 Onuralp Bitim, Bursaspor: 'The most important time is coming' 

### Frutti Extra Bursaspor head coach Dusan Alimpijevic

"It’s an important win for us and for the moment that we are in right now. Everything is in our hands. We will wait for tomorrow’s game \[between Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana and Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse\] and we will find out if we’ll finish sixth or eighth. But, for one more time after this regular season, I want to congratulate my club, my team, my players, because we are in the playoffs for the second year in a row. I want to say that this is a huge success for everyone inside the club, as we have made some standards and this club is showing up as a very important team in competition by being two times in a row in the EuroCup playoffs. Of course, expectations are higher after what happened last year and believe me that we have high goals too. But we also have to be realistic and congratulate our players for making the playoffs for the second year in a row."

### Germani Brescia head coach Alessandro Magro

"First of all, it’s a huge honor for our club to participate in an amazing competition like the EuroCup. I want to say congratulations to coach Dusan \[Alimpijevic\] and all the organization of Bursaspor for what you did last season and what you keep on doing here and I wish you good luck for the playoffs.

As for us, we were able to arrive here and manage some injury situations and try to give minutes to players who until now had fewer chances to show up on the court. To be honest, obviously we made mistakes, obviously Bursaspor had the chance to even get large leads and they deserved to do so. But in the end, we were able to come back, to keep fighting together. We are still recovering some players like Troy Caupain, who needs playing time to get game rhythm and flow. And everything we’ve done is because we want to be absolutely ready in one week, after the break, for the EuroCup playoffs."

### Frutti Extra Bursaspor player Onuralp Bitim

"I am happy that we won and that I helped the team. We have a really good team, as we showed last year and at the beginning of this year. It's a long season. We weren't playing like our real selves in the last couple of months, but we know that the most important time of the year is the last couple of months. So, even if we played badly a couple of months ago, I think that we know that the most important time is coming and I think that we will be ready."

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 Jaylen Hoard, Hapoel: 'I think we can go far' 

### Danny Franco, Hapoel head coach

"Super proud of our guys and our club for making a great debut in the EuroCup competition, finishing up on a high note today in front of our fans, who are following us everywhere, home and away. I just appreciate their effort. We're going to keep on dreaming, try to go as far as we can. And big respect to everybody for the effort and the way we played today."

### Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv forward Jaylen Hoard:

"I think we can go far. We have a deep team, a lot of guys who can contribute from different places, so I think we are a balanced team, and I think we can go far. We are just focusing on the main things, being unselfish. Our best games is when we have a lot of assists, so we have to continue to share the ball and trust each other, I think that is going to help us a lot. We have shown that we can score the ball but the main thing is locking in on defense to help the offense and stuff. When we get stops, we can get out, run, play fast and that is when we are at out best."

Jaylen Hoard, Hapoel: 'I think we can go far'

Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv v Promitheas Patras (2023-03-28T17:00:00.000Z)

Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv locked a top-three finish in Group B by thrashing Promitheas Patras 108-69 at Shlomo Group Arena on Tuesday. Jaylen Hoard led the winners with 23 points and 11 rebounds. Tomer Ginat added 18 points, Chinanu Onuaku had 16, Xavier Munford 11 and J'Covan Brown 10 for Hapoel.

Hapoel thrashes Promitheas, 108-69!

Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv locked a top-three finish in Group B by thrashing Promitheas Patras 108-69 at Shlomo Group Arena on Tuesday evening. Hapoel ended the regular season with a 13-5 record, and it will finish second in Group B if Buducnost VOLI Podgorica beats Turk Telekom Ankara tomorrow, or third if Buducnost loses. Promitheas finished Group B in fourth place with an 11-7 record.

Jaylen Hoard led the winners with 23 points and 11 rebounds. Tomer Ginat added 18 points, Chinanu Onuaku scored 16, Xavier Munford had 11 and J'Covan Brown contributed 10 for Hapoel, which outrebounded Promitheas 44-17 and finished the game with 30 assists. Joe Thomasson led Promitheas with 16 points. Arnoldas Kulboka added 14 for the guests.

Munford and Onuaku combined for 11 points in a 13-5 opening run. Ginat soon helped Hapoel make it a double-digit game, 19-9. Nemanja Dangubic and Nikos Gkikas each struck from downtown in a 0-7 run that brought Promitheas within 19-16. Hoard dunked, getting help from Idam Zalmanson, to restore a 28-19 Hapoel lead after 10 minutes. 

Hoard dunked again and Gil Beni capped a 13-0 Hapoel run with a three-pointer, good for a 35-19 lead. Onuaku took over at both ends and an unstoppable Hoard helped Hapoel pull away, 47-24. Jordan McRae and Onuaku boosted the hosts' margin to 59-31 at halftime.

McRae buried a triple right after the break for a 31-point Hapoel lead, 62-31. Thomasson stepped up for Promitheas, keeping his team within 65-37. Thomasson kept pacing the guests and Dangubic struck twice from beyond the arc to bring Promitheas closer, 76-52, after 30 minutes. 

Hoard took over with a three-point play and a huge alley-oop slam, restoring an 81-52 Hapoel advantage. Nothing really changed in the final eight minutes, as Hapoel boosted its margin to 98-60, before keeping a safe margin and cruising to a well-deserved, important home victory.

Hapoel thrashes Promitheas, 108-69

Promitheas Patras scored perhaps the most important victory in Round 17 of the 7DAYS EuroCup earning a three-point win over Paris Basketball to leapfrog them in the Group B standings. With both teams entering the round at 10-6, Promitheas not only moved a victory clear of their opponents, but also grabbed control of the fourth seed to position themselves for a home game in the eighthfinals.

[Anthony Cowan](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/anthony-cowan/012003/) scored a career-best 38 points and put Promitheas up for good, knocking down a pull-up three to break a tie in the waning moments. While Cowan is averaging 11.5 points per game on the season overall, his outburst was not entirely surprising. His best game before the new year came against Paris and he has been one of the more efficient volume scorers in the EuroCup since the calendar turned over despite looking to defer in several of his team’s more comfortable victories over the last couple months.

The list below displays the EuroCup’s most efficient volume scorers since the start of 2023. Cowan’s Round 17 outburst has earned him a spot on this list alongside several of the players who figure to shape their team’s postseason hopes.

[Erick Green](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/erick-green/005159/) joined Buducnost VOLI Podgorica in January and hit the ground running, immediately solidifying himself as this season’s most consistent shot-maker. While he has shot the three well, it has been his 56% shooting in mid-range spots that has made him so difficult to guard.

Prometey Slobozhanske has won 10 games in a row and [D.J. Stephens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/dj-stephens/005982/)’s production offensively has had a lot to do with that. While Stephens is notorious for his otherworldly leaping ability, he’s in the middle of the best jump-shooting stretch of his career making him a unique matchup problem for opponents.

[Axel Bouteille](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/axel-bouteille/003840/) of Turk Telekom Ankara is one of the most well-established scorers in the EuroCup this season, so his presence here is unsurprising. In contrast, Brazilian forward [Bruno Caboclo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/bruno-caboclo/012096/) had little experience in Europe before joining ratiopharm Ulm just after the new year. With one of the longest wingspans in the sport at the moment, Caboclo has made the most of that, shooting a stellar 77% around the rim so far this season.

[James Palmer](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/james-palmer-jr-/011834/) and [Derek Needham](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/derek-needham/008945/) have both shot the ball well all season for their respective teams, Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse and Frutti Extra Bursaspor, while [Yogi Ferrell](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/yogi-ferrell/011281/) of Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana remains the EuroCup’s leading scorer—albeit by a narrow margin over [Sam Dekker](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/sam-dekker/009672/) of the London Lions, who narrowly missed the cut here.

[Ante Tomic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/ante-tomic/002507/) and [Joel Parra](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/joel-parra/007464/) are the lone pair of teammates to crack this top 10. While one might assume there is some synergy to their performance offensively, they have played staggered stints more often than they have shared the floor this season. Joventut Badalona looks to maximize Tomic’s impact on the interior when he’s on the floor. While Parra has done much of his damage as a stretch big man this season, he also gets quite a few touches on the block when Tomic is on the bench.

With the postseason looming, it will be fascinating to see whether this group can continue to drive the success of their respective teams on the offensive end or if new stars rise in the single-elimination format.

The hottest hands since the new year

Paris Basketball v London Lions (2023-03-28T18:30:00.000Z)

Dolomiti Energia Trento v Slask Wroclaw (2023-03-29T18:00:00.000Z)

Gran Canaria v Veolia Towers Hamburg (2023-03-29T19:00:00.000Z)

Turk Telekom Ankara v Buducnost VOLI Podgorica (2023-03-29T17:00:00.000Z)

Joventut Badalona v 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys (2023-03-29T18:15:00.000Z)

Prometey Slobozhanske v Umana Reyer Venice (2023-03-29T16:00:00.000Z)

ratiopharm Ulm v U-BT Cluj-Napoca (2023-03-29T17:30:00.000Z)

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana v Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse (2023-03-29T18:45:00.000Z)

With all 16 playoff teams already known, the last round of the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season comes down to deciding the matchups for the eighthfinals, the first of four do-or-die elimination rounds.

Round 18 seeding scenarios

While five of the final places in Group B are known, none are in Group A, which means that Round 18 will be ultimately decisive in determining the route for all teams to a title.

One of two current first-place teams, Prometey Slobozhanske in Group A or Gran Canaria in Group B, will become the No. 1 seed, thus hosting all its future games straight through to the EuroCup Final. Gran Canaria can lock up that privilege with a victory in Round 18, but having clinched first place in its group, is already guaranteed home-court advantage at least through the semifinals, should it reach that far.

First place in Group A will be decided in Round 18 between Prometey and Joventut Badalona, with the team finishing second only guaranteed home-court advantage until the quarterfinals. Among three teams in Group B that have secured home-court advantage in the eighthfinals, Turk Telekom Ankara and Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv are battling this week over second place and an extra guaranteed home game should they win in the first elimination round. Promitheas Patras also has home-court advantage in the eighthfinals, but can finish no higher than third in Group B.

Find the rest of the final seeding scenarios for both groups below.

### **GROUP A**

[Prometey](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/prometey-slobozhanske/roster/pmt/?season=2022-23) (13-4) will finish first with a home win vs. Reyer.

Prometey will be first if it loses and Joventut loses, as well.

Prometey will be second with a loss if Joventut wins.

Prometey will clinch the No. 1 overall seed throughout the playoffs if it wins, Gran Canaria loses in Group B, and the combined margins at the end of regulation time in their games are 23 points or more.

[Joventut](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/joventut-badalona/roster/jov/?season=2022-23) (12-5) will finish first with a home win vs. Lietkabelis if Prometey loses.

Joventut will be second with a loss or if Prometey wins.

[Ulm](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/ratiopharm-ulm/roster/ulm/?season=2022-23) (10-7) will finish third with a home win vs. Cluj.

Ulm will be third with a loss if both Lietkabelis and Reyer also lose.

Ulm will be fourth if it loses while Lietkabelis wins and Reyer loses.

Ulm will be fifth if it loses and Reyer wins.

[Lietkabelis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/lietkabelis-panevezys/roster/lkb/?season=2022-23) (10-7) will finish third with a win at Joventut if either Ulm or Reyer loses.

Lietkabelis will be third if it wins and Ulm loses.

Lietkabelis will be fourth if it wins and Ulm wins.

Lietkabelis will be fourth if it loses and Reyer or Ulm loses.

Lietkabelis will be fifth if it loses while Reyer and Ulm both win.

[Reyer](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/umana-reyer-venice/roster/vnc/?season=2022-23) (9-8) will finish third with a win at Prometey if both Ulm and Lietkabelis lose.

Reyer will be fourth with a win if Ulm or Lietkabelis loses.

Reyer will be fifth with a win if both Ulm and Lietkabelis win, too.

Reyer will be fifth if it loses and Bourg loses.

Reyer will be sixth  if it loses and Bourg wins.

[Bourg](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/mincidelice-jl-bourg-en-bresse/roster/bou/?season=2022-23) (8-9) will finish fifth with a victory at Cedevita (3-14) if Reyer loses.

Bourg will be sixth if it wins while Reyer wins and Brescia loses.

Bourg will be seventh if it wins while Reyer and Brescia both win.

Bourg will be seventh if it loses and Brescia wins.

Bourg will be eighth if it loses and Brescia loses.

[Brescia](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/germani-brescia/roster/bre/?season=2022-23) (8-9) will finish sixth with a victory at Bursaspor while Bourg loses.

Brescia will be sixth if wins and Reyer wins.

Brescia will be seventh if it wins while Bourg wins and Reyer loses.

Brescia will be seventh if it loses by fewer than 36 points against Bursaspor.

Brescia will be eighth if it loses by 36 points or more and Bourg wins.

[Bursaspor](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/frutti-extra-bursaspor/roster/bbu/?season=2022-23) (7-10) will finish sixth with a victory vs. Brescia if Bourg loses.

Bursaspor will be seventh if it wins by 36 or more points and Bourg wins

Bursaspor will be eighth if it wins by fewer than 36 points and Bourg wins.

Bursaspor will be eighth if it loses.

### **GROUP B**

[Gran Canaria](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/gran-canaria/roster/can/?season=2022-23) (14-3) has already clinched first place in Group B.

Gran Canaria will clinch the No. 1 overall seed throughout the playoffs with a victory vs. Hamburg or if Prometey loses in Group A.

Gran Canaria will clinch the No. 1 overall seed throughout the playoffs if it loses, Prometey wins, the combined margins at the end of regulation time in their games are 22 points or less.

[Turk Telekom](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/turk-telekom-ankara/roster/ttk/?season=2022-23) (12-5) will finish second with a victory vs. Buducnost or if Hapoel loses.

Turk Telekom will be third if it loses and Hapoel wins.

[Hapoel](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/hapoel-tel-aviv/roster/hta/?season=2022-23) (12-5) will finish second with a victory vs. Promitheas if Turk Telekom loses.

Hapoel will be third if it loses and Turk Telekom loses.

Hapoel will be third if it loses by 17 or fewer points.

Hapoel will be fourth if it loses by more than 17 points and Turk Telekom wins.

[Promitheas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/promitheas-patras/roster/pat/?season=2022-23) (11-6) will finish third if it wins at Hapoel by more than 17 points and Turk Telekom wins.

Promitheas will be fourth in any other scenario.

[Paris](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/paris-basketball/roster/prs/?season=2022-23) (10-7) is locked in fifth place.

[Buducnost](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/buducnost-voli-podgorica/roster/bud/?season=2022-23) (9-8) is locked in sixth place.

[London](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/london-lions/roster/lli/?season=2022-23) (7-10) is locked in seventh place.

[Hamburg](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/veolia-hamburg-towers/roster/ham/?season=2022-23) (6-11) is locked in eighth place.

Back in 1992, a rookie coach named Zeljko Obradovic led Partizan Belgrade to the EuroLeague title in a season that ended up being historic for more than one reason. It was an impressive start for a coaching icon, and the final was decided on a buzzer-beating half-court shot by Sasa Djordjevic, however, there’s something that stands outs even more.

Due to the ongoing war in the former Yugoslavia, Partizan played all of its home games not at home in the Serbian capital, but in the city of Fuenlabrada, Spain.

[MORE...](https://www.eurohoops.net/en/eurocup/1481848/for-prometey-its-about-more-than-basketball/)

For Prometey, it’s about more than basketball, by Eurohoops

With the goal of helping children and young adults with a rare form of leukemia, Euroleague Basketball referees in all Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and 7DAYS EuroCup games this week will wear Golden Laces, the color of pediatric cancer, to focus attention on efforts being made throughout the continent to improve treatment and outcomes for young victims of the disease. 

Referees to wear Golden Laces to support children with leukemia

**Euroleague Basketball encourages donations to [togetheragainstleukemia.org](http://togetheragainstleukemia.org)**

With the goal of helping children and young adults with a rare form of leukemia, Euroleague Basketball referees in all Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and 7DAYS EuroCup games this week will wear Golden Laces, the color of pediatric cancer, to focus attention on efforts being made throughout the continent to improve treatment and outcomes for young victims of the disease. 

Lucas, the son of one of those Euroleague Basketball referees, Carlos Peruga, is among the 350 children a year in Spain who are diagnosed with acute myeloid or acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a type of blood cancer that attacks the immune system. Without personalized and intense immunology treatments, the disease makes victims extremely vulnerable to life-threatening infections and serious bleeding. 

The Golden Laces are a symbol of the efforts of the Spanish foundation Unoentrecienmil (1 in 100,000), which has brought the European-wide ALLtogether treatment program to Spain. ALLTogether establishes an advanced treatment protocol that aims to improve survival and quality of life for children and young adults with ALL.

 

Study groups in a total of 14 countries in Europe seek to improve on the current survival rates of 90% in children and 75% in young adults by combating under-treatment, but also refining protocols to prevent over-treatment, which brings similar risks for survival, secondary cancers and long-term side effects.

Euroleague Basketball urges its fans to join in the efforts to cure leukemia in children and young adults by donating at [togetheragainstleukemia.org](http://togetheragainstleukemia.org). 

Referees wear Golden Laces to support children with leukemia

The 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season is coming to an end with most teams still fighting for better final spots in the standings. No Group A playoff team knows its final ranking yet. In Group B, Gran Canaria aims to clinch the best record overall and three other teams seek better positions ahead of the eighthfinals. With four teams already eliminated and 16 others about to battle for the EuroCup title, here are some recommendations for [EuroCup Fantasy Challenge powered by Ardu Prime](https://eurocupfantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/es/home?_ga=2.142677942.263999992.1679900204-884385655.1669721726) ahead of Round 18: 

[Mitchell Watt, Umana Reyer Venice](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/mitchell-watt/006332/) (14.5 credits) – Based on his recent performances, Watt is a strong choice at center. In his team's last six games, Watt has averaged 16.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and a PIR of 21.2. Reyer is fighting for the home-court advantage in the eighthfinals and needs Watt's best version. 

[Caleb Agada, Prometey Slobozhanske](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/caleb-agada/011944/) (13.8 credits) – Agada is one of many Prometey players doing well right now. In his case, he is having great consistency, averaging 17.0 points, 4.8 rebounds and a PIR of 20.5 in his last six games. Prometey fights for first place, so expect Agada to keep rolling in Round 18. 

Mitchell Watt, Caleb Agada, Derek Needham, Anthony Cowan and Andres Feliz are featured in this week's article.

EuroCup Fantasy tips: Round 18

[Derek Needham, Frutti Extra Bursaspor](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/derek-needham/008945/) (12.4 credits) – An All-EuroCup First Team selection last season, Needham knows it is make-or-break time in the EuroCup and is showing his best version lately. He's had a PIR of 14 or better in each of his last seven games and posted a PIR of 23 against Lietkabelis last week. 

[Anthony Cowan, Promitheas Patras](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/anthony-cowan/012003/) (12.6 credits) – The man of the moment. Cowan led Promitheas to an 84-81 home win against Paris with 38 points, a EuroCup season-high and club record. He also buried the go-ahead three-point shot. He's averaged 27.7 points, 7.7 assists and a PIR of 32.7 over Promitheas's last three games. 

[Andres Feliz, Joventut Badalona](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/andres-feliz/011247/) (9.6 credits) – A cheaper option and a player on the rise. Feliz has done well in the last six games, averaging 10.7 points, 5.2 assists and a PIR of 15.5. He has found a valuable role as the perfect complement for more experienced guards Guillem Vives and Pau Ribas.

Fantasy tips, Round 18: One final push! 

- Buducnost Voli Podgorica has been sanctioned with a fine of €4,500 for the throwing of objects onto thee playing court by its fans, on occasion of home game against Gran Canaria under Article 29.2.h) of the Euroleague Basketball Disciplinary Code

Euroleague Basketball has announced the following disciplinary sanction pertaining to incidents that occurred in Round 17 of the 7DAYS EuroCup regular season.

Onuralp Bitim, Bursaspor: 'The most important time is coming'

Jaylen Hoard, Hapoel: 'I think we can go far'

Hapoel thrashes Promitheas, 108-69

The hottest hands since the new year

Round 18 seeding scenarios

For Prometey, it’s about more than basketball, by Eurohoops

Referees wear Golden Laces to support children with leukemia

Fantasy tips, Round 18: One final push!

Round 17 disciplinary sanction