EuroLeague: The Top 3 small forwards of the first half of the regular season

23/Dec/24 11:11 December 23, 2024

Giannis Askounis

23/Dec/24 11:11

Eurohoops.net
top-3 small forwards

Eurohoops presents the Top 3 small forwards in the EuroLeague after the completion of the first leg of the regular season

By Michalis Gioulenoglou/ info@eurohoops.net

The small forward. The player in the three position. This winger usually is much more than that. He can move the ball but can also drive inside the paint. And he is a shooter.

Naturally, these players are always fan favorites. Eurohoops, after the centers and the power forwards, focuses on the small forwards of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

The Top 3 is full of household names, and stars with a huge impact on their teams every single week. In every EuroLeague game. Even with a subpar showing.

As usual, their success makes headlines. Especially two out of three following players carried their teams through the first half of the Regular Season.

Evan Fournier

An unstoppable force. With plenty of clutch shots, outbursts of creativity, and a long streak of brilliant displays.

Evan Fournier, 12th in the scoring list, may have been slow to take off, but he did so in the most crucial game of the season, on the road against Panathinaikos Aktor. He scored his second 20-pointer in the Euroleague and was clutch.

The meeting of the eternal rivals in Greece highlighted a streak of nine games with double-digit scoring inputs, including four with at least 20 points to his name.

He finished the first round with 15.3 points, 2.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.0 steals in 23:43 per game. He made 50% of his two-pointers, 44/88, 37.2% of his three-pointers, 42/113, and 76.7% of his free throws, 46/60. His PIR was 12.9 per contest.

At 11-6, Olympiacos is tied with AS Monaco in third place.

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