Perrin posts a career night with 21 points and 12 rebounds as Hamburg’s offense peaks at the right time
Hamburg finally breaks through, outlasts Reyer behind big night from Perrin
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Regular Season
Round 15 of 18
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Having shown glimpses of a team that has been constantly improving as of late, all Veolia Towers Hamburg needed was a win that would serve as a boost in morale, as well as clear evidence of the team’s steady progress. And that victory came on Wednesday night in front of its fans, with Hamburg beating Umana Reyer Venice 95-87 to snap a 14-game losing slide.
Fresh off a narrow home win against ratiopharm ulm in the German League on Sunday, Hamburg got off to a solid start for an early 8-2 lead.
The visitors responded with a 0-8 run that put Reyer ahead, but a 9-2 surge got Hamburg back in front, 21-14. Coach Benka Barloschky’s side would never look back as it pulled off its finest offensive first half of the season, securing a 54-44 advantage at halftime.
Hamburg shared the ball well and found some solid open looks, which it converted to maintain their lead before the break.
The home side shot 15-for-23 (65.2%) from inside the arc and 6-for-11 (54.5%) from deep in the first 20 minutes, showing that it has finally found its spark. More importantly, Hamburg registered just 4 first-half turnovers and ended the game with a season-low 8, earning Barloschky’s praise after the final whistle.
“First of all, we took care of the ball, 8 turnovers probably a season-low is a guess, but I think it's an educated guess,” he said in the press conference. “It was the goal to control the pace, not to allow Venice to play on the open court for most part of the game and I think we did a good job taking care of the basketball and creating good shots, creating the kind of shots that we wanted to take. I think the first half was, especially offensively, the best half we played so far this season. We made shots, but it was the right kind of shots, the quality of the shots I was very satisfied with.”
Reyer bounced back in the third quarter, holding the hosts to just 10 points and tying things up at 64-64 after 30 minutes. When everything indicated that the momentum had shifted, Hamburg fought back by putting 31 points in the fourth quarter past a helpless Reyer side, whose four-game winning streak came to an end.
“Venice tried a lot to fight back [its way] into this game, they managed to get back into a tie, but the way we responded and kept our composure, just playing through it, accepting the physicality and just making plays down the stretch, was impressive,” Barloschky noted. “It shows one more time the character of the team, the togetherness of the team and also the development that we’ve been through the last couple of weeks.”
Devon Daniels and Zacharie Perrin stepped up big time by combining for 42 of Hamburg’s 95 points. The former went 7-for-11 from inside, 1-for-2 from deep and 4-for-4 from the free-throw line. He also bagged 5 rebounds and as many assists in a complete outing.
As for Perrin, the French prodigy scored a career-high 21 points, which he paired with 12 rebounds, dominating the paint and taking his revenge against Reyer’s bigs, who forced him to a scoreless night in Round 6’s 90-55 loss on Italian soil.
“I wanted to help my team and I think that I did a great job today, because I grabbed the rebounds, I helped my team to push the ball and at the end the win is there so that’s the most important thing,” he said after the game.
“[I had to face Amedeo] Tessitori and also [Chris] Horton, one of the best rebounders in the EuroCup too, so I was ready for it. When we played the first game against them, it was tough for me. So today I was really focused on trying to play physical, trying to help my team in the paint and I did a great job so I’m really proud of myself.”
Perrin contributed the most as Hamburg outrebounded Reyer 40-32 on the night. By protecting the boards, the hosts managed to dictate the tempo, a key to their first victory of 2025-26. And with all their last three games of the season set to be played at home, the German side will look to end a rough campaign on a positive note.
