When ratiopharm Ulm announced the signing of Yago Dos Santos in the offseason, there was a lot of excitement and expectation around what the point guard could do in the 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup. After shining with Flamengo in his native Brazil, the 23-year-old took the decision to bring his talents to Europe. However, his first few games in the EuroCup did not quite to go plan, as the inevitable process of adaptation took its toll.  

 

Dos Santos started the season with a 10-point night at home to Umana Reyer Venice, a game in which he recorded 3 assists and had 0 turnovers, but that was followed by a scoreless display on the road at 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys in Round 2. There was a good response by the Brazilian international against Germani Brescia and Frutti Extra Bursaspor in the following two games, finishing with 16 and 17 points, respectively.

 

The EuroCup returned after a two-week break ahead of Round 5, yet the progress Dos Santos had made was suddenly halted at home to Joventut Badalona, as he ended with 9 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists and a season-high 4 turnovers. Yet, he once again he bounced back, this time inspiring Ulm to a 105-106 win at Prometey Slobozhanske on Wednesday night. In that game, Dos Santos recorded three career-highs, as he had 26 points, 10 assists and a PIR of 39. Curiously, he shot three times as many shots from deep as he did inside the arc, going 2-of-3 from two-point range and 5-of-9 from three. He was perfect from the charity stripe, too, hitting all 7 free throws.

Yago Dos Santos vs Prometey

Dos Santos narrowly missed out on the MVP of the Round honors to Paris Basketball center Ismael Kamagate, who had a PIR of 41 against Veolia Towers Hamburg, but he can feel pleased with his performance in a win that moved Ulm up to 3-3 in the standings. What's more, the Brazilian's Ulm teammates already recognize his importance on the floor, even though we are still relatively early in the season.

 

"Yago is an amazing player, he gives so much to the team. He's so quick, he can do everything – he can shoot, he can pass – so it's really, really great for the team to have him," stated Ulm forward Karim Jallow in his post-game interview.

Prometey Slobozhanske - ratiopharm Ulm | Round 6 Highlights | 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup

In fact, it is not just Dos Santos's club teammates that have positive words to say about him, as Leo Meindl of U-BT Cluj-Napoca admitted in an interview with [EuroCupBasketball.com](http://EuroCupBasketball.com) earlier this week.

 

"Yago and I are in the same \[EuroCup\] group. Many times, we need to know which player can do what. We don't know all of the EuroCup players, so we get in touch with each other to say which player does what, what players are good at \[certain things\]," said Meindl. "That way, we know our opponents' strengths and weaknesses – it helps a lot. Yago is out of Brazil for the first time and always has a lot of questions about how things are in Europe."

 

Dos Santos is increasingly coming to grips with life in the EuroCup, which is a scary prospect for the rest of the competition. Ulm has had an up-and-down start to this season, but with Dos Santos beginning to show what he is capable of, the German team's games are going to be must-watch basketball!

Dos Santos announced himself to the EuroCup in Round 6

Prometey Slobozhanske v ratiopharm Ulm (2022-11-30T17:00:00.000Z)

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### Bretzel's career night

In a spectacular high-scoring showdown, ratiopharm Ulm edged Prometey Slobozhanske 105-106 to go up to 3-3 in the standings. Big man Nicolas Bretzel made the most of his extended playing time, almost 29 minutes, to set new career-highs in points, 17, and PIR, 23. He hit 5 of 7 two-pointers and his first three-pointer this season, adding 5 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal and 7 fouls drawn. 

Nicolas Bretzel steps up against Prometey

### Dudzinski stole the show 

Frutti Extra Bursaspor grabbed its fourth win in Group A by downing U-BT Cluj-Napoca 95-80 at home. After a 42-42 first half, Bursaspor's overall aggresiveness made the difference. The hosts set a new club record for the most steals in a EuroCup game, 13. No Bursaspor player got more than David Dudzinski, who finished the game with 4 steals, a new career-high. He was averaging 0.2 steals per game before Round 6! 

Bursaspor 's David Dudzinski gets 4 steals against Cluj

### Kullamae: Six career highs

7-Bet Lietkabelis Panevezys remained undefeated at home in Group A by downing Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 104-98 at Cido Arena. Until then, Kristian Kullamae had career-highs of 14 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 two-pointers made, 3 three-pointers converted and a PIR of 14. Against Olimpija, he bettered all of them. Kullamae finished 24 points on 5 of 8 two-pointers and 4 of 4 three-pointers, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and a PIR of 28. 

Kristian Kullamae's career-night against Cedevita

### Diop sets new scoring record

Khalifa Diop of Gran Canaria, the 2021-22 7DAYS EuroCup Rising Star, keeps delivering in the 2022-23 campaign. In Round 6 against Dolomiti Energia Trento, Diop saw more playing time than ever before, 25 minutes and 24 seconds, and made the most of it, setting a new career-high with 21 points. He hit 9 of 12 two-point shots and 3 and 3 free throws to go with 6 rebounds for a PIR of 24. 

Khalifa Diop gets 21 points against Trento

### Gegic plays key role 

Paris Basketball edged Veolia Hamburg Towers 87-84 on a monster performance by Round 6 MVP Ismael Kamagate: 12 points, 19 rebounds, 4 blocks, 41 PIR. Paris, however, may not have won without Amar Gegic's performance. He came off the bench and finished the game with career highs of 18 points, 7 assists and a PIR of 27. Gegic hit 6 of 7 two-pointers and 3 of 3 free throws to go with 4 rebounds and 2 steals. 

Gegic makes the difference against Hamburg

### Grant leads Turk Telekom 

Jerian Grant played for Promitheas Patras in the 2020-21 season and returned to Dimitris Tofalos Arena to lead Turk Telekom Ankara to an 83-98 road victory, its fifth consecutive win. Grant came out ready to play against his former team, scoring 10 points in a 5-15 opening run. He finished the game with a personal-best 18 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 7 fouls drawn and a PIR of 28, a new career-high. 

Jerian Grant has a personal-best 18 points against Promitheas

### Reynolds powers Buducnost

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica beat Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv 64-70 to go up to 4-2 in Group B. It was Buducnost's third road win in as many games. Cameron Reynolds was one of its key contributors, setting new career-highs in points (22) and PIR (25). Reynolds buried 5 of 6 bombs from beyond the arc and also added 5 rebounds, an assist, a steal, a block and 2 fouls drawn in an all-around performance. 

Reynolds delivers from beyond the arc

Round 6 roll call: big roles in key wins

A monster double-double in a winning effort allowed Ismael Kamagate of Paris Basketball to earn EuroCup MVP of the Round honors for the first time in his short, promising career. 

Kamagate led Paris to an 87-84 home victory against Veolia Towers Hamburg with 12 points, 19 rebounds, 4 blocks, 7 fouls drawn, an assist and a steal for a performance index rating of 41. Kamagate's was the second-best PIR in the EuroCup this season, following his teammate Kyle Allman's 42 in a losing Round 4 effort against Gran Canaria. Kamagate's 19 rebounds are tied for the third-highest toal in competition history and most in a EuroCup game in almost eight years. The last player to get so many rebounds was Ondrej Balvin of Baloncesto Sevilla against CEZ Basketball Nymburk on December 16, 2014. 

A monster double-double in a winning effort allowed Ismael Kamagate of Paris Basketball to earn EuroCup MVP of the Round honors for the first time in his short, promising career.

Ismael Kamagate | Round 6 MVP | 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup

Following next in Round 6's top performances was Yago Dos Santos of ratiopharm, who had a PIR of 39 in his team's 105-106 home win against Prometey Slobozhanske. Dos Santos had 26 points, 10 assists and 8 fouls drawn. In that same game, Gian Clavell of Prometey amassed a PIR of 36, getting 34 points on 4-for-6 two-point, 7-for-10 three-point and 5-for-6 free-throw shoting. He added 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 7 fouls drawn. Joe Young of Promitheas Patras, with a PIR of 34, followed by four players with PIRs of 29 – Onuralp Bitim of Furutti Extra Bursaspor, Karim Jallow of Ulm, Gyorgy Golovan of 7-Bet Lietkabelis Panavezys and Jeremiah Martin of Slask Wroclaw – completed the top individual performances in Round 6.

Round 6 MVP: Ismael Kamagate, Paris

Paris Basketball v Veolia Towers Hamburg (2022-11-30T19:30:00.000Z)

[Gian Clavell](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/gian-clavell/011942/) of Prometey Slobozhanske led all scorers with 34 points in a losing effort against ratiopharm Ulm. He matched this season's best scoring mark: [Joe Young](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/joe-young/012015/) of Promitheas also had 34 points in Round 2 against Gran Canaria. Young is the competition's top scorer at 24.5 points per game. 

[Ismael Kamagate](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/ismael-kamagate/011926/) led all rebounder by pulling down 19 in his team's home win against Veolia Hamburg Towers. It is the best rebounding mark in the competition since Ondrej Balvin of Baloncesto Sevilla also had 19 boards against CEZ Basketball Nymburk on December 16, 2014. [Alpha Kaba](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/alpha-kaba/007855/) of Buducnost VOLI Podgorica leads the rebounds table at 11.3 per night.

[Yago Dos Santos](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/yago-dos-santos/012044/) of Ulm was the only player to record double digits in assists, getting 10 against Prometey. [J'Covan Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/j-covan-brown/011991/), who didn't play in Round 6, is first overall in assists at 6.8 per night. Three players – [Jeremiah Martin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/jeremiah-martin/011899/) of Slask Wroclaw, [David Dudzinski](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/david-dudzinski/010427/) of Frutti Extra Bursaspor and [Nicola Akele](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/nicola-akele/011816/) of Germani Brescia – each collected 4 steals in Round 6. Martin is this season's steals leader at 3.0 per game. Kamagate had 4 blocks to lead this round's standings, and is also first overall (2.5 bpg.). Dos Santos, Kamagate, Kaba and Tyrique Jones of Turk Telekom Ankara each recorded a double-double in Round 6.

Regular Season Round 6 was full of outstanding individual performances. Here are its leaders in all main statistical categories. 

Individual highs: Gian Clavell, Prometey, 34 points 

Congratulations to Sergeu Palto, who is the EuroCup Fantasy Challenge winner for Round 6! His team posted a score of 280.15. 

The team featured the following lineup: team captain Alpha Kaba of Buducnost VOLI Podgorica, Xavier Munford of Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv, Yago Dos Santos of ratiopharm Ulm, Arnoldas Kulboka of Promitheas Patras and Derek Willis of Umana Reyer Venice as starters; Ismael Kamagate of Paris Basketball as the sixth man; David Moss of Germani Brescia, Kristian Kullamae of 7-Bet Lietkabelis Panevezys, Kendale McCollum of Veolia Towers Hamburg and Onuralp Bitim of Frutti Extra Bursaspor as bench players; and Ryan Schmidt of London Lions as head coach. The prize for finishing first in Round 6 is a free subscription to Euroleague TV for the 2023-24 season!

Bugra Alpagut stays atop the overall standings for the second consecutive round. His team The Defending Champs is ahead of everyone else with 1,071.95 fantasy points.

Trades are now open for Round 7. Remember, three trades are allowed before each round until the end of the regular season, and you can also trade your head coach.

The first game in Round 7, Promitheas Patras vs. London Lions, is scheduled to tip off on Tuesday, December 6 at 18:30 CET, and thus marks the next round's deadline.

Make new teams now or improve your existing ones and try to become EuroCup Fantasy Challenge's next winner!

EuroCup Fantasy Challenge: Round 6 winner

Paris Basketball, one of five newcomers in this year's 7DAYS EuroCup, has won back-to-back games for the first time this season after downing Veolia Towers Hamburg 87-84. Curiously, this victory is also the team's first-ever EuroCup triumph at Halle Georges Carpinter, having lost to Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv and Gran Canaria on its home floor in Rounds 2 and 4, respectively.

 

The first half against Hamburg did not go to plan for Paris head coach Will Weaver, as his team trailed 33-43 but had played well below the level it had demonstrated in recent games. Star point guard Kyle Allman was scoreless at the break, yet 21-year-old sensation Ismael Kamagate showed what he is capable of with 8 points and 11 rebounds. Nevertheless, Paris needed more.

It is unclear what Coach Weaver said to his players during the interval, but Paris – led by Allman – came out with a different level of intensity in the third quarter. In fact, between 9:27 and 5:37 in the third, Allman scored 12 points and helped Paris turn the game around, giving his team its first lead of the night, 49-48. While Kamagate was making plenty of noise in the paint, the emergence of Allman in the game helped Paris get back on track.

 

"In the beginning of the second half, our starting group brought the kind of energy that we needed to begin the game," admitted Coach Weaver afterwards. "It took us a while to get going, but we will always go as that starting group goes. They brought it and the rest of the team fed on that energy, and we were able to use it to get a lead."

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After that spell of fast offense from Allman, he quietened down. Yet, the likes of Juhann Begarin and Amar Gegic began to show what they are capable of, all while Kamagate continued to be a force on the interior. In the game's closing stages, with Paris needing to stave off a comeback attempt by Hamburg, it felt fitting that it was Allman and Kamagate that played key roles in the win.

First, Allman went 1-of-2 from the free-throw line with 14 seconds remaining to put Paris three points ahead, 87-84, before stepping up with a defensive play by blocking Kendale McCullum's shot with 6.5 seconds left on the clock. Then, with the last play of the game, McCullum's three-point attempt was off the mark and collected by Kamagate, who recorded his 19th rebound of the night.

Not only was it a historic night for Kamagate, who equaled Ondrej Balvin for the third-highest number of rebounds in a EuroCup game with 19, but it was also a memorable evening for Paris, as it is finally off the mark at home in its debut EuroCup campaign. This win improved its regular-season record to 4-2, good enough for fifth spot in the standings and comfortably in the playoff picture.

Paris keeps momentum going with first-ever home win

For the first time this season, London Lions have managed to win consecutive games. On Wednesday, the Lions bested Slask Wroclaw 97-80 at home. A good start to the first and fourth quarters made the difference in the game. 

Slask only led after the opening basket. After that, Sam Dekker hit a one-handed jumper in the lane which Luke Nelson followed with a three-pointer off a steal. It was the start of a 14-0 run in which Dekker made a triple off a dribble and Nelson added another bomb from downtown for a 14-2 London lead. Slask improved its defense and slowly but steadily returned to the game, trailing 48-45 at halftime and 68-63 at the end of the third quarter. 

London Lions had a 14-0 run in the first quarter of its Round 6 game against Slask Wroclaw, and added a 13-0 run at the start of the fourth period.

London's big runs against Slask

Just when London seemed to show weakness, it brought out its best version, playing physical at both ends of the floor. Aaron Best rescued the hosts with a put-back layup that Dekker followed with a three-point play. Those two baskets sparked a 13-0 run in which Miye Oni dazzled the crowd with a spectacular coast-to-coast dunk. After that run, London led 81-63 and was well on its way to a 97-80 victory. 

Basketball is a game of runs and London showed that when things go its way, it can be one of the most dangerous teams in the competition. When its defense works, London has enough scorers to make just about anything happen.

London started strong, finished stronger

London Lions v Slask Wroclaw (2022-11-30T19:30:00.000Z)

Frutti Extra Bursaspor had to battle hard to beat U-BT Cluj-Napoca 95-80 in Round 6 to go up to 4-2 in Group A. The game was tied, 42-42, at halftime. What did Bursaspor change once it returned from the locker room?

At halftime, Cluj was outrebounding Bursaspor 15-17 and had dished 13 assists - which were 3 more than its opponent. Bursaspor outrebounded Cluj 20-10 after the break, pulling down 9 offensive rebounds and allowing Cluj to get just 7 defensive boards. Such second-half dominance allowed Bursaspor to win the battle of the boards 36-27, only allowing Cluj, an excellent offensive rebounding team, to get 7 of those.

Bursaspor finished the game with 20 assists and also 13 steals, a new club record. David Dudzinski had 4 steals while Derek Needham and Ahmet Duverioglu each collected 3. Cluj had 23 assists, but committed 18 turnovers, while finishing the game with 7 steals. Both teams had the same team PIR at halftime, 49, but the final difference (112-85) says enough about Bursaspor's second-half physicality and hunger.

Bursaspor's second-half physicality paid off

Frutti Extra Bursaspor v U-BT Cluj-Napoca (2022-11-30T17:00:00.000Z)