### Nenad Canak, 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys head coach

"We had control, but 1 rebound after free throws… After that, easy layup, then three-pointer, then a turnover. We did everything that is not acceptable, but in the end, I'm happy because it's a very important victory for us."

 

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

"Maybe if we scored more free throws, the game would have gone the other way, that's correct. But this is the history of this game. We didn’t manage to score those free throws and we lost. They controlled the game in the second half, we made a last effort to come back and we had our chance, but still they led by 10 points or something like that with 2 minutes to go. We didn’t play our best basketball, but still we wasn’t able to have a good offensive game; we scored less than our normal games and this was the story of the game. Unfortunately for us, this was a game that we needed to win. Now, our chances to go to the playoffs are not that big, but they still exist. We have no other thing to do than just fight game after game and hope we win the next game in Brescia and the next game."

 

### Gediminas Orelik, 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys forward

"It's like I told you, after halftime, we didn’t take 1 rebound and they started to make three-pointers. Just 1 rebound would change that game. If we just boxed out one time, I think it would have been okay."

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Nenad Canak, Lietkabelis: 'It's a very important victory for us'

U-BT Cluj-Napoca v 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys (2023-01-31T17:30:00.000Z)

7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys completed a regular-season sweep of U-BT Cluj-Napoca on Tuesday evening, winning 75-77 on the road at BTarena. As a result of this victory, Lietkabelis improved to 6-7 and Cluj dropped to 4-9, meaning there is now a two-game gap between eighth and ninth in Group A.

 

Gediminas Orelik led the way for Lietkabelis with 20 points, as he followed on from his 27-point performance in Round 12. Kristian Kullamae scored 13 points, including a free throw in the final second of the game, and Vytenis Lipkevicius added 12. For Cluj, Nemanja Gordic and Leonardo Meindl finished with 17 and 14 points, respectively.

The first quarter saw the momentum swing between the teams in the opening five minutes, but a 9-0 run by Cluj saw it open a 6-point lead, 14-8, with 4:11 remaining. Lietkabelis remained calm and chipped into the deficit, but an Emanuel Cate dunk made it a 6-point game once again, 19-13. After that, though, Lietkabelis went on a 6-0 run to close the quarter and tie the game at 19-19.

 

It was a similar story in the second quarter of play, as Cluj made a better start and was able to open a game-high 7-point advantage, 28-21, after the first three minutes. Lietkabelis responded, but Cluj twice reopened that same lead, 30-23 and 32-25. Then, Orelik scored 5 straight points to provide a spark for the visitors, 32-30. Lietkabelis levelled the score, 34-34 and 36-36, before Kullamae gave the Lithuanian team its first lead of the quarter with 36 seconds left. Gordic hit back with a triple, but Kullamae closed the first half with a triple of his own to ensure his side went into the break ahead, 39-41.

Lietkabelis went 1-for-12 from three-point territory in the first half, with Kullamae's late make in the second quarter being its only made three, yet the visitors saw 5 triples fall in the third quarter. This time, it was Lietkabelis that impressed early in the quarter, but Cluj tied it up at 48-48 with just under seven minutes to go. From there, though, Lietkabelis began to take control again. To close the quarter, Orelik continued his impressive night by scoring a sidestep three-pointer to make it a 10-point game, 54-64.

 

The scoring dried up somewhat in the fourth, and Cluj was unable to capitalize. In the opening 3:30, the hosts were only able to outscore Lietkabelis 6-4 to make it a 8-point ball game, 60-68. From there, however, Cluj went on a 5-0 run, before Kullamae and Lipkevicius hit a triple each to restore Lietkabelis's advantage, 65-74. In the final 1:51, though, Cluj scored 10 points to Lietkabelis's 2 as it got to within 1 point, 75-76. However, the win was sealed from the line for Lietkabelis, as Kullamae converted a free throw, 75-77.

Lietkabelis holds on to top Cluj, 75-77

### [**Turk Telekom Ankara 76-63 Slask Wroclaw**](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/turk-telekom-ankara-slask-wroclaw/U2022/126/)

Turk Telekom fought off visiting, last-place Slask 76-63 on Tuesday night to book a place in the 7DAYS EuroCup Playoffs. Turk Telekom's record improved to 9-4 to become the third team from Group B, after Gran Canaria and Paris Basketball, to punch a playoff ticket. Axel Bouteille led the way with 18 points and 6 rebounds and Tony Taylor scored 14. Conor Morgan collected 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists for Slask.

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### [**U-BT Cluj-Napoca 75-77 7Bet-Lietkabelis Paneveyzs**](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/u-bt-cluj-napoca-7bet-lietkabelis-panevezys/U2022/122/)

Lietkabelis completed a regular-season sweep of Cluj, winning 75-77 on the road at BTarena. As a result of the victory, Lietkabelis improved to 6-7 and Cluj dropped to 4-9, meaning there is now a two-game gap between eighth and ninth in Group A. Gediminas Orelik led the way for Lietkabelis with 20 points, as he followed on from his 27-point performance in Round 12. Kristian Kullamae scored 13 points, including a free throw in the final second of the game. For Cluj, Nemanja Gordic and Leonardo Meindl finished with 17 and 14 points, respectively.

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### [**Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse 66-74 Germani Brescia**](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/mincidelice-jl-bourg-en-bresse-germani-brescia/U2022/123/)

Brescia denied Bourg an early playoff qualification with a masterful 66-74 road win. Brescia snapped a two-game losing streak and raised its record to 6-7 while Bourg, which would have made the playoffs with a victory, fell to 8-5. Brescia also claimed the tiebreaker between the two after Bourg won their first meeting by just 2 points. Kenny Gabriel nailed 4 three-pointers for 19 points to lead Brescia and Amadeo Della Valle added 16,. Jordan Floyd was Bourg's sole double-digit scorer with 12 points.

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### [**Veolia Towers Hamburg 103-105 Promitheas Patras**](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/veolia-towers-hamburg-promitheas-patras/U2022/127/)

Promitheas booked a ticket for the playoffs from Group B as it defeated Hamburg 103-105. Promitheas lifted its record to 8-5 while Hamburg fell to 4-9.  Joe Thomasson led the winners with 19 points and Arnoldas Kulboka added 18, including the final free throw that secured the win. For the hosts, Yoeli Childs had another double-double performance of 26 points plus 10 rebounds. 

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Game Center: Turk Telekom, Promitheas march into playoffs

 Rebounds key Turk Telekom's playoff-clinching win 

Turk Telekom did not have one of its finest games of the season, but got the job done against last-placed Slask Wroclaw. In a 76-63 win, key for Turk Telekom was the rebounding against a resilient visiting team.

Slask was not going away behind Conor Morgan who scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half, but Turk Telekom did win the rebounding battle that propelled it to a victory. Small forward Berk Demir led that effort with a career-high 7 boards, while Nate Sistina and Axel Bouteille had 6 each.

The hosts not only outrebounded Slask 45-32, but also had a 15-7 advantage on the offensive glass. It was particularly telling considering Slask missed a total of 35 field goals in the game, but managed only 7 offensive rebounds.

With a control of the boards Turk Telekom managed to overcome its below-par offensive performance, and register a win that secured its place in the playoffs.

Rebounds key Turk Telekom's playoff-clinching win

Turk Telekom Ankara v Slask Wroclaw (2023-01-31T17:00:00.000Z)

Last week, in Round 12, Veolia Towers Hamburg took a solid home win by matching its historic scoring record in the 7DAYS EuroCup. It was a [64-100](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/stats/db/U2022/120/#boxscore) solid decision at Slask Wroclaw that broke a four-game losing streak. It was the third time ever that Hamburg scored 100 points in the EuroCup, the two previous being during the 2021-22 season against Lietkabelis Panevezys in Round 4 of the regular season ([96-100](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/stats/db/U2021/33/#boxscore)) and Round 7 also of the regular season against Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar ([100-82](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/stats/db/U2021/62/#boxscore)). 

The German team did not score 100 points again during 2022, so 2023 started on a good note in Poland. In Round 13, Promitheas Patras visited the German city and it was clear from the start that it was going to be a high-scoring affair all over again. With a little over five minutes to play in the game however, the guests were leading by 88-95 and it looked like a done deal. However, the reaction of the hosts took the court like a wave and Seth Hinrichs scored for 99-99 and then, right after that, a suspenseful shot that rolled around the rime a couple of times went in to make it 101-99 and break the scoring mark of the team in the EuroCup. There was time for two more points and the hosts even had the winning shot in their hands, but Ziga Samar missed a jumper that would have made it 105 points and probably a win, but the new mark finally settled on 103 points.

Hamburg matched its historic scoring record and finally shattered it the following week. Who knows what awaits in Round 14?

Hamburg comes short despite record performance

Veolia Towers Hamburg v Promitheas Patras (2023-01-31T18:30:00.000Z)

 Patras reaches playoffs with a 103-105 win in Hamburg 

Promitheas Patras booked a ticket for the playoffs from Group B as it defeated host Veolia Towers Hamburg by 103-105 on Tuesday. Promitheas lifted its record to 8-5 while Hamburg fell to 4-9. The game came in waves, as both teams got momentum that looked decisive, especially Promitheas, but nobody gave up and it all came down to the last shot.

Five players scored in double digits for the winners, led by Joe Thomasson with 19 points. Arnoldas Kulboka added 18, including the final free throw that secured the win. Dustin Hogue scored 17, including a decisive putback, his sixth basket without a miss, while Trevis Simpson had 16 and Nikos Gkikas 11. For the hosts, Yoeli Childs had another double-double performance of 26 points plus 10 rebounds. Anthony Polite added 19 points and Len Schoormann posted 14 behind 4-for-6 three-point shooting.

Anthony Polite had Hamburg going at the beginning with 5 points, but Round 12 MVP Kulboka drained consecutive threes to make it 16-16. The hosts took a 6-0 run, but Thomasson drove to put Promitheas ahead, 23-24. The first quarter ended with Hamburg ahead 26-24 after a three-point play by Polite. Despite its 6 turnovers, Patras kept trying to run under Gkikas, and soon the guests surged ahead 33-39 . Patras built a 38-48 advantage but Ziga Samar and Childs started working together to keep Hamburg alive despite Thomasson's efforts to prevent that. The visitors led 48-54 after two quarters.

Simpson started strong for the guests in the third quarter, but Polite caught fire soon and that gave Hamburg some much needed momentum. Schoormann hit a three to tie it 69-69 and then Samar copied him to keep it 74-74. A pair of threes by Simpson, the second beating the quarter buzzer, allowed Patras to stay ahead after 30 minutes, 78-81. Gkikas was keeping Patras in the driver's seat until Thomasson made it 88-95 with 5 straight points. Childs took control on the other end and he fed Seth Hinrichs for a suspenseful shot that made it 101-99. Gkikas and Samar traded baskets as the clock went down and it was a Hogue putback that made it 103-104 with 23 seconds to go. In the last long play, Hamburg had the winning shot but young Samar came up short and Kulboka put the win on ice with a final free throw for 103-105 that was worth a playoffs berth for the Greek team.

Promitheas reaches playoffs with a 103-105 win in Hamburg

### Ioannis Christopoulos, Patras head coach

"Congratulations to my players. They did a great job, not executing but adjusting. I think Hamburg played smart in offense, they shared the ball pretty well, they gave us trouble with rotations we let them shoot some open threes... We adjusted in the second half with the pick-and-roll defense and I think we made good choices at the end of the game." 

"It was an important win for us. We played poorly in defense and we allowed easy baskets, espacially at the beginning of the game. We allowed Hamburg to find rhythm in their offense. I think we did a good job on the pick-and-roll defense, we made our adjustments on the third quarter. In the fourth quarter you could tell it was also an important game for Hamburg, they needed the win. We expected it to be a tough one. All the guys deserve a lot of credit, we played good team basketball."

### Dustin Hogue, Patras player

"We won the game because we had some stops. It sounds kinda funny because we both had more than 100 points, but both teams came out scoring today, so it was about who was going to get that one stop at the end of the game that would make the difference between us. I adjusted to the team pretty quickly because of the group. My temmates trust me and they let me show my talent. They always pick me up after a miss to play better in the next possession, so we have a nice family here."

### Benka Barloschky, Hamburg head coach

"I like the fight in my team. We tried to learn from the Frankfurt game in which we lost control during the second half, we weren't really together as a team. Tonight we had a good team effort, we stuck together for the whole 40 minutes, and there were several moments when we could easily have broken apart and we didn't. I like that, I like our offensive execution. We played a good game on that front following the game plan. On defense... we need to stop teams to win basketball games."

"Spectacular game for the fans. Great game, with a lot of points, a lot of speed and nice offensive execution. I was happy with our offensive execution, I think we followed the game plan in offense. Not just because we scored over 100 points but I'd say that it was our best offensive game of the season so far. On defense we had too many individual mistakes, we got beat too much on the one-on-one. In the second quarter we tried to go for home run plays, the special play, the right play, we talked about this but in the end we allowed Patras to score easily too many times."

### Yoeli Childs, Hamburg player

"When you play against such talented teams, it's not big mistakes that decide a game. It's the little details. Miscommunication on a defensive switch. When the close-outs aren't perfect, talented teams like Patras still manage to convert the shots. We need to get better at paying attention to these details. Our coach is always honest with us and will expect us to focus on working on these adjustments tomorrow in practice.”

### Len Schoormann, Hamburg player

"I would say that we played well. But we still lack consistency. We had a lot of good phases, but still too many bad phases. Especially on defense we don't succeed in constantly stopping the opponent - especially in one-on-ones. If we improve that and also act as a team in defense, we can win games like this. We will continue to work on that tomorrow.”

Ioannis Christopoulos, Patras: 'We adjusted in the second half'

Brescia invades Bourg for 66-74 victory

Germani Brescia denied Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse an early playoff qualification with a masterful 66-74 road win on Tuesday in Group A. Brescia broke a two-game losing streak and raised its record to 6-7 while Bourg, which would have made the playoffs with a victory, fell to 8-5. Brescia also claimed the tiebreak between the two after Bourg won their first meeting by just 2 points. Kenny Gabriel nailed 4 three-pointers for 19 points to lead Brescia, while Amadeo Della Valle added 16, Aleksej Nikolic  and C.J. Massenberg 12 each. Jordan Floyd was Bourg's sole double-digit scorer with 12 points.

Triples from Nikolic and Gabriel around a pair of inside baskets by Tai Odiase let Brescia lead 10-12. Nikolic bettered Jordan Floyd's second three-pointer with his third for a 13-18 Brescia advantage. Alexandre Chassang and Pierre Pelos cut Bourg's deficit and Hugo Benitez hit a layup on the buzzer for Bourg to tie 20-20 after 10 minutes. Maxime Courby's triple gave Bourg a new lead, 23-22, but it remained a cat-and-mouse game, with Brescia pulling away and the hosts chasing. Della Valle and Gabriel filled a 2-9 run for a high Brescia lead until then of 28-36 but Isaiah Mike and Axel Julien changed the moment with triples and Bourg reeled it back to within 39-40 at halftime.

Gabriel's back-to-back three-pointers after the break kept Brescia up and he soon drilled his fourth shot from deep to make it 43-51. Nikolic fed Christian Burns for a dunk to match Brescia's high lead at 49-58, but on cue Bourg cut it to 53-58 on a layup by Pelos on the third-quarter buzzer. Franz Massenat's fastbreak finish and super-long triple suddenly had Bourg within 59-60 early in the fourth quarter. Della Valle calmed the visitors with a jumper and Massenburg kept it going with a triple at 59-65 with under 4 minutes left. Bourg was held to 4 free throws over more than 6 minutes, and when Della Valle fed Nikolic for a corner triple at 62-70 with 35 seconds left, the upset was complete.

Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse v Germani Brescia (2023-01-31T18:30:00.000Z)

 Kenny Gabriel, Brescia: 'I'm real proud of my team' 

### Alessandro Magro, Brescia head coach

"For sure, the key is to stay united. It was a moment when we struggled, we lost a lot of games in a row. But stay united, focus on what we can control, the toughness and the energy for 40 minutes, the loose balls. We were able to build shots, and fortunately tonight, to make shots. Starting from the defense, we were able to do a very decent job, even going over the moment in the game where we had probably too many turnovers and struggled a bit. But we kept being together and that's the key in this moment for us. I'm proud of my players. I'm a players coach. I want to be demanding to them, but I trust them. Everybody, even in the bad moments. the key was to stay together and work, and tonight we got a little joy for doing that."

### Kenny Gabriel, Brescia player

"It was tough. We had a long bus ride. We had dropped a couple of game, a five-game losing streak overall. We just wanted to come out here and fight. We've been down with injuries and stuff, and just fighting through everything. So today, we had nothing to lose. We just wanted to come out and play strong for 40 minutes, and if we win, we win lose we lose. But we wanted to go out with a dogfight. One of our goals is to just advance and get to the highest spot we can in the EuroCup, so ever game from here on out is going to be a dogfight. We wanted to start with the kind of energy we had today for 40 minutes, and we did that. I'm real proud of my team."