By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
After reviewing plenty of high-flying action demonstrated through November, the Basketball Champions League completed the demanding task of selecting the Top 5 Dunks.
AEK’s Eric Griffin ranked first breaking away and throwing it down in the Regular Season win over VEF Riga at AEK Ano Liosia Arena. He went for nine points in the Gameday 4 win.
Lithuanian Tomas Dimsa playing on loan from Zalgiris Kaunas at NutriBullet Treviso has been on fire since the beginning of the 2021-22 season, including the second-placed big dunk contributing to the home win opposite Falco Szombathely. His game-high 19 points were key as well.
The Round 3 contest was additionally featured in fourth place as former UCLA center Gyorgy Goloman made things happen over the rim for the Hungarian champions. He had 18 points and seven rebounds in the losing effort.
A couple of Lavrio Megabolt players, Kenny Goins and Marcus Lewis earned third and fifth spots, respectively. Both entered the Top 5 Dunks via the overtime win against Nizhny Novgorod in Gameday 3. Goins paired five points with six rebounds and Lewis finished with 11 points as Tyson Carter poured 35 points.
The Champions League Regular Season resumes December 6. The remaining Rounds, 5 and 6, are set to complete the double-legged round-robin schedules through all eight groups, thus determining the eight teams advancing directly to the Round of 16 and the 16 teams moving to the Play-Ins for a second opportunity to clinch a berth to the next round.
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