The best team all season completed its mission to lift the trophy with a hard-fought road win!
Paris outlasts Bourg 81-89 to sweep to the trophy!
Game Report
3 Mins read
Paris Basketball is the new BKT EuroCup champion after completing a sweep of the entire playoffs with a 81-89 road win on Friday in Game 2 of the best-of-three finals on the home court of Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse. The victory ensures that for the first time this century, the French capital will have a representative in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague next season. Paris completed an unprecented 22-1 campaign in comeback fashion after trailing for 20 minutes into the second half but then slowly turning the game in its favor until a 9-0 fourth-quarter fun gave the visitors control the rest of the way. TJ Shorts led the winners with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Mikael Jantunen followed with 15 points, Nadir Hifi with 14 and Tyson Ward with 10. Bourg, which ws as close as 74-78 late in the fourth quarter, got 16 points from Isiaha Mike, 14 from Jeremy Morgan, 21 from Bodian Massa and 11 each from Axel Julien and Hugo Benitez.
Early triples by Jantunen and Jequan Lewis led to an early 7-7 tie that Morgan broke with a corner triple for Bourg. When Mike added his own transition three-pointer, the lead for Bourg was 13-9. Then Paris left Morgan open again and he buried another shot from the arc at 16-9, forcing a timeout from the visitors. Hifi broke a two-minute Paris drought with 3 free throws. Paris pulled within 18-16 before Julien made Bourg's fifth three-pointer already, but Hifi matched him. Maxim Salash kept it going for Bourg from deep to make it 24-19 and Benitez beat the buzzer to keep Bourg up 26-22 after 10 minutes.
Benitez kept pushing Bourg to a 30-22 advantage early in the second quarter before Paris followed Shorts and Jantunen to get within 32-29. Both teams traded baskets until Justin Simon stole and detonated a huge dunk to get Paris within 38-37. Mike and Julien responded with 5 points in a row for Bourg but Shorts kept the visitors close and sliced to the basket to make it 45-43 inside the final minute, but Bourg held a 46-43 halftime lead, having stayed in front the last 18 minutes of the half.
Game Videos
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TJ Shorts: 'We found our energy'
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Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv-Paris Basketball | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Thunder dunk by Kevarrius Hayes! Motorola Magic Moment
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TJ Shorts, November MVP: 'I feel like I belong'
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Paris Basketball-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse-Valencia Basket | Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Castaneda's circus shot! Magic Moment
- 00:11
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Kokila's alley-oop dunk! Magic Moment
- 00:13
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Benitez from midcourt! Magic Moment
- 00:12
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Pansa throws it down! Magic Moment
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TJ Shorts: 'We're taking it game by game'
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Paris Basketball | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Shorts breaks Poirier's ankle! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:09
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Malcolm throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Barcelona-Paris Basketball | RS Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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TJ Shorts: 'It was my whole team stepping up'
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Paris Basketball-Zalgiris Kaunas | RS Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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TJ Shorts: 'This was an all-around team effort'
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Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem-Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Round 8 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Paris Basketball-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 8 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:49
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Tiago Splitter: 'We just kept fighting'
- 00:26
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Kokila throws it down! Magic Moment of the Night
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Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana-Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Round 7 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Kokila throws it down! Magic Moment
- 00:11
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Ayayi's behind-the-back pass! Magic Moment
- 00:59
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Mikael Jantunen: 'This was the most physical battle we've had so far'
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Paris Basketball-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 7 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse-Aris Midea Thessaloniki | Round 6 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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ALBA Berlin-Paris Basketball | RS Round 6 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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TJ Shorts | RS Round 5 MVP | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tiago Splitter: 'TJ Shorts was a monster'
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AS Monaco-Paris Basketball | RS Round 5 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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7-bet Lietkabelis Panevezys-Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse| Round 5 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Pansa rejects Maldunas! Magic Moment
- 01:58
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TJ Shorts: 'Monaco vs. Paris is going to be a true rivalry'
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FC Bayern Munich-Paris Basketball | RS Round 4 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:36
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Sy's huge dunk! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Paris Basketball-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | RS Round 3 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 01:09
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TJ Shorts: 'It's been a great day'
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse-Turk Telekom Ankara | Round 4 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Malcolm’s steal and slam! Motorola Magic Moment
- 03:46
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Paris Basketball | RS Round 2 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Shorts to Hayes for the big slam! Motorola Magic Moment
- 03:52
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Umana Reyer Venice-Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Round 3 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Pansa buries it! Magic Moment
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Paris Basketball-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade| RS Round 1 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 03:40
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse-U-BT Cluj-Napoca | Round 2 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Magic Moment: What a pass by Benitez!
- 00:23
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Magic Moment: Pansa swats Mokoka!
- 03:49
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Veolia Towers Hamburg-Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Round 1 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
Ward's triple opened the second half by tying the score. Benitez answered immediately from the high post. Sebastian Herrera tied it up on a drive and Shorts blasted a triple to give Paris its first lead in more than 20 minutes, 48-51. Massa hit a hook shot and stole from Shorts to dunk at the other end and retake the lead for Bourg. Hifi flipped the scoreboard again at 52-53, added a jumper to it and then blasted a triple off an inbounds play to suddenly boost the difference to 52-58. Bourg soon got an open triple from Morgan to close within 59-61, then Julien and Lewis tied it up at 63-63. Shorts got back to the foul line to let Paris keep ahead 63-64 after 30 minutes.
After Paris was up 63-64 heading into the fourth quarter, Salash put Bourg back in front, 66-64. Against a zone defense by Bourg, Leon Kratzer blasted an alley-oop slam for Paris that seemed to change the momentum for good. Next, Jantunen hit a pair of triples around another from Tyson Ward for a 0-9 run to suddenly make it 67-75. Jantunen drew a charge next on Risacher. Bryce Brown fed Bodian Massa for a huge dunk to get the crowd back into it. Julien cut it to 71-76 with a layup. Morgan made it 74-78 from downtown, but Shorts answered in close. Brown scored for Bourg to stay within 76-80 but Hifi blasted another triple and the visitors guarded the lead the rest of the way to end up celebrating at courtside with the trophy!
