Serbian Vladan Vukosavljevic (206-F/C-84, agency: Beo Basket) had a great game in the last round for Halychyna and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 34. The 28-year old power forward had a double-double of 24 points and twelve rebounds, while his team edged out Azovmash (#3, 17-6) 80-78. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Halychyna is placed at 4th position in Ukrainian Superleague. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Halychyna will need more victories to improve their 14-10 record. It's Vukosavljevic's second year at Halychyna and it's hard to imagine this team without him. Vladan Vukosavljevic averages this season 15.5ppg and 9.0rpg.
The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 26-year old American guard Eugene Lawrence (184-G-86, agency: Two Points) of Hoverla. Lawrence impressed basketball fans with 15 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists. Bad luck as Hoverla lost that game 72-83 to slightly lower-ranked BC Donetsk (#7, 12-10). This loss caused Hoverla to drop to 5th position in the standings. His team lost some distance to top teams. But 13-11 record is not bad and everything may still change. Lawrence is a newcomer at Hoverla and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders.
The third best performed player last round was Lithuanian Darius Songaila (204-C/F-78, agency: Priority Sports) of BC Donetsk (#7). Songaila scored 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds. He was a key player of BC Donetsk, leading his team to a 83-72 win against slightly higher-ranked Hoverla (#5, 13-11). BC Donetsk needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 12 victories and 10 lost games. Songaila has a very solid season. In 16 games in Ukraine he scored 15.3ppg. He also has 6.2rpg and FGP: 54.5%.
Other top performing players last week: 4. Oleksiy Pecherov (213-C-85) of Azovmash - 26 points and 5 rebounds 5. Kyndall Dykes (190-SG-87) of Hoverla - 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists 6. Travis Peterson (208-C/F-85) of Hoverla - 15 points and 7 rebounds 7. D'or Fischer (211-C-81) of BC Donetsk - 14 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists 8. Maksym Pustozvonov (200-SF-87) of BC Donetsk - 9 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists 9. Darrel Mitchell (181-PG-84) of Halychyna - 22 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists 10. Ramel Curry (192-G-80) of BC Donetsk - 14 points and 8 assists
The Player of the week is choosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc. The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy. The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3*(REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4*(2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3*(2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3*(3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)
Cherkasy have entered the market. Terry Smith (185-PG-86, college: Mercyhurst) is expected to become the first newcomer for the Superleague team. Terry Smith has just finished the season in Bulgaria. The guard played for Rilski Sportist. He was the top scorer in the Balkan League this season. His stats read 18.8 points, 3.6 boards, 3.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game at the tournament. Terry Smith also posted 17.2 points, 2.8 assists and 2.6 boards per game in Bulgarian NBL [read more]
Cherkasy have entered the market. Terry Smith (185-PG-86, college: Mercyhurst) is expected to become the first newcomer for the Superleague team. Terry Smith has just finished the season in Bulgaria. The guard played for Rilski Sportist. He was the top scorer in the Balkan League this season. His stats read 18.8 points, 3.6 boards, 3.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game at the tournament. Terry Smith also posted 17.2 points, 2.8 assists and 2.6 boards per game in Bulgarian NBL. The guard was named into All-Balkan League 2nd Team. Previously Terry Smith had stints in Switzerland, Czech Republic and Germany. He made it into All-Swiss LNA 1st Team in 2012. The guard participated at the Czech NBL All-Star Game in 2011.
Superleague Round 4 of Finals. Budivelnyk stun Azovmash in Mariupol - May 22, 2013
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Azovmash - Budivelnyk 63-80
Budivelnyk thumped Azovmash in Mariupol to even the championship series at 2-2. The game without a history. Budivelnyk led from the first minutes and controlled entire game increasing their lead in each quarter. Their players were unselfish on offense dishing 22 assists [read more]
Budivelnyk thumped Azovmash in Mariupol to even the championship series at 2-2. The game without a history. Budivelnyk led from the first minutes and controlled entire game increasing their lead in each quarter. Their players were unselfish on offense dishing 22 assists. The winners were led by American guard Malcolm Delaney (191-89, college: Virginia Tech) who scored that evening 6 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists and naturalized Lithuanian center Michailis Anisimovas (214-84) supported him with 18 points. Budivelnyk's coach Ainars Bagatskis allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. Even a double-double of 23 points and 13 rebounds by Serbian center Miroslav Raduljica (213-88) did not help to save the game for Azovmash. American point guard Lynn Greer (186-79, college: Temple) added 18 points and 7 assists for lost side. Top scorers: Azovmash: M.Raduljica 23+13reb, L.Greer 18+4reb+7ast, O.Kolchenko 9+2reb+1ast, D.Zabirchenko 5+4reb+2ast, T.Dragicevic 4+4reb+3ast, I.Zaytsev 4+6reb+1ast Budivelnyk: M.Anisimovas 18+4reb, L.Lyons 14+4reb+2ast, G.Tsintsadze 12+3reb+3ast, D.Kickert 10+3reb+2ast, D.Salenga 9+2reb+1ast, A.Drozdov 9+5reb+4ast
Superleague Round 3 of Finals. Azovmash gain the lead - May 20, 2013
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Azovmash - Budivelnyk 86-74
Azovmash gained the lead in the title series beating visiting Budivelnyk in Mariupol. The game was mostly controlled by Azovmash. Budivelnyk managed to win second period 19-17. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. They made 21-of-26 free shots (80.8 percent) during the game. Azovmash looked well-organized offensively handing out 22 assists [read more]
Azovmash gained the lead in the title series beating visiting Budivelnyk in Mariupol. The game was mostly controlled by Azovmash. Budivelnyk managed to win second period 19-17. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. They made 21-of-26 free shots (80.8 percent) during the game. Azovmash looked well-organized offensively handing out 22 assists. 27 personal fouls committed by Budivelnyk helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. It was a great evening for American point guard Lynn Greer (186-79, college: Temple) who led his team to a victory with a double-double by scoring 28 points and 10 assists (went 9 for 9 at the free throw line !!!). Serbian power forward Tadija Dragicevic (206-86, agency: Beo Basket) helped adding 18 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. The best for the losing side was American forward Leo Lyons (206-87, college: Missouri, agency: Edge Sports) with a double-double by scoring 14 points and 10 rebounds and Georgian point guard Georgi Tsintsadze (192-86) scored 13 points and 7 assists. Four Budivelnyk players scored in double figures. Top scorers: Budivelnyk: L.Lyons 14+10reb+1ast, G.Tsintsadze 13+3reb+7ast, A.Drozdov 12+5reb, M.Delaney 11+2reb+4ast, D.Kickert 8+2reb, M.Anisimovas 7+5reb Azovmash: L.Greer 28+3reb+10ast, M.Raduljica 20+4reb, T.Dragicevic 18+6reb+7ast, O.Kolchenko 8+6reb+2ast, I.Zaytsev 7+2reb, D.Zabirchenko 3+4reb+3ast
Azovmash: took 4th (last) place (0-6) in Group D of the Regular Season
BC Donetsk: took 3rd place (3-3) in Group E of the Regular Season
Budivelnyk: took 1st place (4-2) in Group A of the Regular Season, took 1st
place (4-2) in Group I of the Top16, lost to Gescrap BB (ESP) 0-2 in the
Semifinals !!!
Khimik: took 1st place (4-2) in Group D of the Regular Season, took 2nd
place (3-3) in Group K of the Top16, lost to EWE Baskets (GER) 1-2 in the
Quarterfinals !!!
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