In a thriller that went down to the wire, Paris Basketball edged 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys 97-97 at Cido Arena to make it to the 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinals. The winners' hustle was shown in the stats and it was a difference-maker.
Paris had an advantage in all hustle stats, finishing the game with more steals, offensive rebounds and blocked shots than Lietkabelis. Paris collected 8 steals, pulled down 12 offensive boards and had 3 blocked shots. Juhann Begarin did a little bit of everything, getting 2 offensive rebounds, 3 steals and a block to go with 20 points and a PIR of 22. Paris ended up out-rebounding the hosts by 30-37.
On the other side, Lietkabekis had 10 offensive rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks in this game. Steals and offensive rebounds allowed Paris to finish the game with a really high percentage inside the arc.
The guests hit 26 of 36 two-pointers, its second-best percentage (72.2% 2FG) this season. Paris had hit 72.4% of its twos in the regular season finale against London Lions. It's two-point accuracy was also the third-best mark in any eighthfinals game, after Krka Novo Mesto in 2003 (75.0% 2FG) and Maroussi in 2005 (72.7% 2FG).
