Turk Telekom Ankara captured its fifth consecutive victory in Group B by downing Promitheas Patras 83-98 on Tuesday. It was a special game for Jerian Grant, for all the right reasons.
Grant returned to Patras and left victorious
Grant is a member of a distinguished basketball family with many links to Promitheas. His father, Harvey Grant, played in the NBA, and so did his uncle, Horace Grant, a four-time NBA champion.
Jerian Grant has two brothers, Jerai and Jerami, who are professional basketball players. Jerai played for Promitheas in each of the last two seasons. In the first one, Jerai and Jerian were teammates in Patras, even though Jerian did not play in the 7DAYS EuroCup that season.
Of course, Grant wanted to leave a good impression against his former team and did it right away, scoring 10 points in a 5-15 opening run that put Turk Telekom ahead for good. He finished the game with a career-high 18 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 7 fouls drawn and a PIR of 28, a new personal best.
Grant knew the environment and some of his opponents and maximized those advantages. During the 33 minutes Grant played, Turk Telekom outscored Promitheas by 22 points, which means that in the 7 minutes he was resting, Promitheas outscored his team by 7. It was a true winning performance from Grant.