After a three-week gap in the 7DAYS EuroCup calendar, Veolia Towers Hamburg (2-2) hosts the London Lions (1-3) at edel-optics.de Arena on Tuesday night. In the final round before the break, both Hamburg and London suffered defeats to Promitheas Patras and Buducnost VOLI Podgorica, respectively.
Hamburg, London return to action with a point to prove
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Round 5 of 18
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Hamburg has so far struggled to find consistency in this season's EuroCup, as every victory it has had – in Round 1 on the road at Buducnost and in Round 3 at home to Slask Wroclaw – has been followed by a loss. Some areas that have aided Hamburg are its three-point shooting and its ability to steal the ball; it is currently making the fifth-highest number of threes per game with 9.5, while it is also averaging 9.3 steals per night, which is second-best in the competition. Yoeli Childs impressed once again in Hamburg's 81-77 loss to Promitheas in Round 4, finishing with a 17-point, 16-rebound double-double, and he has the potential to cause problems for London in Round 5. The starting backcourt of Kendale McCullum and James Woodard seems to have found its groove, too, so London's guards will need to be at their best to keep them quiet.
London, on the other hand, is coming off back-to-back defeats after winning its first match of the season at home against Dolomiti Energia Trento in Round 2. The good news for London and Coach Ryan Schmidt is that Sam Dekker was able to return to action in Round 4 against Buducnost, but the Lions were significantly outplayed at the illustrious OVO Arena Wembley, the team's temporary home for the night. The biggest problem that London has had this season is on the offensive end of the floor, as it is averaging a competition-low 71.5 points per game. To try and help its cause on offense, London has added guard Miye Oni from Utah of the NBA, but it will be important in this Round 5 road game that several players step up to come away with the victory.