The former Golden State Warrior was clutch down the stretch
Anthony Lamb shined for Trento in surprise win over Hapoel
Anthony Lamb played a major role in Dolomiti Energia Trento upsetting Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv in the best game of his young BKT EuroCup career.
The European rookie scored a game-high 23 points in Trento’s 79-73 shocker over Hapoel to snap a two-game losing streak in Group A. Lamb also collected 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block – the latter coming with 15 seconds left – for a PIR of 24. He also clinched the game with two free throws with 15 seconds remaining.
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“My teammates put me in a great spot and we took advantage of mismatches and we made the most of it,” said Lamb, who played last season in the Australian NBL for the New Zealand Breakers in his first season outside the United States.
“My teammates played unbelievably hard. We cleaned up the rebounds and a lot of the turnovers. Hapoel is an amazing team and they played so hard the whole game. It was a really tough win.”
Lamb was big throughout the game, scoring six of Trento’s first 12 points to get the team rolling right away. And the 26-year-old tallied nine points in the game-deciding 20-5 run over the final seven minutes to get the win.
“Anthony was clutch,” stated Trento coach Paolo Galbati.
The forward has been strong all season for Trento, coming into the game averaging 11.8 points, though he had struggled from long range at just 22% three-point shooting entering the game. Lamb has shown he can handle the ball and be a playmaker at times with 7 assists against Trefl Sopot in Round 2. And he demonstrated against Hapoel that he knows how to step up in big moments.
Lamb came to Trento with some decent pedigree, being named as the All-American East Conference Player of the Year in 2019 and 2020 at the University of Vermont, winning the NBA G League title in 2022 with Rio Grande Valley Vipers and playing for United States at the FIBA AmeriCup 2022. Lamb also reached the NBA Western Conference semifinals in 2023 with the Golden State Warriors, albeit as a bit-part player.
He is definitely someone the rest of the EuroCup teams will not take lightly anymore.