It took a little more than five minutes for the Parisians to take the full measure of their opponent, Hamburg, on Wednesday evening for the third day of the Eurocup group stage. Facing a German club still in the game in the middle of the first quarter (15-17), Tuomas Iisalo’s men took cover with a huge 18-0 in five minutes of play (15-35, 13th ).
The rest was ultimately only a question of management for the capital club, which however allowed a slight return to the score (21-35) before returning to the locker room with double the points of the locals (26-52 , 20th).
Much more active on both sides of the field, taking advantage in particular of their athletic qualities in order to exploit lost balls and transitions, the Parisians then did not force their talent, relying on the aerial side of Collin Malcolm (22 points) and above all the view of their American leader TJ Shorts, as scorer (14 points) as he is altruistic (9 assists, 4 interceptions).
22/7
A statistic often evocative of the good performance of a collective: Paris accumulated 22 assists for only 7 lost balls during the match.
If Hamburg managed to win the third quarter, narrowly (28-27; 54-79, 30th), Paris added a layer in the last act in order to seal a very large success (69-105) synonymous with leading Group A found (3 victories, no defeats), in the company of Besiktas and the London Lions. A result which also allows us to relaunch after having conceded two defeats in a row (one in the Championship then one in the Coupe de France) and while we will have to travel to Nanterre for the second Ile-de-France derby (after the one won against Boulogne-Levallois 93 -86), Saturday (6:30 p.m.).
This immaculate record in the Eurocup also confirms that the start of the season for French clubs in the second European level – with an identical situation for Bourg-en-Bresse (3 victories) in Group B – is very successful.
2023-10-18 19:54:22
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