### Makis Giatras, Promitheas Patras head coach

"First of all, congratulations to the people here, the crowd at Slask Wroclaw. Great people, great crowd. For us, we \[went small\] because we were 12 points down – this gave us the key defensively to come back in the game. Anthony Cowan made a big shot. I want to congratulate Slask for playing excellently in this game and I wish them the best in the future, and I also want to congratulate our players because they are the ones who played and won the game."

### Anthony Cowan, Promitheas Patras guard

"\[It's a\] big win for us, especially coming off a little break. But it's a big win for us, especially coming to an away team – they had a great crowd – and we fought until the end. I'm definitely proud of my guys and definitely happy for the win."

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### Andrej Urlep, Slask Wroclaw head coach

"No \[I am not satisfied with how we played\], definitely not. I'm happy with how we played in the first half, definitely, but in the second half we committed too many turnovers \[and\] we left them some open threes, which we didn’t want. It was our game, but unfortunately for us we didn’t use what was there for us. They made a tough last shot; about the last defense, I cannot say that it was bad defense, but they made a shot and congratulations to them."

 

### Conor Morgan, Slask Wroclaw forward

"I'm satisfied with the way we played tonight, but like any basketball player, I'm unsatisfied with the result. I think tonight we all believed that we were going to win that game, and to come up short like that hurts, especially when it is to go 0-5. Hopefully we can keep that same energy and drive we had in that game going into the next games and hopefully we can have some success at some point."

Cowan, Promitheas: 'We fought until the end'

Slask Wroclaw v Promitheas Patras (2022-11-23T19:00:00.000Z)

Slask Wroclaw led for the majority of its 7DAYS EuroCup Round 5 meeting with Promitheas Patras at Hala Orbita on Wednesday night, but a game-winning shot by Anthony Cowan means that Promitheas now has the joint-best record in Group B with 4-1, while Slask drops to 0-5.

Joe Young was Promitheas's leading scorer on the night with 20 points, but a 19-point, 12-rebound double-double by Arnoldas Kulboka was key in the Greeks staying in the game right until the end. Cowan, who scored a three-pointer to give Promitheas the win, ended with 9 points. Nikolaos Gkikas also chipped in with 10 points. In a losing effort, Slask's Jeremiah Martin had 17 points, Aleksander Dziewa posted a 14-point, 11-rebound double-double, and Conor Morgan finished with 13 points.

Slask came into this game with a 0-4 record, but it got off to a good start after Martin came out the blocks with 9 of the team's 18 first-quarter points. Promitheas finished with 14 points after the first 10 minutes, but perhaps most importantly for Slask, it kept Promitheas scorer Young scoreless. Slask managed to open up a 10-point lead over Promitheas in the opening stages of the second quarter, 24-14, but then Young began to put his fingerprints on proceedings with 9 points in four and a half minutes, which made it 30-31 with 3:33 remaining. Cowan briefly extended that advantage to 30-33, but then a 12-0 run by the hosts ensured that Slask went into the break ahead, 42-33. That lead extended out to 11 points in the third quarter, but Promitheas continued to plug away, refusing to let Slask run away with the win. Nevertheless, the third quarter ended with Slask 12 points ahead, 62-50. The hosts were able to win all three of the first quarters – 18-14, 24-19 and 20-17 – but it began to come unstuck in the final period. Promitheas continued to put points on the board, and then a Nemanja Dangubic dunk off an alley-oop from Young appeared to give the Greeks the momentum, as it was just one point behind, 66-65, with 5:25 left. It suddenly became a back-and-forth game, without Promitheas ever going ahead. That is until Cowan stepped up to the plate by making an incredibly tough three-pointer with a hand in his face to all but win the game for Promitheas. There were 1.2 seconds remaining for Slask to have an attempt at rescuing the win, but Morgan missed his shot, so Slask remains winless and Promitheas now has the joint-best record in Group B.

Promitheas steals win at Slask, 76-78

### Paris Basketball head coach Will Weaver

"I saw it as an absolute battle. Buducnost were very difficult to deal with, they coming, on the offensive boards especially. They got a lot of big, strong, men. I am proud how our guys battled back in the second half and kept the speed in the that we needed. We never pay attention to the standings, but I do know we are getting better.

"Winning on the road is always tough, but we felt the depth and physicality of Buducnost. We have a very big, athletic team, but it was two heavyweights going at each other. Offensive rebounding, blocking shots, getting out in transition. It was a very fun environment to play in and I am very happy we came out with a win especially since we shot 29% from three and 48% from the free-throw line. There was a stretch where we lost our focus, which happens in games. But as opposed to earlier in the season, we were able to regain our focus, and that was a reason we were capable of going on the run we went on to retake the lead."

### Buducnost VOLI Podgorica head coach Vlada Jovanovic

"We played the second half, I'd say for 15 minutes, very good basketball. But we lost our chance when we had +10, to break the opponent. What can you say after a 0-14 run, it's too much.

"We tried to play better defense and I think we managed to do so for about 35 minutes. In the third and fourth quarter, we did not allow many open shots and controlled defensive rebounds. We wanted to show we can play better defense than in our recent games. But on offense, we got into empty minutes, allowed some offensive rebounds, allowed them to have second possessions, and it ended up costing us a victory."

### Paris Basketball forward Aamir Simms

"It was a hard-fought game. They play hard, made it a tough game for us. We knew coming in it was not going to be easy, but we knew if we stayed together and come out as a team we'll come out victorious."

Coach Weaver, Paris: 'It was an absolute battle'

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica v Paris Basketball (2022-11-23T18:00:00.000Z)

Paris Basketball kept its perfect road record intact, rallying from a double-digit fourth-quarter deficit to edge Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 74-77 in their Group B clash on Wednesday. It was the third win in as many road games for Paris, which improved to 3-2 on the season, the same as Buducnost which saw its three-game winning streak snapped.

Buducnost opened a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter, but Paris answered with a 0-14 run behind Amar Gegic, and the hosts never led again. In the final minute, Juhann Begarin hit a crucial three-pointer to give Paris a cushion it never relinquished. Aaron White did have a chance to send the game to overtime at the buzzer with a good-look at a three-pointer, but his triple rimmed out.

Kyle Allman and Aamir Simms scored 13 apiece to lead Paris. Begarin scored 12, while Gegic and Ismael Kamagate scored 11 apiece in a winning effort. Alpha Kaba paced Buducnost with 17 points plus 16 rebounds. Phil Booth scored 15, and Trae Bell-Haynes had 10 in a loss.

Kaba scored twice inside and Cameron Reynolds knocked down a triple, but Paris jumped out in front 7-11 behind baskets from Axel Toupane, a three-pointer from Simms and a three-point play from Ismael Kamagate. Allman, Juhann Begarin and Amar Gegic all scored at the rim, including Gegic's big put-back dunk, as Paris led 18-22 after 10 minutes. Begarin doubled the lead early in the second. Reynolds had a transition three and Kaba had an easy fastbreak dunk, but Toupane's triple and Allman's jumper restored an 8-point margin. But Kaba kept doing the damage inside and Petar Popovic hit one from the outside as Buducnost answered with a 9-0 run and the teams ended up tied, 41-41, at halftime.

The teams traded blows after the break before Booth scored 5 points, including a three-point play, that helped the hosts take 59-55 into the final quarter. Booth then scored the first 5 points in the fourth quarter, including a three-pointer, as the hosts opened a double-digit margin for the first time, 65-55. However, Gegic had a pair of steals and scored 5 points, and also assisted on Sleva's corner triple and Kamagate's dunk, fueling a 0-14 run that put Paris back in front. A jumper from Reynolds ended the hosts' 5-minute scoring drought and Buducnost tied it at 70-70 in the penultimate minute. Begarin nailed a three-pointer with 52 seconds to go to put Paris up for good. Paris had problems at the foul line, but when Toupane missed 2 free throws with 10.2 seconds to go, Begarin pulled down an offensive rebound with Paris up 74-76. Buducnost had have one last possession to tie it, but White's three-point attempt rolled out.

Paris rallies, holds off Buducnost, 74-77

### Carles Duran, Joventut head coach

"We just tried to play basketball. Because in the first half, we were only thinking on the bad decisions and the turnovers. And in the second, we were thinking about playing basketball. And Simon \[Birgander\] played very well. Sure, our defense with Simon in the paint played very well and we ran every time, and the second half we played better on offense. We cut down on turnovers and played the pick-and-roll better with Kyle \[Guy\], Andres \[Feliz\] and Pau \[Ribas\]. It's possible that Ulm missed some easy shots, but the key was in the overall defense, the rebounds, the positions, the steals. The key sometimes is that if you defend better, offense becomes easy, and that's what happened in the second half."

### Anton Gavel, Ulm head coach

"We scored 19 points in the second half, and defensively we couldn't get a stop. Their bigs were dominating the paint and just running down the hill, and we were not there to stop them. Offensively, we couldn't find any solution to be somehow successful. We showed in the first half that \[our inexperience\] doesn't really matter, but in the second half, we panicked completely. Our decision on offense were not good; ok, we created some open shots but we weren't capable of hitting them, but still, defense was our problem and that 6-18 third quarter."

### Simon Birgander, Joventut player 

"We had a team talk in the locker room that we had to change our mentality and play much harder. Also, we had to play better defense and especially play better offense. We didn't get it going on offense and that was very important to do in the third quarter."

Carles Duran, Joventut: 'If you defend better, offense becomes easy'

ratiopharm Ulm v Joventut Badalona (2022-11-23T18:30:00.000Z)

With a defensive tour de force after halftime, Joventut Badalona avenged a painful playoff loss from last season by downing host ratiopharm Ulm 54-68 on Wednesday.

 Joventut storms past host Ulm after halftime 

Ulm led 35-30 at halftime but was held to 6 points through the next 14 minutes as the visitors ran away with the win. Joventut improved to 4-1, good for a first-place tie in Group A, while Ulm fell to 2-3. Simon Birgander led the winners with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks. Pau Ribas had 11 points and 5 assists. Ulm got 14 points from Karim Jallow, all in the first half, while Yago Dos Santos scored 9 and dished 4 assists. Ulm's 6 third-quarter points were the team's lowest total in any quarter in its 133 7DAYS EuroCup games to date, as were its 19 second-half points the club's fewest in any half.

Pep Busquets drilled 2 corner triples as Joventut jumped ahead 3-8. Thomas Klepeisz tied from before Jallow's second dunk put Ulm ahead, 14-12. Joel Parra's three-pointer let Joventut retake the lead, but Jallow's finger-roll gave Ulm a 20-19 edge after 10 minutes. Guy's 5 points tied it and Andres Feliz layed up for a new Joventut lead at 24-26. Dos Santos broke the next tie from deep for Ulm and dunks by Jallow and Nicolas Bretzel sent the hosts to a 35-30 halftime lead. Parra's next triple drew Joventut within 37-35 midway through a defensive-minded third quarter. Ribas copied him and added a three-point play before assisting Birgander twice as Joventut surged ahead 37-46. Joventut would hold Ulm to just 6 points in the third quarter to lead 41-48. Ribas lifted the lead to double digits, 41-53, with a triple as Ulm remained cold until Klepeisz hit from deep almost 5 minutes into the fourth quarter. By then, Joventut was up 44-62 and well on its way to full revenge for having lost at home to Ulm in last season's eighthfinals.

Joventut storms past host Ulm after halftime

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

"In this competition, every victory is extremely hard. We saw other results and we see that every game is extremely intense and extremely tough. It is a thing that we like, and it is a thing that we need to get used to, to play in some kind of competition. And I am really happy that we stayed strong, mentally and physically, in this game. We won in the end. Big-time thanks to our fans, which were great and really helped us win this game. Each victory in his league is good, we just need to take it step by step. We need to practice good, stay humble, work and fight for every game.

"That was a really intense game in all aspects of it: physically, mentally, it was a close game and each team had parts in which were leading. We needed to stay tough all game and of course, we had the home-court advantage and the fans advantage. I thank them because this was a big plus for us. I am really happy that we took the second win in this group, which is extremely close. Each team can win everywhere. I am happy for this game, especially after a long period in which we didn't have a strong game. That game in the \[Romanian\] championship was not that strong. So I think they guys reacted well, especially in the second half, when we played much stronger defense. In the first half, we allowed too many shots. They had some unbelievable percentages and finished the game with 65% on two-points and 50% on three-points. That's unbelievable but also, that's our fault because we let them shoot and score that easy. We move forward. We are enjoying this win tonight but are thinking about the next games that we have."

### Germani Brescia head coach Alessandro Magro:

"We came here to try to compete. We were not able to have the defense we would like to have, especially against a physical team like this, so we need to restart from our mistakes and try to focus on the next game. All game long, we were not able to pack the paint like we would like. They scored easy baskets and deserved it, because they played probably better than us, trying to target our weak points. We just have to stay calm and keep working.

"They had 20-of-21 in the paint. It is too much if we want to compete. In the first half, our three-point percentage allowed us to stay in the game. Then it is normal that the percentage, even if at the end we finished with 50%, we missed some shots. We missed free throws and if we want to try to compete, we can't allow the others to score 90 with that kind of percentage. Even if at the end, thanks to some steals, we have some chances to run, we were able to have a tight game. We have to control our defense and this is what we need to work on."

### U-BT Cluj-Napoca forward Leo Meindl:

"We are very happy for the victory, but we cannot hide our problems. They made 86 points in our home so we have to improve that. We have to play better defense but we are happy. We have to win at home and away so that's it, that's the way. We had problems but we got the win, that's the most important today, second in the EuroCup. We are playing to get victories and to improve every day. We are here for this, so we are happy."

### Germani Brescia guard John Petrucelli:

"I think they outplayed us tonight, especially down the stretch. We have to be better as a team defensively, starting with myself. Defense always makes the difference."

Meindl, Cluj: 'We had problems but we got the win'

U-BT Cluj-Napoca v Germani Brescia (2022-11-23T17:30:00.000Z)

In a high-scoring showdown, U-BT Cluj-Napoca returned to the winning path by downing Germani Brescia 91-86 at home in Group A on Wednesday, snapping a two-game losing streak. Cluj improved to 2-3 in the standings. Karel Guzman and Leo Meindl led the winners with 15 points apiece. Andrija Stipanovic, Nemanja Gordic, Emanuel Cate and Patrick Richards each added 13 for Cluj. Amedeo Della Valle had 16 points for Brescia, which dropped to 2-3 after losing its last two games. John Petrucelli added 15 while David Cournooh and Kenny Gabriel each added 14 for the visitors.

Petrucelli and Della Valle stepped up early to put Brescia ahead, 13-19. Stipanovic rescued Cluj and Richard's triple tied it, 21-21, after 10 minutes. Richards kept pushing the hosts and got help from Cate and Guzman to give Cluj a 36-34 edge. Cournooh, Akele, Gabriel and Petrucelli each hit a three-pointer for a 49-51 Brescia lead at halftime.

Stipanovic took over after the break and then Gordic and Richard each buried a three-pointer to boost the hosts' lead to 73-68 after 30 minutes. Gabriel capped a 0-7 run with a dunk that put Brescia in charge, 73-75. Meindl and Cate took over in crunch time and Gordic's three-point play gave Cluj an 87-83 lead with 42.3 seconds left. Gabriel answered from downtown before Gordic and Cate sealed the outcome from the foul line.

Cluj outlasts Brescia at home, 91-86

Turk Telekom Ankara took advantage of some unusual three-point shooting accuracy in knocking off Dolomiti Energia Trento on Wednesday night.

The hosts drained 13 of 25 three-pointers (52.0%) in their 81-66 home victory that extended the team's winning streak to four games. Turk Telekom came into the game as the number one team in two-point shooting at 61.2%, but just 13th in three-pointers at 33.9%. Tony Taylor knocked down 4 three-pointers to lead the way and Nathan Sestina (3), Axel Bouteille and Jerian Grant (both 2) all hit multiple triples for the winners.

Turk Telekom also really took advantage of its transition game, scoring 19 fastbreak points to 4 for the visitors. And even though Turk Telekom committed 17 turnovers to 16 for Trento, the hosts collected 20 points off those miscues to 10 for the Italian side.

Turk Telekom uses unusual three-point accuracy, fastbreaks to beat Trento

Turk Telekom Ankara v Dolomiti Energia Trento (2022-11-23T16:45:00.000Z)