### Gran Canaria head coach Jaka Lakovic: 

"First of all, I would like to congratulate my players for a deserved win, I think the game was attractive for the fans and Slask did a good job as they played well, but in the end, we found better and better options on offense. Defensively, we got the stops we wanted to win the game. We were missing some important players but everybody who was in stepped up and executed well.

“Our three-point shots were part of the key to winning the game, especially in the fourth quarter. Defensively, we were very aggressive with the rebounds and 25 assists mean the team played together and shared the ball. A,J. \[Slaughter\] was not really injured, he had some physical problems and we decided to let him stay at home for this trip and hopefully, he will be better very soon.

"Olek \[Balcerowski\] has been playing very solid all season, he continued with very good performances, he brought his confidence from the European Championships and he has played very well for us. We are playing with two big guys who are 20 and 22 years old in the EuroCup and the ACB, it’s not easy for them but they are doing a great job. They still have ups and downs, which is normal for young players, but in general, Olek is doing a very good job and if he works hard, he has a great future in front of him."

### Slask Wroclaw head coach Andrej Urlep: 

“Congratulations to Gran Canaria. They were without some key players but they showed us how good a team they are and how much diversity they have. I can say congratulations to my players too, they left their hearts and all their energy on the court. Unfortunately, we had a lot of defensive problems. We didn’t commit a lot of turnovers but we committed some bad ones and that turned out to be decisive."

### Gran Canaria forward David Mutaf:

"We have an experienced team and we came here to do our best. It was an important game for us and we are happy that we could come away with a win. We have a tough schedule and we are missing some players but we always try to do our best and our young guys bring the energy."

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David Mutaf, Gran Canaria: 'Our young guys bring the energy'

Slask Wroclaw v Gran Canaria (2023-01-11T19:00:00.000Z)

New additions O'Brien, Green boosted Buducnost

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica's move to improve its offense for the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season stretch run paid off already as recent signings [Erick Green](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/erick-green/005159/) and [J.J. O'Brien](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/jaleel-o-brien/009558/) made solid contributions to a sweeping 59-87 road win over Veolia Hamburg Towers on Wednesday.

Despite sitting in the middle of the Group B standings, Buducnost had been ranked 17th among all EuroCup teams with 78.3 points per game in the first half of the regular season. A next-to-last ranking of 50.1% efficiency on two-point shooting was the main culprit. It's 14th and 15th ranking, respectively, in three-point and free-throw percentage weren't much better.

Enter veterans Green and O'Brien.

Erick Green, Jaleel O`Brien Top 2 Pts, 3 Pts vs. Hamburg Towers, 01/11/2023

Erick Green, J.J. O'Brien scoring vs. Hamburg

Shooting guard Green brought four seasons' worth of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague experience in which he averaged double digits and 15 previous EuroCup appearances in which he scored 17.3 points per game. Coming off the bench against Hamburg, his sweet mid-range shooting worked right away and he finished with a team-high 22 points on 6-for-8 two-point and 3-for-5 three-point shooting.

Small forward O'Brien was nothing less than a EuroCup champion in 2020-21, when he played a huge role for AS Monaco. His solid all-around game was evident again on Wednesday as he had 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals as a starter.

The upshot was Buducnost's best scoring total since early November and some extra reason to be optimistic heading into the regular season's stretch run. 

Veolia Towers Hamburg v Buducnost VOLI Podgorica (2023-01-11T18:30:00.000Z)

### [7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys 72-80 Prometey Slobozhanske](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/7bet-lietkabelis-panevezys-prometey-slobozhanske/U2022/93/)

Prometey rallied from a double-digit deficit to beat Lietkabelis 72-80 at Cido Arena in Round 10 on Wednesday evening. Prometey improved to 6-4 in the standings and is now on a three-game winning streak. It also swept its season series against Lietkabekis, which dropped to 4-6 in the standings. Caleb Agada led the winners with 19 points and 9 assists. Jamel Mottis scored a team-high 15 points for Lietkabelis. 

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### [Frutti Extra Bursaspor 111-93 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/frutti-extra-bursaspor-cedevita-olimpija-ljubljana/U2022/91/)

Bursaspor got the new calendar year off to a great start with its best-ever offensive performance in the 7DAYS EuroCup, as it thrashed visiting Cedevita 111-93 at Tofas Spor Salonu. Bursaspor not only set its single-game record in scoring, but it also made a record 18 three-pointers and tied its highest-ever mark with 28 assists. Onuralp Bitim scored 20 points and dished 6 assists to lead the hosts on the way to victory. For the visitors, Yogi Ferrell had 23 points and 7 assists. 

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### [Promitheas Patras 84-71 Dolomiti Energia Trento](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/promitheas-patras-dolomiti-energia-trento/U2022/98/)

Promitheas gained an important victory in its fight to make the playoffs as it defeated Trento 84-71 at home. Promitheas took control of the game with a 17-2 third-quarter run to snap a three-game home losing streak and improve to 6-4 in Group B. George Conditt led the way with 17 points and 8 rebounds and Arnoldas Kulboka scored 16 points. Trento’s road woes continued as it fell to 2-8 overall and 0-6 away from home this season, extending the club’s EuroCup road losing streak to 20 games dating back to November 2020. Drew Crawford had 15 points in the losing effort.   

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### [U-BT Cluj-Napoca 79-88 Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/u-bt-cluj-napoca-mincidelice-jl-bourg-en-bresse/U2022/95/)

Bourg took the lead in the first quarter of its game against Cluj and then led the rest of the way, going on to win 79-88 at BTarena. Bourg improved to 7-3 with the victory, giving it a one-game lead at the top of the Group A standings, while Cluj dropped to 3-7. Jordan Floyd scored a team-high 16 points for Bourg, who also had Isiaha Mike and James Palmer contribute 12 points apiece. For Cluj, Patrick Richard finished with a game-high 20 points in the loss.

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### [Veolia Towers Hamburg 59-87 Buducnost VOLI Podgorica](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/veolia-towers-hamburg-buducnost-voli-podgorica/U2022/100/)

Buducnost avenged an opening-game loss and moved up in the Group B standings by downing undermanned host Hamburg 59-87. Buducnost lifted its record to 6-4 while Hamburg fell into danger at 3-6, just one win into the playoffs zone. Erick Green, in his EuroCup return, led Buducnost with 22 points and Aleksa Ilic posted a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds. Hamburg, which was missing four players who average a combined 39.8 points, got 18 from Marvin Clark plus 17 and 12 rebounds from Lukas Meisner.

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### [Slask Wroclaw 79-91 Gran Canaria](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/slask-wroclaw-gran-canaria/U2022/99/)

Group B leader Gran Canaria improved to 8-2 and held on to the top spot with a hard-fought 79-91 win at Slask Wroclaw, with the home side dropping to 1-9 at the bottom of the standings after running out steam in the final quarter of an absorbing contest. David Mutaf paced the visitors with 19 points, shooting 7-for-12 from the floor and 5-for-8 from three-point range. Center Aleksander Dziewa led Slask with a game-high 23 points and 10 rebounds.

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### [Umana Reyer Venice 89-69 ratiopharm Ulm](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/umana-reyer-venice-ratiopharm-ulm/U2022/94/)

Reyer got back to winning ways with a no-doubt-about-it 89-69 win over the visiting Ulm. The victory snapped Reyer's two-game losing streak, lifting its record to 6-4 in Group A, while Ulm dropped to 5-5. The win also gives Reyer a tiebreak advantage over Ulm, since Ulm won their season-opener by 1 point. Mitchell Watt paced the hosts with 19 points and Derek Willis scored 17. For Ulm, Bruno Caboclo had 18 points and 8 rebounds in his EuroCup debut. 

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### [London Lions 93-95 Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/london-lions-hapoel-vegan-friendly-tel-aviv/U2022/97/)

Hapoel rallied from 14 points down in the fourth quarter to knock off London 93-95 on the road in a Group B thriller. Jordan McRae scored 15 of his 36 points in the final frame for an index rating of 40 as Hapoel improved to 6-4 with its third straight win. J’Covan Brown added 18 points - including the game-winning jumper with 12 seconds left. London dropped its third straight game to fall to 4-6 despite Sam Dekker pouring in 29 points.

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Game center: Road wins for Prometey, Bourg, Buducnost, Gran Canaria and Hapoel!

Frutti Extra Bursaspor v Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (2023-01-11T17:00:00.000Z)

7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys v Prometey Slobozhanske (2023-01-11T17:00:00.000Z)

Umana Reyer Venice v ratiopharm Ulm (2023-01-11T19:00:00.000Z)

U-BT Cluj-Napoca v Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse (2023-01-11T17:30:00.000Z)

London Lions v Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv (2023-01-11T19:30:00.000Z)

Promitheas Patras v Dolomiti Energia Trento (2023-01-11T17:30:00.000Z)

### Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv head coach Danny Franco:

“I would really like to thank London Lions for hosting us here in such a nice way. We wish them luck in their next games. This one was tough. Anybody could have won. I’m happy of course that it went to us. My guys were stubborn. It was a frustrating game for us. We couldn’t find our rhythm - on both sides of the floor - for a lot of minutes. We knew when we were behind that we could play a lot better than we did. We just tried to stay in the game. With a lot of hustle - we grabbed 24 offensive rebounds - not because we are bigger or more athletic. We were just frustrated about the way we played. And we kept on fighting. We tried to dive and touch every ball, and that kept us alive. And eventually, that stubbornness and that determination to win came to our favor. 

"Guys made big plays and we played as a team. Even if one guy shines, the team is letting him shine, playing and working to get everybody going and trying to find the hot player at the same time. I am proud of my guys for not putting our heads down. It’s a lot easier to learn from a game after you win it than after you lose it. 

"We had a huge support from a lot of fans. 1,500 fans came from Israel all the way to London to the beautiful Wembley area and just helped us to keep our heads up and keep on fighting. Eventually, it paid off. I am really proud of my guys. That is a very important win for us in the EuroCup at an important time of the season." 

### London Lions head coach Ryan Schmidt:

"It’s a tough loss. I thought our guys played well, competed. At the end of the day, that’s a talented team. They’ve got guys who can put up big points. You saw that with Jordan McRae, who has been doing that everywhere he has gone. It’s a little tough when you have four guards who get into foul trouble. I thought the whistle was a little quick tonight to be blunt. It’s tough to get into a rhythm. You gotta play Sam \[Dekker\] 40 minutes, Jordan Taylor has to play above 35. I think their depth kind of wore us out in the end. It kind of hurt us at the offensive end and our ability to make shots. Early in the game, we were in a good flow and rhythm. But we know that every single night in this competition, it will be tough. Every team you go up against is really talented, including these guys. At the end of the day, hats off to them. They’re a really good team, they’re well-coached. They made plays down the stretch when they needed to."

### Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv forward Jordan McRae:

"It was a total team effort. We fought hard at the end of the game. We never gave up. All the guys on the floor and on the bench just played hard. All I want to do is win. If you ask the coach, the players about me, in practice, 3-on-3, 5-on-5, I’m always trying to win. That’s all I want to do.

"We have to do a better job of starting the game better. We can’t keep putting ourselves in holes. The whole team fought back. We played hard and we came out with the win." 

Danny Franco, Hapoel: 'We were stubborn enough to pull it out'

### Frutti Extra Bursaspor head coach Dusan Alimpijevic:

"First of all, this a good team with a great coach, and congrats to him for everything that he is doing for years with this club. For us, it was good energy, it was again a really good atmosphere. The crucial and main word today is respect. We respected each other very nice today.

"It was a great night for us. We played good, unselfish basketball. We shared the ball, played really smart on offense. We had almost 30 assists, and the energy was great. I really believe Cedevita will find a way to make the playoffs and create a lot of problems to any team it faces in the playoffs from the other group.

"I want to thank our great, perfect fans who made an unbelievable atmosphere. This is a good habit, we have a full gym almost every game, and I want to thank them for coming and supporting us in an emotional way like this."

### Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana assistant coach Miro Alilovic:

"First of all, I want to congratulate Bursaspor for this win. They dominated from the first to the last minute of the game. From the beginning of the game we had problems, they played really great defense, they were aggressive, and we did not find a way and a solution how to play against this. Instead, we play as a team and with some ball movement, we were stuggling, everybody wanted to play one-on-five, and that was the problem. And Bursaspor got great confidence from this defense, and we allowed 111 points, which is unacceptable. This game will be a big lesson for us in upcoming games."

### Frutti Extra Bursaspor guard Anthony Clemmons:

"The team fought all game. We all came out ready. We had this EuroCup break, so we came out with an energy, we all came out ready to battle. Cedevita is a great team. You have got to look past their record. But I am just happy our guys came out ready to fight, our fans brought it. This is an important win for us to protect home."

Anthony Clemmons, Bursaspor: 'We all came out ready to battle'

 Reyer eases past Ulm, 89-69 

Umana Reyer Venice got back to the winning ways with a no-doubt-about-it 89-69 win over the visiting ratiopharm Ulm on Wednesday night. The victory snapped Reyer's two-game losing streak, lifting its record to 6-4 in Group A, while Ulm dropped to 5-5.

The hosts took control in the first quarter, opened a big double-digit lead in the second quarter, and never looked back. This win also gives Reyer a tiebreak advantage over Ulm, since Ulm won their season-opener by 1 point. Mitchell Watt paced the hosts with 19 points and Derek Willis scored 17. Amedeo Tessitori collected 15 points plus 9 rebounds, and Jordan Parks had 14 in victory. For Ulm, Bruno Caboclo had 18 points and 8 rebounds in his EuroCup debut. Brandon Paul added 12 for the visitors, while Joshua Hawley and Thomas Klepeisz scored 11 apiece.

Reyer had a 12-0 run early in the first quarter with Watt scoring 7 points, but Ulm hit a pair of triples on either side of that run to even the score at 12-12. The hosts broke that tie with an 11-2 run to take control. Ulm did stay in touch, and cut it to 23-19 on the first play of the second quarter on a dunk by Caboclo, but Tessitori got the hosts going again before Allerik Freeman strung together 8 points, including a pair of three-pointers, to help open 41-23 midway through the second quarter. 

Robin Christen hit a three for the visitors, but Watt and Parks made sure that Reyer increased the margin some more, 51-32 at halftime. Threes from Willis and Michael Bramos extended the margin to 59-37. Paul had a three-pointer at the other end, and Juan Nunez a three-point play, but Watt and Tessitori kept converting inside, and Parks made it 71-50 at the end of the third quarter. Reyer cruised the rest of the way, leading by as many as 27 points before the game's end.

Reyer eases past Ulm, 89-69

### Prometey Slobozhanske head coach Ronen Ginzburg: 

"It is not the first that happens to us \[a bad first quarter\] and it is also not the first time that we reacted well and came back to the game. We have a good character in the team and I am happy that we adjusted and won this game. I think, in the end, it was the little things, the little big things. The rebounds, the defense, that's what won it for us. We changed a little bit and made a switching defense in the end, and it worked for us. We are going game by game. We have a really balance group, everyone can beat everyone. You don't know what it will be. We need to look game by game." 

### 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys head coach Nenad Canak: 

"We didn't play smart. We didn't play smart and didn't play the way we wanted, so we paid the price in the end." 

### Prometey Slobozhanske guard Caleb Agada: 

"We just focused on defending throughout the game. Once our defense really kicked in, I think that's when the game kind of switched in our favor. Offense is always going to be up and down but as long as we defend, we are going to be good. I was good. I have been injured, on and off, for the last month and a bit, so it is just good to just play freely and be back on the court. We have another game next week. We just have to focus on that and continue to do what we do." 

Ronen Ginzburg, Prometey: 'We reacted well'

 Derek Willis, Reyer: 'We really focused in on our defense' 

### Umana Reyer Venice head coach Walter De Raffaele

"It is the second game that we played with very good intensity on defense, focused on skills, little details. Then, on offense, we move the ball. We need to keep growing, keep working, stay humble and sacrifice: that's it.

"It is very important win against a very good team. They fight the whole game. I am happy we played a very good game. From our solid defense, we built our ability to run the floor, to find an open shot, to show the talent the team has."

### ratiopharm Ulm head coach Anton Gavel

"Congrats to Venice. They deserved this win. They were more physical, more tough. We did not execute our game plan and if this is going to happen when you play against a team like Venice, you will be get beat by 20.

"Defensively we were not at the level that we can compete, and we allowed them a lot of easy baskets, especially inside. Offensively, we could not find a solution, a lot of times we were holding the ball too long and that is why the game out of our hands. We have to learn from that, we need to get better because we expected to show a different face in today's game.

### Umana Reyer Venice forward Derek Willis

"We've been improving the past two or three weeks. We really focused in on our defense. I think this is where we were struggling the most. We have a lot of frustrating losses by 1 or 2 points, so I think we really locked in on that and it is going to show."

Derek Willis, Reyer: 'We really focused in on our defense'

 Alpha Kaba, Buducnost: 'We just tried to stick to the plan' 

### Vlada Jovanovic, Buducnost VOLI Podgorica head coach

"Hamburg had a lot of changes in the last few days. The main problem we had in the first half was their five position. They spread their offense and had a lot of three-point shots. They had a lot open ones in the second half, and our main problem was their small-ball lineup."

### Hamburg head coach Benka Barloschky

"I think even before the game we knew that rebounding would be key, and we also knew it be a tough issue, because of their size and our lack of it, having Jonas Wohlfarth-Botterman and Yoeli Childs out. We lost that battle clearly and obviously it's one of the big reasons we lost the game by a high margin."

### Alpha Kaba, Buducnost VOLI Podgorica player

"We didn't expect this roster from Hamburg. They had a lot of players who didn't play today. So, I don't know if we can say much, but thankfully at the end of the day we got the win and we are happy. We just tried to stick to the plan, what the coach told us. We had the advantage in rebounding because they were missing big guys."