Paris Basketball played the role of party pooper at Copper Box Arena on Wednesday night, beating the London Lions 80-93 in front of a sellout crowd to improve to 5-0 on the road in this year's 7DAYS EuroCup and 6-3 overall. The newcomer to the competition has now won four of its last five games, too.
One of the things that Paris head coach Will Weaver will have pleased with against London is the fact that nine of his players scored 6 points or more, while four got into double figures: Aamir Simms (15), Tyrone Wallace (13), Gauthier Denis (12) and Kyle Allman (10). Even though Paris has been led by Allman and Ismael Kamagate so far this season, the team continues to have different players step up on a round-by-round basis. After winning in London, Coach Weaver decided to pay homage to his bench players.
"Our guys that haven’t been playing as much have done an exceptional job of staying ready. Their professionalism shines through when their number gets called in an environment like this," Coach Weaver commented in the post-game press conference on Wednesday. "Every single guy that stepped on the court tonight approached it the right way and played for the name on the front of the jersey, and we got a good result because of that."
