Group A
Fener.Ulker - Cibona 67-62
Second Euroleague win for Fenerbahce Ulker this season. The Turkish squad was too much for the Croatian champion, who remains winless in Group A. ASVEL was also defeated today, so Cibona is not at the bottom alone. Oguz Savas (208-C-87) stepped up for the hosts with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Omer Onan (194-G-78) was behind him scoring 11 points [read more]
Group A
Fener.Ulker - Cibona 67-62 Second Euroleague win for Fenerbahce Ulker this season. The Turkish squad was too much for the Croatian champion, who remains winless in Group A. ASVEL was also defeated today, so Cibona is not at the bottom alone. Oguz Savas (208-C-87) stepped up for the hosts with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Omer Onan (194-G-78) was behind him scoring 11 points. On the other side, Cibona got 15 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists from Jamont Gordon (193-G/F-87, college: Mississippi St.). Antonio Graves (191-G-85, college: Pittsburgh) stopped on 14. Cibona had a better start creating 9-14 and later 11-18 lead after ten minutes of play. Fenerbahce responded quickly and mostly owing to Giricek, Asik and Savas completed impressive 16-0 run. That was a big turn and nice lead for the hosts, 32-24. However, Cibona did not give up and its players managed to tie the score until the half time to 32-32. The teams exchanged in lead couple of times after the breather, but still it was Fenerbahce Ulker who held 49-43 after 30 minutes. Kinsey and Erden made it in the finish of third period. At the middle of the last quarter Oguz Savas and his teammates made 5-0 run for 56-49 lead. Thanks to Greer they jumped to 59-51 soon after that, what turned as unreachable for Cibona tonight. In the end that is totally deserved 67-62 win for the Turkish representative.
Zalgiris - Regal Barca 70-77 Regal Barca celebrated in Kaunas tonight joining Montepaschi on top of Group A with perfect 3-0. On the other side, it is the second loss for Zalgiris, who is currently the fourth ranked team in the same group. Pete Mickeal (199-F-78, college: Cincinnati) was on fire scoring 22 points in victory. Terence Morris (207-F-79, college: Maryland) had 13 points and 5 boards, while Slovenian duo Erazem Lorbek (210-F/C-84, college: Michigan St.) and Jaka Lakovic helped with 11 points each. Mirza Begic (215-C-85) shined for the Greens collecting 20 points and 7 rebounds. Marcus Brown scored 17 and Mantas Kalnietis had 13 pts. First quarter was pretty leveled and neither of two teams was able to make a serious run. The hosts held 18-14, but Barca quickly responded with 21-23 lead after ten minutes. At the beginning of the second quarter Barca jumped to plus 5 and later to 28-34, but was not able to keep that lead. The teams exchanged baskets and Klimavicius drained a buzzer-beating corner triple fixing the HT score to 38-41. Third period was the crucial one in this game. Vazquez, Grimau and Pete Mickeal shined for the guests lifting them to first double-digit lead, 38-48. That is exactly how much Barca had after 30 minutes of play, 53-63. Until the end visitors touched plus 14, but Zalgiris managed to treat seriously coming to 68-70 with 2:30 left. Lorbek and Rubio then stepped up for Barca helping it to grab valuable road win.
ASVEL - Montepaschi 65-82 Montepaschi celebrated another impressive win. It seems that the Italian champion is totally unstoppable at the beginning of the new season and this time they were too strong for the French champ on the road, 65-82. Romain Sato (194-G/F-81, college: Xavier) was a key player for the winners draining 33 points and pulling down 6 rebounds. Henry Domercant (192-G-80, college: E.Illinois) was second scorer of the team with 14 pts. In ASVEL, Bobby Dixon (178-G-83, agency: Beo Basket, college: Troy) netted 20 and Ali Traore had 11 pts. Montepaschi jumped to 3-0, while ASVEL fell to 0-3 in Group A. The hosts had magnificent start. After opening 4-2, ASVEL quickly created 14-0 run for double-digit lead. After 10 minutes of play it was 29-10 for the French champ. Totally different picture on the court was seen after that as Montepaschi took control on this game. It was 1-11 run which helped the Italians to cut the margin to 32-25. Until the HT Romain Sato and his teammates came even closer, 32-31. Then in third period Montepaschi grabbed the lead and never looked back after that. Bobby Dixon was on fire in ASVEL, but it was not enough as the visiting squad continued with great performance at the both sides of the court. Romain Sato was great and at the middle of third period Montepaschi was 53-60 up. Visitors managed to keep 7-point lead until the end thanks to McIntyre, Stonerook and Eze.
Group B
Partizan - Orleans 78-71 Partizan grabbed the first Euroleague win this season. It was a very important game for both teams as they were winless before this meeting. Partizan is the one who managed to take the first and it now joined Efes Pilsen with 1-2 in Group B. Aleks Maric (211-C-84) led the hosts with 18 points and 9 rebounds. Lester McCalebb (183-G-85, college: New Orleans) scored 15 and Dusan Kecman (197-F-77, agency: Beo Basket) posted 14 pts. Visitors got 16 points and 8 rebounds from Justin Doellman (206-F-85, college: Xavier). Ludovic Vaty collected 14 pts and 7 rebs, while Cedric Banks this time stopped on 11 points. It was a very exciting game until the end. The teams were totally leveled at the beginning as the opening ten minutes ended 22-22. Partizan grabbed plus 3 in the second period, and soon after that Jan Vesely and Stefan Sinovec paced the hosts to 7-0 run for the first double-digit lead, 34-24. Orleans responded coming to minus 6 quickly and later even to minus 3, but Lester McCalebb closed the first half with a basket fixing the score to 45-40. The teams exchanged in lead after the breather, but still it was Partizan who held 62-60 after 30 minutes. At the midway of the last quarter the hosts had 69-65. The teams exchanged baskets after that, but after two FTs by Nichols, Orleans closed the gap to 74-71. Lester McCalebb made another lay-up for the hosts and Aleks Maric drained two FTs, after he grabbed an offensive rebound. Justin Doellman was unsuccessful from behind the arc and Partizan Belgrade fans already started to celebrate the first Euroleague win this season.
Olympiakos - Lietuvos Rytas 97-73 The Reds celebrated against Lietuvos Rytas with huge 97-73 for the second victory in Group B. The Lithuanians were unbeaten before this game, what means that both teams are one 2-1 now. Linas Kleiza (203-F-85, agency: Interperformances, college: Missouri) shined for the Reds once again collecting 20 points and 6 rebounds. Josh Childress netted 18 pts, with just one missed shot from the field. Third scorer in this victory was Von Wafer with 9 pts. In Lietuvos Rytas, Milko Bjelica was the top scorer with 16 points. Arturas Jomantas had 15 and Steponas Babrauskas delivered 12. After opening 4-7 lead for the guests, Olympiakos quickly responded taking 12-9 and later 17-12 lead. Thanks to wild buzzer-beating three-pointer by Teodosic, the Reds were up 25-14 after 10 minutes. In the second quarter they totally smashed Lietuvos Rytas taking 32-16 at the halfway of it. Until the HT it was huge 52-31 for the hosts and question about the winner was already resolved. Olympiakos had no troubles to keep the safe distance during the entire third and last quarter heading to second Euroleague joy. They finished third with plus 25 and later touched 29-point lead. The only question was what score it will be in the end and it was impressive 97-73.
Unicaja - Efes Pilsen 93-88 OT Unicaja is not able to make it in ACB, but in Euroleague the team of Aito Garcia Reneses simply can not loose it. This time Unicaja Malaga outsmarted Efes Pilsen in overtime becoming the only perfect team in Group B (3-0). At the same time, Efes Pilsen fell to 1-2, joining Partizan Belgrade there. Taquan Dean (193-G-83, college: Louisville) once again shined in victory collecting 17 points and 5 rebounds. Joel Freeland (208-F-87) had 15 points and 9 rebounds, Omar Cook (186-G-82, college: St.John's) (10 as) and Berni Rodriguez scored 13 pts each, while Robert Archibald added 12 pts and 8 rebs. Marvis Thornton (194-G-77, college: St.John's) responded with 19 points and 6 boards in loss. Kaya Peker (207-C/F-80, agency: Court Side) and Bostjan Nachbar posted 17 pts each. Unicaja had 23-20 lead after the opening period and later in the second quarter jumped to 43-36. After the breather, the hosts totally exploded. Taquan Dean was on fire, Omar Cook organized the plays in style, while Joel Freeland and Berni Rodriguez also were hot. They helped Unicaja to complete a run which allowed them fantastic 59-42 lead. However, Efes Pilsen immediately responded making 0-10 series and later managed to close the gap to 59-55 before the last quarter. With two minutes left the score was tied to 73-73, despite Unicaja had 71-68 before that and Efes was in 63-65 lead at the beginning of this period. Kaya Peker missed two FTs for Efes and Unicaja missed twice at the very end. The teams went to overtime, where Unicaja jumped to 80-77, thanks to bomb by Omar Cook. Later, Marvis Thornton brought Efes Pilsen to 87-86, but Berni Rodriguez drained a triple for Unicaja with less than one minute to go. Bostjan Nachbar was unsuccessful for 3 and Taquan Dean made a long range stroke lifting Unicaja to third straight Euroleague win.
Group C
C.C. Marousi - Lottomatica 71-83 Lottomatica Roma grabbed valuable win in Athens tonight. That means that Lottomatica remains the only unbeaten team in Group C after three rounds. At the same time, the Euroleague newcomer fell to 1-2. Kennedy Winston (198-F-84, agency: Priority Sports, college: Alabama) top-scored for the winners with 16, while Ibrahim Jaaber (187-G-84, college: Pennsylvania) followed with 14 points and 7 assists. Andre Hutson had 13 and Angelo Gigli helped with 10 pts. Gordon Lukas (191-G-84, agency: Edge Sports, college: Virginia Tech) responded with 15 pts in loss, while Konstantinos Kaimakoglou stopped on two less. Everything started good for Marousi, who grabbed quick 7-2 lead. However, the team from Rome did not wait too much answering with 4-9 run. Until the end of the first period Herve Toure and Ibrahim Jaaber paced Lottomatica to another run, this time 0-9, and visitors were 17-27 after ten minutes of play. That was kind of shock for the hosts, who managed to recover and to close the gap below ten. Marousi came even closer, when Kennedy Winston and his teammates responded and after triple by De La Fuente jumped to 33-45 advantage. The hosts did not give up and they managed to cut the margin to 41-47 until the HT. Gordon Lukas was in a game mood and mostly owing to him Marousi came to 51-54 after the breather, but Lottomatica was strong enough to resist and to go to last ten minutes with 59-66. There with 1:40 remaining Kennedy Winston drained a crucial triple for the Italians setting the score to 71-77. Marousi was scoreless until the end Lottomatica grabbed third straight win for the fantastic Euroleague start.
Maccabi T-A - CSKA 71-54 Maccabi Electra was too strong for the Russian powerhouse tonight registering the second win in Group C. Caja Laboral also celebrated today, so these two teams again have the same score. CSKA faced with the second consecutive loss joining Marousi with 1-2. Chuck Eidson (201-F/G-80, agency: Court Side, college: S.Carolina) stepped up for Maccabi with 16 points. Maciej Lampe (210-C-85, agency: Edge Sports) had 15, Stephane Lasme (203-F-82, college: Massachusetts) scored 14 and Alan Anderson delivered one point less. CSKA had only one player with double digits in scoring and it was Ramunas Siskauskas (197-G-78) - 12 pts. Maccabi took control on CSKA from the very beginning. Chuck Eidson and his teammates were on fire making quick 10-0 run. CSKA was scoreless for almost 7 minutes and Maccabi was 19-7 up after the opening period. Nothing has changed after that and after basket by Maciej Lampe at the beginning of the second quarter Maccabi already created 30-14 lead. Lampe continued with great performance and Alan Anderson joined him lifting the hosts to magnificent plus 20 against the last season runner up. It was clear that CSKA will need a miracle to avoid defeat in this game. Anyway, until the HT the Russians somehow managed to close the gap to still huge 40-25. In third period CSKA cut the margin to 11, but Maccabi was strong enough to stop the guests and to take back 56-40 before the last 10 minutes. In the finish Maccabi jumped to plus 23 sealing this fantastic Euroleague win.
U.Olimpija - Caja Laboral 76-82 Caja Laboral recovered from the ACB loss against Valencia managing to beat Union Olimpija in Ljubljana 76-82. With this victory Caja Laboral jumped to second place in Group C having 2-1 score (same as Maccabi). The hosts failed once again and they remain winless after three appearances. Marcelinho Huertas (191-G-83, agency: Edge Sports) paced Caja Laboral to victory with 21 points. Brad Oleson (191-G-83, agency: Duran International, college: Alaska-Fairb.) had 12 and Tiago Splitter added 11 pts, plus 7 rebounds. In Olimpija, Matt Walsh (197-F/G-82, agency: Arik Krayn Services, college: Florida) was totally the best player collecting 27 points and 6 rebounds. Vladimir Golubovic nailed 10 pts. Caja Laboral was better team in the opening quarter making 20-26 lead. Nothing has changed after that as the team of Dusko Ivanovic still controlled rhythm of the game. Olimpija had only Matt Walsh on fire, but that was not enough. The Spanish team jumped to 29-41, but thanks to Walsh the hosts closed the gap to 11 until the HT (32-43). Third period was exciting one as Union Olimpija as came to 41-45 and later after 30 minutes of play it was 52-56 for the guests. Everything was open, but Caja Laboral had couple of players in a game mood, which helped it to make 58-65 quick. However, Olimpija did not give and the big turn happened at the halfway of the last period when the hosts jumped to 67-65, after Matt Walsh lay-up. Huertas helped Caja Laboral to complete 0-7 run soon after that, but Olimpija was still in. At the very end Brad Oleson scored one and Marcelinho Huertas netted both FTs, while Becirovic was blocked on the other side and Caja Laboral grabbed very important win in Ljubljana.
Group D
Assec.Prokom - Armani MI 88-83 The Polish champ managed to grab the first Euroleague win this season. Asseco Prokom was too strong for AJ Milano tonight meaning that both teams are on the same 1-2 score now in Group D. There is also Oldenburg with the same numbers, and in case of defeat against PAO, Real Madrid will also join these teams. David Logan (184-G-82, college: Indianapolis) led the hosts with 23 points and 6 rebounds, while Jan-Hendrick Jagla (213-F-81, agency: Priority Sports, college: Penn St.) had 16 pts and 6 rebounds. Pape Sow followed them with 15 points and 10 rebs, while Daniel Ewing added 12 pts. In AJ Milano, Morris Finley (180-G-81, college: UAB) and Marijonas Petravicius scored 25 and 20 pts respectively. Visitors had much better beginning of this game. After opening period AJ Milano already held 16-25 lead, but the hosts were calm and did not panic. Very soon they took control on Milano and made an impressive turn in the second period. So after 20 minutes of play, David Logan and his teammates were 43-39 up. Third frame was totally leveled and almost the same was seen in the last period. It was an exciting game until the end, but Prokom managed to keep its lead, despite AJ Milano had productive last period scoring 24 points. In the next round, Prokom will take on PAO. AJ Milano will host Russian Khimky.
Khimky - EWE Baskets 77-72 Khimky did a good job today celebrating against the German champion EWE Baskets Oldenburg. That is the second victory for the Russian squad in Group D and at the same time the second loss for the Germans. Paulius Jankunas (203-F-84, agency: Interperformances) shined for the hosts today scoring 23 points and grabbing 7 rebounds. Vitaly Fridzon (195-G-85) and Robertas Javtokas (211-C-80, agency: Interperformances, college: Arizona) delivered 12 points each, while Kelly McCarty helped with 11 pts. Oldenburg got 17 points and 6 assists from Je'Kel Foster (191-G-83, agency: Court Side, college: Ohio St.).. Milan Majstorovic scored 14 and Josh Carter had 13 pts. Khimky had fantastic start taking 24-9 lead in the first quarter. It was 8-1, 13-3 and 20-5 for the hosts during this period. Than in the second, visitors totally took control on Khimky. That resulted with a run of 14 unanswered points for minus one, 24-23. Thanks to triple by Josh Carter, Oldenburg jumped to 26-28 and later managed to end the first half with 36-42. After the breather Khimky started to play again. Mostly owing to Paulius Jankunas, the hosts completed 9-0 run for 45-42 lead. They had plus 6 in the finish of third period, but Oldenburg managed to tie the score to 55-55 before the last ten minutes. There, visitors made 0-10 run and it seems they are on the right track to victory, but Khimky players were calm and slowly succeeded to tie the game once again, 64-64. Jankunas and Lopez brought Khimky 3-point lead and Je'Kel Foster scored two free throws with 10 seconds to go. Than, Hain committed unsportsmanlike foul and Vitaly Fridzon sealed the outcome for Khimky from the line.
MMC Real M. - Panathinaikos 80-70 Real Madrid crushed the reigning Euroleague champion tonight. That is the first loss for the Greens this season, meaning that there is no more unbeaten teams in Group D. Both, Whites and Greens, are together with Khimky on 2-1 now. Rimantas Kaukenas (193-G-77, college: Seton Hall) top-scored for Real Madrid with 17 points. Darjus Lavrinovic (212-C-79) had 15, Sergio Llull had 12 and Pablo Prigioni netted 11 pts. In PAO, Nikola Pekovic (210-C-86, agency: Beo Basket) nailed 22 points and pulled down 7 rebounds. Andrew Nicholas (191-G-81, college: Maryland) was second scorer of the team with 16 pts. Panathinaikos had impressive beginning taking 9-19 and later after ten minutes of play 12-21 lead. Real Madrid responded at the beginning of the next period and mostly owing to Novica Velickovic, Sergi Vidal and Sergio Llull started with making the run. Darjus Lavrinovic and Jorge Garbajosa joined very soon and Real Madrid completed fantastic 20-0 for 32-23 lead. PAO finally scored and thanks to Andrew Nicholas and Shermantini closed the gap to 34-28 until the HT. In third period, Real Madrid kept the lead despite PAO came to minus 2 once. Soon the Whites jumped to plus 12, but were not able to keep more than 59-51 before the last ten minutes. Bullock and Rimantas Kaukenas lifted Real to 64-53 at the beginning of the last quarter and it was already clear that the Whites are on the right track to victory. PAO came to minus 7 in the finish, but Kaukenas and Velickovic stepped up for Real helping it to close this game in style.
Asseco Prokom draws in Lorinza Harrington - Nov 6, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Asseco Prokom agreed on terms of contract with Junior Harrington (193-G-80, agency: David Lee services, college: Wingate). The 29-year-old guard is expected to don Prokom jersey in PLK Round 6. Junior Harrington spent the previous season in Slovenia. He averaged 2.5 points, 1.5 boards and 1.4 assists per game in the Slovenian league. In Adriatic league his stats were 8.5 points, 2.6 boards and 1.4 assists. Junior Harrington had a wide NBA history [read more]
Asseco Prokom agreed on terms of contract with Junior Harrington (193-G-80, agency: David Lee services, college: Wingate). The 29-year-old guard is expected to don Prokom jersey in PLK Round 6. Junior Harrington spent the previous season in Slovenia. He averaged 2.5 points, 1.5 boards and 1.4 assists per game in the Slovenian league. In Adriatic league his stats were 8.5 points, 2.6 boards and 1.4 assists. Junior Harrington had a wide NBA history. He played for Denver, New Orleans and Memphis. Harrington had also stints with Pamesa in Spain and Lokomotiv Rostov in Russia.
Euroleague MVP for October: Bojan Popovic, Lietuvos Rytas - Nov 3, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Of six undefeated teams through two weeks of the 2009-10 regular season, five have rosters featuring Euroleague, world and continental champions and medalists. Three of those five boast plenty all-Euroleague superstars and MVPs, and the other two each have a Euroleague champion to look to for experience. Lietuvos Rytas, by contrast, started the season with just one player who had ever been a full-time Euroleague starter - and he did that for only one season before [read more]
Of six undefeated teams through two weeks of the 2009-10 regular season, five have rosters featuring Euroleague, world and continental champions and medalists. Three of those five boast plenty all-Euroleague superstars and MVPs, and the other two each have a Euroleague champion to look to for experience. Lietuvos Rytas, by contrast, started the season with just one player who had ever been a full-time Euroleague starter - and he did that for only one season before. Despite his relative inexperience and coming to L. Rytas new this season, point guard Bojan Popovic (191-G-83, agency: Beo Basket) has proven over two weeks to be the perfect leader, playing almost non-stop and re-defining himself as an assist-maker of prodigious potential. Only a handful of the Euroleague's finest point guards all decade can match the 19 assists Popovic dished while L. Rytas was beating Efes Pilsen and Entente Orleanaise to tie for first place in Group B. Popovic posted 10 assists and 11 points while playing 40 minutes for L. Rytas in its opening-night home win against Efes Pilsen. On the road the next week, he scored another 11 points and distributed 9 assists in 35 minutes to lead L. Rytas to victory in Orleans. He lacked one more assist against Orleans to become the first Euroleague player all decade to register back-to-back double-doubles in points and assists. But the numbers that most prove Popovic's impact on L. Rytas are 2 and 0, wins and losses, respectively. Largely due to his efforts, a young, inexperienced team is sharing first place in its regular season group when no one expected it. For that reason, Bojan Popovic is the choice as Euroleague MVP for October.
Euroleague Basketball's MVP of the Month honor is in its sixth season. Although statistics and performance ratings are taken into consideration for the award, they alone do not determine who is honored. The winner is named by Euroleague Basketball based on his and his team's performance. The award for October was decided considering the two regular season games played by all teams during that month.
For its regular season Group B opening game, Lietuvos Rytas welcomed to Siemens Arena in Vilnius not only its devoted crowd of Euroleague fanatics, but one of the teams that had beefed up most with big-name summer signings, Efes Pilsen. In the very first quarter, it became apparent that Popovic had become a floor general, hitting three different teammates with assists before his own basket-plus-free throw put L. Rytas ahead 15-13. The hosts did not lose the lead the rest of the game, going up by as much as 22 points late in the third quarter before settling for a 77-70 victory. When it was done, Popovic had played all 40 minutes and had recorded his first career Euroleague double-double - 11 points and 10 assists - to go with 3 steals and a blocked shot for an index rating of 19. His assist total was a career-high for Popovic. Equally important, the Efes backcourt was a non-factor in the game on offense. A week later, Popovic picked up where he left off, conducting the L. Rytas orchestra on the road in Orleans with assists and timely scoring. L. Rytas again led early and often, but when its lead dropped to double-digits before halftime, Popovic stopped an Orleans run with 2 free throws and a three-pointer. In the middle of the third quarter, he buried 2 three-pointers and fed teammate Milko Bjelica for consecutive layups as L. Rytas again finished three quarters with a 15-point lead that was too much for the opponent to overcome. This time, Popovic had 11 points and 9 assists, for a two-game total of 19 assists. Since 2000, only seven other players - Theodoros Papaloukas, Pablo Prigioni, Gianmarco Pozzecco, Tyus Edney, Elmer Bennett, Dragan Lukovski and David Vanterpool - have had 19 or more assists in a two-game span. Popovic is the eighth.
In three previous Euroleague seasons and four more in the Eurocup, Popovic had more of a reputation as a one-on-one threat than a passer. His highest assist total in European competition was 42 over 22 Euroleague games with Dynamo Moscow in 2006-07. He is almost at half that total in two games so far with L. Rytas, proving that he is ready, at just 26 years old himself, to lead a young team by way of inclusion. Its quick start in Group B will no doubt become harder, but under Popovic's baton, a young L. Rytas team is moving forward with confidence into the heart of the season. The fans in Vilnius will no doubt be on their feet in thanks when Popovic receives the October MVP award at an upcoming Euroleague home game.
Courtesy of Euroleague
Regular season, Round 2 - Oct 29, 2009 [read more]
Group C: Great Road win for Marousi! 75-81 in Ljubljana - Oct 29, 2009 [read more]
Group D: Day 2 - Panathinaikos thrashed Khimky with 35 points difference 101-66! - Oct 29, 2009 [read more]
Igor Milosevic swap Olympiakos for Marousi - Oct 27, 2009 [read more]
Marko Milic to Orleans ! - Oct 23, 2009 [read more]
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