It was another convincing display by Tuomas Iisalo's squad.
Paris kicked off the rust and ran past Prometey
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Paris Basketball kicked off the rust of two weeks without a game to eventually race past Prometey Slobozhanske, 93-72, for its sixth straight win in the BKT EuroCup. And it did so in usual Paris style.
Tuomas Iisalo’s team had not played a game since its Round 13 contest in the EuroCup on December 26, but Paris’s high-powered motor started revving back up in the second quarter.
“We can be satisfied. It’s good to start the new year with a win,” said Iisalo, whose team has not played in the French League since December 23. “Obviously you could see that we were rusty with some unnecessary turnovers. It took us some time to get going in the first half. But the guys took care of business and now we’re back in rhythm which is good for us.”
For TJ Shorts, who paced the home side with 18 points and 10 assists, he admitted that nothing comes close to real game action.
“You have so many practices, but nothing can replicate what you do in the game,” he commented. “So you saw a little bit of the rust in the first quarter and the second quarter, but if we do stick to the things that we do practice eventually it will start to click. And that’s what it did. It started in the second quarter. We just went back to our old ways and carried it out through the rest of the game.”
Causing problems for Prometey
Paris did what it does so well: force turnovers and make its opponents pay. Prometey committed 17 turnovers with Paris grabbing 12 steals. And those miscues resulted in a 23-15 advantage in points off turnovers, with Paris committing 15 turnovers itself. Paris also outscored Prometey 25-12 in fastbreak points, getting easy points.
Coach Iisalo, meanwhile, saw more potential in his team, which set a season high in turnovers, eclipsing the 14 from Round 4 – a double-overtime win at the London Lions – and Round 5 at Prometey.
“I think we could have scored 110 [points] if we didn’t turn it over and finished some layups,” he said. “But that’s not the point. The point is to find a way to win and that’s what the guys do time and time again.”
Even with the rust of not having played a game in two weeks.