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Hamburg dominated in the paint to overpower Paris

Hamburg dominated in the paint to overpower Paris

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Hamburg dominated in the paint to overpower Paris

Regular Season

Round 15 of 18

game Paris Basketball vs Veolia Towers Hamburg

Regular Season

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Veolia Towers HamburgHAM

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Paris BasketballPBB

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Overview

Veolia Towers Hamburg held Paris Basketball’s potent offense to just 74 points as it grabbed a hard-fought 91-74 home win in Round 15 of the 7DAYS EuroCup. Afterward, the fans at Edel-optics.de Arena hailed their heroes, who were aggressive on defense throughout the game and dominated in the paint from the off.

Heading into Wednesday’s duel, Hamburg had the third-worst defense in the competition, giving up an average of 86.0 points per game, and it was assigned with the task of stopping the EuroCup’s third-best attack, with Paris averaging 86.9 points prior to Round 15.

It was a case of mission accomplished for the hosts, who beat Paris at its own game. No team had recorded more rebounds than Paris’s 41.2 per game, while only two had more offensive boards (12.1) and just one EuroCup side had averaged more defensive rebounds (29.1) than the guests before the game in Hamburg.

Yet, Hamburg outrebounded Paris 44-35, with the visitors’ head coach, Will Weaver, pointing to the decisive difference with regard to offensive boards.

“I think the offensive rebounding is the biggest piece, as they doubled us up on offensive boards,” Coach Weaver explained after the game.

“They had 13 offensive rebounds to our 6. That’s typically something we do to the other teams. They hit quite a few long twos that we contested pretty well, but had we rebounded their missed [shots] better, we would have had more opportunities to run in transition and that would have given us a chance to score more than 74 points.”

Indeed, Hamburg managed 18 second-chance points, while Paris registered just 3. This, along with the fact that the hosts outscored the visitors 15-9 in terms of points off turnovers, speaks volumes about Hamburg’s intensity on defense throughout the game. Hamburg forced Paris to as many as 18 errors, which is higher than its average of 14.4 turnovers committed per game.

“I’m extremely happy with the way we rebounded the ball on the offensive end, creating second chances and going for the second chances aggressively,” Hamburg head coach Benka Barloschky stated.

“It’s what we try to do. That was the plan and we executed the plan. I’m super happy about that. It's all about the guys. They put the work in during practice – we are working on one-on-one defense, we are working on short helps in the triangles – and it paid off tonight."

This was a much-needed victory for Hamburg, who had lost each of its last three games at home before Wednesday’s clash. Hamburg may not have secured a top-8 place just yet, but this performance can surely serve as a springboard in its bid for cement a playoff spot.

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