Only a few people would have predicted that the 7DAYS EuroCup game between Buducnost VOLI Podgorica and Promitheas Paras would go to overtime when the former led 67-47 late in the third period. The home team were comfortably in charge, running its offensive sets with ease and taking advantage of its opponent's turnovers to dominate the game.

But suddenly, Promitheas woke up early in the last period and displayed a remarkable performance to come back from behind. Led by Joe Young and Anthony Cowan, the visitors managed to reduce the margin to single digits with 4 minutes left to play. Nerves took over among the Buducnost crowd, as the visitors sparked another strong run, capped by triples by Nikolaos Gkikas and Cowan, to turn the tables and have a 79-81 edge with 37 seconds to play.

Alpha Kaba turned an offensive rebound into a bucket to tie it up, but Joe Young responded and scored a contested layup that seemed to confirm a victory for Promitheas with 7 seconds to go. There was still time left, though, with Phil Booth taking the ball and running the floor before scoring a miracle bucket that ended up sending the game to overtime.

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Booth didn’t stop there, as he continued to punish Promitheas in overtime. Right after Kaba set an 82-81 lead from the line, Booth took over and dominated on offense to score 2 more baskets, which saw Buducnost take an 86-81 advantage. He showed up again, this time from the line, to extend it to 89-82 with 1:40 remaining, giving Buducnost the calm it needed to confirm the win.

Booth saved the day for Buducnost

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica v Promitheas Patras (2022-10-25T17:00:00.000Z)

Veolia Hamburg Towers gave up a big lead at home to Slask Wroclaw on Tuesday night, but it used its second-chance opportunities to eventually down the Polish team.

Hamburg wasted a 19-point advantage in the second quarter and had a nightmare third quarter before getting an 87-83 win. The German side actually lost the rebound battle 44-41, but grabbed 17 offensive rebounds – four more than Slask – and turned those into 24 points, compared to just 12 for Slask.

Hamburg also showcased its aggressive defense, forcing 21 Slask turnovers, 12 of which came off Hamburg steals.

Telling numbers: Hamburg takes advantage of second-chance opportunities

Veolia Towers Hamburg v Slask Wroclaw (2022-10-25T17:30:00.000Z)

### [U-BT Cluj-Napoca 80-85 Umana Reyer Venice](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/ec2223-rs3-report-clu-vnc/)

Umana Reyer Venice got its 7DAYS EuroCup season up and running on Tuesday night, as it beat U-BT Cluj-Napoca at BTarena to record its first win of the campaign. Cluj made things difficult for Reyer in the final stages, getting to within 3 points with 00:07 left to go, but the Italian team managed to hold on thanks to Marco Spissu's cool head at the free-throw line.

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### [Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 95-89 Promitheas Patras](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/ec2223-rs3-report-bud-pat/)

It took until overtime for Buducnost VOLI Podgorica to eventually beat Promitheas Patras, but it was able to do so thanks to an impressive showing from Phil Booth. Buducnost had a sizeable lead during regulation but saw it slowly slip away, with Promitheas refusing to give up. Yet, it proved a step too far in overtime, as the team was unable to keep pace with Buducnost.

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### [Veolia Towers Hamburg 87-83 Slask Wroclaw](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/ec2223-rs3-report-ham-wro/)

The Veolia Towers Hamburg fans inside edel-optics.de Arena were able to see their team record its first home win of the season on Tuesday night, as it staved off a comeback effort to beat Slask Wroclaw. Hamburg led by as many as 19 points at halftime, but Slask managed to flip the game on its head and take a lead by the end of the third quarter. That served as motivation for the Hamburg players to wake up, however, with Kendale McCullum stepping up in particular for the hosts.

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### [Dolomiti Energia Trento 86-91 Paris Basketball](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/ec2223-rs3-report-trn-prs/)

On a night where teams almost gave up big leads, Paris Basketball almost did the same on the road at Dolomiti Energia Trento. Ahead by 15 points in the latter stages of the second quarter, Trento refused to give up and pulled the game to within one point, 86-87, with 15.6 seconds remaining, but new Paris signing Jeremy Evans stepped up with a two-pointer and a crucial rebound to seal the French team's second win of the season.

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Game Center: Each game decided by six points at the most!

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Dolomiti Energia Trento v Paris Basketball (2022-10-25T18:00:00.000Z)

### Will Weaver, Paris Basketball head coach

"We've had a lot of road games early in the season. Obviously we're missing two of our starters \[Tyrone Wallace and Aamir Simms\], so to come in here against a really good team that I know was desperate to get a win tonight and compete the way we did makes me really proud."

### Axel Toupane, Paris Basketball forward

"That's a great win for us. We just won in the French League on Saturday, so that's two in a row for us. That's the first time that's happening since the beginning of the season, so that's great. We need to keep going, Ty Wallace is going to come back, and we want to keep getting victories."

### Emanuele Molin, Dolomiti Energia Trento head coach

"I think we missed too many open shots and, just in the last quarter, we had a good idea to attack them. That's it."

Weaver: 'The way Paris competed makes me really proud'

### Raoul Korner, Veolia Towers Hamburg head coach

"We played excellent in the second quarter. We moved the ball well. We managed to get them into half court, pressured them, forced them to make mistakes, moved the ball very well on offense. We just played very good basketball. \[In the\] third quarter… that’s what usually happens when teams are down and are desperate: they risk a little bit more. We had some good looks, we missed them and then lost our rhythm. We didn’t stop them defensively anymore, we made mistakes and got nervous. But at the end of the day, we showed our resilience once again in tough moments. At the end of the day, it’s a big win for us. It wasn’t pretty in the second half, but we’ll take it."

### Yoeli Childs, Veolia Towers Hamburg forward

"Credit to the other team. Being down 19 at halftime and coming out with the energy and intensity that they did, you have to give them a lot of credit for that. I’m also really proud of us for fighting back instead of just taking that punch and dying. We came out slow – we have to get better there. But we did a good job fighting back in the fourth quarter. We played for each other. What is super cool is that all the guys on the bench really support the guys out there on the court. Nobody cares about stats, nobody cares about individual accolades. We all just want to win basketball games and we have a coach who believes in us."

### Andrej Urlep, Slask Wroclaw head coach

"We completely fell apart in the second quarter. We played really bad, really selfish on offense and we were not able to get back. We showed a completely different face in the second half. Unfortunately for us, at the end of the game we made some bad decisions and that’s why Hamburg won."

Childs: 'Hamburg did a good job fighting back in the fourth quarter'

Paris Basketball has improved its record to 2-1 in this year's 7DAYS EuroCup after downing Dolomiti Energia Trento at BLM Group Arena on Tuesday night, while the Italian team now find itself 0-3 after the first three games.

Kyle Allman was the man making everything happen for Paris, finishing with 23 points and 5 assists on a night where the team was without scorer Tyrone Wallace. Ismael Kamagate made his presence felt with a 14-point, 10-rebound double-double, and Axel Toupane also had a double-double after scoring 16 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. Yet, the highest-scoring player in the game was Trento's Darion Atkins, who had 16 of his 24 points in the second half. Andrejs Grazulis aided the Italian team's efforts with 17 points.

The game got off to a good start for Trento, with Grazulis scoring the team's first 7 points before it took a 14-7 lead. Paris was being very careless with the ball in the first quarter, as it had 5 turnovers and found itself two points down, 20-18, after the first 10 minutes of play. Head coach Will Weaver got into the Paris players, which led to a quarter in which the visitors outscored Trento 17-31 to go into halftime 37-49. Allman was beginning to unlock the Trento defense with ease, which was creating easy opportunities to score for the likes of Kamagate and Toupane. The lead stretched to 56-72 after the third quarter, but Trento never gave up and eventually managed to pull the game to within one point, 86-87, with 15.6 seconds remaining. New Paris signing Jeremy Evans used his experience to score a two-pointer and create a three-point gap between the two teams, and he then grabbed the crucial rebound to end the game after two failed three-point attempts by Trento.

Paris holds on to beat Trento, 86-91

### Vladimir Jovanovic, Buducnost VOLI Podgorica head coach

“I’m satisfied with the victory. They opened the last quarter with that small ball game and we didn’t find any good solution for that.”

### Alpha Kaba, Buducnost VOLI Podgorica center

"The last quarter was difficult for us. We could expect that from them, as we know the team. We play EuroCup, and it is always great intensity. They increased the intensity and we made a lot of turnovers, we scared ourselves, but finally we got the win and that’s all that matters in the end. We should have won the game even before the overtime, but the job is done and that’s what is important, so we are happy for that."

### Makis Giatras, Promitheas Patras head coach

"In the second half we spent a lot of energy to recover from a score of minus 20, we tried to win the game and it went to overtime, but Buducnost had more energy than us and they were able to win the game."

Kaba: 'Buducnost got the win and that's all that matters'

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica survived a fourth-quarter rally from visiting Promitheas Patras to earn a 95-89 victory at Moraca on Tuesday night.

Phil Booth sent the game to overtime with a layup and then followed that up with 6 points during an 8-1 run to start the extra period. Booth led Buducnost's scorers with 18 points, with Trae Bell-Haynes contributing 16. Alpha Kaba provided a 14-point, 13-rebound double-double, and Cameron Reynolds chipped in 10 points for the winners. Joe Young set the tone for Promitheas with 20 points, while Anthony Cowan, Nikolaos Gkikas, Arnoldas Kulboka and Dimitrios Kaklamanakis added 15, 11, 11 and 10 points, respectively.

Both teams were scoring at a fairly rapid pace early in the game. The hosts found Kaba and Bell-Haynes to build a 16-11 edge, but Promitheas didn’t look back and reached the end of the first quarter trailing 26-23, with Kaklamanakis and Young showing what they are capable of on offense. Even though Gkikas tied it up from downtown right after the game resumed, the hosts took advantage of Promitheas's turnovers to storm a 22-5 run and escape with a 17-point lead, 48-31. A couple of good plays by Petar Popovic set a 20-point margin, 67-47, late in the third period, which seemed to be the last blow for the guests. The scenario radically changed in the last period, however, as Young and Anthony Cowan combined to reduce the margin to single digits, 73-65, with 4 minutes remaining. Then Gkikas capped a 1-11 run with a triple to tighten things even more, 74-71, which led to some panic in the Buducnost camp. Cameron Reynolds came to the rescue with a three-pointer, but Cowan and Gkikas nailed back-to-back triples right after to complete the comeback, 77-79, with 00:37 to go in the fourth quarter. Kaba and Young then swapped baskets right before Booth scored a coast-to-coast layup and Aleksandar Lazic blocked Michalis Tsairelis to send the game to overtime.

 

Booth remained red-hot in the extra period, as he showed up with back-to-back buckets that Kaba complemented with a pair of free throws to build an 87-81 edge. Promitheas tried to cut the deficit from the three-point line, but they missed 5 attempts in a row from downtown to energize Buducnost’s mood. Booth drained 2 more free throws after that, with Bell-Haynes and Popovic both scoring two-pointers to put the game to bed at 95-82 with just over half a minute remaining.

Buducnost steps up in overtime to down Promitheas

Veolia Towers Hamburg wasted a big lead but managed to fend off Slask Wroclaw to collect its first home win of the season in the 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup.

Slask erased a 19-point halftime deficit before Hamburg prevailed 87-83 to improve to 2-1. Kendale McCullum was one of four Hamburg players that got into double figures, scoring 16 points, while Yoeli Childs had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Aleksander Dziewa of Slask recorded 17 points and 15 rebounds, yet it was in a losing effort as his team dropped to 0-3.

Neither team really was able to away in the first quarter, which ended with the hosts ahead 22-19. Hamburg used runs of 10-0 and 15-3 to extend the cushion to 19 points, as it led by 52-33 at the break. Slask came out of the locker room a changed team, with its first 17 points including 10 points from Daniel Golebiowski as Slask eventually claimed the lead, 56-58. Hamburg moved back ahead and led 63-61 after 30 minutes. The home team reestablished an eight-point lead but lost that as well, with Slask evening it 73-73. Hamburg did not let Slask nose ahead in the final stages, though, with McCullum saving the day by scoring two layups and two free throws in the final 64 seconds, as well as creating a turnover with 3.9 seconds to play.