Anton Gavel, Ulm: 'It was an important win'

### ratiopharm Ulm head coach Anton Gavel:

"First of all, congratulations to the players for this win, I think it was an important one for us. We made it a little bit complicated for us, especially in the second half, but we were capable of managing the game, without \[Bruno\] Caboclo, being in foul trouble. Being up 19 points is never easy in the second half to start off. We knew they were going to come back, we got to be smarter in those parts of the games."

 

### Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse head coach Frederic Fauthoux:

"We have to win the last game in Ljubljana, it’s very important. About this game, it’s not enough to just play in the second half. We cannot win a game like that, it is impossible."

 

### ratiopharm Ulm  forward Joshua Hawley:

"\[Our focus now is to\] keep winning. If we want to seal the home court advantage, we've got to keep defending our home, keep playing defense and playing aggressive."

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Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse v ratiopharm Ulm (2023-03-22T18:30:00.000Z)

Lietkebelis's 21 turnovers were 8 more than visiting Bursaspor had committed. It's tough to overcome such a number unless many other things go one’s way. And for Lietkebelis, they did. 

Lietkabelis's great shooting made up for many turnovers

With a little over 1 minute remaining, Kristian Kullamae of 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys tried to force a pass into the high post. Frutti Extra Busraspor's Yigitan Saybir reacted to deflect the pass and it led to a Zach Auguste score and an 83-84 lead for the visitors.

That was the 21st turnover of the night for Lietkabelis, which was 8 more than visiting Bursaspor had committed. It's tough to overcome such a number unless many other things go one’s way. And for Lietkebelis, they did.

Bursaspor scored only 24 points off those turnovers, while the home team took in 17 points from turnovers. Another advantage Lietkabelis had was on the glass; it outrebounded Bursaspor 34-21. Eight of the 10 players who saw playing time for Lietkabelis grabbed at least 2 rebounds, led by Nikola Popovic with 6.

More than anything else, Lietkabelis simply shot the lights out. It made 69.0% of its two-pointers (20 of 29), 40.9% of its threes (9 of 22) and 84.0% of free throws (21 of 25). All 10 Lietkabelis players made a basket.

That combination of depth, aggressiveness on the boards and excellent shooting made the difference on what was a nightmarish night in terms of ballhandling for Lietkabelis.

Lietkabelis's great shooting made up for its many turnovers

7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys v Frutti Extra Bursaspor (2023-03-22T17:00:00.000Z)

 Caleb Agada, Prometey: 'It was just our day' 

### Prometey Slobozhanske head coach Ronen Ginzburg:

"I think that we improved our defense in the last 5 or 6 minutes. We made some changes, we brought some young players on and they changed the game, shooting three-pointers and playing defense. I'm happy for the win. It's tough to play against this team, these fans and this coach. In the end, you need to win the important games."

### U-BT Cluj-Napoca head coach Mihai Silvasan:

"I think we beat ourselves again. We were in a good position with 2minutes to go. We had some bad decisions, some bad shots and turnovers. We didn't secure the ball. They had a lot of offensive rebounds – 17 offensive rebounds. All these details made the difference. Congratulations to Prometey for this win. I wish them luck in the future."

### Prometey Slobozhanske forward Caleb Agada:

"Cluj are a very resilient team. They fought hard and I have a lot of respect for them, but it was just our day today. Topping the group is what we are working for; that's the plan. We've just got to stay focused and keep on playing game by game."

Caleb Agada, Prometey: 'It was just our day'

U-BT Cluj-Napoca v Prometey Slobozhanske (2023-03-22T17:30:00.000Z)

 Ioannis Christopoulos, Promitheas: 'Everybody deserves a lot of credit' 

### Promitheas Patras head coach Ioannis Christopoulos:

"First of all, that's a great win, a very important win. We fought in every game and that was the target. I think everybody deserves a lot of credit about that: the team, the players, the previous coach that put the team together. I think this is a great feeling for us, to make things happen under these circumstances, missing a key player \[Joe Thomasson\] for us. I think everybody played hard... I am happy about it. It is our destiny to move on."

### Paris Basketball head coach Will Weaver:

"Congratulations to Promitheas. They swept the season series, I think, on a total of 6 points, so two very hard-fought games. That is very much like a road playoffs environment and so our group can learn some valuable lessons from that moving forwards, if we focus on the things that we can control."

### Promitheas Patras guard Anthony Cowan:

"I am just in a really good rhythm right now. My teammates did a really good job on just giving me space, and I was happy I was able to knock it down for the game-winner, so a good win for us."

Ioannis Christopoulos, Promitheas: 'Everybody deserves a lot of credit'

Promitheas Patras v Paris Basketball (2023-03-22T17:30:00.000Z)

Promitheas Patras took a major step toward earning home-court advantage for the 7DAYS EuroCup Eighthfinals by downing Paris Basketball 84-81 at Dimitris Tofalos Arena in Group B on Wednesday. 

Cowan leads Promitheas to critical win, 84-81, over Paris

Promitheas Patras earned home-court advantage for the 7DAYS EuroCup Eighthfinals after downing Paris Basketball 84-81 at Dimitris Tofalos Arena in Group B on Wednesday. Promitheas improved to 11-6 in Group B and secured a top-four finish when Turk Telekom Ankara beat London Lions later the same night. Paris dropped to 10-7 and is locked into fifth place in the group.

Anthony Cowan paced the winners with a club record and a EuroCup season-high 38 points; he made 6 of 8 three-point shots, including the go-ahead three-pointer with 4.3 seconds left. Cowan added 10 free throws. without a miss. Arnoldas Kulbokas added 9 points for the hosts. Tyrone Wallace led Paris with 22 points. Gauthier Denis scored 15 and Jeremy Evans had 10 for the visitors.

Promitheas found an early go-to guy in Cowan, who scored 9 points to give his team an 11-6 lead. Axel Toupane stepped up for Paris and Aamir Simms's jump hook drew the visitors within 16-12. Kulboka scored down low and Cowan added a three-point play for a 21-12 Promitheas lead. Gegic and Evans brought Paris closer, 27-22, after 10 minutes. 

Denis struck from downtown to make it 27-26 early in the second quarter. Michalis Tsairelis rescued the hosts, Kulboka hit a corner triple and Cowan's jumper made it a double-digit game, 38-28. Wallace followed a power layup with a three-point play, but Dustin Hogue and Vassilis Mouratos restored a 46-36 Promitheas lead at halftime.

Denis sank back-to-back triples soon after the break and Wallace's layup-plus-foul gave Paris hope at 49-45. Cowan took over with an acrobatic layup and a bomb from beyond the arc for a 55-45 advantage. Gegic and Denis tried to change things for Paris and then Ismael Kamagate's put-back layup got the visitors within 58-54. George Conditt and Trevis Simpson gave Promitheas fresh air, 66-59, after 30 minutes. 

Simpson kept pushing the hosts and an unstoppable Cowan boosted the lead to 74-65. Dustin Hogue stepped up for Promitheas and Cowan struck from downtown to make it 81-71 score with over 2 minutes left. Evans and Simms rescued Paris, Gegic added a tip-in and Wallace tied the game, 81-81, with 28.2 seconds left. Cowan rounded out his fantastic performance with the game-winning triple with 4.3 seconds left.

7bet Lietkabelis Panevezys outlasted Frutti Extra Bursaspor 88-85 thanks to Jamel Morris's game-winning three in the final seconds on Wednesday at Cido Arena. 

Morris lifts Lietkabelis over Bursaspor for 6th straight win 

7bet Lietkabelis Panevezys outlasted Frutti Extra Bursaspor 88-85 thanks to Jamel Morris's game-winning three in the final seconds on Wednesday at Cido Arena. The hosts won their sixth consecutive game to improve to 10-7 in Group A. Morris led the way with 21 points and 7 assists, while Kristian Kullamae and Gabrielius Maldunas contributed 12 points apiece for the winners. 

Bursaspor led by as many as 10 points early in the third quarter before Morris rallied the hosts. Derek Needham paced the Bursaspor attack with 21 points and 7 assists, Onuralp Bitim contributed 15 points, Zach Auguste tallied 14 points and 6 rebounds and David Dudzinski scored 12. The loss dropped Bursaspor’s record to 7-10. 

Nikola Popovic had the hot hand early as the hosts jumped in front 9-5, but four different players scored for Bursaspor in a 2-9 run that gave the visitors the lead. Lietkabelis stayed close and even tied it at 21-21 after Maldunas's put-back. A three by Omer Al helped Bursaspor keep a 23-24 edge after 10 minutes.

Lietkabelis regained the lead early in the second and the teams started to trade shots. Needham scored 5 points in a 0-8 Bursaspor run to grab a 30-36 lead. Dudzinski’s jumper extended the margin and the sides went into the locker rooms at halftime with the visitors up 35-43.

Anthony Clemmons gave Bursaspor its biggest lead with a layup to start the second half. Morris came alive for Lietkabelis with 5 points and an assist in a 7-0 run. Back-to-back threes by Gediminas Orelik and Kullamae completed the comeback. Bitim led a Bursaspor push to go up 55-61, but the hosts closed the gap and Morris’s layup gave Lietkabelis a 66-65 lead at the end of the third quarter.

Morris scored the first 4 points of the fourth quarter, too, as the crowd got involved. Lietkabelis protected that slim lead as foul trouble mounted for the visitors. Dudzinski fouled out with 3 and a half minutes remaining as Orelik extended the margin to 80-74. Threes by Clemmons and Needham drew Bursaspor within 83-82 with a minute and a half to play. A dunk by Auguste gave his team the lead and Popovic quickly answered with a reverse slam. Needham tied the game from the line, but Morris had the ball and buried what proved to be the game-winning three with 1.8 seconds left.

### 7bet Lietkabelis Panevezys head coach Nenad Canak:

"We opened the second half with some shots and when you make shots, we are the type of team where after that, we play with bigger energy. Of course, great game for us. We are still fighting for better position in our group for the playoffs. You can see, our fans are great and we expect if we play at home, I expect even more support from them. The whole team deserves. We lose as a team, we win as a team."

 

### Frutti Extra Bursaspor head coach Dusan Alimpijevic:

"We lost the aggressiveness in the second half that we had in the first. I want to congratulate Coach Nenad and Lietkabelis for this win. They deserved it. The beauty of basketball is that everybody has a chance. They hit this last shot. We need to find a way to stand up from this and continue."

 

### 7bet Lietkabelis Panevezys guard Jamel Morris:

“It was a game between two good teams. Their record doesn’t speak to how good they are. They have really good players. They made some really tough shots. It was a back-and-forth game. There were times when we were down and we kept fighting back. It was a good effort by both of us. Good defense, good offense, just a beautiful game of basketball.

"The first half they were really aggressive with us, trying to overpower us. And we had to come out \[for the second half\] with that same aggression. They set the tone for the game and we knew, we had a talk \[at halftime\] that we had to come out with that same intensity and aggression that they came up with and I think that was the key to our victory today. God is good. That’s all I can say."

 

Jamel Morris: 'It was a beautiful game of basketball'

Two veteran guards with a combined 15 seasons of experience and nearly 200 games between them in the 7DAYS EuroCup come face to face on Wednesday night, as [Andrea De Nicolao](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/andrea-de-nicolao/000968/)'s Umana Reyer Venice (9-7) and [Pau Ribas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/pau-ribas/jug/)'s Joventut Badalona (11-5) meet at Palasport Taliercio.

The 31-year-old De Nicolao is an eight-year veteran in the competition, having played 98 games with four different clubs: Benetton Treviso, Pallacanestro Varese, Reggio Emilia and Reyer. Meanwhile, Ribas is a 2014 champion with Valencia Basket and has one fewer season under his belt, as well as two fewer EuroCup appearances.

Ribas, who recently turned 36 years of age, has career averages of 9.1 points and 3.3 assists. The Joventut veteran has made more than double the amount of two-point and three-point shots scored by De Nicolao, who has averages of 4.2 points and 2.3 assists for his career.

Ribas has also enjoyed more success in the games between himself and De Nicolao, including in their meeting earlier this season, a thrilling 90-87 win for Joventut. While Ribas had 7 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, De Nicolao finished with 3 points on 1-for-5 three-point shooting in just 10 minutes on the floor, but he also made 2 steals.

That was the third time that they had come head-to-head on the hardwood. Actually, the first time Ribas and De Nicolao were on opposite sides of the floor came back in December 2013, when De Nicolao was with Varese and Ribas with Valencia. However, the Italian did not enter the game, with Ribas and Valencia winning by 32 points.

The other two games in which they faced off both took place in the 2020-21 regular season. Joventut registered two 14-point wins, with the first coming in Badalona, where both players scored 13 points. Ribas also had 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal in 23 minutes, while De Nicolao was Reyer's bright spot in the game, shooting 3-for-5 from long range and dishing 3 assists, with a respectable -2 in the plus-minus column in a big loss.

Yet, in the second game that season, De Nicolao was held to just 2 points, going 0-for-3 from the field, and 2 assists, whereas Ribas posted 11 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, as he made it three wins from three against his Reyer counterpart.

Now, as Reyer looks for its first-ever win over Joventut, De Nicolao will be hoping for his first victory with Ribas on the opposite side of the court. What's more, a victory in this contest would be a big step forward for Reyer in its attempt to secure home-court advantage in the playoffs.

Head-to-head: Andrea De Nicolao, Reyer vs. Pau Ribas, Joventut

Umana Reyer Venice v Joventut Badalona (2023-03-22T19:00:00.000Z)

With just two games left to play in the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season and all 18 of the 18 playoff spots now locked up, teams are now beginning to jostle for seeding in the postseason. That is particularly the case for Promitheas Patras (10-6) and Paris Basketball (10-6), who face off at Dimitris Tofalos Arena on Wednesday evening (18:30 CET).

Home-court advantage up for grabs when Promitheas, Paris meet

With just two games left to play in the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season and all 18 of the 18 playoff spots now locked up, teams are now beginning to jostle for seeding in the postseason. That is particularly the case for Promitheas Patras (10-6) and Paris Basketball (10-6), who face off at Dimitris Tofalos Arena on Wednesday evening (18:30 CET).

 

In Group B, Promitheas and Paris sit in fifth and fourth place, respectively, in the standings, so the winner of their meeting will be able to effectively wrap up home-court advantage in the playoffs. Even though a victory for either team would likely prove decisive at this point in the season, there is still a chance that the tiebreaker could come into play in Round 18.

 

Back in Round 8, Promitheas managed to beat Paris 71-74 in the French capital, which means that it not only has a win under its belt in this matchup but it also a +3 advantage in terms of points. The Greek team therefore has the chance to complete the season sweep of Paris with a win at Dimitris Tofalos Arena, booking home-court advantage in the process.

Paris Basketball - Promitheas Patras| Round 8 Highlights | 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup

However, a Paris victory by 4 points or more would see it win the tiebreaker, thus securing home-court advantage itself. Should Paris win by 3 points, the two teams' overall plus-minus would come into play, a statistic that currently favors the French side: +14 for Promitheas and +20 for Paris. Aside from all of the different permutations, fans can look forward to a high-quality game in Patras.

 

Last week, Promitheas beat the London Lions 89-93 in the English capital, led by an MVP of the Round performance by Anthony Cowan, who had a 26-point, 11-assist double-double. Cowan was also aided by an all-round display by Dustin Hogue, who recorded 8 points, 8 rebounds and 4 steals, and another solid performance by Arnoldas Kulboka, as he posted 14 points and 7 rebounds. Joe Thomasson and Michalis Tsairelis chipped in with 13 and 10 points, respectively, too.

London Lions - Promitheas Patras | Round 16 Highlights | 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup

In fact, since Ioannis Christopoulos took over as head coach ahead of Round 7, Promitheas has gone 6-4 to solidify its place in the playoffs. Plus, with the team having won its last three games in Patras and gone 4-1 in its last five overall, Coach Christopoulos's side has caught fire at just the right time.

 

Paris, meanwhile, was able to beat Slask Wroclaw 89-85 last week, despite having just eight players step onto the floor. While Kyle Allman did not feature in Round 16 and is a doubt heading into Wednesday's Round 17 fixture, Axel Toupane returned to action at the weekend and is set to feature against Promitheas.

 

Head coach Will Weaver will be hoping that several of his players step up once again, with Jeremy Evans turning back the clock to have an 18-point, 10-rebound double-double against Slask, Tyrone Wallace chipping in with 17 points and 8 assists, Gauthier Denis scoring a career-high 17 points and Aamir Simms coming close to a double-double with 13 points and 9 boards. Ismael Kamagate, who had 8 points and 13 boards when Paris first played Promitheas, had just 2 points and 3 rebounds in Round 16 and fouled out after playing just 13:18 minutes.

Paris Basketball - Slask Wroclaw | Round 16 Highlights | 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup

Although Paris comes into this game on the back of a win, it is yet to win away from France in 2023. After securing a confidence-boosting 80-93 victory at London on December 21, 2022, Paris has since gone on to lose on the road at Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv (95-79), Gran Canaria (118-99) and Veolia Towers Hamburg (91-74). Another road defeat, this time at Dimitris Tofalos Arena, could see it have to travel in the playoffs.

 

Everything is set up for a tense, exciting game in Patras, with both teams having a clear goal in mind: home-court advantage. Tune in from 18:30 CET to see how it plays out!