Devon Daniels delivers a career high 26 points and 8 assists as Hamburg posts its highest scoring game of the season
Hamburg holds off Slask to keep momentum rolling at home
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Veolia Towers Hamburg delighted its fans with a 99-96 home win over Slask Wroclaw on Wednesday night, picking up the team's second victory of the season.
Building on last week’s first BKT EuroCup win against Umana Reyer Venice and two straight victories in the German league, Hamburg carried that energy into Wednesday night, finding easy scoring opportunities and posting its highest-scoring game of the season.
Devon Daniels proved a steady force for the German side, fueling Hamburg’s second-half push and keeping the offense flowing. The American guard finished with a career-high 26 points and 8 assists, setting the tone down the stretch.
‘‘I think what made it a tough game is we had some lapses on defense. And I feel like our intensity was up and down, down throughout the game, but once we got our intensity at a steady pace and our pace fast, I think we were alright,’’ said Daniels after the game.
Hamburg got off to a confident start, capitalizing on transition opportunities and scoring efficiently in the paint, shooting 64% on two-pointers in the first half. Despite Slask cutting into the lead in the second half, Hamburg’s bench contributions helped the home team hold on for the win.
One of the keys to Hamburg’s win was outperforming its season averages. The home side shot 53.2% on two-pointers and 40% from beyond the arc, both well above its usual marks. Rebounding also stood out, with Hamburg grabbing 40 boards, while keeping turnovers under control at 11, below its season average of 15.3.
‘‘I think for stretches we played very well, not for the whole game,’’ Coach Benka Barloschky said after the game. ‘‘I wasn't really satisfied with our defensive performance tonight, in general. I think it took us, or we had too many stretches in the game, for minutes actually, where we just exchanged baskets with them, and that's not the way we want to play… In the end, again, I have to say we made big plays, made winning plays.’’
Leonard Thorpe stood out for Hamburg in the first half, contributing 14 points and 8 assists. Ross Williams, who struggled to score early, found his rhythm in the second half, hitting 3 triples and finishing with 9 points. Zacharie Perrin was effective in the paint, ending the game with 13 points and 8 rebounds.
Slask struggled to contain Hamburg’s transition game and missed many of the open shots throughout the game. The Polish side tried to turn the game around in the second half, with Kadre Gray standing out with 22 points and 10 assists, Issuf Sanon adding 17 points and 6 assists, and Stefan Dordevic chipping in 16 points, but it wasn’t enough.
‘‘Since day one, when we started to play in EuroCup and now, we are like growing up like a team, like a person in basketball-wise, I don’t know… But it's not good enough. We know how to play, nothing changed. We don't know how to win,’’ said Coach Ainars Bagatskis in the post-game press conference.
