27-year old center Antanas Kavaliauskas put on an amazing game in the last round for VEF Riga and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 17. He had the game-high 31 points adding five rebounds and three assists for VEF Riga in his team's victory, helping them to beat Liepaja (#3, 9-8) 89-83.
VEF Riga is placed at 5th position in Latvian league. They are still close to the very top. They have a solid 8-1 record.
Kavaliauskas turned to be VEF Riga's top player in his first season with the team. Antanas Kavaliauskas averages this season 12.7ppg.
(Courtesy of Eurobasket.com)