London Lions recorded their second consecutive victory in Group B by downing Slask Wroclaw 97-80 at The Copperbox Arena on Wednesday to improve to 3-3 in the standings. It marked the first time London has won back-to-back games in the EuroCup.
London makes it back-to-back wins by pounding Slask 97-80
Sam Dekker led the winners with 18 points. Luke Nelson scored 16, Ovie Soko 15 and Aaron Best had 12 for London. Jeremiah Martin scored 19 points for Slask, which dropped to 0-6 and is the only team without a win in Group B. Kodi Justice added 15, Conor Morgan 14 and Aleksander Dziewa 11 for the visitors.
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Nelson, Dekker and Tomislav Zubcic combined for all the points in a 14-0 run that gave London an early 14-2 lead. Martin and Lukasz Kolenda stepped up for Slask and then Justice got the visitors within 25-18 after 10 minutes. Dekker kept pacing London, getting help from Soko and Zubcic to make it 43-28. Slask found new go-to guys in Jakub Niziol and an outstanding Dziewa, who brought their team closer, 48-45, at halftime.
Nelson took over after the break, joining forces with Kosta Koufos and Dekker to establish a 56-47 London lead. Justice buried a buzzer-beating triple for a 68-63 Slask deficit after 30 minutes. Dekker and Soko fueled a 13-0 run highlighted by Miye Oni's coast-to-coast slam. The hosts took an 81-63 margin and never looked back.