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Game Center: Paris completes the semifinal lineup after ousting Joventut
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Thursday, March 14
Paris Basketball 86-70 Joventut Badalona
Paris grabbed its 18th win of the EuroCup season and will face the London Lions in the best-of-three semifinals. T.J. Shorts led the winners with 21 points and 9 assists. Nadir Hifi added 15 while Mikael Jantunen had 12 for Paris. Andrew Andrews paced Joventut with 25 points. Andres Feliz added 14 for the visitors, who were eliminated with the loss. It was a close game for 25 minutes before Paris used a 13-0 run to get full control of the game and cruise to a well-deserved victory.
Wednesday, March 13
U-BT Cluj-Napoca 79-91 London Lions
London overpowered Cluj, leading from the second minute onward to reach the semifinals for the first time. The margin reached 20 in the fourth quarter before a late rally by the Romanian champs. Sam Dekker scored a season-high 21 points to lead five London scorers in double figures and David Nwaba added 13 points, 8 rebounds and 4 steals. Bryce Jones scored a personal-best 23 points for Cluj in defeat.
Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 89-94 Besiktas Emlakjet Istanbul
Besiktas pulled off one of the most impressive comebacks in EuroCup history to beat Hapoel in the quarterfinal at the Avia Solutions Group Arena in Vilnius on Wednesday. The guests trailed by as many as 21 points in the second quarter and Hapoel took a 57-39 lead into the second half, but the Turkish side outscored its opponent 32-55 after the break to clinch a spot in the semifinals. Jonah Mathews paced Besiktas with 28 points and Matthew Mitchell netted 22. Will Cummings recorded a season-high 28 points in defeat.
Tuesday, March 12
JL Bourg en Bresse 95-82 Prometey Slobozhanske
Bourg is the first team to book its place in the EuroCup Semifinals after defeating Prometey 95-82 at Ekinox on Tuesday night. The French side improved to 9-1 at home, with its only loss having come in Round 18 to ratiopharm Ulm, when it had already wrapped up top spot in Group B. Bourg will face the winner of Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv vs. Besiktas Emlakjet Istanbul in a best-of-three series, in which Frederic Fauthoux's group have home-court advantage.