Jaka Blažič: MVP of the Week in 7DAYS EuroCup

Cedevita Olimpija captain Jaka Blažič showed his best performance in the 2020/21 season in the 7DAYS EuroCup on Wednesday on the cone floor. He concluded his showdown with Bourge with a valorisation index of 41, the highest among all players in the European Cup this season in the second half of the competition.

Already in the first half, it was clear that something special was in store for us in Stožice on Wednesday. Jaka Blažič finished the opening 20 minutes with 21 points, the last three were scored by throwing a siren over the outstretched arms of the defensive players of French Bourge. The scoreboard showed 55:51 in favor of Cedevita Olympia at that moment and despite the fact that the French were threatening all the time, the victory of the Dragons was never in question.

Jaka finished the game in the end with 30 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Valorisation index 41 is the highest for any player who stepped on the floor in the 2020/21 season in the 7DAYS EuroCup, and Blažič equaled the achievements of Gary Browne from Trento and Dylan Osetkowski from Ulm, who are also in their statistics in this At the same time, Jaka hit as many as five throws for three points, and his valorization effect 41 is also his highest in the Euroleague. 7DAYS EuroCup career. The 30 points scored by Blažič are the most among all basketball players that can still be seen in the fights of the best 16 teams of the 7DAYS EuroCup.

For the first time in his career, Jaka Blažič was chosen as the most useful player of the week in the 7DAYS EuroCup.

“Already in the preparation for the match, the professional staff pointed out that Bourg has a hard time defending pick’n’roll with a tall player, and we also strived for that in the middle of the match. This worked the whole match. We prepared well for the match and I am happy that I can help the team win with such a game,” said Blažič modestly after the match, who is currently the best scorer of the 7DAYS EuroCup with an average of 18.77 points per game.

“Jaka is the captain of the team and an exceptional season is behind him. A lot of work and I haven’t seen the work pay off yet. Everything he does on the pitch, he earned himself, no one gave it to him. The team follows him and believes in him, just like all of us together,” said the Dragons’ head coach, Jurica Golemac, about the captain’s performance. He added: “I am pleased that we did not give up at any point in the middle of the match. We never fell and we did not give up. We worked hard and stayed together when it was most important. We always point out that the match lasts 40 minutes, and that we must always want to win. When we had to be calm, we did that and calmly brought the match to an end. “

A new test awaits the squad of Ljubljana on Saturday at 7 pm, and the Belgrade Partizan NIS is coming to the Arena Stožice. The match, which will take place behind closed doors of the cone beauty, will be available on Arena Sport 1.