There was some optimism in the Bourg locker room despite losing Game 1.
Bourg learned lessons to help it in Game 2
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The overwhelming message in the Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse locker room after falling to Paris Basketball in Game 1 of the BKT EuroCup Finals on Tuesday is that the team has what to work on. Mostly on defense.
“We have to focus on our defense,” Jequan Lewis said. “We kind of let them do whatever they want in the first half and they kind of got rolling, It’s tough to play a team like this on their home court. You have to be able to be on the same page and stop them early.”
His backcourt mate Axel Julien shared a similar sentiment: “We allowed a lot of one-on-one from Shorts and Hifi and we have to manage that and work on different situations. We had other problems, too, but that was one of our problems tonight.”
Their head coach, Frederic Fauthoux saw things a little differently. “We must play better on offense and we have to control the ball better. Nineteen turnovers is too much,” Fauthoux commented in the post-game press conference.
The next message, however, was that things will be different when Bourg hosts Game 2 at Ekinox on Friday.
“We have to forget [about Game 1], but work on the mistakes we made before Friday and come with better intentions to force Game 3,” Julien said. “The atmosphere is going to be so different. We will have the advantage in front of our fans. They enjoyed tonight this crowd and we will try to enjoy the moment on Friday.”
“We are just going to go to the lab tomorrow and prepare for the next game,” Lewis added. “We are going to compete. We are not a team that is going to roll over.”
Bourg showed a spark over the game’s last 16 minutes, when it outscored Paris 17-31. A new plan on defense, being a little more careful on offense, a boost from the crowd and renewed fighting spirit could be the exact recipe Bourg needs to extend the series and come back to Paris for Game 3.
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Magic Moment: Bourg's Benitez beats the buzzer!
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Magic Moment: Kokila with the swat!
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Magic Moment of the Night: Risacher dunks in traffic!
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Magic Moment: Kokila's big block!
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Magic Moment: Ngouama to Simon!
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Magic Moment: Simon's fastbreak dunk!
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Magic Moment: Kratzer's alley-oop dunk!
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Tyson Ward, Paris: ‘It would be crazy, surreal’
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TJ Shorts, Paris: ‘Hopefully we can do something special’
