With its 88-65 win against Slask Wroclaw in Round 10 of the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season, Lietkabelis Panevezys allowed Lithuanian squads to remain undefeated at home against Polish teams in the two top continental competitions, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the 7DAYS EuroCup. 

Lietkabelis's win adds value to old record

Zalgiris Kaunas protected its home floor in all five games against Polish teams - four times against Prokom Trefl Sopot and once against Stelmet Zielona Gora. Rytas Vilnius also downed Prokom both in EuroLeague and EuroCup action, and also defeated Slask and Turow Zgorzelec in the EuroCup. With Lietkabelis's win, Lithuanian teams are 10-0 at home against Polish squads. 

Harris’s game-winner caps breathtaking final minutes

Jalen Jones made a go-ahead three for the visitors with 3 minutes to go and Andrea De Nicolao drained a three for Venice to tie it with 1:08 remaining. After Axel Julien’s floater gave Bourg the lead, Mitchell Watt made a great defensive play to stop Rasheed Sulaimon from doubling the lead, allowing Stefano Tonut to tie it with a jumper with 10.8 seconds left. That set the stage for Harris’s game-winner. 

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Calvin Harris - Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse (photo Larry Langer - Ulm) - EC21

This is what the protagonists of the game had to say after such a close deal down the stretch.

Post-Game Quotes: Reyer 78-81 Bourg


### Laurent Legname, Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse
“It’s a great win. It’s a tough season with many injuries, many close games and every time we lost. Tonight for once, we switched that and won a close game. And I am really happy for my players. They deserved that. The last quarter was really a war. They score, we score, they scored, we scored. We made one or two mistakes, let too many offenses rebounds, but for one time it went on our side and I am really happy.”



### Walter De Raffaele, Umana Reyer Venice
“I am very sad about losing this game. The team made the maximum effort for this moment for our physical, mental and technical condition. There are a lot of big, big problems inside the team. But honestly, players tried to fight all game long. We lost for the last mistake on the last shot, but probably this is the picture for the first part of this season.”



### Calvin Harris JR, Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse
“We just played hard defense. I think the first half really set the tone for the rest of the game and we just tried to do the same thing. I feel great. Everything is good when you win. Shout out to my teammates, coaches. They all did a great job tonight and we got a good win.”


Umana Reyer Venice v Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse (2022-01-18T19:00:00.000Z)

Rasheed Sulaimon 2- Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse (photo Alessandro Scarpa - Reyer) - EC21

In a game that seemed destined for overtime, it is only appropriate to see that in the box score, Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse was only a little bit better than Umana Reyer Venice in most major categories and that’s what made the difference in the end. 

By the numbers: Bourg wins by an edge

Bourg won the rebounding battle 30-33, committed 2 fewer turnovers (12-10), had 1 more assist (17-18). Reyer shot an excellent percentage from downtown, 45.2%, and Bourg was a little bit better again (50%), although the hosts made more threes (14-9). All in all, the game was as close as could be in the end and Bourg was just a little bit better. 

Axel Julien - Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse (photo Alessandro Scarpa - Reyer) - EC21

Umana Reyer Venice guard Stefano Tonut can hold his head high despite his team’s loss to Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse in Round 10. Tonut set career-highs in scoring with 22 points, assists with 6 and performance index rating with 26. He made 6 of 10 two-pointers, 2 of 6 threes and all 4 of his free throws. 

Reyer’s Tonut sets career-high in scoring 

Tonut also collected 4 rebounds and 1 steal and committed 2 turnovers. His previous best scoring night was 21 points in December 2020 against Buducnost VOLI Podgorica, while his records for assists and PIR were 5 and 23, respectively, against Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana in Round 7 this season. Tonut’s career night came in his 43rd EuroCup game in his fourth season in the competition, all with Reyer. 

Stefano Tonut - Umana Reyer Venice (photo Alessandro Scarpa - Reyer) - EC21

Lietkabelis Panevezys took an important step toward the 7DAYS EuroCup knock-out rounds by downing Slask Wroclaw 88-65 at Cido Arena on Tuesday. Lietkabelis improved to 5-5 in Group A and has a 2-0 record against Slask, which dropped to 1-9. 

Lietkabelis beats Slask again, 88-65

Panagiotis Kalaitzakis paced the winners with 18 points, Vytenis Lipkevicius added 16, Djordje Gagic had 14 and Dovydas Giedraitis 10 for Lietkabelis. Kodi Justice led Slask with 13 points and Aleksander Dziewa and Jakub Karolak each had 11 for the guests. Kalaitzakis stepped up early, getting help from Dovydas Giedraitis and Lipkevicius to give Lietkabelis a 29-19 margin at the end of the first quarter. Kalaitzakis remained on fire as Lietkabelis buried 9 first-half three-pointers for a 50-38 halftime advantage. Little changed after the break, as Gagic and Dovydas Giedraitis helped Lietkabelis extend the margin to 20 after 30 minutes as the hosts cruised until the final buzzer. 

Dovydas Giedraitis got Lietkabelis going with a put-back basket and fed Kalaitzakis for a fastbreak layup. Kaspars Berzins struck from downtown, prompting Slask to call timeout at 7-0. Ivan Ramljak stepped up with a three-point play, but Kalaitzakis and Kristupas Zemaitis each buried one from beyond the arc to make it a double-digit game, 13-3. Justice buried a triple and Dziewa added a three-point play for the visitors. Gagic and Dovydas Giedraitis kept the hosts in control, 20-9. Lipkevicius followed a coast-to-coast layup with a three-pointer to break the game open, 25-9. Michal Gabinski and Karolak each buried a triple to get Slask closer, 29-19, after 10 minutes.

Karolak kept pacing Slask with a backdoor layup early in the second quarter and Justice hit a wide-open three-pointer that caused Lietkabelis to stop the game at 29-24. Lipkevicius and Grantas Vasiliauskas each struck from downtown in an 8-0 run that Berzins capped with a layup for a 37-24 score. Langevine dunked in traffic and Travis Trice nailed a step-back jumper, but Berzins and an unstoppable Kalaitzakis boosted the hosts' lead to 45-31. Dovydas Giedraitis nailed one from beyond the arc and Vasiliauskas added a layup, but Dziewa and Gabinski got Slask within 50-38 at halftime. 

Kalaitzakis beat the shot clock with an acrobatic floater soon after the break and erased Justice's triple with his own shot from downtown for a 55-41 Lietkabelis lead. Dziewa stepped up for Slask, but Gagic gave the hosts a 60-43 advantage. Ramljak took over with back-to-back layups before Vasiliauskas and Dovydas Giedraitis put Lietkabelis fully in charge, 65-47. Kalaitzakis ignited the crowd with a layup off a steal to fix the score at 67-47 after 30 minutes.

Dziewa scored in the low post early in the fourth quarter. Karolis Giedraitis found his first points, Martins Meiers downed a baseline jumper and Vasiliauskas gave Lietkabelis a 71-51 cushion with 7 minutes left. Zemaitis sank a three-pointer from the top of the key that sealed the outcome. Lietkabelis kept pushing, however, as Lipkevicius followed one from beyond the arc with a reverse layup that made it 79-51 after a 10-0 run. Szymon Tomczak scored twice down low and Justice dunked, but it was too little, too late. 

Panagiotis Kalaitzakis - Lietkabelis Panevezys (photo Karolio Kavolelio - Lietkabelis) EC21

Lietkabelis Panezevys used its excellent shooting selection to beat Slask Wroclaw 88-65 in Round 10 of the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season. Lietkabelis buried 13 of 29 shots from downtown (44.8%) and limited Slask to just 7 of 25 attempts (28.0%). At halftime, Lietkabelis had buried 9 of 18 three-pointers to get a 50-38 margin. 

Lietkabelis keeps delivering from downtown

Lietkabelis remains unstoppable from beyond the arc in 2022. In Round 9, Lietkabelis set a new club record by burying 19 three-point shots in a 96-89 home victory against Boulogne Metropolitans 92. Kaspars Berzins and Dovydas Giedraitis each made 5 three-pointers and Kristupas Zemaitis struck 4 times from downtown. Before the last two games, the club's previous record was 14 three-pointers against Partizan NIS Belgrade earlier this season - in Round 5. 

Dovydas Giedraitis - Lietkabelis Panevezys (photo Karolio Kavolelio - Lietkabelis) EC21

Post-Game Quotes: Lietkabelis 88-65 Slask


### Nenad Canak, Lietkabelis Panevezys
"We just followed the game plan better and controlled the rebounds. We won the rebound battle by 11, and they are the best rebounding team in the EuroCup, so that was the key today. For me, it is not only 4 three-pointers [in the second half]. It's okay, but we have versatile players. We can score in the low post with Djordje [Gagic] and have guys who can penetrate, so our game is not just about three-pointers. We are a team of 12 players and we will not be crying about players who are not with us at this moment."



### Andrej Urlep, Slask Wroclaw
"I have to say that I am ashamed of how we presented ourselves in this game. We were terrible. In the first half, we didn't exist on the defensive end. In the second half, we were better on the defensive end, but on the offensive end, we did so many bad things that I don't remember that we did that in any game until now. I think we deserved this defeat. Hopefully, we will get in the heads of our players and they will respond the right way in the right way. That had an influence [missing games due to COVID-19] but definitely, it is not the only reason. It is not only that. It is more than just COVID."



### Vytenis Lipkevicius, Lietkabelis Panevezys
"It was nothing special [about their defense], we just followed our plan better in the second half and when we solved this problem, no easy three-pointers for shooters, that was it. We scored 38 points in the second half and they scored 27, so it is different. I am happy that we won. When you cannot score, you need to play defense and after the rebound, you can run the fastbreak, and I think we scored these layups, gave us extra energy and kept fighting even more."



### Jakub Karolak, Slask Wroclaw
"We were losing by 15 or even 20 points at the beginning, but we managed to come back to the game. Later they increased their lead again and we weren't able to respond this time. Our defense was pretty bad, we let them score too many easy points and take too many rebounds."


### Szymon Tomczak, Slask Wroclaw
"I am really happy after scoring my first points in the 7DAYS EuroCup. I think I did my job in offense and defense, so I am pleased with my performance. Losing with such a big point difference is not nice, obviously. I believe that we will bounce back and come back stronger after a few practices."



Kodi Justice - Slask Wroclaw (photo Karolio Kavolelio - Lietkabelis) EC21

Joventut Badalona ranks second in the 2021-22 7DAYS EuroCup in two-point shooting percentage (58.5%) and needs to keep that effectiveness against Dolomiti Energia Trento.

Keys to victory: Joventut vs. Trento 

Joventut also ranks second in assists (21.1 apg.), as sharing the ball and connecting with its big men - Vladimir Brodziansky, Ante Tomic and Simon Birgander - should be critical to balance its offense. Brodziansky averaged 30.0 points and a PIR of 32.5 in his team's last two games, so Joventut may keep running its offense through him. Stopping Jordan Caroline could be important and Joventut relies on Joel Parra and Pep Busquets to do so.

Dolomiti Energia Trento has struggled to score, ranking 16th overall at 74.6 points. It is paying a high price for its poor shooting percentages - Trento has made 46.7% of its two-point shots, ranking last overall, and is also at the bottom from beyond the arc (29.0%). The Italian powerhouse is also last in assists (14.6 apg.), so it needs to circulate the ball better to raise those percentages. On defense, it needs to stop Ante Tomic and Vladimir Brodziansky down low, so its entire frontcourt, led by Cameron Reynolds, Johnathan Williams and Maximilian Ladurner, must step up on defense.

Joventut Badalona v Dolomiti Energia Trento (2022-01-18T20:00:00.000Z)