Frustrated with how it played in a French League loss on Saturday, Paris came out with a vengeance to blast Hamburg by 36.
'Locked in' Paris was too much for Hamburg

Paris Basketball had four days between its last French League game and its Round 3 BKT EuroCup contest in Germany against Veolia Towers Hamburg. Usually, that is plenty of time to prepare for a game. It proved to be more than enough time because Paris lost at home to ESSM Le Portel on Saturday and could not wait to get back on the floor and erase the stench of defeat.
"Today we were locked in," said point guard TJ Shorts, who led the way for Paris with 14 points, 9 assists and 4 steals. "We had a tough week; we dropped one in our French league. And we wanted to come out focused today. I think everybody who stepped on the court was super focused and that led to 40 minutes of good basketball."
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Lighting a fuse to take control
After a bumpy first few minutes, Paris pieced together 9 unanswered points to end the first quarter and another 9 to begin the second. After that 0-18 charge, the visitors were able to cruise the rest of the way en route to a 69-105 victory.
When the final buzzer sounded, Paris had tied a club record for scoring in the EuroCup and set a new mark for margin of victory. It also scored 105 on opening night this season against Wolves Vilnius and won that game by 27 points.
"It was definitely a step forward after our lackluster game over the weekend in the French league," Paris head coach Tuomas Iisalo commented. "The guys were very motivated to play here in Hamburg."
That motivated game proved to be more than Hamburg could handle.
"The physicality, the speed, the relentlessness is unbelievable with this team," Hamburg head coach Benka Barloschky said of Paris. "We knew what to expect. There was no element of surprise in their game. Just a level of execution at a high level."
A real team effort for Paris
The level of execution came at both ends of the floor and partly thanks to Paris's depth. Every player featured for at least 4 minutes and 10 players played at least 15 minutes. Eleven players scored and 10 had at least 1 rebound.
The mix of motivation, skill and talent was not just a winning combination for Paris on Wednesday, but it left no chance for Hamburg.