Down 79-85 at home to Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana with 5:10 left to play in the fourth quarter, it appeared as though Joventut Badalona was on its way to a shock defeat against the team currently bottom of the Group A standings.

 

Yet, Joventut used its experience and knowhow to go on a 13-0 run, in which Ante Tomic hit 3 free throws, Andres Feliz saw a three-pointer drop, Joel Parra converted a technical free throw, Simon Birgander scored a couple of two-pointers, and Tomic found his way to the bucket around the rim. Suddenly, the score was 92-85 with 1:18 remaining.

 

Cedevita continued to fight until the final buzzer sounded, but Joventut had given itself a big enough cushion with that run to eventually win 96-91 and become co-leader in Group A with Prometey Slobozhanske and Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse.

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Joventut stepped up when it mattered most against Cedevita

Joventut Badalona v Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (2023-01-25T19:15:00.000Z)

## Carles Duran, Joventut Badalona head coach

"In the last quarter, the most important quarter in the game, we gave up many points. But, in the last three minutes, the team played better on offense and defense. It's a good victory, but we'll try to improve, because if not it's very difficult to win in this EuroCup when you play so-so. Now, we're thinking about the next \[game\]. But it's very important that if you don't defend good in the last quarter, probably in the future it's possible you'll lose. Now I'm thinking about the victory and the positive.

"Good victory. Difficult game for us today, but in the last five minutes, the team played serious on offense and defense."

## Jurica Golemac, Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana head coach

"Congratulations to Joventut on the win. We were short on the rotation, \[and there's\] some other things I don't want to talk about.

"All the season, we are missing four players. This is from the beginning of the season. We are all the time with a 10-man roster, and it's very hard to play in the two competitions \[EuroCup and Adriatic League\]. You are using your energy. The Adriatic League is a little bit less quality competition, so we can get some wins. Here in the EuroCup, you need to be 100% with a big rotation in order to win."

### Simon Birgander, Joventut Badalona forward

"I think we played better defense at the end of the game. Our defense wasn’t the best in this game, but in the end we really closed down the paint, didn't let them score easy buckets, and that helped us win the game. We are trying to be as close as we can with a lot of injuries. Everybody is trying to help each other. Even people who don't play try to cheer us on, and it's a big win for the team."

Simon Birgander, Joventut: 'Everybody is trying to help each other'

Promitheas Patras picked up an important win against Buducnost VOLI Podgorica, an 81-72 triumph that edged it closer to the playoffs. Promitheas knocked down 11 triples on 44% three-point shooting and was efficient inside with 58.1% accuracy. However, it was the home team's defense that made the difference.

"We had good offense from defense", Promitheas Patras head coach Ioannis Christopoulos stated after the game.

The hosts forced 16 turnovers and held Buducnost to just 40.9% two-point shooting. The visitors did grab a massive 17 rebounds, compared to just 5 from Promitheas, but that did not make a difference in this contest.

It all resulted in Promitheas holding the opposition to 72 or fewer points for the third time in the last five games, all victories.

Promitheas defense showed up once again

Promitheas Patras v Buducnost VOLI Podgorica (2023-01-25T17:30:00.000Z)

Lietkabelis Panevezys held off Mindicelice JL Bourg en Bresse to grab a 92-88 home win in Round 12. It matched a season-worst mark with 21 turnovers but still managed to win. What happened? 

Above all, Lietkabelis relied on its free throw accuracy to make the difference in the game. Lietkebalis finished the game 26-for-28 on free throws (92.9%). Those 26 free throws made is a new season-high and close to the club's best mark in the 7DAYS EuroCup. It previously made 28-of-33 free throws in a 93-78 home win against Partizan Belgrade on March 8, 2022.

Lietkabelis outrebounded Bourg 39-25 and managed to box out at an elite level and that was critical, too. It finished the game with 24 defensive rebounds and allowed Bourg to grab just 5 offensive boards. That means Lietkabelis pulled down 82.8% of all rebounds under its rim. Things were different at the other side of the floor: Lietkabelis had 15 offensive boards against Bourg's 20 defensive rebounds. The guests only grabbed 57.1% of all rebounds under their own basket.

Lietkabelis's shooting accuracy paid off 

7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys v Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse (2023-01-25T17:00:00.000Z)

ratiopharm Ulm bested Germani Brescia 72-85 on the road in Round 12 and in doing so earned the head-to-head tiebreak advantage between them. Superior three-point shooting made the difference.

Ulm finished the game shooting 16-of-34 on three-pointers (47.1%). Brandon Paul and Robin Christen each buried 4 three-pointers apiece. Christen keeps shooting the ball from downtown; he is 30-of-60 (50.0% 3FG) this season. Karim Jallow, Joshua Hawley and Yago Dos Santos also buried multiple three-pointers. On the other hand, Ulm was limited to just 6-of-21 shooting from downtown (28.6%).

Ulm made 7-of-9 three-pointers in the fourth quarter, allowing Coach Anton Gavel's team to take the road victory and the tiebreaker. 

The visitors were more efficient at sharing the ball, and that was the second key to their win. Ulm finished the game with 22 assists and just 11 turnovers. On the other hand, Brescia had more turnovers (16) than assists (14). Ulm's main ballhandlers, Dos Santos and Juan Nunez, combined for 14 assists and just 4 turnovers.

Three-pointers gave Ulm the edge

Germani Brescia v ratiopharm Ulm (2023-01-25T19:30:00.000Z)

### [**7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys 92-88 Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse**](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/7bet-lietkabelis-panevezys-mincidelice-jl-bourg-en-bresse/U2022/114/)

Lietkabelis snapped a four-game losing streak by thrashing Bourg 92-88 at Kalnapilio Arena on Wednesday. Lietkabelis recorded its first EuroCup win in 2023 and improved to 5-7 in Group A. Bourg dropped to 8-4 after its first EuroCup loss in 2023. Gediminas Orelik, in his first EuroCup home game of the season, paced the winners with 27 points. James Palmer led Bourg with 31 points. 

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### [**Frutti Extra Bursaspor 92-94 Prometey Slobozhanske**](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/frutti-extra-bursaspor-prometey-slobozhanske/U2022/112/)

Prometey secured its fifth win in a row by beating Frutti Extra Bursaspor 92-94 at Tofas Spor Salonu. By grabbing this victory, Prometey moved to the top of Group A with a record of 8-4, whereas Bursaspor has now lost two in a row and is 6-6 on the season. Caleb Agada led the way in scoring for Prometey with 27 points, of which 24 came in the first half. For Bursaspor, Derek Needham finished on 20 points after having just 4 at the halftime break. 

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### [**Promitheas Patras 81-72 Buducnost VOLI Podgorica**](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/promitheas-patras-buducnost-voli-podgorica/U2022/119/)

Arnoldas Kulboka shined again and Promitheas got back to winning ways after hitting 11 three-pointers in dismissing visiting Buducnost 81-72. Both teams now hold 7-5 records in Group B, but Promitheas holds the tiebreak advantage because Buducnost won their first game in overtime. In this one, the hosts took the lead for good early in the second quarter and Kulboka was hot the entire game, finishing with 30 points on 5-for-8 three-point shooting. Erick Green paced Buducnost with 16 points.

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### [**Slask Wroclaw 64-100 Veolia Towers Hamburg**](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/slask-wroclaw-veolia-towers-hamburg/U2022/120/)

Hamburg romped to a 100-64 road victory over Slask to keep alive its hopes of reaching the playoffs in Group B after the team’s best EuroCup performance produced its biggest win of the season. Anthony Polite paced the visitors with a game-high 19 points and Yoeli Childs posted a double-double of 10 points and as many rebounds. Jeremiah Martin led Wroclaw with 17 points. Hamburg improved to a 4-8 record and stayed eighth in the group, while Wroclaw remained rooted to the bottom of the 10-team group at 1-11.

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### [**Paris Basketball 86-75 Dolomiti Energia Trento**](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/paris-basketball-dolomiti-energia-trento/U2022/117/)

Paris locked up a spot in the playoffs by knocking off Trento 86-75 at home in Group B. Paris took control with a 13-3 run early in the second half run to improve to 8-4 and a three-way tie for second place in Group B after a third win in four games. Tyrone Wallace collected 25 points and 6 assists to lead the way for Paris, which was missing leading scorer Kyle Allman. The win was overshadowed by Paris forward Juhann Begarin suffering an ankle injury in the third quarter. Trento lost its fourth straight game to fall to 2-10 - extending its road losing streak to 21 games dating back to November 2020. 

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### [**Joventut Badalona 96-91 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana**](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/joventut-badalona-cedevita-olimpija-ljubljana/U2022/111/)

Joventut Badalona moved into a three-way tie at the top of Group A with a 96-91 win over Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana on Wednesday night. With this victory, Joventut improved its record to 8-4, while Cedevita dropped to 2-10. Joel Parra scored a team-high 23 points for Joventut, who had Simon Birgander add 18. For Cedevita, Yogi Ferrell had a game-high 25 points.

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### [**Germani Brescia 72-85 ratiopharm Ulm**](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/germani-brescia-ratiopharm-ulm/U2022/113/)

Ulm grabbed its fourth win in the last five games in Group By topping Germani Brescia 72-85 at Palaleonessa A2a. Ulm improved to 7-5 in the standings while Brescia dropped to 5-7. Ulm also managed to gain the potential tiebreaker between them since Brescia had recorded a 90-98 road victory at Ratiopharm Arena in Round 3. Yago Dos Santos led the winners with 18 points and 10 assists for his second double-double this season. Tai Odiase led Brescia with 17 points. 

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Game Center: Paris advances; Prometey, Hamburg, Ulm win on the road

Veolia Towers Hamburg enjoyed a memorable 100-64 road win at Slask Wroclaw in Group B after thoroughly dominating every department of the game. Notably on the boards, Hamburg denied the home side a single offensive rebound in the opening three quarters.

Hamburg finished the one-sided clash with a whopping 40 rebounds - 10 of them offensive, while Slask managed 26 and all of their 5 offensive boards came in the last quarter when the game was already over as a contest.

Wroclaw head coach Anrej Urlep succinctly summed up his team’s lack of bite: "Hamburg played a great game. After a series of losses ,they showed how you have to compete for your club. On the other side we played a very poor game, completely without energy, especially in the second and third quarter."

Hamburg’s quick and efficient transition was epitomized by an impressive 30 assists, while Wroclaw only had 11. The visitors also shot 30-of-48 from inside the arc (62.5%) and 10-of-24 from three-point range (41.7%), while Slask was 20-of-40 for two points (50%) and a mere 4-of-15 from beyond the arc (26.7%).

Expectably, visiting head coach Benka Barloschky was delighted.

"Obviously very happy with the win, we were able to take care of the ball and that was a big problem the last game," he said. "Today we controlled that in a very good way, we rebounded the ball in a very good way and those were the two aspects that we wanted to do well in."

Hamburg overpowered Slask at both ends

Slask Wroclaw v Veolia Towers Hamburg (2023-01-25T19:00:00.000Z)

Joventut Badalona moved into a three-way tie at the top of Group A with a 96-91 win over Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana on Wednesday night. With this victory, Joventut improved its record to 8-4, while Cedevita dropped to 2-10.

 

Joel Parra scored a team-high 23 points for Joventut, who had Simon Birgander add 18, Guillem Vives contribute 15 and Kyle Guy finish with 14. For Cedevita, Yogi Ferrell had a game-high 25 points, while Josh Adams scored 15. The visitors had four other players get into double figures: Edo Muric (13), Rok Radovic (12), Alen Omic (11) and Amar Alibegovic (10).

Cedevita began the game on fire, opening a 0-7 lead after three minutes of play, but Vives went 3-for-3 from beyond the arc to help Joventut get back into the game three minutes later, 12-12. Yet, Radovic and Ferrell combined for five points to reestablish the visitors' advantage, 12-17, which they managed to hold onto for the remainder of the quarter, 19-21.

 

Vives gave Joventut a boost early in the second as he connected for his fourth triple of the night to nudge the hosts in front, 22-21. Alibegovic immediately hit back, but then Joventut found a way to remain in control, despite comeback attempts by Cedevita. As the first half drew to a close, Henry Ellenson saw a three-pointer fall to put Joventut seven points ahead, 46-39. It seemed as though the hosts were going to go into the break with that lead intact, 48-41, but a buzzer-beating Marko Jeremic triple gave Cedevita reason to be optimistic, 48-44.

The third quarter was a little slow to get going, but Cedevita managed to chip into the deficit and eventually flipped the script, 54-55, with 6:53 on the clock. However, that provided a response from Joventut, who regained its seven-point advantage two and a half minutes later, 64-57, before extending it thanks to a pair of made free throws by Guy, 66-57. Again, Joventut had a comfortable lead in the final seconds of the quarter, 70-63, but this time Adams scored a buzzer-beating shot from just inside the arc to reduce the gap to five points entering the last stanza.

 

Ferrell provided the assists for both of Jeremic and Adams's buzzer-beating shots, and he scored Cedevita's first 8 points to make the hosts sweat, 76-73. Adams and Omic kept putting points on the board after that, and it was Adams who scored a floater to make it 78-80 with 6:10 remaining. Cedevita's lead swelled to six points after a layup by Omic, 79-85, one minute later, but a 13-0 run by Joventut saw it regain control, 92-85, en route to 96-91 victory.

Joventut survives Cedevita comeback attempt, 96-91

### ratiopharm Ulm head coach Anton Gavel:

"We are happy. First of all, congratulations to our players. We are happy that we could win here and also take the head-to-head comparison. I think that in the second half, we stepped up defensively, had a couple of deflections, destroyed a couple of their plays. And offensively, we were hitting shots. We were moving the ball a little bit better and tried to play a little faster. Everybody contributed, and everybody had a plus in the plus-minus section, so we are happy about it.

"Congratulations to our players. We are extremely happy that we got this W here and also the head-to-head comparison. In the first half, we started kind of sloppy defensively and were not able to create any stops. In the second half, we got better. I think we were more aggressive trying to get through the screens and destroyed a couple of plays with deflections. And also, we found the way to move the ball and create shots for our shooters, and we were knocking them down. You need to hit shots if you want to be able to win an away game. So yes, we are extremely happy about this win. We have to continue and get ready for our domestic league."

### Germani Brescia head coach Alessandro Magro:

"After the last games, obviously, we worked on our defensive impact and focused on our level of consistency, trying to protect the paint, trying to be able to help a player that was one-on-one, and I think we did a good job during the first half, for sure. But checking the stats for the entire game, we were able to protect our rim. For sure, we need to get better on defensive rebounds even if until now, we were one of the best teams. But players like Caboclo, who usually averages 3.6 \[offensive rebounds\], it is very tough to compete against this, especially if you are in rotation. 

"I think that the key of the game tonight was that Dos Santos played so aggressive, attacking one-on-one, and was really able to activate their shooters. They are the second-best team in the EuroCup for three-pointers made. And the key, especially in the fourth quarter, was that one because they were able to arrive and take shots. We did quite a good job in defensive transition, but against their drive and kick, Dos Santos was able to find and activate their shooters in the best way possible. They had 47% with 16 three-pointers made. In the fourth quarter, they hit 7 three-pointers. Obviously, it was tough. On the other side, the point was that their physicality really put us in trouble. Our side-to-side game was struggling against their way to disarm the screens, and that produced too many turnovers to be able to compete against a team like that."

### ratiopharm Ulm guard Yago Dos Santos:

"It is a great win against a great team, a tough team. It is a great victory for us."