"I really liked how we fought on the court and that's one of the keys \[to the victory\]. Whatever you do, whatever you have in your hands, you need to fight until the last second. My players really fought and they deserved to win. We made some really easy mistakes, but we are a new team – \[we have\] 12 new players together with a new coach – so it's going to happen in the beginning of the season. We just hope to get better every day, that's our motto."

### Raoul Korner, Veolia Towers Hamburg

"I don't think the fourth quarter was our problem, I think it was the first three and a half. We were very sloppy with the basketball. We turned the ball over way too many times, we didn't execute precisely at all, \[and\] we had problems on the defensive end, so we just stayed in the game by making outside shots. That's not how you win basketball games… at least that's not how we're going to win basketball games on a consistent basis, so just not good enough over the 40 minutes.

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### Tyrique Jones, Turk Telekom Ankara center

 

"We just stuck with the game plan, I know it's tough to run on the road in this league. We just followed Coach \[Erdem Can\]'s instructions. They made a run and we made our run, and we just got defensive stops, defensive rebounds and finished it out. We're happy to have \[Tony Taylor\] back and, as you can see, \[with\] his impact on the game, he's a special player, a special talent, and like I said we're just happy to have him back."

Post-game quotes: Hamburg vs. Turk Telekom

Veolia Towers Hamburg v Turk Telekom Ankara (2022-10-18T17:30:00.000Z)

### Frederic Fauthoux, Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse head coach:

"I am very happy. Because my team played very good defense.  We had a goal tonight to keep this team under 72 points, we allowed 73, and we won. I am very proud of my team."

### Isiaha Mike, Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse player"

"Of course, we are happy. As I said at halftime, we just needed to crack down more defensively. And we did a great job of that in the second half. A low-scoring game and we came out victorious today."

### Walter De Raffaele, Umana Reyer Venice head coach:

"A lot of stuff did not work, especially in the second quarter on defense. We let every one-on-one and easy rebounds. We need to keep working."

Post-game quotes: Reyer vs. JL Bourg

Umana Reyer Venice v Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse (2022-10-18T18:00:00.000Z)

Turk Telekom Ankara has recorded its first victory of the 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup season by beating Veolia Towers Hamburg at edel-optics.de Arena on Tuesday night, which takes both of their records to 1-1.

Tyrique Jones was the standout performer on the night for Turk Telekom, recording a 15-point, 10-rebound double-double in the 83-88 road triumph, but he was also assisted by 25 points from Tony Taylor, who shone off the bench. Axel Bouteille and Erkan Yilmaz chipped in with 18 and 12 points, respectively, for Turk Telekom. Marvin Clark caught fire for Hamburg in the third quarter and scored 11 straight points en route to a team-high 23 points, but James Woodard was the only other Hamburg player to score a double-digit number of points with 13.

The game got off to an electric start and appeared to be playing into Hamburg's hands, with the home team's backcourt of Kendale McCullum and Woodard causing a lot of problems for Turk Telekom, but the introduction of Taylor changed the game for good. Taylor missed Turk Telekom's Round 1 loss to Paris Basketball, but he took no time to make an impact, scoring 11 points in 6:47 minutes, including 3-of-4 from behind the arc. The game was back and forth at times, but the shooting of Taylor and Bouteille, as well as the inside game of Jones, was too much for Hamburg to handle in the final stages.

Turk Telekom grabs first win of season at Hamburg

### Vlada Jovanovic, Buducnost head coach

"First of all, I think we played with continuity on offense, and of course, on defense. I think we played almost the whole game pretty good. We opened the game with a couple of shots we made, which at this moment was important for our confidence. After that, we had a couple of minutes in the third quarter, after they had come back, where we again started to play good defense and started running and continuing with good offense."

### Andrej Urlep, Slask head coach 

"We were bad on defense. We were too selfish on offense. Psychologically, we didn't respond to what was happening on the court. So, we played definitely the worse game this season. But also we did see what is the difference in the quality of player, and definitely if we don't play 110%, as we played in Gran Canaria, we don't have a chance."

### Cameron Reynolds, Buducnost player

"I thought we came out early and set the tone in the first half. Our defense was really strong, we rebounded well, got out in transition, and that's what led us to the lead."

Post-game quotes: Slask vs. Buducnost

Slask Wroclaw v Buducnost VOLI Podgorica (2022-10-18T18:00:00.000Z)

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica got into the Group B win column with a resounding 58-98 road win at Slask Wroclaw on Tuesday. It marked the biggest margin of difference for Buducnost in its 184 7DAYS EuroCup games to date.


Buducnost broke open a close game by dominating the middle quarters 27-45 and then outscoring Slask 4-11 to start the fourth. Cameron Reynolds led the winners with 21 points, making 5 three-pointers, and 7 rebounds. Alpha Kaba added 16 points, Igor Drobnjak 13 and Kenan Kamenjas 10. The Buducnost defense limited Slask to one double-figure scorer, Jeremiah Martin with 17 points.

Kaba had a pair of put-backs as Buducnost raced to a 2-9 lead before Aleksander Dziewa's 5 points in a row steadied Slask. Nonetheless, Marko Jagodic-Kuridza's second triple let Buducnost double the hosts, 9-18. Kemenjas, with 3 consecutive baskets, lifted the difference to 15-26. Daniel Golebiowski helped Slask cut the difference before Lukasz Kolenda beat the buzzer for a 21-26 score after 10 minutes. Kolenda got Slask as close as 24-28 off a steal by Martin before Buducnost pulled away again to 24-35 on a triple by Trae Bell-Haynes. Drobnjak soon took it to 28-41 and the difference soared to 33-50 at halftime on three-pointers by Reynolds and Aaron White. Slask scored the first 7 points after halftime to make it 40-50 on Connor Morgan's three-pointer, but Reynolds took over then with 8 consecutive points to make it 40-61 as the visitors assumed full control to eventually lead 48-71 after 30 minutes. Slask failed to produce a quicker pace of scoring while Kaba returned to keep Buducnost's total ticking, making the outcome clear well before the final buzzer. 

Buducnost rolls in Wroclaw, 58-98

Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse picked up its second win of the season, going on the road and downing Umana Reyer Venice 73-79 on Tuesday night in Group A. 

Bourg improved to 2-0 while Reyer dropped to 0-2 in the early part of the season. Isiaha Mike collected 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead Bourg. James Palmer scored 16 points and Jordan Floyd had 11 of his 15 in the second half in a victory. Mitchell Watt had 19 points and 3 blocks for Reyer, while Jayson Granger scored 15 in a losing effort.

The hosts started off hot, opening up a 12-2 lead after little more than 3 minutes played, but Bourg soon found answers. The visitors cut it to 15-12 after 10 minutes and then went in front 15-17 on a triple from Maxime Courby. The hosts answered with a 9-2 run that featured a pair of dunks from Yankuba Sima, but Bourg then scored 11 unanswered points to open a 24-28 lead. A half-court shot from Andrea Di Nicolao made it 32-30 at halftime.

Floyd got it going after the break. The Bourg guard scored 9 points to turn a 34-32 deficit into a 39-45 third-quarter lead. But Granger scored 6 points on the other end to put Reyer back in front, before Jeff Brooks and Palmer traded triples to end the quarter and make it 50-50 ahead of the final 10 minutes. In the fourth quarter, Courby netted his second triple of the night to put Bourg up for good. Back-to-back threes from Palmer opened a 59-70 lead with 3:21 to go, and even though Michael Bramos hit a triple, Bourg soon restored a double-digit lead and Frantz Massenat's baseline jumper with 34.1 seconds to go secured victory.

Bourg holds off Reyer on the road, 73-79

Tuesday night's action in the 7DAYS EuroCup sees Umana Reyer Venice host Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse at Palasport Taliercio, which means that two of the competition's best centers, Reyer's Mitchell Watt and Bourg's Pierre Pelos, will come head-to-head.

Watt is now in his fifth season in the EuroCup – his fourth straight with Reyer, having previously featured for ALBA Berlin in 2015-16 – and he got off to a good start in Round 1, as he put up 10 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in a narrow 81-80 defeat to ratiopharm Ulm. In fact, across his EuroCup career as a Reyer player, Watt has regularly found his way to the basket, averaging at least 11.8 points in each of the last three seasons.

Likewise, Pelos has demonstrated his scoring ability in the EuroCup with Bourg over the last three campaigns. In Round 1, during Bourg's 88-85 triumph over U-BT Cluj-Napoca, he recorded 16 points and 5 rebounds in just 15:14 minutes off the bench, which included going 4-of-5 from behind the three-point line. Pelos has often had to make an impact in a reserve role, yet he has still averaged 11.3 points and 4.8 rebounds in 33 games for Bourg in the EuroCup.

Reyer and Bourg have met each other in each of the last two EuroCup seasons, but the 2021-22 campaign was the first time that fans got the chance to watch Watt vs. Pelos in this fixture, as Watt appeared in just five EuroCup games in 2020-21. The two teams split the regular-season series when they met last year, winning a road game apiece, and curiously both Watt and Pelos performed better away from their home arenas.

During the first meeting at Ekinox, Bourg's home, it was Watt who was the star of the show, as he finished with a 16-point, 12-rebound double-double in a 62-73 victory for Reyer. In the losing effort, Pelos had 10 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal. Then, later in the season at Palasport Taliercio, Pelos got the better of Watt by finishing with 13 points, 4 rebounds and 1 steal, compared to 7 points, 5 rebounds and 1 steal for his Reyer counterpart.

Yet, when comparing how Watt and Pelos did across the two games combined, there are some interesting similarities. Both centers averaged 11.5 points, for example, as well as an 83.3% night from the free-throw line on 5-of-6 shooting. On two-point shots, Watt made 9-of-18 attempts for a percentage of 50.0%, while Pelos saw 6-of-11 shots drop from inside the arc for a percentage of 54.5%. Their PIR numbers were comparable, too, as Watt finished with 14.5 and Pelos recorded 13.5. One area in which the two big men differ is with three-point shooting, as Watt did not put up a shot from distance whereas Pelos made 2-of-3 shots from deep for a percentage of 33.3%.

After grabbing a road win each last season, it will be interesting to see which of the two centers is able to come out on top at Palasport Taliercio on Tuesday night. Reyer, in its home opener, will look to respond from its Round 1 defeat to Ulm, with Watt likely to play a key part in any success that coach Walter De Raffaele's team has. Bourg, meanwhile, will hope that Pelos can have a similar scoring night to Round 1 en route to another victory, which would maintain the French club's 100% record in the EuroCup so far this season.

Head-to-head: Reyer's Watt vs. Bourg's Pelos

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"Tonight, basketball died." The notorious quote of the late, great Petar Skansi made headlines after Boza Maljkovic's Limoges team beat Tony Kukoc's Benetton Treviso, coached by Skansi, at Peace and Friendship Stadium back in the trophy game of 1993 Final Four of the EuroLeague.

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Joe Young finally came to play basketball in Europe for Promitheas Patras in the 7DAYS EuroCup, honoring the legacy of his EuroLeague-winning father Michael Young.

### Makis Giatras, Patras head coach

"We play against a very competitive team, one of the most stable clubs in EuroCup. We want to come out and play aggressive from the first to the last second of the game. We will need our fans to attend the game and support us in order to achieve the victory."

### Dimitris Kaklamanakis, Patras player

"We are playing against Gran Canaria, a very good team, with great quality. We are ready to give our best in front of our fans in order to win this game, which will be very important for us."

### Jaka Lakovic, Gran Canaria head coach

"We must play with discipline on defense, with a special focus in the one on one defense because they are a team with so much talent where several players can solve the game. Our defense must be solid with good positions and helps. If we can do that, we’ll have our chances to grab a win."

### Damien Inglis, Gran Canaria player

"I think Round 2 will be a war as both teams won their first game in EuroCup. I think it will be a good game and test on the road for us."

Pre-Game quotes: Patras vs. Gran Canaria

Promitheas Patras v Gran Canaria (2022-10-19T16:30:00.000Z)