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Live Blog, Round 1 Tuesday: Only Paris breaks home-court dominance

Hapoel Tel Aviv v London Lions (2022-10-11T17:00:00.000Z)

Turk Telekom Ankara v Paris Basketball (2022-10-11T17:00:00.000Z)

ratiopharm Ulm v Umana Reyer Venice (2022-10-11T17:15:00.000Z)

Joventut Badalona v Germani Brescia (2022-10-11T18:45:00.000Z)

Visiting Paris Basket outscored the home team 16-31 in the fourth quarter, went for 40 points in the last 13 minutes of the game and 90 in the last 33.

Paris turned a terrific start in its first-ever 7DAYS Eurocup game into an offensive masterpiece in Ankara. The French team shot for 0 for 6 on field goals and 0 for 2 from the line, while committing 4 turnovers in the first 7 minutes of the contest. As such, it trailed 12-0 against Turk Telekom, which led 35-20 midway through the second quarter.

A 0-11 run revived Paris run at that moment and provided the offensive confidence many players had missed so far. Amar Gegic sparked his team at the end of the third quarter with 5 points that turned into 5 more early in the last to bring his team ahead, 59-64. Then it was Kyle Allman, who scored 11 of his total 22 points in the last 7 minutes of the game. A three-pointer by the latter built the first double-digit advantage of the night for the visitors, 65-75, which Tyrone Wallace and Axel Toupane extended to 67-81 to bury the hosts.

Paris's offense exploded for road win in Ankara

ratiopharm Ulm used better shooting inside the three-point stripe and a more aggressive approach on offense to grab an opening night win over Umana Reyer Venice.

Ulm converted on 56.8 percent of its two-point shots compared to 50.0% for the visitors in an 81-80 home victory. The hosts forced the issue with drives to the basket and that turned into 33 free throw attempts, of which Ulm made 21, while Reyer shot 11 of 13 from the foul line.

Ulm also got a big showing from its bench, which outscored the starting five 43-38. The hosts won the rebound battle 41-33, too.

Ulm's inside shooting, aggressiveness made the difference

The visitors trailed 40-25, but a 0-11 run before halftime and a terrific scoring boost in the last 13 minutes, with 40 points scored, ruined the night for the home team. Kyle Allman led the way for Paris with 22 points, followed by Amar Gegic, Tyrone Wallace and Axel Toupane, who scored 17, 14 and 12, respectively. Jerian Grant and Axel Boutielle had 16 apiece and Nathan Sestina added 10 for Turk Telekom.

The hosts displayed an incredible performance in the early going, as a 12-0 run in which all the Turk Telekom starters scored, built a strong advantage for the home team. The visitors needed 7 minutes to score and the punishment got even tougher for Paris when Bouteille and Sestina combined for 16 points in the second quarter to grant Turk Telekom a 40-25 lead. A 0-11 run brought Paris back into life at halftime, 42-38. 

Paris got its first lead soon after when Toupane finished a fastbreak, 42-43, but the game remained balanced for a while. The hosts seemed to have recovered their momentum when they found Tyrique Jones inside for a 56-50 edge after 27 minutes, but Paris reacted in style. First it found Gegic, who scored 10 points in less than 4 minutes bridging the third and the fourth quarters to bring Paris back in front, 59-64. Then it was Allman who took over to run the show and provide whatever Paris needed, enough to amass a 67-81 advantage that Turk was unable to make up.

Paris Basket overcame a 15-point second-quarter deficit and outscored its opponent 16-31 in the final quarter to beat Turk Telekom Ankara 75-90 at the Ankara Spor Salonu on opening night. 

Paris rallies to beat Turk Telekom, 75-90, in Ankara

ratiopharm Ulm started the 7DAYS EuroCup season by fending off Umana Reyer Venice 81-80 at home in Group A.

Fedor Zugic led Ulm with 18 points while Devin Robinson tallied 13 points and 6 rebounds and teenager Juan Nunez collected 9 points and 7 assists, including the free throw with 14 seconds left that ended up making the difference. Allerik Freeman paced Reyer with 19 points and 6 assists.

Ulm scored the first 5 points of the game and Reyer did not take a lead until a 2-14 run to surge ahead 27-34. The hosts trailed 40-42 at halftime. Ulm failed to score for nearly 5 minutes to start the second half but Reyer only led 40-49. Ulm answered with 9 straight points and followed with a 10-3 spurt to go up 80-75 with 41 seconds to play. Freeman drained a three-pointer with 5.3 seconds to make it 81-80. Matt Mobley missed 2 free throws with 4.3 seconds left for Ulm, but Reyer could not snatch the road win.

Ulm edges Reyer, 81-80, to start Group A with home win

### ratiopharm Ulm head coach Anton Gavel:

"We are extremely happy after three losses \[in the German League\] to win the game. It doesn’t matter in which competition. I think today we were aggressive and tried to get to the paint and we were rewarded with some free throws. We got hurt a little bit with the two-big-man lineup. That caused us some trouble. But overall in the end, I think we made some good decisions and we are happy to get this game."

### Umana Reyer Venice head coach Walter De Raffaele:

"It’s a tough loss. It’s the second time we lost by 1 point this season. We played too up and down... We had a very good impact on the game and in the third quarter, we showed we could come back one more time but we suffered too much on offensive rebounds and we missed a couple of open shots. We knew that we are a new team and that we need to work."

### ratiopharm Ulm guard Fedor Zugic: 

"It means a lot to us, especially because we are a young team and we played against one of the best teams in the group, who is made to maybe play in the EuroLeague. It means a lot to us. It was a great team win and hopefully, we can keep this up. They were more experienced than us so we had to fight hard, which we did especially on defense. We rebounded the ball pretty well today. I’m pretty happy with our effort today. We just have to keep this going."

Post-game quotes: Ulm vs. Reyer

### Paris Basket head coach Will Weaver:

“I’m proud of the resilience my players showed, especially competing against a team that is as well-coached and well-built as Turk Telekom. They were obviously missing some key contributors tonight and had to use different lineups as a result. I’m a huge admirer of Can Erdem and I think he does an incredibly good job. I think they will be scary to play against at the end of the year but I believe we will be also because our guys have stayed together, injuries, a tough start in which I was not able to coach for the first games, and I think that starting scoring 10 minutes in the first quarter, being scoreless for the first 7 minutes of the game, and from that point forward we made 90, that only comes if you have a very resilient group and a group that plays for each other.” 

### Turk Telekom Ankara head coach Erdem Can: 

“I would like to congratulate Paris for this win. We knew they really are an aggressive team on one-on-one, very athletic, and able to score in one-on-one situations. Until the last quarter, we were able to stick to our game plan, but because of many reasons, in the last period we went down. We couldn’t contain them in one-on-one, we couldn’t stick to our defensive adjustments. We look forward to the next game”

### Paris Basket guard Kyle Allman: 

“I think my teammates made a good job getting me the ball and we were resilient as we were in the first half. We came back, we were down by 15 points and we came back and pushed to get some stops and trusted each other.”

Post-game quotes: Turk Telekom vs. Paris

Hapoel Tel Aviv made the most of an extraordinary basketball atmosphere at Shlomo Group Arena by beating London Lions 76-59 in both teams' debut in the 7DAYS EuroCup. 

Hapoel led from start to finish and did not find much trouble to get its first win in Group B. J'Covan Brown paced the winners with 19 points and 6 assists. Xavier Munford and Tomer Ginat added 11 points each for Hapoel. Tomislav Zubcic led London with 21 points and 8 rebounds and Kostas Koufos added 14 points and 10 rebounds. Hapoel broke the game open midway through the second quarter and never looked back.

Brown struck twice from downtown in a 9-0 opening run. Sam Dekker answered with 5 quick points but left the game with what appeared to be an ankle injury. Hapoel found new go-to guys in Bar Timor and Tomer Ginat to boost its lead to 24-13 after 10 minutes. Brown kept pacing the hosts, getting help from Jordan McRae and Chris Horton to break the game open, 34-17. Kostas Koufos got London closer, 41-28, at halftime. 

Munford took over with 9 quick points right after the break to keep Hapoel out of trouble, 50-32. Vojtech Hruban and Zubcic managed to bring London within 51-40 late in the third quarter. Hapoel improved its defense and then McRae and Horton made sure that Hapoel kept a safe lead all the way until the final buzzer.

Hapoel beats London, 76-59, for first-ever EuroCup win

### Hapoel Tel Aviv head coach Danny Franco: 

"First of all, it was a great atmosphere throughout the game, our fans really gave us a boost and helped us out to climb that mountain of London. I am really happy for the win and excited for the club, it is a good start for us, only the start of the journey."

### London Lions head coach Ryan Schmidt:

"Disappointed is a great word. I don't think we handled the moment very well. Obviously, losing Sam \[Dekker\] hurt us quite a bit but our lack of execution on both ends was pretty disappointing. But it is our first EuroCup game. It is a hell of an environment to play in and we will be fine. I thought there were some times when we did some good things but again, we have to pull a longer stretch together. We were also without Aaron Best, one of our best defenders. He is out with a groin injury and is back in London right now. Obviously, having these two guys out is a lot from a leadership standpoint, from a performance... but again, we have to step up. We have other guys, we are a deep team and it is an opportunity for other guys. We just have to do better.

"Obviously, a tough game for us. Losing Sam \[Dekker\] in the first 5 minutes of the game was obviously a pretty devastating blow, especially from the offensive standpoint, but I thought there were stretches from the second to the fourth quarter that we did a lot of good things. But anytime we spot a team at 11 points, against a talented team like these guys, it is going to be tough to get back in the game. Everyone knows \[Dekker\] is kind of our offensive go-to scorer. You have other weapons on the floor but as you can tell, it was a tough shooting night. So in nights like this when shots aren't falling, I think we shot 15% from three, to be able to have a guy who can create his own shot, missing him hurt us."

### Hapoel Tel Aviv guard J'Covan Brown:

"I just wanted to be aggressive. This is my first EuroCup and I have to set the tone night in and night out. I know what it is about with me. I know what it is about for the organization and my teammates and I am just ready. I'm here, some nights is going to be my night, some nights is not going to be, but most of the time, I am going to make sure I'm there."