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

"First of all, I am happy because we beat a great team. A win is a win. For sure, we must talk about the fourth quarter. They scored 41 points and I don't remember that my team received 41 points \[in one quarter\], maybe against Wolves in our domestic league. The most important is that we won. We played defense and shared the ball, and when we stopped playing offense and started doing things wrong, with wrong ideas, we had problems." 

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

"Sometimes we cannot explain what happens on the court. Maybe we had the worst game of the season. This is basketball, of course, we had a reaction but it was not enough."

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

"It is hard to explain. Some of the guys just believed that we had already won the game, and they are first in the group not just by accident. We were plus 27 but there were still 10 minutes left in the game. We hadn't finished anything. That was the biggest mistake we did, we just believed \[that we won\] early. I think it is easier for me \[to adjust\] because I was here last year with the same coaching staff, same everything, so for me, it is easier to adapt."

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Nenad Canak, Lietkabelis: 'A win is a win'

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

Prometey Slobozhanske secured its fifth win in a row on Wednesday evening after beating Frutti Extra Bursaspor 92-94 at Tofas Spor Salonu. By grabbing this victory, Prometey has moved to joint 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, while DJ Stephens scored all 18 of his points in the second half. Gian Clavell and Ondrej Balvin joined their teammates in double figures with 14 and 12 points, respectively. For Bursaspor, Derek Needham finished on 20 points after having just 4 at the halftime break. David Dudzinski had 17 points, Zach Auguste added 16, and Anthony Clemmons recorded 13 in the defeat.

Bursaspor came out of the blocks fast and opened an 8-0 lead, which caused Prometey head coach Ronen Ginzburg to call a timeout with 6:39 left on the clock in the first quarter. That pause gave the visitors a chance to regroup, and one player who was particularly inspired was Agada. By the time that 4:44 was remaining, the 28-year-old had 10 points and had helped give Prometey a narrow advantage, 11-13. As the first quarter drew to a close, Agada hit a three-pointer to move to 18 points and ensure his team led after the opening 10 minutes, 22-23.

 

Agada continued his scoring in the second period and soon found himself on 24 points at the halfway point of the quarter, 35-40. Bursaspor continued to fight Prometey, with Auguste coming to the fore as the hosts were able to cut the gap to 48-50 at halftime.

There was a clear switch from Bursaspor at the start of the second half, as it decided to defend Agada differently, clearly aware of the threat he was causing on offense. But, while it was finding a way to keep Agada quiet, Stephens began to show what he can do on the offensive end of the floor. Scoreless at the break, Stephens saw a three-pointer drop to keep Prometey in front early on, 50-53, before hitting another triple with 3:33 remaining to do the same, 63-65. Moments later, he followed that up with a high-flying dunk to complete an alley-oop pass from Agada, 63-67. Stephens nailed his third three-pointer of the quarter with 1:47 left to make it a five-point game, 67-72. Ahmet Duverioglu scored the final basket of the quarter, but the visitors had created a bit of daylight with a 69-75 lead.

Needham entered the fourth period on 10 points, but he soon began to take over. By the 6:33 mark in the final quarter, Needham had scored two triples and a two-pointer to bring Bursaspor level, 80-80. Auguste and Needham then scored on back-to-back plays to flip the script, 84-80, but Prometey remained calm. First, Clavell hit a pair of free throws, and then Stephens scored 5 straight points to swing the momentum again, 84-87. It soon became a back-and-forth affair, but Agada appeared with 35 seconds remaining to score his first points of the second half: a three-pointer to put Prometey 92-94 ahead. In the final seconds, Auguste had a chance to score under the basket, but James Dickey secured a game-sealing block on the Bursaspor big man, as Prometey walked away with its fifth win in succession and its third straight on the road.

Prometey wins fifth straight game, beats Bursaspor 92-94

Frutti Extra Bursaspor v Prometey Slobozhanske (2023-01-25T17:00:00.000Z)

7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys snapped a four-game losing streak by thrashing Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse 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. Jamel Morris added 14 while Vytenis Lipkevicius had 11 for Lietkabelis, which led 74-47 early in the fourth quarter. James Palmer led Bourg with 31 points. Axel Julien added 14 and Isiaha Mike and Frantz Massenat each had 10 for the visitors.

Pierre Pelos and Palmer got Bourg going with back-to-back three-pointers in a 0-8 opening run that Amida Brimah capped with a layup. Palmer and Pelos kept pacing the visitors and then Mike scored down low for a 7-14 lead. Orelik followed a layup with a triple in a 7-0 run that tied it at 14-14. Jordan Floyd restored a 16-18 Bourg edge after 10 minutes. Paulius Murauskas buried a three-pointer, sparking a 14-0 Lietkabelis run in which Orelik struck three times from beyond the arc to give his team a 33-22 lead. Palmer got Bourg a bit closer, 40-31, at halftime.

Orelik fired in his fifth three-pointer and followed that with a layup-plus-foul, sparking a 13-0 Lietkabelis run that Morris capped with a corner triple that broke the game open, 55-33. Morris insisted from downtown and then Mantas Rubstavicius boosted Lietkabelis's lead to 72-47 after 30 minutes. 

Bourg was not done, however, as Pelos, Palmer and Mike fueled a 1-23 run that Massenat capped with a three-pointer to get the visitors within 75-69 with over 4 minutes left. Palmer and Julien each buried consecutive three-pointers for an 86-83 score with 24.4 seconds left. Morris and Murauskas sealed the outcome from the foul line.

Orelik leads Lietkabelis to fifth win, 92-88

Two veteran centers, [Ante Tomic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/ante-tomic/002507/) and [Alen Omic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/alen-omic/004222/), are set to square off once again on Wednesday night when Joventut Badalona welcomes Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana for their Round 12 clash.

Omic's 125 EuroCup games played ranks sixth all time and includes a season with Joventut. He is the EuroCup's runaway all-time leader in two-pointers made (518), as well as in offensive (292), defensive (536) and total rebounds (828).

Omic made his competition debut in 2013. Tomic, now 35, first played in the EuroCup in the 2020-21 after more than a decade in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.

Interestingly, since that time the two players have both averaged a PIR of 15.4, with Tomic having an advantage in scoring (12.7 ppg.) and assists (3.3 apg.), while Omic is doing a better job on the glass (6.7 rpg.).

In those three season, the two centers have matched up three times. In those game, not only has Tomic fared better, but he and Joventut ended up victorious each time Omic has been on the other side.

The latest of their three head-to-head games came in Round 3 this season when Tomic and Joventut outplayed Omic and Cedevita. Joventut celebrated a 78-100 win in the Slovenian capital with Tomic collecting 14 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in 17 minutes. Omic had just 3 points, with 8 rebounds and 3 assists, in 22 minutes.

The two first went head-to-head twice in the 2020-21 season, when Omic was with Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse. Tomic shined with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists in Joventut's road win, and collected 6 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in a home game. Meanwhile, Omic had 6 points and 5 rebounds in the home loss, while posting 10 points and 7 rebounds in Badalona.

Now, Omic returns to Badalona with hope to change his fortunes and pick up his first win against Tomic, upsetting his former team.

Head-to-head: Tomic, Joventut vs. Omic, Cedevita

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

Earlier this season, in Round 3 of the 7DAYS EuroCup, Germani Brescia went on the road and beat ratiopharm Ulm 90-98, yet the two teams could only be separated after overtime. This Wednesday night, another thrilling contest between these sides could be in store, as Brescia plays host to Ulm at PalaLeonessa A2A.

Brescia enters this game in seventh place in Group A with a record of 5-6, while Ulm is in sixth position after going 6-5 through the first 11 rounds. What's more, they come into this matchup in contrasting moods, as Brescia lost 79-72 at Prometey Slobozhanske last week, whereas Ulm got back to winning ways at home to 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys, 78-69. Brescia do, however, have the chance to make it three wins from three at PalaLeonessa with a victory over Ulm.

When looking at the first meeting between Brescia and Ulm this season, two of the main protagonists that day will not be present on Wednesday night. For Brescia, guard Troy Caupain had 17 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists in 40 minutes on the floor against Ulm, but he suffered an injury in Round 4 and is expected to remain out until the end of March. On the other hand, Ulm's leading scorer against Brescia, Matthew Mobley with 23 points, is no longer on the German team's roster, as he joined French side Dijon in early January.

ratiopharm Ulm - Germani Brescia | Round 3 Highlights | 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup

For fans and neutrals watching at home, one of the key things to watch on Wednesday night will be the play of two point guards: Amedeo Della Valle of Brescia and Yago Dos Santos of Ulm. In Round 11, Della Valle scored 20 points as he tried his best to carry Brescia against Prometey, while Dos Santos wasn't too far off a triple-double after recording 21 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists against Lietkabelis. They have both shined for their teams this season, and whichever player performs best at PalaLeonessa is likely to end up on the winning side.

For Ulm, it also has a couple of new players on its roster that were not on the team when it took on Brescia earlier this season. Experienced guard Brandon Paul arrived ahead of Round 8 and has had an instant impact on the team, averaging 11.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.0 assist in four appearances. Another new arrival who has hit the ground running is EuroCup rookie Bruno Caboclo, who has averaged 15.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.0 block in his first two games with the club, having only made his debut in Round 10.

"\[Ulm\] has a couple of new players who have had a big impact on the team," said Brescia head coach Alessandro Magro in his pre-game press conference. "We have to get back to winning ways with tough defense \[and\] take care with our defense against their excellent three-point shooters. They are one of the best teams in the competition in that aspect."

The best scoring plays of Germani Brescia star Amedeo Della Valle and ratiopharm Ulm guard Yago Dos Santos between Rounds 1 and 11 in the 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup.

Della Valle and Dos Santos's best scoring plays in 2022-23

It is not just Ulm that has some weapons, though. Della Valle is the clear star for Brescia, but it also has the likes of CJ Massinburg and David Cournooh, who have impressed in the last four games.

Although Della Valle leads the way in this four-game period with 18.8 points per contest, Massinburg and Cournooh have contributed 12.5 ppg. and 11.5 ppg., respectively. Curiously, Massinburg's average would be even higher but for a scoreless game in Round 10, while Cournooh's averaged 15.5 points in Brescia's two home wins over Frutti Extra Bursaspor and Joventut Badalona and 7.5 points in the team's road games in Rounds 8 and 11.

Therefore, with the Della Valle-led Brescia eyeing a third straight home win, Ulm has a tough task on its hands. However, Wednesday night's visiting team, which is 3-3 on its travels, can lean on its Brazilian connection of Dos Santos and Caboclo. It should be a very fun game to watch, so make sure to set aside some time for this clash, which gets underway at 20:30 CET.

Brescia vs. Ulm: Della Valle, Dos Santos set to star in another classic

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

Gran Canaria became the first team to earn a berth in the next stage of the 7DAYS EuroCup when it defeated the London Lions 57-60 at the Copperbox on Tuesday night. With its sixth in a row, the Spanish team improved to 10-2 in Group B to maintain the best record in the competition.

This victory confirmed Gran Canaria's status as a top contender; it is unbeaten against every team between second and fifth place Group B. Gran Canaria’s only losses came against Promitheas Patras in Round 2 (93-82), and against Dolomiti Energia Trento in Round 6 (75-72). All of the other teams have tasted the strength of Coach Jaka Lakovic’s team, which now has a two-win lead over the teams directly behind it in the standings, Turk Telekom Ankara and Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv.

That gives Gran Canaria a great chance of finishing atop the group at the end of the regular season although Lakovic is not overthinking or overvaluing his team’s current position: "We didn’t have any expectations \[at the beginning of the season\] of what was going to happen," he said in the post-game press conference. 

"We just wanted to play game by game, focus on each game at a time. At the end of Round 18, we will see what happens and where we stay at. Right now, we are in a good position, but there are still six games to go, and we still have to play against Turk Telekom Ankara and still against Hapoel in Tel Aviv. The calendar is the same for everybody and we have to go on, and focus on the next one."

London Lions - Gran Canaria | Round 12 Highlights | 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup

What Gran Canaria's fans can be sure about is how resilient and effective the team can be even under pressure. At least, this is what they showed in London. Despite having a sub-par shooting night (37.1% in two-pointers and 26.9% from behind the arc) and scoring just 9 points in the last quarter, Gran Canaria managed to prevent London from completing the rally that made the game 57-58 in the last minute. 

"London came back strong, they got a push from its fans, but we stayed good, solid, especially protecting the defensive rebound and managed to squeeze out the win," he said. "It was a tough game, we were solid defensively but in offense were under par. We had poor percentages shooting from the field even with the open shots, we couldn’t break the game and in the end, it came down to the wire and we were a little bit lucky.

That defensive play was not the only factor Lakovic could celebrate. There was also how his team played its last possession, with the score 57-58 and only 5’ seconds to play. Right after the timeout, Gran Canaria managed to inbound the ball to one of its best free-throw shooters, Nicolas Brussino, who was 12-of-13 before this game. The Argentinean forward lived up to the expectations and made both free throws when he was fouled, sealing the outcome. 

"We were a little bit more experienced, and we took the win, but we have to do better,” Lakovic admitted.

First to the playoffs, Gran Canaria is still aiming higher

London Lions v Gran Canaria (2023-01-24T19:30:00.000Z)

Gran Canaria managed to escape from the Copperbox Arena with a 57-60 win over the London Lions in a game that went down to the line in the last quarter. The visitors had to wait until the last play to celebrate their qualification to the playoffs after Sam Dekker missed a contested three-point shot that turned into an airball. 

But that was not the end many could have expected after watching the first three quarters, as Gran Canaria enjoyed a game-high 35-48 lead midway through the third quarter and was up 43-53 with 9 minutes remaining. But London managed to turn the game upside down with a remarkable defensive effort, allowing just 2 field goals after to make it a one-possession game in the last seconds. 

Fortunately for the visitors, all the work done before proved to be enough to retain the advantage. John Shurna, the last one to make a field goal for the visitors in that last quarter, looked happy to have been able to save the day in the end: "It wasn't the prettiest of all games but we stuck together and found the way to win. It’s a good atmosphere here in London and we were fortunate we came out with the victory."

Gran Canaria shined early to win in London

One could have been forgiven for thinking that U-BT Cluj-Napoca was at home against Umana Reyer Venice whereas it was in fact a road game for the Romanian side, roared on throughout the contest by a sizeable contingent of fans who made the trip to Italy.

Cluj came close to staging a stunning upset as it erased an early 18-point deficit to take a 72-71 lead in the fourth quarter, but the visitors were eventually undone by Reyer’s three-point shooting.

The hosts hit 12 of 21 shots from long range, with Derek Willis making 4 of 6 while Marco Spissu netted 3 of 5. Cluj, which connected on only 2 of 7 from downtown in the first half when Reyer was 7-for-11, finished 7-for-18 from three-point range and was also outrebounded 29-26.

Having committed 5 turnovers in the opening quarter, Cluj took good care of the ball for the remainder of the contest as it finished on 11 turnovers to Reyer’s 16.

The visitors had the upper hand inside the arc as they made 22 of 38 shots while Reyer managed 18 of 36, but superior long-range artillery turned out to be the decisive factor that swung the thrilling clash the home team’s way.

Nonetheless, Cluj received a standing ovation from the club's fans after the game for a valiant effort and its head coach Mihai Silvasan praised his players for a sterling performance. 

"I am proud of my players the way we fought in the second half and the way we looked like a team," he told the post-game press conference. "We wanted to win this game and this is going to be our mentality. We will fight in each game to reach the playoffs and for sure that is our goal."

His Reyer counterpart Walter De Raffaele was relieved the home team was able to hold on: "This was a very important game against a team which showed a new face with three very good players," he said. "It was a tough game, we were ahead throughout and we fought all evening, which is the most important thing. Honestly, I think we didn’t have a great day today as we allowed too many points, but this can happen and we responded. We got something from everybody."

Willis, Spissu silenced the vocal Cluj fans

Umana Reyer Venice v U-BT Cluj-Napoca (2023-01-24T19:00:00.000Z)

In what became a defensive battle, Gran Canaria pulled out a valuable road win from the Copperbox Arena when it defeated London Lions 57-60 on Tuesday night. Despite enjoying a double-digit lead after 30 minutes, the visitors were limited to just 9 points in the last period and had to wait till the last second to seal the win from the line. 

John Shurna led the winners with 13 points, followed by Nicolas Brussino and A.J. Slaughter, who contributed 11 and 10 points, respectively. Sam Dekker paced London Lions with 18 points and 6 rebounds and Kostas Koufos posted a double-double with 15 points and 11 boards. Gran Canaria improved to 10-2 and secured its spot in the playoffs, while London slipped to 5-7 with its third straight home loss.

The visitors started strong on defense and only allowed a fastbreak dunk by Dekker in the first 4 minutes to build a 2-8 lead. Even though Koufos provided 5 quick points to push the home team ahead, 9-8, Gran Canaria reacted in style, securing the rim, and controlling the boards to finish the first quarter ahead 11-17. 

It was 15-21 in the beginning of the second quarter, with both teams exchanging turnovers and missed shots. Ferran Bassas took advantage of a technical foul called on Taylor to score from the line and later added another bucket to bring his team up 17-26. The guests tried but couldn’t escape because of a below-par shooting. Even though Mo Soluade ended a 17-minute drought from behind the arc to help London find some scoring momentum and trim the difference to 3 points, Shurna showed up from the corner to close the first half with a huge buzzer-beating three that established a 26-32 edge for Gran Canaria. 

A technical foul on the London bench and back-to-back three-pointers by Brussino and Slaughter helped the visitors amass a double-digit difference, 26-39, early in the third quarter. Despite Dekker’s efforts to bring his team back to the game, no one else joined and Gran Canaria found no problem to maintain a safe margin, 40-51, after 30 minutes. 

The scenario radically changed when the game resumed, as the home team geared up defensively and the visitors collapsed on offense. A double technical foul on Damien Inglis helped London reduce the gap to 50-55 midway through the last quarter, helping the local fans feel the game again. John Shurna showed up to drill a tough three that made it 50-58, but that would be the last field goal for Gran Canaria in the last 4 minutes of the game. As such, London managed to come back and get as close as 57-58 when Dekker made a layup with 5’ seconds remaining. The visitors managed to get the ball then to Brussino who took charge from the line to secure the outcome.