At least one of this season’s 7DAYS EuroCup debutants will start the season 2-0 after opening-night winners Paris Basket and Hapoel Tel Aviv meet on Wednesday in the French capital. Paris trailed by as many as 15 in the second quarter at Turk Telekom Ankara before erupting and going on to win by 15. Kyle Allman poured in 22 points and Amar Gegic added 17 in the victory. Hapoel never trailed en route to a 76-59 home win over London Lions. J’Covan Brown keyed the Hapoel attack with 19 points and 6 assists.
Newcomers Paris, Hapoel to clash in French capital



Paris found the energy to rise up in Ankara despite playing with a short rotation; Coach Will Weaver used only eight players and one of them featured for just 6:15. In contrast, eight Hapoel players spent more than 18 minutes on the floor and another two played more than 5. Paris will need more contributions from its second unit to keep up with Hapoel’s depth.
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Hapoel had excellent ball movement on display against London and recorded 17 assists and just 6 turnovers. That first number would have been much higher had the club not struggled shooting the ball; Hapoel knocked down 41.0% of its two-pointers and 29.7% of its threes. Those numbers can be expected to rise in Paris. This will be the first time Hapoel plays a game in France since it faced Racing Paris in the Europe League qualifying rounds in 2005.