By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Paris Basketball was the favorite over the Hamburg Towers and proved it with an impressive 120-91 win to become the only team with just one defeat after 12 rounds of action in the BKT EuroCup.
TJ Shorts with 26 points and seven assists in 22 minutes of action was the first among equals for the winners.
Paris didn’t have any problem from the first moment against the Germans who were trailing by 11 at halftime (59-48) but after that, they couldn’t keep up.
In London, Sam Dekker saved the day with 16 points and the go-ahead bucket for the 89-88 win over Prometey with six seconds left before the final buzzer.
In the remaining time, Caleb Agada’s shot was blocked by Tarik Phillip, and Ronald March’s last three at the buzzer didn’t go in. In total March scored 26 and Agada 23 for Prometey but couldn’t save the say.
Conor Morgan also scored 16 points for the hosts who remain third in the standings with a 9-3 record in Group A.
Hapoel Schlomo Tel Aviv clinched its fifth win in a row by beating Umana Reyer Venice 100-81 at Aleksandar Nikolic Hall in Belgrade moving to a 9-2 to hold second place in the same Group.
Xavier Munford led Hapoel with 25 points on 5-of-6 from behind the arc, John Holland posted 20 points and 8 boards in less than 18 minutes, and Kyle Alexander registered a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds. Rayjon Tucker scored 16 points for Venice which folded in the last quarter and slipped to 4-8.
Joventut Badalona prevailed on the road over Wolves Vilnius 94-79 and improved to 7-5 for the tie with Besiktas in the fourth spot of Group A.
Andres Feliz starred with 18 points, a career-high 10 assists, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Djordje Gagic was the top scorer of the Wolves with 16 points who dropped to 4-7 after their fifth consecutive home defeat.
In the only game played today for Group B, Buducnost got the 80-79 road win over Slask much easier than the final score suggests as the hosts trimmed the lead to one at the buzzer with a three by Bryant Jamonda who scored 18 points in total.
Newcomer Yogi Ferrell with 17 points was the top scorer of Buducnost which has a 5-7 record and they are part of a four-way tie between the fifth and the eighth position, while Slask Wroclaw remains last in the group standings.
RESULTS
GROUP A
Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana – Besiktas Emlakjet Istanbul 83-88
Wolves Vilnius – Joventut Badalona 79-94
Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv – Umana Reyer Venice 100-81
Paris Basketball – Veolia Towers Hamburg 120-91
London Lions – Prometey Slobozhanske 89-88
STANDINGS
1. Paris 11-1
2. Hapoel Tel Aviv 9-2
3. London Lions 9-3
4. Besiktas 7-5
5. Joventut 7-5
6. Prometey 6-6
7. Wolves 4-7
8. Venice 4-7
9. Hamburg 2-10
10. Cedevita Olimpija 0-12
GROUP B
7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys -ratiopharm Ulm 94-90
Turk Telekom Ankara – Aris Midea Thessaloniki 85-95
U-BT Cluj-Napoca – Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse 89-98
Dreamland Gran Canaria – Dolomiti Energia Trento 76-98
Slask Wroclaw – Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 79-80
STANDINGS
1. Gran Canaria 10-2
2. JL Bourg 10-2
3. Cluj Napoca 8-4
4. Ulm 8-4
5. Aris 5-7
6. Lietkabelis 5-7
7. Trento 5-7
8. Buducnost 5-7
9. Turk Telekom 3-9
10. Slask Wroclaw 1-11