EUROCUP 98-99
GROUP G

1st round (22/09/98)
Festina Joventut Badalona - APOEL Nicosia 83-66 (Corrales (12), Grimau (3), Biota (11), Swinson (20), Middleton (15), López (8), Dramech (4), Garcķa (1), Andreu, Murcia (9) - Burton (18), Serdaris (9), Ioannou (8), Christodoulou (7), Clark (19), Kyriakidis (2), Zachariou (3).
Pekaes Pruszkow - BK Ventspils 81-84 (Sidor 6, Dumas 6, Jones 12, Dryja 16, Szybilski 13, Suski 15, Karwowski 2, Czubek 0, Koprivica 11 - Ventspils: Sims 26, Vitols 4, Buskevics 10, Laksa 4, Daleiko 5, Jeffries 20, Zeidaks 15)
Attendance: 2,000.
Before the game Pekaes was almost sure their victory. But surprisingly Ventspils (especially their Americans) showed very aggressive and good basketball and won the game in the last minutes.
SSV ratiopharm Ulm - Spartak Moscow 86-77

2nd round (29/09/98)
BK Ventspils - Badalona 83-91 (Valeiko 18; Jeffries 15; Zeidaks 13; Muiznieks 12; Sims 12; Laksa 8; Vitols 5 - Svwnson 26; Andreu 12; Korales 12; Murcia 10; Middleton 10; Biota 9; Lopez 5, Grimau 4; Dramec 3)
Attendance : 2,400.
Despite excellent start of Ventspils and very low field goal percentage by the Spanish team ( 3rd min. 8:0), Joventut was able to take over lead and held it until the final of the game, though in 37th min. of the game the score was tied (76:76) and when there were 75 seconds to play, Joventut led only by 3 (79:82) points, but thanks to their good shooting from the free-throw line, they were able to increase their lead and finally won the game by 8 points. In the first half there were too many turnovers made by BK Ventspils and absolute disaster in shots from free throw line ( free throws BK Ventspils 52% - Joventut 86%) through the game.
APOEL Nicosia - Spartak Moscow 72-82
SSV ratiopharm Ulm - Pekaes Pruszkow 88-75

3rd round (6/10/98)
Pinturas Bruguer Badalona - Spartak Moscow 86-71 (Corrales (9), Grimau (6), Swinson (21), Mumbrś (13), Middleton (20), López (4), Garcķa (9), Andreu, Dramech (3), Murcia (1) - Astakhov (23), Filippov (9), Vedichtchev (11), Vashakidze (6), Kondratov (22), Oussanov, Astanine, Potapov)
BK Ventspils - SSV ratiopharm Ulm 74-84 (Valeiko 16, Jeffreis 20, Zeidaks 18 - Volker 18, Otrij 16, Svitek 17, Ness 18)
APOEL Nicosia - Pekaes Pruszkow 63-74

4th round (13/10/98)
SSV ratiopharm Ulm - Pinturas Bruguer Badalona 79-75 (Walker 26, Autry 21, Svitek 12, Nees 10, Kemna 6, Lommerse 2, Ast 2 - Swinson 22, Middleton 17, Corrales 14, Grimeau 9, Murcia 8, Andreu 3, Garcia 2)
It was a great game from Ulm especially from the two american players Jarvis Walker and Adrian Autry. German nationalteam-player Tim Nees gets 12 rebounds. The last three minutes were very amazing. Five seconds bevor the end of the game Ulms Karsten Kemna makes the point to 79:75 with his second free throw.
Pekaes Pruszkow - Spartak Moscow 88-77
APOEL Nicosia - BK Ventspils 73-66 (Zeidaks 17, Simss 16, Valeiko 13, Vītols 10 - Burton 20, Clark 17, Serdariss 17)

5th round (20/10/98)
Joventut Badalona - Pekaes Pruszkow 96-70
SSV ratiopharm Ulm - APOEL Nicosia 65:49 (Walker 20, Ast 18, Nees 18, Avitek 7, Kemna 2. Nikosia: Clark 15, Serdaris 8, Christodoulou 8, N. Ioannou 5, Zachariu 4)
The game between SSV Ulm and Apoel Nicosia has been stopped with the score 57:35 because two baskets broke down... The game was re-played again.
Spartak Moscow - BK Ventspils 85-119 (Astahov 21, Vediscev 16, Astaņin 14, Fiļipov 11 - Simss 28, Zeidaks 24, Jeffries 21, Vītols 19)

6th round (3/11/98)
APOEL Nicosia - Joventut Badalona 77-79
BK Ventspils - Pekaes Pruszkow 86-61 (Sims 21 (14 reb), Vitols 14, Zeidaks 14, Valeiko 11 (7 ast, 3/3 3p), Jeffries 10, Buskevics 6, Muiznieks 6, J. Laksa 2, M. Laksa 2, Bernats - Szybilski 15, Dumas 11, Jones III 9, Karwowski 7, Dryja 6, Sidor 5, Koprivica 4, Rybczysnski 2, Suski 2, Czubek)
SSV ratiopharm Ulm - Spartak Moscow 91-81 (Walker 12, Ast 12, Svitek 13, Held, Autry 21, Kemna 8, Birkenfeld, Nees 21, Lommerse 4, Konstantinidis - Astahof 19, Filippov 15, Vedischev 12, Kondratov 11). Attendance: 100 (!)
Ulm's Adrian Autry had 17 assists - the best result in the history of the club. But in the last minute he got injured.

7th round (10/11/98)
Joventut Badalona - BK Ventspils 78-68 (Swinson 24, Middleton 18 (9 ast), Corrales 10 (5/5 2p), Garcia 10 (8 ast), Lopez 7, Murcia 4, Biota 3, Andreu 2, Grimau, Dramec - Vitols 13, Sims 12 (10 ast), Valeiko 11, Zeidaks 11, Laksa 10, Jeffries 8, Muiznieks 3, Buskevics). Attendance: 4.300
A bad shooting performance, and the impossibilty to stop the American couple of Badalona in the first half, opened a wide gap between the teams, which was impossible to cut for Ventspils.
Spartak Moscow - APOEL Nicosia 81-74
Pekaes Pruszkow - SSV ratiopharm Ulm 85-64

8th round (17/11/98)
Spartak Moscow - Joventut Badalona 66-95
SSV ratiopharm Ulm - BK Ventspils 96-95, OT (Walker 44 (7/12 3p, 10 reb), Nees 16, Autry 13 (9 ast), Lommerse 9, Ast 8, Svitek 4, Kemna 2, Birkenfeld - Zeidaks 22, Jeffies 21, J. Laksa 15, Buskevics 11, Vitols 9, Valeiko 6, Sims 6, Muiznieks 5)
Attendance 1.800
Venspils, trailing 23-32, with 11 minutes played in the first half, made a 18-0 rally to lead 43-32 in the following 7 minutes. In the second half Ratiopharm Ulm took the lead again with offensively devastant Walker. Ventspils was leading, but blew away 3 point lead in a couple of seconds at the end of the 2nd half, with Jarvis Walker tying the game at the buzzer, and do it again in OT final seconds.
It was the game of one man: Jarvis Walker (Ulm/44 points, 10 rebounds). After five minutes only 6 points (2:4). Then Ventspils was the better team, especially Sandis Buskevics and Aigars Zeidaks. In the last second of the regular time, Jarvis Walker made two points to 83:84 and also gets one free throw - 84:84 overtime. The Ulm was the team with the better tactics.
Pekaes Pruszkow - APOEL Nicosia 60-63 (Szybilski 13, Jones 10, Karwowski 10, Dryja 10 -)

9th round (8/12/98)
Joventut Badalona - SSV ratiopharm Ulm 78-61 (Swinson 20 - Svitek 16, Walker 12, Autry 12, Ast 10)
It took 13 hours for Ulm team to come to Badalona - no training in the olympic hall. The result: No chance against Badalona. Badalona got away from the beginning by 15 points. The two Americans of Ulm had a very bad day, especially guard Adrian Autry. The only player of Ulm, who reached a good level was Dirk Lommerse with nine rebounds.
Spartak Moscow - Pekaes Pruszkow 71-95
BK Ventspils - APOEL Nicosia 86-82, OT (Sims 26, Jeffries 17 (10 reb), Muiznieks 16, Valeiko 12, Vitols 9, Zeidaks 3, Laksa 2, Buskevics, Bernats - Clark 23, Burton 21 (6 ast), Serdaris 20, Zachariou 8, Theocharides 5, Ioannou 3, Alexandrou 2). Attendance: 1200
Apoel Nicosia started very well, and dominated first half, with offensive scoring from Clark, Burton and Serdaris. Ventspils was down by 15 at 25-40 (18'), with very bad shooting. In the second half Venspils improved offensively, with Sims and Jeffries good performances, tough defense and rebounding from all the rest of the team, and overcame the deficit at 55-55 at mid-half. Then the game was very equilibrated, finishing at 72-72, with 10 seconds left basket by Zeidaks from Valeiko's pass, which evened the game, letting Ventspils to win in the overtime by 3 points.

10th round (15/12/98)
Pekaes Pruszkow - Joventut Badalona 62-94
APOEL Nicosia - SSV ratiopharm Ulm 70-61 (Burton 36, Clark 17, Ioannoy 8 - Svitek 18, Ast 16, Nees 13)
BK Ventspils - Spartak Moscow 100-82 (Zeidaks 23 (8/10 2p, 2/2 3p), Vitols 21, Sims 14 (9 reb), Buskevics 14 (2/2 3p), Valeiko 9 (6 ast), Jeffries 8, Muiznieks 5, J. Laksa 4, Bernats 2, M.Laksa - Vedishev 21, Astanin 11, Demin 10 (5/6 2p), Filippov 10, Oussanov 10 (2/2 3p), Vachakidze 9, Chapligin 5, Romanenko 4, Astachov 2). Attendance: 800
Easy victory for Ventspils on Spartak Moscow, which guarantees to Latvians the final 3rd place in group G, and a playoff game against another Russian team, Unics Kazan. Leading by 10 points after 5 minutes, the Latvians stayed ahead all the game, led by Zeidaks.