/9 from the line) and only one his buckets was assisted. Save from a cut to the hoop and a dunk following a feed by Anthony Randolph, the point-forward created all his shots, whether they were long-range strikes, pull up jumpers or floaters. He hacked and slashed his way to the basket, bullied people by posting them up, put his speed to use vs big guys after the switch (reading the mismatch instantly) and pretty much showed that he can score in practically any way there is, at any rate he desires and, more importantly, with the volume needed to win a match.