Veolia Towers Hamburg enjoyed a memorable 100-64 road win at Slask Wroclaw in Group B after thoroughly dominating every department of the game. Notably on the boards, Hamburg denied the home side a single offensive rebound in the opening three quarters.

Hamburg finished the one-sided clash with a whopping 40 rebounds - 10 of them offensive, while Slask managed 26 and all of their 5 offensive boards came in the last quarter when the game was already over as a contest.

Wroclaw head coach Anrej Urlep succinctly summed up his team’s lack of bite: "Hamburg played a great game. After a series of losses ,they showed how you have to compete for your club. On the other side we played a very poor game, completely without energy, especially in the second and third quarter."

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Hamburg’s quick and efficient transition was epitomized by an impressive 30 assists, while Wroclaw only had 11. The visitors also shot 30-of-48 from inside the arc (62.5%) and 10-of-24 from three-point range (41.7%), while Slask was 20-of-40 for two points (50%) and a mere 4-of-15 from beyond the arc (26.7%).

Expectably, visiting head coach Benka Barloschky was delighted.

"Obviously very happy with the win, we were able to take care of the ball and that was a big problem the last game," he said. "Today we controlled that in a very good way, we rebounded the ball in a very good way and those were the two aspects that we wanted to do well in."

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Hamburg overpowered Slask at both ends

Slask Wroclaw v Veolia Towers Hamburg (2023-01-25T19:00:00.000Z)

Joventut Badalona moved into a three-way tie at the top of Group A with a 96-91 win over Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana on Wednesday night. With this victory, Joventut improved its record to 8-4, while Cedevita dropped to 2-10.

 

Joel Parra scored a team-high 23 points for Joventut, who had Simon Birgander add 18, Guillem Vives contribute 15 and Kyle Guy finish with 14. For Cedevita, Yogi Ferrell had a game-high 25 points, while Josh Adams scored 15. The visitors had four other players get into double figures: Edo Muric (13), Rok Radovic (12), Alen Omic (11) and Amar Alibegovic (10).

Cedevita began the game on fire, opening a 0-7 lead after three minutes of play, but Vives went 3-for-3 from beyond the arc to help Joventut get back into the game three minutes later, 12-12. Yet, Radovic and Ferrell combined for five points to reestablish the visitors' advantage, 12-17, which they managed to hold onto for the remainder of the quarter, 19-21.

 

Vives gave Joventut a boost early in the second as he connected for his fourth triple of the night to nudge the hosts in front, 22-21. Alibegovic immediately hit back, but then Joventut found a way to remain in control, despite comeback attempts by Cedevita. As the first half drew to a close, Henry Ellenson saw a three-pointer fall to put Joventut seven points ahead, 46-39. It seemed as though the hosts were going to go into the break with that lead intact, 48-41, but a buzzer-beating Marko Jeremic triple gave Cedevita reason to be optimistic, 48-44.

The third quarter was a little slow to get going, but Cedevita managed to chip into the deficit and eventually flipped the script, 54-55, with 6:53 on the clock. However, that provided a response from Joventut, who regained its seven-point advantage two and a half minutes later, 64-57, before extending it thanks to a pair of made free throws by Guy, 66-57. Again, Joventut had a comfortable lead in the final seconds of the quarter, 70-63, but this time Adams scored a buzzer-beating shot from just inside the arc to reduce the gap to five points entering the last stanza.

 

Ferrell provided the assists for both of Jeremic and Adams's buzzer-beating shots, and he scored Cedevita's first 8 points to make the hosts sweat, 76-73. Adams and Omic kept putting points on the board after that, and it was Adams who scored a floater to make it 78-80 with 6:10 remaining. Cedevita's lead swelled to six points after a layup by Omic, 79-85, one minute later, but a 13-0 run by Joventut saw it regain control, 92-85, en route to 96-91 victory.

Joventut survives Cedevita comeback attempt, 96-91

Joventut Badalona v Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (2023-01-25T19:15:00.000Z)

### ratiopharm Ulm head coach Anton Gavel:

"We are happy. First of all, congratulations to our players. We are happy that we could win here and also take the head-to-head comparison. I think that in the second half, we stepped up defensively, had a couple of deflections, destroyed a couple of their plays. And offensively, we were hitting shots. We were moving the ball a little bit better and tried to play a little faster. Everybody contributed, and everybody had a plus in the plus-minus section, so we are happy about it.

"Congratulations to our players. We are extremely happy that we got this W here and also the head-to-head comparison. In the first half, we started kind of sloppy defensively and were not able to create any stops. In the second half, we got better. I think we were more aggressive trying to get through the screens and destroyed a couple of plays with deflections. And also, we found the way to move the ball and create shots for our shooters, and we were knocking them down. You need to hit shots if you want to be able to win an away game. So yes, we are extremely happy about this win. We have to continue and get ready for our domestic league."

### Germani Brescia head coach Alessandro Magro:

"After the last games, obviously, we worked on our defensive impact and focused on our level of consistency, trying to protect the paint, trying to be able to help a player that was one-on-one, and I think we did a good job during the first half, for sure. But checking the stats for the entire game, we were able to protect our rim. For sure, we need to get better on defensive rebounds even if until now, we were one of the best teams. But players like Caboclo, who usually averages 3.6 \[offensive rebounds\], it is very tough to compete against this, especially if you are in rotation. 

"I think that the key of the game tonight was that Dos Santos played so aggressive, attacking one-on-one, and was really able to activate their shooters. They are the second-best team in the EuroCup for three-pointers made. And the key, especially in the fourth quarter, was that one because they were able to arrive and take shots. We did quite a good job in defensive transition, but against their drive and kick, Dos Santos was able to find and activate their shooters in the best way possible. They had 47% with 16 three-pointers made. In the fourth quarter, they hit 7 three-pointers. Obviously, it was tough. On the other side, the point was that their physicality really put us in trouble. Our side-to-side game was struggling against their way to disarm the screens, and that produced too many turnovers to be able to compete against a team like that."

### ratiopharm Ulm guard Yago Dos Santos:

"It is a great win against a great team, a tough team. It is a great victory for us."

Anton Gavel, Ulm: 'We were hitting shots'

Germani Brescia v ratiopharm Ulm (2023-01-25T19:30:00.000Z)

ratiopharm Ulm grabbed its fourth win in the last five games in Group By topping Germani Brescia 72-85 at Palaleonessa A2a on Wednesday. Ulm improved to 7-5 in the standings while Brescia dropped to 5-7. Ulm also managed to gain the potential tiebreaker between them since Brescia had recorded a 90-98 road victory at Ratiopharm Arena in Round 3. 

Yago Dos Santos led the winners with 18 points and 10 assists for his second double-double this season. Brandon Paul added 15 points, Robin Christen had 13 while Karim Jallow and Bruno Caboclo each got 10 for Ulm. Tai Odiase led Brescia with 17 points. Amedeo Della Valle added 13 on 11-of-12 free throw shooting while Kenny Gabriel had 10 for the hosts

Odiase got Brescia going with back-to-back jump hooks and then Gabriel followed a jumper with a three-pointer, prompting Ulm to call timeout at 11-3. Dos Santos, Joshua Hawley and Jallow each struck from downtown to give Ulm its first lead, 14-15. Della Valle and David Cournooh fueled a 10-0 run that Odiase capped with an alley-oop slam for a 24-15 Brescia lead early in the second quarter. Della Valle and Gabriel soon allowed the hosts to make it a double-digit game, 36-24. Juan Nunez, Caboclio and Christen got Ulm within 39-36 at halftime.

Della Valle kept pushing Brescia after the break, restoring a 45-38 lead. Nunez, Jallow and Christen each buried a three-pointer and then Dos Santos led Ulm to regain a 52-53 lead. Dos Santos got help from Hawley to make it 52-58, but Tomasso Laquintana buried a midcourt prayer to fix the score at 55-58 after 30 minutes. Christen insisted from beyond the arc, Paul added back-to-back triples and Jallow also struck from downtown to give Ulm a double-digit lead, 60-71, with under 6 minutes left. Odiase brought Brescia within 67-74 in the next-to-last minute. Paul put Ulm's victory on ice with a three-pointer.

Yago leads Ulm to big road win, 72-85

Veolia Towers Hamburg romped to a 100-64 road victory over Slask Wroclaw to keep alive its hopes of reaching the playoffs in Group B after the team’s best EuroCup performance produced its biggest win of the season. Anthony Polite paced the visitors with a game-high 19 points, Ziga Samar chipped in with 17, Set Hinrichs added 15 and Kendale McCullum netted 14 for a well-balanced Hamburg, with center Yoeli Childs posting a double-double of 10 points and as many rebounds.

Jeremiah Martin led Wroclaw with 17 points, Lukasz Kolenda scored 15 and Conor Morgan added 13, but the supporting cast contributed with preciously little for a disjointed home side. Hamburg improved to a 4-8 record and stayed eighth in Group B, while Wroclaw remained rooted to the bottom of the 10-team group at 1-11.

Having scraped an 87-83 home win in the reverse fixture, Hamburg was expected to be given a run for its money in Poland, especially in view of the fact that it had lost seven of its subsequent eight games.

It looked like Slask would make Hamburg work hard for a sweep as the hosts only trailed 20-21 at the end of the first quarter, but it got brushed aside by the German outfit, which dominated the game in every department.

After keeping the deficit down to 25-32 early in the second, Slask got steamrolled as Hamburg moved up two gears and extended its lead to 50-34 at halftime. Hinrichs had scored all his 15 points in the first half thanks to some cool three-point shooting, Polite had 6 points while Samar and Yoeli Childs had amassed 6 each. But more importantly, Hamburg dominated the boards 22-9 in the opening two quarters, having grabbed 7 offensive rebounds while Wroclaw had none.

The third quarter produced more one-way traffic as Hamburg raced to a 79-43 lead with the home side looking completely devoid of ideas and energy, having still collected a grand total of 0 offensive rebounds by the end of the third quarter.

Wroclaw trimmed the deficit to under 30 points on several occasions in the fourth quarter, but Hamburg was in no mood to take its foot off the pedal and a strong finish saw the visitors win by their joint-biggest lead of the night.

Dominant Hamburg blows away Slask 100-64

Paris Basketball went into its home game against Dolomiti Energia Trento without Kyle Allman, but Tyrone Wallace made sure the team’s leading scorer wasn’t missed.

Allman ranked third in the 7DAYS EuroCup in scoring with 18.7 points but Wallace poured in 25 points in Paris's comfortable 86-75 win over Trento.

Wallace’s point total set a new career high for the EuroCup rookie - 8 more than his best until this point. The 28-year-old also added 3 rebounds and 6 assists for an index rating of 29. He also set a new personal best in PIR and tied his career high in assists.

"I really respected and appreciated the way that Ty came out and orchestrated the game for us," Coach Will Weaver said. "He was getting into gaps. When they stayed home, he got in there and finished. And when they collapsed, he found open shooters. He was the steady hand that helped steer the ship."

Wallace was masterful in replacing Allman for Paris 

Paris Basketball v Dolomiti Energia Trento (2023-01-25T19:00:00.000Z)

### Veolia Towers Hamburg head coach Benka Barloschky:

"I am happy and relieved. We took care of the basketball, we rebounded and the guys were very deserving winners tonight.

"Obviously very happy with the win, we were able to take care of the ball and that was a big problem the last game. Today we controlled that in a very good way, we rebounded the ball in a very good way and those were the two aspects that we wanted to do well in. We did and it helped us win the game."

### Slask Wroclaw head coach Andrej Urlep:

"The pace of the game was the big difference. They were twice as fast as us and twice as aggressive. They killed us at both ends of the court and in transition. They knew what they were doing, unfortunately for us, we didn’t have the outside players to be able to respond to that and we definitely lost the boards.

"Of course, I would like to congratulate Hamburg, they played a great game. After a series of losses, they showed how you have to compete for your club. On the other side, we played a very poor game, completely without energy, especially in the second and third quarters. We didn’t do anything defensively while they did everything they wanted to do. In the opening three quarters, we were without an offensive board and that showed how we played."

### Veolia Towers Hamburg forward Seth Hinrichs:

"Obviously it was the biggest margin of victory but how we performed, that was the key. When we came out in the second half, we put the nail in the coffin."

Benka Barloschky, Hamburg: 'I am happy and relieved'

### Paris Basketball head coach Will Weaver:

"I really respected and appreciated the way that Ty \[Wallace\] came out and orchestrated the game for us. He was getting into gaps. When they stayed home, he got in there and finished. And when they collapsed he found open shooters. He was the steady hand that helped steer the ship... We have to be focused on the rim and taking the catch-and-shoots that come out of that aggression.

"I am proud of the collective effort that our guys made despite many unavailable teammates to win a very hard-fought, physical basketball game. I am looking forward to seeing what we learn from this."

### Dolomiti Energia Trento head coach Emanuele Molin:

"To get a win here you cannot commit 14 turnovers, especially 5 in the first quarter and 4 in the third quarter. Both times Paris built a lead. My team kept working but we didn’t have a chance to get back and tie the game because our shooting percentage from the three-point line was too poor. We competed until the end and that is a good point looking forward.” 

### Paris Basketball center Ismael Kamagate:

"This time it was more physical \[than the first game against Trento\] and it was important for us to win it. I just try to make things easier for the team and play my role - grab rebounds and play defense. What happens otherwise is only beautiful. Unfortunately, we lost Begs \[Juhann Begarin\] with his ankle, but we won for him. But we are happy, we really needed this game."

Will Weaver, Paris: 'We have to be focused on the rim'

### Ronen Ginzburg, Prometey Slobozhanske head coach

"For us, it's an amazing win. To play here against a good team, a good coach, with these fans, it's an amazing win. In the end, character won the game. We have good character in the team, we believe all the time, we didn’t lose our belief and we won.

"I think it's a great for us in a hot atmosphere, a great atmosphere, against a good team with a good coach. We started the game not good, but we came back quickly into the game. We showed character. We had good moments, but sometimes we made mistakes like kids. In the end, when you win the game by 1-2 points, it's the little stuff that was on our side. I am happy for the win, I am happy to give some smiles to the people in Ukraine, in Dnipro. Every win for this club is important, because of the situation in Ukraine."

### Dusan Alimpijevic, Frutti Extra Bursaspor head coach

"We fought, we had a couple of players who were with some injuries and tried to play this game, but for sure they were not at their highest level. I want to thank them for trying to give something to this game, but obviously it wasn't enough. The players are not guilty for this loss. They fought how much they could. I had some decisions; I didn’t want to risk more injuries at the end of the game. And these are only my decisions. I want to thank our fans one more time, again and again and again. They are showing how great they are and how much they mean for us. We are fighting, and every game is precious for us."

### Ondrej Balvin, Prometey Slobozhanske center

"First, I've got to give a big shoutout to the Turkish fans; they created an unbelievable atmosphere. We hadn’t had anything like this all season, so a big shoutout to them. Second of all, I think what we are doing, we are putting respect on our name. It's a really tough team to beat, especially winning here, and last year they went all the way to the finals. It says a lot about us, that we don't just want to participate, we want to really fight. We just fight playing our basketball and in the end we were happy that we could win."

Ondrej Balvin, Prometey: 'We are putting respect on our name'

Frutti Extra Bursaspor v Prometey Slobozhanske (2023-01-25T17:00:00.000Z)