Additional preliminary round (15.+22.09.99)
15.
Rogla Aztras (SLO)-
Inter Bratislava (SVK) 58-70 (Jokic 14, Zinrajh 12 – Wimmer 18, Dzino 14, Lovik
14)
16.
Sibiu (ROM)-
Pelephone Galil Elyon (ISR) 61-74 (Bicov 20, Pelger 17, Spasojevic 14 – Arnold 27,
Arditty 19)
17.
Posusje (BIH)-
Besiktas (TUR)
43-62 (Rezo 14, Kovacevic 8 – Praskievicius 16, Besok
15, Williams 10)
Inter Slovnaft - Rogla Atras 87:64
(Lolik 22, Ondrus 15 - Jokic 17, Zinrajh 12). First match 70:58.
Adv: Inter Slovnaft
Galil Elyon – CSU Sibiu 107-53 (Krasic 20, Gordon 17 –
Torday 21, Bicov 9). Adv: Galil Elyon
Besiktas – KK Posusje 79-65 (Yucel 15, Eley 14, Guler 14 – Kovacevic 26, Rezo 15).
Adv: Besiktas
1 Round, 06/10/99
Aeroporti Roma (ITA) - Cellcom Galil Kiriat Shmona (ISR) 73-68
(ADR ROMA: Iuzzolino 20 (2/4, 5/7), Williams 7 (1/2,
1/5), De Pol 19 (6/9, 1/3), Tonolli 4 (1/7), Kidd 15 (5/8); Rossini,
Ambrassa 5 (1/1, 1/6), Cessel 3 (1/2). N.e. Ferroni e Fiasco. All.
Pancotto. CELLCOM GALIL ELYON: Jones 27 (5/12, 3/5), Arnold 22
(10/15, 0/1), Saffar 7 (2/4, 1/5), Krasic 2 (1/1), Kozikaro 4 (2/5);
Dayagi, Shason 6 (2/3 da 3), Gordon, Brener (0/1, 0/1), Ohanon
(0/2). All. Edelshtein.)
Well, the Galil lost indeed, but they can be happy for the fact that
it wasn't a blow-out, and that in a lot of stages in the game, the
Galil players managed to fight fair and square with one of the
strongest teams in the Kurac Cup. Galil played without Lior Ardity
was is injured, and looked tottally out of the game in the first
half, when the Italians opened a double digits lead, that reached 18
points. But in the second half, Galil played much better and got
back in the game, especially thanks to their two great foreign
players, Lamunt Jones who scored 27 points and added 5 assists, and
the ever-stable Jamie Arnold, who had 22 points. Another thing that
helped Galil was great defense played by the young point gaurd
Shmulik Brener, who managed to limit Rome's star, Henry Williams, to
only 7 points. The Galil lost eventually however, as they just
couldn't stop Warren Kidd in the paint, and Kidd finished with 15
points and 20(!) rebounds.
Besiktas Istanbul (TUR) - Inter Bratislava (SVK) 62-52
2 Round, 13/10/99
Cellcom Galil Kiriat Shmona (ISR) - Inter Bratislava (SVK) 86-71
Galil: Yoav Safar
21 points, Lior Ardity 20 points, Lamont Jones 13 points, Ido
Kojikaro 12 points, Sharon Sason 11 points, Ivan Karesich 8 points,
Shmulik Brener 1 point.
Bertisleva: Gino 22 points, Luvik 18 points.
After the recent
losses in the league, Galil got an important win in the Kurac cup.
The most encouraging thing Galil can come out with from this game is
the way Lior Arditiy and Yoav Safar played. Those two were the two
important players Galil brought in the off-season, and so far they
didn't produce. But last night they were both great, Ardity with 20
points and Safar with 21. Galil opened strong and the visitng
Bertisleva ran after them during the entire game. They got as close
as 70-65, but Galil tightened the defense up and got away with the
easy win.
Aeroporti Roma (ITA) - Besiktas Istanbul (TUR)
62-48
ADR ROMA: Iuzzolino 13 (1/4, 3/6), Williams 20 (4/8,
2/2), De Pol 12 (2/4, 1/3), Tonolli 5 (1/5), Kidd 7 (2/4); Rossini
(0/1), Cessel 2 (1/1), Ferroni, Ambrassa 3 (0/2, 1/6). N.e. Fiasco.
All. Pancotto
BESIKTAS ISTANBUL: Williams 17 (4/10, 3/5), Aydin 4 (2/3), Besok 12
(1/8, 3/7), Eley 5 (1/5), Praskevicius 5 (2/5, 0/5); Guler 5 (1/3,
0/1), Yucel, Basaran (0/1). N.e. Tas e Keskinturk. All. Ahmet.
3 Round, 20/10/99
Besiktas Istanbul (TUR) - Cellcom Galil Kiriat Shmona (ISR) 69-70
Inter Bratislava (SVK) - Aeroporti Roma (ITA) 64-83
4 Round, 03/11/99
Galil Elyon (ISR) – Roma (ITA) 66-79
CELLCOM GALIL: Arnold 18 (7/10, 1/1), Shason 2
(0/1, 0/1), Arditti 4 (1/2), Krasic (0/1 da 3), Gordon 7 (2/2 da 3);
Jones 14 (5/10, 0/5), Saffar 15 (2/3, 3/5), Kozikaro 6 (3/6), Brener
(0/1), Ohanon. All. Edlstin
ADR ROMA: Iuzzolino 17 (7/11, 1/2), De Pol 16 (4/5, 0/2), Williams
29 (1/2, 5/9), Tonolli (0/3), Kidd 7 (3/4); Rossini 1 (0/1, 0/1),
Ambrassa 6 (0/1, 2/2), Cessel 3 (1/3, 0/1). N.e.: Ferroni. All.
Pancotto. ARBITRI: Dorizon (Fra) e Dozai (Cro)
Inter (SVK) – Besiktas (TUR) 74-76
5 Round, 10/11/99
Inter Bratislava (SVK) -
Cellcom Galil Kiriat Shmona (ISR) 78-87
Bratislava: Dzino 16, Wimmer 15, Czudek 12,
Golián 9, Jakabovitc
9, Ondrus 9, Gal 5, Lovik 3.
Played but didn't score: Ivan.
Galil: Jones 24, Krasic 19, Safar 15, Kozikaro 12,
Daiagy 10, Gordon 4, Brener 3. Played but didn't score: Ohanon.This game was of no real
importance to both teams. Galil was missing
Lior Ariditi and
Jamie Arnold. Coach Erez
Edelstein let the young players play (Ido
Kozikaro played 36 min,
Avishay Gordon 27, Brener
17, Daiagy 15 and
Ohanon 12 min.). The outcome was 19 TO (Kozikaro 6), but on the other hand, 17 assists.
Bratislava was no good either, making 19 turnovers as well,
and only 11/31 from 3 points range.
The MVP was, as usual,
L.Jones with 24 pts in great percentages: 2: 5-5, 3: 2-3, FT: 8-10.
Besiktas Istanbul (TUR) - Aeroporti Roma (ITA) 67-74, OT
BESIKTAS ISTANBUL: Eayue (0/1 da 3), Guler 17
(2/8, 3/4), Yucel, Besok 15 (3/9, 2/7), Tas, Eley 12 (6/12), Basaran
4 (2/4), Keskinturk (0/1), Aydin 5 (1/3, 1/2), Praskevicius 14
(5/12, 1/5). All.: Ahmet. ADR ROMA: Iuzzolino 27 (4/6, 4/8), De Pol
4 (0/4), Williams 14 (3/5, 2/5), Tonolli (0/2, 0/3), Kidd 16 (7/8);
Rossini 2 (1/3), Cessel 2 (0/1), Ferroni 4 (0/1, 1/2), Ambrassa 5
(1/4 da 3). N.e.: Fiasco. All.: Pancotto
6 Round, 17/11/99
Cellcom Galil Kiriat Shmona (ISR) - Besiktas
Istanbul (TUR) 78-75 (Arnold 21+6reb, Saffar 11 – Besok 30, Eley 13)
It was the game for everything, as the winning team was
automatically qualified to the final stage..
Aeroporti Roma (ITA) - Inter Bratislava (SVK) 80-68 (Kidd
24+9reb, Williams 20+6ast – Dzino 22+4reb, Golian 17+4reb)