Hamburg – U-BT Cluj-Napoca, in the 5th stage of the EuroCup

U-BT Cluj-Napoca has had a complicated start to the season, with 7 of the first 9 matches being away. After the painful failure in Splitthe champion of Romania has the chance to raise her morale in Germany, on the ground of Hamburg.

Live from 20:30. Hamburg – U-BT Cluj-Napoca, in the 5th stage of the EuroCup

If U-BT has a record of 2-2 in the second continental competition, instead Hamburg has no wins, having been defeated so far by Hapoel Jerusalem, Aris Thessaloniki, Bahcesehir Istanbul and Neptunas Klaipeda.

To this point, the main leaders of the Germans are Eric Reed (16.0 points), Leonard Thorpe (15.0 points) and center Zacharie Perrin (10.0 points, 10.8 rebounds). Justin Edler Davis, former CSO Voluntari player, is also currently playing for Hamburg.

Jared Gray praised U-BT's offensive transition, stating that he and his teammates will have to be very aggressive and stop Cluj's counter-attacks. Benja Barloschky, Hamburg's coach, also pointed out a weak point of the opponents: the defense.

“Cluj is extremely strong offensively, they play at a high pace and statistically they have the best defender in the competition in Russell. He is the main man and creates almost 40 points per game. It is an extremely good statistic. In Creek and Miletic, they have two of the strongest players under the board. However, defensively they are vulnerable, receiving almost 100 points on average. So it will depend on which lineup will prove to be the most stable”, said Barloschky, according to the official website of the EuroCup.

Mihai Silvășan: “I hope we find our rhythm, play a good match and come home with the victory”

Darron Russell and Dusan Miletic, two of the basketball players mentioned by the German coach, are among the most effective in the entire competition. The naturalized defender for the Romanian national team has an average of 24.2 points, 7.2 assists and 4.0 rebounds.

In contrast, Miletic, who was named the MVP of the 4th stage, records the following statistics: 13.5 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists.

In the duel won at the limit with Umana Reyer VeniceKarel Guzman had a special evolution. The Cuban said, before Tuesday's match, that he really wants the team to win and that every match is difficult and important.

We have an important game coming up after the painful defeat in Split. From there we went straight to Hamburg, where we are going to play on Tuesday. We really want the victory and we want to take things step by step, we focus on each individual match, try to progress and evolve better and better.

Everyone is fit, Iverson Molinar had a little knock on his knee, but he will be fit for game time. We have no health problems, which is a gratifying thing. I hope we find our rhythm, have a good game and come home with the victory

– Mihai Silvășan, the coach of U-BTaccording to the official website of the “students”