KORAC CUP
GROUP G
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| 1. Maccabi Ramat Gan (ISR) | 5-1 |
| 2. Maroussi (GRE) | 4-2 |
| 3. KK Zagreb (CRO) | 3-3 |
| 4. Sparta Praha (CZE) | 0-6 |
Additional preliminary round (15.+22.09.99)
7. AEL Limassol (CYP)- Maccabi Ramat Gan (ISR)
66-102 (Bassette 25, Kounounis 11, Palalas 10,
Evzonas 9, Hadjivassiliou 6, Agathokli 2, Theodosiou 2, Kyriakides 1, Pattihis,
Pierides - Dotan 20, Yatzkan 19, Hood 17, Spencer 16, Markovitz 10, Cansin 6,
Cohen 6, Galon 4, Lahat 4, Lubin)
8. Sparta Praha (CZE)- Arkadia
Traiskirchen (AUT) 63-70 (Milos
17, Welsch 12, Soukup 9, Dvorak 8, Frana 6, Vyoral 5, Dousa 4, Kosovic 2 -
Ellison 19, Lutz 18, Maticky 11, McCaw 11, Fritz 9, Hajda 2;
Fouls 19-14, FT 16/13-15/9, three 8-3, 5 fouls: Frana)
Sparta played without
two basic injured players - Kroupa (knee), Spicka (muskel). Sparta led 26-19 in
14'. Traiskirchen had 67% 2 pts shot (26/39) and used in all game 30 sec. time
limit in their offense.
9. Sloboda
Dita Tuzla (BIH)- KK Zagreb (CRO)
54-60 (Suljanovic 17, Hukic 12, Korlatovic 12, Hodzic
9, Vidovic 4, Husanovic, Vukicevic, Oro – Mazique 15, Stojic 14, Saric 9,
Perincic 8, Anzulovic 7, Vukicevic 4, Rimac 3, Tomas, Marinovic Tomasovic)
Arkadia Traiskirchen – Sparta Praha 67-78 (Ellison 23, Hajda 13 –
Soukup 16, Welsch 15). Adv: Sparta
Maccabi Ramar Gan – AEL Limassol 103-71 (Yatzkan 19, Cansin 17 –
Bassette 28, Kounounis 16). Adv: Ramat Gan
Zagreb
– Sloboda 64-59 (Rimac 15, Sarin 15 – Suljanovic 16, Hukic 14). Adv: Zagreb
1 Round, 06/10/99
Maccabi
Ironi Ramat Gan - Sparta Praha 99-71 (36-42) (Hood 22, Lubin 15,
Dotan 14, Cansin 14, Yatzkan 13, Spencer 11, Galon 5, Cohen 3, Markovitz 2 -
Welsch 25, Milos 16, Dvorak 14, Starosta 8, Frana 4, Dousa 4. FT 12/16 - 11/12,
Three 11 (Hood 3/5, Yatzkan 3/9) - 8 (Welsch 3/4, Milos 3/6), Rebounds 26 - 29
(Dvorak 9), Fouls 17 – 15
Sparta played with only with 7 players (injured Spicka
and both playmakers Kroupa and Soukup) and junior Sedlacek. Moreover
Dousa (asthmatic player) had many problems with his breathing. Sparta played
first half excellent and led about 6 points (36-42). In 20'49 by the collision
with Hood injured Vyoral (knee) and Frana followed with 5 fouls. Home team
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan begann wholly controlled this game (Sparta had many
turnovers) and with 9 three in the second half reached the 28-points victory.
Maccabi Ramat Gan
continued its streak of wins they began the season with, in this home win. The
first half was bad for Ramat Gan, as they shot poorly from the field and didn't
play aggressive on defense. The second half was all but the same. Ramat Gan
tighten up the defense, started stealing balls and ran on fast-breaks. And when
Ramat-Gan runs on fast breaks, boy can they run. They have a line-up of slick
and quick players, who all they need is the smallest sign of a fast-break to
open their after-burners and start running. Lior Lubin point gaurded the game
well for Ramat Gan, and the scoring was divided equally between all of the
players.
Maroussi BC Atenas (GRE) - KK Zagreb (CRO) 80-66
2 Round, 13/10/99
Sparta Praga (CZE) - Maroussi BC Atenas (GRE) 63-103
Milos
21, Dvorak 15, Starosta 14, Sedlacek 6, Vyoral 3, Dousa 2, Frana 1, Welsch 1,
Spicka 0 - Kapralis 17, Manopoulos 16, Panagiotarakos 16, Panteliadis 15, Turner
13, Amaya 12, Papahronis 4, Haralambidis 4, Korgas 3, Anagnostou 3. Three 9-10,
FT 12/14-11/21, Fouls 19-17.
Score: 5' 11-8, 10' 18-20, 15' 25-37, 20' 31-44, 25' 35-54, 30' 46-69, 35'
50-84, 40' 63-103
Sparta
played without both his injured playmaker (Kroupa, Soukup). Jiri Welsch in this
position played very bad with shoot 0/8 (three 0/4) and many mistakes. Only two
players of Sparta had good level (Milos: shoot 7/11, three 5/8, Dvorak: shoot
5/10, three 3/6, 7 rebounds), another played very feeble. Maroussi with 52%
shoot (41/66) incl. three 59% (10/17) won very easy.
Maccabi Ramat Gan (ISR) - KK Zagreb (CRO) 77-69
Ramat
Gan: Steve Hodd 18 pooints, Yariv Yatzkan 17 points, Antwan Johnson 14 points (7
rebounds), Lior Lubin 13 points (6 assists), Andrei Spencer 9 points (10
rebounds), Yaron Lahat 4 points, Sa'ar Cohen 2 points.
Zagreb:
Mazik 17 points, Stoichik 13 points.
Ramat
Gan didn't really close this game until the last minutes, and that's bad for
them. This should have been an easy win, a blow out actually, as Ramat Gan is
without a doubt a much more talented team than the Croatians, and they top them
in nearly every aspect of the game. But for some reason, perhaps fatigue from
playing their 4th game in only 10 days, Ramat Gan didn't manage to make a big
run, and the persistent Zagreb players kept coming back to the game. Ramat-Gan's
offense executed poorly in the first half, and the only thing that kept them in
the game was their pressing defense, and especially Lior Lubin, that had 9
steals in the first half alone!
The game was tied with less than 6 minutes to go, but a small run by Ramat Gan
was enough to close this one and add another win for Ramat Gan in Europe.
3 Round, 20/10/99
KK Zagreb (CRO) - Sparta Praga (CZE) 82-62
Maroussi BC Atenas (GRE) - Maccabi Ramat Gan (ISR) 81-77
4 Round, 03/11/99
Sparta (CZE) – Ramat Gan (ISR) 68-71
Milos 13, Soukup 13, Spicka 11, Welsch 11, Frana
6, Dvorak 5, Starosta 4, Vyoral 3, Dousa 2 - Yatzkan 21, Sotan 14, Spencer 13,
Johnson-Cansin 10, Hood 7, Cohen 5, Lubin 1, Lahat 0, Markovitz 0, 2pts 22/40
(Soukup 5/7, Welsch 5/8, Spicka 4/11)-23/41 (Dotan 7/8, Johnson 4/6, Spencer
4/9), 3pts 6/11 (Milos 3/5)-5/16 (Yatzkan 4/7, Dotan 0/5), FT 6/7-10/23 (Spencer
5/11), Reb. 33 (Dvorak 6, Welsch 6)-22 (Johnson 7, Spencer 6), Fouls 18-15.
Sparta led most of the game. In 37' by 64-59 Yatzkan made three and referees
whistled at the same time the foul of the center of Sparta Frana. Maccabi
equalized to 64-64. The home head coach Jezdik was dissatisfied with many
decision of referees in the second half namely in the finish of this game.
(Pavel)
KK Zagreb (CRO) – Marousi (GRE) 73-69
Marousi lost the game but kept the goal average,
so they probably finish at the first place.
5 Round, 10/11/99
Maroussi BC Atenas (GRE)
- Sparta Praga (CZE) 85-82 (Amaya 27+4reb, Turner 15+6reb – Welsch
20+5reb+9ast, Soukup 17)
KK Zagreb (CRO) - Maccabi Ramat Gan (ISR) 75-80
Zagreb: Stojic 17, Mazique 16, Anzulovic 11, Sarin 10,
Rimac 9, Perincic 8, Vukecvic 4.
Ramat Gan: Hood 22, Yatzkan 17, Johnson 16, Lubin 14, Spencer 9, Galon 2.
Played but didn't score: Dotan, Cohen, Lahat, Markovitch.
Fantastic preformance by Ramat Gan. Ramat
Gan is having its best season in the past few years.
Zadar were having a slow day behind the arc with only 7/23. Ramat Gan had
a good team game, with 4 players scoring double figures. Ramat Gan needs to win
Maroussi (GRE) at home next week, to finish 1st in the group.
6 Round, 17/11/99
Sparta Praha - KK Zagreb 51:62 (33:31) (Dvorak 13, Soukup 12,
Vyoral 8 - Perincic 16, Mazique 15, Rimac 12). FT: 15/7 - 15/12. Fouls: 15:19.
Three 6/15-6/22. Sparta played without his best shooter Milos (angina).
Sparta led in 16' 31-24, namely thanks to Dvorak (13 pts and 4 blocks in the
first half). Zagreb lowered in the end of the first half when scored
American Mazique. In the beginning of the second half Zagreb made 10 points in a
row. Home team was in the second half very tired after the league game last
Monday. Only skilful Soukup had 4 steals and maintained the opportunity for
Sparta. Perincic and Rimac made three (both two three in the second half) and
decised about the victory of Zagreb. (Pavel)
Maccabi Ramat Gan (ISR) - Maroussi BC Atenas (GRE)
89-69 (Yatzkan 20, Dotan 15 – Amaya 16, Turner 16+9reb)
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