### Guard play could make the difference for Bourg

Bourg has committed the second-fewest turnovers (11.7 per game) and leads the EuroCup in three-point shooting (41.6%) this season. Those are both the strengths and the weaknesses of the Gran Canaria defense. While Gran Canaria leads the competition in steals with 9.3 per game, it has allowed opponents to shoot 37.6% from behind the arc. Those numbers help map out a game plan against the islanders, who are playing their second road game in three days.

Hence, the keys for Bourg sit with its guards. If the likes of Axel Julien, Hugo Benitez, C.J. Harris and Rasheed Sulaimon can handle the Gran Canaria pressure and orchestrate good looks from downtown for themselves and others, it could help the hosts capture a valuable victory that would shoot it higher into the standings.

Keys to victory: Bourg vs. Gran Canaria

Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse v Gran Canaria (2022-02-17T19:00:00.000Z)

The hosts had a peaceful evening against Gran Canaria as they opened the game with a 5-0 lead and remained in charge all night long. Reyer grabbed a 19-10 edge at the end of the first quarter, mostly exploiting Gran Canaria’s weaknesses in taking care of the ball. The visitors committed 9 turnovers in the first 10 minutes and that trend continued until the final whistle.

Even though Gran Canaria improved it a little bit in the second quarter, it added 4 more turnovers that allowed Reyer to build a 41-23 halftime advantage. Things got worse for the islanders as they almost doubled the number of turnovers, going for 12 more to finish with a total of 25. Almost half of them (12) ended up directly in Reyer's hands, which helped the local team maintain a safe margin all over the way and cruise to a big home win.

Umana Reyer Venice ruined Gran Canaria’s dream of securing a playoff spot on Tuesday by taking advantage of its opponent’s 25 turnovers to defeat the Group B leader.

Telling numbers: Turnovers sink Gran Canaria in Venice

Umana Reyer Venice v Gran Canaria (2022-02-15T19:00:00.000Z)

Michele Vitali - Umana Reyer Venice (photo Alessandro Scarpa - Reyer) - EC21

Five three-pointers from the Reyer shooters early in the second quarter opened a 35-16 gap that the visitors were unable to recover from. Reyer got its third straight win to improve to 7-5, while Gran Canaria saw its five-game winning streak snapped and dropped to 9-3. Victor Sanders led five Reyer scorers in double-figures with 13 points. Michael Bramos, Andrea De Nicolao and Mitchell Watt followed with 11 apiece and Michele Vitali scored 10 for the winners. Artem Pustovyi paced Gran Canaria with 13 points and ohn Shurna posted a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds in defeat.

Vitali got the hosts going with a three-point play that helped Reyer take an early 7-2 lead behind inside contributions from Jeff Brooks and Watt. Gran Canaria decided to replace its frontcourt to change the trend, but a couple of three-pointers by the home team made the difference even bigger, 13-4. Salvo and Shurna struck back from long range to keep the hosts close, 15-10. Gran Canaria’s turnovers prevented it from completing the rally, as Reyer found a pair of slams by Watt and Martynas Echodas to finish the first quarter comfortably on top, 19-10.

Austin Daye showed up from downtown right after the game resumed to make it a double-digit lead and Julyan Stone followed with another bomb each to raise the difference to 25-12. Even though Gran Canaria seemed to find some momentum in offense, Bramos, Daye and Vitali punished again from deep to soar to 35-16 halfway through the second quarter. Scoring went down on both sides from then on, which proved sufficient for Ryer to maintain a safe cushion. A buzzer-beating layup by Brooks closed the first half with a 41-23 lead for the home team.

Things got even worse for the visitors when Vitali opened fire from behind the arc right after intermission to surpass the 20-point border. Brooks followed with a bucket and Sanders hit another triple that dug it deeper at 49-27. Nothing seemed to work for Gran Canaria, as anytime it succeeded in offense, Reyer counterattacked with even more firepower. Pustovyi scored inside, then Sanders answered with a three that extended the difference to 52-29. Pustovyi kept rocking in the paint, but nobody else joined in until Javi Lopez drilled a three and Dylan Ennis scored from the line to give the visitors some breath and reduce the margin to 54-37. Free throws by Sanders and Echodas stopped Gran Canaria’s reaction and the hosts entered the last period ahead 57-39.

 

Baskets were few and far between early in the fourth quarter, as only Khalifa Diop and Stone were able to contribute on each side in the first 2 minutes. Diop had to head the bench after committing his fifth foul as did Salvo a minute later. The latter was also called for a technical foul that Vitali converted from the line and Watt followed with a three-point play and a long hook shot to restore a 20-point margin, 65-43, confirming the outcome with 6 minutes remaining.

Umana Reyer Venice prevented visiting Gran Canaria from securing a playoff spot when it defeated the Group B leader 77-59 at Palasport Tallercio in a Round 9 make-up game on Tuesday night. 

Reyer beats Gran Canaria for third win in a row

Victor Sanders - Umana Reyer Venice (photo Alessandro Scarpa - Reyer) - EC21

Eighty has proven to be Andorra’s magic number as the Spanish side improved to 7-1 when it scores at least 81 points - including the last seven in a row. This was the first time the team hit that number since an 81-76 win over Lietkabelis Panevezys in Round 7 in mid-December. Andorra is 0-5 in games in which it scored 80 or fewer points.

Two big reasons were rebounds and three-pointers. Slask ranked first in defensive rebounds and second in total rebounds coming into the game, but Andorra ruled the glass 42-28. The hosts also kept Slask struggling from long range. Andorra’s defense had held opponents to a third-best 33.0% on three-pointers and Slask was dead-last from the outside at 29.2% coming into the game. The difficult season continued for the visitors as they shot just 29.6% on three-pointers.

MoraBanc Andorra bounced back and showed in its 99-65 victory over Slask Wroclaw that if it can use its high-octane offense, it can win.

Telling numbers: Andorra gets back to winning thanks to high-octane offense

MoraBanc Andorra v Slask Wroclaw (2022-02-15T19:00:00.000Z)

Oriol Pauli - MoraBanc Andorra (photo Martin Imatge - Andorra) - EC21

This is what the protagonists had to say after the Round 9 showdown between Umana Reyer Venice and Gran Canaria. 

Post-game quotes: Reyer vs. Gran Canaria

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

“\[What made the difference tonight was\] absolutely our approach to the game, the desire to compete, to change this situation and show up, that we can accept everything that happens. We played an amazing game, honestly, especially in defense, but with 6-7 players, a lot of injuries, but this is our core and I’m very proud of the players. I’m very happy for the players because we beat a great team, so we need to keep going.”

### Gran Canaria head coach Porfirio Fisac:

“The summary is easy for me tonight because they played better than us and my team was not here. Injuries are not an excuse today, they didn’t have Jordan Theodore today, for example. They played really well, with a lot of energy, they killed us in threes, in rebounding, in energy. The only team that played tonight was Venice.”

### Umana Reyer Venice guard Michael Bramos:

“Our defense was great tonight. Holding Gran Canaria to only 59 points is an amazing effort, and everyone contributed. We got five players with over 10 points which is a really good team effort.”


Walter De Raffaele - Umana Reyer Venice (photo Alessandro Scarpa - Reyer) - EC21

Andorra pulled away with a 12-0 run to start the second quarter and added a 15-0 third-quarter charge to improve to 7-6 after having lost four of its last five games in Group A. Clevin Hannah led the way for the winners with 20 points while Mario Nakic scored a career-high 13 points and Conor Morgan also netted 13. Slask, which has not won on the road this season, fell to 2-10. Travis Trice tallied 16 points and 6 assists to pace the visitors, while Kodi Justice had 13 points and Kerem Kanter chipped in 12.

Martins Meiers started the game with a dunk and Ivan Ramljak made it 0-4. After Hannah opened the hosts’ scoring with a three-pointer, Justice made a triple in helping Slask pull ahead 3-11. Andorra started to finally produce offensively with Morgan and Drew Crawford draining three-pointers and Hannah scoring 4 points in a 16-3 charge to grab a 19-14 advantage. Four points from Szymon Tomczak for Slask were bettered by 5 points from Codi Miller-McIntyre and Andorra had a 24-20 lead after 10 minutes.

Nakic came out on fire in the second quarter with a three-pointer and two layups among 9 points for a 36-20 lead. Justice hit from deep for Slask’s first points of the quarter after nearly 4 minutes played. He connected on another three-pointer as Slask went on a 2-10 run to pull within 38-30. Victor Arteaga stopped the drought and the hosts led 41-30 at the break.

Moussa Diagne opened the second half with a three-pointer with Justice scoring at the other end. Trice’s free throws made it 48-34 when Andorra streaked away with a 15-0 surge thanks to 5 points from Oriol Pauli and two triples by Morgan to lead 63-34. Slask finally started to score more consistently with Kanter draining two three-pointers and Jakub Karolak and Trice also hitting from deep to trim the deficit to 69-52. And the score was 71-52 after 30 minutes.

Kanter started the final frame with a layup and Trice also scored for the visitors, who could not cut into the gap, 75-58. Hannah sandwiched three-pointers around a Crawford triple at the other end and Andorra was up 84-63. With the outcome clear, the home side entertained their fans in the closing minutes. 

MoraBanc Andorra got back to its winning ways by racing past Slask Wroclaw 99-65 at home in a Round 9 make-up game on Tuesday night.

Andorra trounces Slask in Round 9 make-up game

Drew Crawford - MoraBanc Andorra (photo Martin Imatge - Andorra) - EC21

This is what the protagonists had to say after the Round 9 showdown between MoraBanc Andorra and Slask Wroclaw. 

Post-game quotes: Andorra vs. Slask

### David Eudal, MoraBanc Andorra head coach:

“We played much better in the second half. Everybody was involved in the game. A lot of players were scoring. So we are happy with our performance. We will just keep going and see where we finish. This was very important because now we have two weeks off. It was important to finish strong - 99 points is a lot, 65 for them. It was a very important game for us, for our confidence.

“In the first quarter, we were not at our level. We were a little too excited and we didn’t play our game. But we started to improve in the second quarter. And our second half was really good. We shared the ball well and everybody was scoring. Everybody was participating in the offense. We played some very good defense. I am happy about the game and the result. Now we can rest a little bit.”

### Andrej Urlep, Slask Wroclaw head coach:

“Congratulations to Andorra. I think they played a good game. We had a good start but unfortunately, we only had enough energy for 4 or 5 minutes. And that was it for this game. We’ve been through a really tough period with a lot of games - just traveling and no practice. Tonight we played with one point guard. So we had a lot of problems. They are good enough to take advantage of that. I cannot say we did not try. But it was really visible that the right energy was not there because we made bad decisions. And that’s why the score was how it was.”

### Clevin Hannah, MoraBanc Andorra guard: 

“We came out with more energy. We got more stops and we played our game with more transition. We came off two tough losses. Today was a good crowd for us and we came out and got the win.”

david Eudal - MoraBanc Andorra (photo Martin Imatge - Andorra) - EC21

## Group A

### [Morabanc Andorra 99-65 Slask Wroclaw](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2021-22/morabanc-andorra-slask-wroclaw/U2021/84/)

Andorra got back to its winning ways by racing past Slask 99-65 at home. Andorra pulled away with a 12-0 run to start the second quarter and added a 15-0 third-quarter charge to improve to 7-6 after having lost four of its last five. Clevin Hannah led the way for the winners with 20 points while Mario Nakic scored a career-high 13 and Conor Morgan also netted 13. Slask remained winless on the road this season in falling to 2-10. Travis Trice scored 16 points to lead Slask in defeat.

## Group B

### [Umana Reyer Venice 77-59 Gran Canaria](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2021-22/umana-reyer-venice-gran-canaria/U2021/89/)

Reyer prevented visiting Gran Canaria from securing a playoff spot when it defeated the group leader 77-59 at Palasport Tallercio. Five three-pointers from the Reyer shooters early in the second quarter opened a 35-16 gap that the visitors were unable to recover from. Victor Sanders led five Reyer scorers in double figures with 13 points as Reyer improved to 7-5 and dropped Gran Canaria to 9-3.

Game night: Andorra, Reyer roll in Tuesday make-up games

Andrea De Nicolao - Umana Reyer Venice (photo Alessandro Scarpa - Reyer) - EC21

· FRUTTI EXTRA BURSASPOR has been sanctioned with a fine of €3,000 for acts that represent a lack of respect on occasion of its home game against Promitheas Patras under Article 29.2.g) of the Euroleague Basketball Disciplinary Code.

· BUDUCNOST VOLI PODGORICA has been sanctioned with a fine of €4,000 for the throwing of objects onto the playing court on occasion of its home game against Umana Reyer Venice under Article 29.2.h) of the Euroleague Basketball Disciplinary Code.

Euroleague Basketball has announced the following disciplinary sanction pertaining to incidents that occurred in Round 13 of the 7DAYS EuroCup regular season.