 Neven Spahija, Reyer: 'We were pretty consistent' 

### Umana Reyer Venice head coach Neven Spahija

"We played a very good game. Brescia did not play at their level, probably because we did not give them a chance of playing great defense. There is not one part that is favorite. We started playing serious defense from first to last minute. We did not bounce, like we normally do; we were pretty consistent. That's the best part of this game."

### Germani Brescia head coach Alessandro Magro

"The level of the toughness and physicality, especially playing on the road, was not enough. Reyer certainly deserved the win this game. We need to go back home; sometime you need losses like this. We need to come back, build much more, and better. On offense, playing together, better level of the screens. And for sure we need to be more solid on defense. Allowing 90 points is a lot. We've got to start from there. It is still a long season. We have three more games, two at home, we will be fighting until the end."

### Umana Reyer Venice center Mitchell Watt

"We had a lot of fun tonight. We played together, the ball moved great. We defended really well. Hats off to Brescia, they are a really good offensive team, we held them to 64 points. Most of all, it looked like the guys had fun tonight."

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Neven Spahija, Reyer: 'We were pretty consistent'

Umana Reyer Venice v Germani Brescia (2023-03-08T19:00:00.000Z)

 Mihai Silvasan, Cluj: 'Happy for my players' 

### U-BT Cluj-Napoca head coach Mihai Silvasan

"A victory in this competition is a victory, especially if you are in our situation that we did not win much this season here. Still, we will fight in very game we have left to win. That's what happened tonight. We had a pretty good game, we scored some threes with good percentages. I am really happy for my players. They fought, they won, and they gave to this beautiful public a chance to be happy. We don't have a big chance for the playoffs. A miracle needs to happen. We need to take it game by game. We need to win every game and the other teams that have 7 wins need to lose everything. Our chance are not big, but we will play and see what happens."

### Frutti Extra Bursaspor head coach Dusan Alimpijevic

"In terms of the result, we were close. But in terms how we played, we were not close at all. And we did not deserve it. Congratulations to Cluj and their coach. They prepared the game against us great. We have three more games. We are far away from having home-court advantage in the playoffs. We are still not in the playoffs, and we need to fight for the playoffs. Once when we secure playoffs, we can talk about other things."

### U-BT Cluj-Napoca forward Jalen Jones

"It was a very tough game. It is a really good team over there. It came down to the end. We happened to make more stops than they did in the end. That's how we came out with a win. We have to take one game at the time, and control what we can control."

Mihai Silvasan, Cluj: 'Happy for my players'

U-BT Cluj-Napoca v Frutti Extra Bursaspor (2023-03-08T17:30:00.000Z)

U-BT Cluj-Napoca kept its playoff chances alive by holding off Frutti Extra Bursaspor 87-83 on Wednesday night. Cluj led by as many as 14 late in the third quarter, but had to fight until the end to win and improve to 5-10 in Group B, while Bursaspor dropped to a 7-8 record. Bursaspor, however, did take their tiebreaker, having won their Round 6 game by 15 points.

Cluj had six double-digit scorers led by Jalen Jones and Patrick Richard with 14 points each. Jones also collected 8 rebounds. Leo Meindl had 13 points and 8 rebounds, Nemanja Gordic scored 12, Karel Guzman 11 and Kasey Shepherd had 10 in the victory. Onuralp Bitim paced the visitors with 23 points plus 7 rebounds. Derek Needham scored 16 points, Zach Auguste had 13 points and 9 rebounds, while Aubrey Dawkins scored 11 in a losing effort.

Cluj came out firing behind Richard, who scored the hosts' first 5 points, including a three-pointer, followed by a triple from Shepherd and a three-point play from Meindl. Needham and Jones traded three-pointers, but another three from Richard made it 21-11. Dave Dudzinski had 6 first-quarter points, helping Bursaspor cut it to 24-18 after 10 minutes. Guzman restored a double-digit lead before Bitim hit from downtown. The teams kept trading scores and misses, with Bursaspor getting within 6 but never closer, while Cluj had 10-point leads, but never more than that until Meindl and Shepherd hit three-pointers in the final 30 seconds of the half to make it 49-37 at the break.

Bursaspor got right back in the game with Bitim scoring the first 7 points of the third quarter. A three from Needham cut it to 51-47 before Gordic answered with 5 consecutive points to spark a 7-0 run to get the lead back to 12 points. Gordic's triple extended it to 65-51, but Zach Auguste helped the visitors get within 68-58 at the end of the third. Bursaspor scored the first 7 points of the fourth, led by Anthony Clemmons, to get within 68-65. However, Stefan Bircevic and Guzman answered with three-pointers on the other end, and a fastbreak layup from Shepherd restored a double-digit margin, 76-65. Dawkins hit a pair of three-pointers to keep Bursaspor's hopes alive. Needham took it to the rim, then a steal by Dawkins led to a dunk by Bitim and 79-79 with 1:40 to go. After Richard and Bitim traded baskets, Guzman nailed a corner triple with 49 seconds left and Cluj made a key defensive stand to hold onto the victory.

Cluj stays alive, holds off Bursaspor 87-83

 Caleb Agada, Prometey: 'We can do something special' 

### Ronen Ginzburg, Prometey head coach

"It was a different game from the last one \[against Ulm\] at our place. Both teams played better defense. I think we played very good on defense. We controlled the offensive rebounds. So, I'm happy for this win. To keep Ulm to 78 points it's a big achievement. Usually, we are trying to be aggressive on defense. We have players who can do that. Sometimes it works, sometimes not."

### Anton Gavel, Ulm head coach 

"We had 20 turnovers and 16 offensive rebounds we allowed, and we still had a one-possession game with a few seconds on the clock. We gave ourselves a chance to get there, but with those kind of stats before, we ultimately weren't able to compete for the win against a team that is first in our group. It was difficult, and if you give them second opportunities then you are not going to win the game."

### Caleb Agada, Prometey player

"We've just been working hard all season, and we really believe we can do something special this year, and we just want to come out and prove it every single game. We knew coming in that these are two offensive-minded, fastbreak teams, so we knew the team that was going to play better defensively was probably going to come out on top."

Caleb Agada, Prometey: 'We can do something special'

ratiopharm Ulm v Prometey Slobozhanske (2023-03-08T18:30:00.000Z)

Lietkabelis advances with long-range masterclass

It was a do-or-die game for both teams on Wednesday night when Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana hosted 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys. When the dust settled, the Lithuanian team won its fourth straight game in Group A, 87-94, and punched its playoffs ticket in the process.

The guests started the game rolling at 2-10, but after that they lost control of the situation and the hosts even jumped ahead, sometimes even reaching the six-point advantage that would have kept them alive for another week.

However, the solution for Lietkabelis came in the shape of three-pointers. The team ended with a solid 15 of 30 from downtown. Three players buried 13 of those 15 threes - Gediminas Orelik drained 5 of 9 for a game-best 22 points, Kristian Kullamae had an almost perfect 4 of 5 and Jamel Morris hit 4 of 8.

What the numbers do not tell is that many of those three-pointers came in key moments. Whether it was to counter a big play by the hosts to keep them from pulling away, or to silence a comeback attempt from Olimpija, the Lietkabelis snipers were always on guard to keep the game in a safe zone. Even the other two threes of the game - one by Stefan Peno, one by Paulius Murauskas - dropped just at the right moment.

The season will continue in the EuroCup for Lietkabelis, who will have a solid weapon by its side if it manages to keep shooting from long range like it did in Ljubljana.

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana v 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys (2023-03-08T19:00:00.000Z)

### Nenad Canak, 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys head coach

"I am proud of my players. We reached the playoffs, which was our main goal in the EuroCup. Now, we will continue to fight for a better position. It was a very important game for us because we reached the playoffs. We started well in the first half, but after that we lost control. We had some turnovers and they played like they like: with some open threes. In the second half, I think the key was the rebounding battle that we won."

### Jurica Golemac, Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana head coach

"Congratulations to Lietkabelis, they deserved to win because they played better. We never found a way to stop them. Our defense on \[Gediminas\] Orelik was not good, but we will keep going. We were ahead for three quarters, but we never managed to stop their rebounds. We never found the way to stop Orelik, their main player, and we missed some shots on offense with quick and not very smart solutions. That led to us losing the game."

### Kristian Kullamae, 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys guard

"I am really satisfied. It was important to come with good rhythm after the national teams break. I think that the team effort was the key with us. We shared the ball well."

Nenad Canak, Lietkabelis: 'I am proud of my players'

Lietkabelis Panevezys (8-7) punched its ticket into the playoffs from Group A on Wednesday when it defeated Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (3-12) by 87-94 with its fourth straight win. This loss has Olimpija say farewell to its 7DAYS EuroCup season as it could have only stayed alive with a win by at least six points against Lietkabelis. 

Lietkabelis makes playoffs, eliminates Cedevita, 87-94

7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys (8-7) punched its ticket into the playoffs from Group A on Wednesday after defeating Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (3-12) 87-94 to record its fourth straight win. This loss caused Cedevita to say farewell to its 7DAYS EuroCup season, as it could have only stayed alive with a win by at least 6 points against Lietkabelis.

Gediminas Orelik led Lietkabelis with 22 points, while Jamel Morris added 20, Kristian Kullamae contributed 16 and Nikola Popovic scored 10 for the winners, who shot 15-of-30 from downtown. For Cedevita, Yogi Ferrell scored a team-high 22 points. Alen Omic and Zoran Dragic added 15 apiece, and Josh Adams posted 13 in the defeat.

A strong start by Lietkabelis, led by Gediminas Orelik and his 5 points, allowed the guests to jump out to a 2-10 start that forced coach Jurica Golemac's first timeout after just two minutes of play. Yogi Ferrell and Josh Adams added a few points to keep the hosts in the game, but Cedevita began to struggle on defense as Lietkabelis found ways to get to the rim with regularity. A huge dunk by Karlo Matkovic sparked the fire of the dragons, as a three by Yogi Ferrell capped an 11-0 run to make it 25-23 after 10 minutes.

Cedevita seemed to have found its rhythm and got back into it in the second quarter as Marko Jeremic and Dragic nailed a three-pointer apiece to make it 35-29 for the hosts. The guests stayed alive thanks to an impressive performance by Orelik and a few long-range points by Kristian Kullamae, who helped keep it tied at 40-40. The game was going back and forth until the buzzer signalled the halftime break with Cedevita ahead, 45-42.

The high pace continued into the second half as the points kept falling on both sides, but Cedevita could not manage to get above the 6-point cushion it desired. Omic was experiencing some joy in the low post, but Lietkabelis managed to stay close entering the last period, 67-65.

In the first minutes of the last period, the guests got a boost from Stefan Peno for a 72-75 advantage that forced the hand of the hosts, as they looked to keep their season alive. The three-pointers kept raining on both sides, but it ended up working against Cedevita. Even though Ferrell and Omic did everything they could to keep the hosts on track, Orelik and Jamel Morris made sure that did not happen. That, together with a couple of bad shot selections, made Cedevita trail 79-87 with three minutes to go, a trend that would go on until the final buzzer.

Group A leader Prometey Slobozhanske extended its winning streak to eight games with a 78-83 road victory at ratiopharm Ulm on Wednesday, denying the hosts a chance to qualify for the 7DAYS EuroCup Playoffs. D.J. Stephens, Caleb Agada and D.J. Kennedy led Promety with 13 points each.  Bruno Caboclo had 20 points for Ulm. Yago Dos Santos added 17 points and Juan Nunez 13.



 Prometey extends streak in Ulm, 78-83 

Group A leader Prometey Slobozhanske extended its winning streak to eight games with a 78-83 road victory at ratiopharm Ulm on Wednesday, denying the hosts a chance to qualify for the 7DAYS EuroCup Playoffs. Prometey improved to 11-4 and has not lost a game in 2023. Ulm dropped to 8-7 and fell into the Group A pack, instead of finding a way to separate itself.

D.J. Stephens, Caleb Agada and D.J. Kennedy led Promety with 13 points each. Agada had 5 of his team's 15 steals while Kennedy hit a key triple in the last half-minute. Bruno Caboclo had 20 points and 3 blocks for Ulm. Yago Dos Santos added 17 points and Juan Nunez 13.

All five of of Ulm's starters scored during a masterful 14-5 start in which Dos Santos dished 4 assists. Oleksandr Lypovyy snapped that run from deep for Prometey before Gian Clavell and Illia Sydorov quickly made it 14-12. Issuf Sanon's 5 points cut it further, to 18-17, but Karim Jallow's triple let Ulm hold a 21-20 edge after 10 minutes. To star the second quarter, James Dickey, Sanon and Clavell seized a 21-26 lead for Prometey. Nunez and Thomas Klepeisz, twice, kept Ulm close from deep until Robin Christen and Caboclo flipped Ulm in front, 35-31. Stephens took the lead back with 5 points in a row as Prometey reached halfitme ahead by 39-40.

Clavell, Stephens and Kennedy quickly lifted Prometey's advantage to 42-49 after the break. Dos Santos reeled it back to 54-57 with his triple and free throws, but the visitors pulled away again to a 56-64 lead after 30 minutes. Prometey took a first double-digit lead at 61-71 midway through the final quarter and kept matching every score Ulm could come up with until Nunez and Caboclo got the gap down to 72-79 with 2 minutes left. A technical foul and a triple by Nunez suddenly made it 76-79 with 45 seconds left, but Kennedy sniped from the corner to end the threat. 

Prometey extends streak in Ulm, 78-83

Heading into this Wednesday's 7DAYS EuroCup clash between U-BT Cluj-Napoca and Frutti Extra Bursaspor, the two teams have their sights set on one thing: the playoffs. Eight sides from each group are able to make the postseason, but with Cluj (4-10) sitting in ninth and Bursaspor (6-8) in eighth, this has become a crucial game for both clubs.

 

Cluj enters this fixture on a three-game losing streak, which has dealt its playoff hopes a big blow. Its last fixture, a 103-84 defeat at Germani Brescia, was another setback, while the team has also lost each of its last three games on its home court. Yet, with just four games remaining in the regular season, it needs to find a reaction now before it is too late.

Germani Brescia - U-BT Cluj-Napoca | Round 14 Highlights | 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup

In Round 14, Cluj's usual go-to man, Leonardo Meindl, was only able to contribute 11 points in his side's heavy loss to Brescia, but mid-season arrivals Kasey Shepherd and Jalen Jones showed what they can do with 17 and 14 points, respectively. Experienced center Andrija Stipanovic (12 points) and forward Karel Guzman (11 points) joined them in double figures, however it wasn't enough to prevent a heavy defeat on the road. As such, it will be important for Cluj to step up on defense if it is to keep its faint postseason hopes alive.

Bursaspor, meanwhile, was able to end a run of three games without a win by beating Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse 92-82 in Round 14. The Turkish team has the upper hand heading into this Wednesday's game against Cluj, as it has a two-win advantage over the Romanian outfit. As such, a victory for Bursaspor would not only extend that gap to three wins, but it would effectively end Cluj's chances of making the playoffs.

Frutti Extra Bursaspor - Mincidelice jl Bourg en Bresse | Round 14 Highlights | 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup

The positive for Bursaspor head coach Dusan Alimpijevic is that last year's EuroCup runner-up appeared to find a way to right the ship and third-place Bourg. Last week, star players Onuralp Bitim and Derek Needham exploded for a respective 19 and 16 points, while center Zach Auguste stepped up with a 17-point, 10-rebound double-double. Similar performances in Round 15 will go a long way towards all but confirming Bursaspor's spot in the playoffs.

One thing is almost guaranteed coming into this game, though: there should be plenty of points scored. Cluj has the fifth-best offense in the EuroCup with an average of 85.1 points per night, whereas Bursaspor is fourth with 85.2. Conversely, on the other side of the ball, Cluj is 19th – second last – when it comes to defense, giving up 88.1 points on average, while Bursaspor is 15th with 84.7. Therefore, a high-scoring contest could be in store.

Frutti Extra Bursaspor - U-BT Cluj-Napoca | Round 6 Highlights | 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup

Both Cluj and Bursaspor know that this Wednesday's meeting between the sides has big implications, which makes this a must-watch game for fans and neutrals alike. Bursaspor was able to down Cluj 95-80 in Round 6, so could revenge be on the cards for Cluj? This game has all the makings of a classic, so make sure to tune in from 18:30 CET to see how it all pans out.

Neven Spahija, Reyer: 'We were pretty consistent'

Mihai Silvasan, Cluj: 'Happy for my players'

Cluj stays alive, holds off Bursaspor 87-83

Caleb Agada, Prometey: 'We can do something special'

Lietkabelis advances with long-range masterclass

Nenad Canak, Lietkabelis: 'I am proud of my players'

Lietkabelis makes playoffs, eliminates Cedevita, 87-94

Prometey extends streak in Ulm, 78-83

Desperation time for Cluj, Bursaspor