Cheeks and Simpson Jr. headline the BCL Team of the Week
The Basketball Champions League unveiled its Team of the Week on Thursday, with five individual standouts from eight games across Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Oito jogos distribuídos entre terça e quarta-feira produziram as atuações individuais por trás do mais novo Time da Semana da Basketball Champions League de 2026–27, divulgado pela competição nesta quinta-feira.
Os cinco escolhidos foram Enoch Cheeks, do Windrose Giants Antwerp; KJ Simpson Jr., recém-chegado ao Galatasaray MCT Technic; Zoltan Perl, do Falco-Vulcano Szombathely; James Woodard, do FC Porto; e Emir Sulejmanovic, do Asisa Joventut.
O Antwerp, campeão belga, segue invicto em todas as competições nesta temporada, e sua vitória sobre o AEK foi histórica em dois aspectos: a sexta vitória consecutiva e uma diferença de 27 pontos, a maior derrota em casa que o clube grego sofreu no torneio. Os belgas também se tornaram apenas o quarto time a iniciar uma campanha com 15 ou mais bolas de três em jogos consecutivos. Cheeks fechou sua atuação com 17 pontos e 13 rebotes.
A primeira vitória do Galatasaray nesta campanha continental veio na estreia de Manuchar Markoishvili, o sétimo técnico que o clube teve na BCL. Simpson saiu do banco para 17 pontos, oito rebotes e três assistências.
Dois recordes caíram na Hungria. Perl, armador de 31 anos, agora detém a marca de mais jogos de 20 pontos na carreira, com 19, e estendeu sua sequência de pontuação de dois dígitos para 21 seguidos. Seus 23 pontos, nove rebotes e cinco assistências contra o Salon Vilpas encerraram uma série de sete derrotas.
O Porto finalmente venceu na competição ao bater o Bnei Penlink Herzliya na Bulgária, com Woodard contribuindo com 17 pontos, seu melhor registro neste nível.
O Joventut manteve a invencibilidade em casa ao superar o Telekom Baskets Bonn, e o fez depois de estar atrás no placar no intervalo — algo que não havia conseguido em 17 jogos anteriores na liga. Sulejmanovic precisou de 21 minutos para seus 17 pontos.
A votação para Jogador da Semana está aberta aos torcedores, e o vencedor será anunciado na sexta-feira.
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