FIBA Europe Cup

Regular Season Round 2: Cluj Napoca - Balkan 92-80 (31-11, 23-20, 17-25, 21-24)

Date: October 29, 2019
Cluj Napoca used a home court advantage and defeated the opponent from Botevgrad 92-80 on Tuesday night. The game was mostly controlled by Cluj Napoca. Balkan was better in third quarter 25-17. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. Cluj Napoca dominated down low during the game scoring 52 of its points in the paint compared to Balkan's 30 and made 19-of-25 free shots (76.0 percent) during the game. Cluj Napoca looked well-organized offensively handing out 23 assists. Balkan was plagued by 24 personal fouls down the stretch. The best player for the winners was American point guard Kerron Johnson (183-90, college: Belmont) who scored 18 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists. The other American import swingman Patrick Richard (196-90, college: McNeese St., agency: Inception Sports) chipped in 19 points and 5 rebounds. American guard Daishon Knight (185-91, college: Illinois St., agency: SDJ Sports) produced 11 points and 7 assists and Dimitar Dimitrov (203-93) added 11 points and 7 rebounds respectively for the guests. Both teams had five players each who scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. Cluj Napoca will face Enisey (#3) in Krasnoyarsk in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Balkan will play on the road against Sodertalje Kings and it may be a tough game between close rivals.



Balkan
 
Cluj Napoca
80
Points Scored
92
49
Starting Five Points
75
31
Bench Points
17
12
Offensive Rebounds
13
19
Defensive Rebounds
27
31
Rebounds
40
14
Assists
23
5
Steals
4
7
Turnovers
9
3
Blocked Shots
3
24
Personal fouls
25


 BALKAN (coach: Arsic, Jovica)
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
# NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF REB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PTS RNK +/-
0 Knight, Daishon 30 4-12 1-4 0-0 1 1 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 0
34 Dimitrov, Dimitar 29 2-4 1-2 4-5 1 6 7 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 11 11 -8
12 Sekulovic, Mihailo 23 1-6 0-1 8-10 1 5 6 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 10 10 4
13 Radonjic, Marko 23 3-7 1-5 1-1 2 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 10 3 -5
3 Minkov, Kris 23 1-3 1-4 2-2 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 7 6 -14
1 Callahan, Jordan 21 2-4 4-6 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 16 9 -14
23 Simeonov, Aleks 16 0-1 0-1 2-2 2 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -6
29 Tsonkov, Stanislav 14 0-0 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 4
20 Hall, Kenny 10 2-5 0-0 1-1 4 1 5 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 5 3 -14
11 Ivkov, Ivko 5 0-0 1-1 2-4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 4 -7
25 Marinov, Marin  DNP - Coach's Decision
8 Hristov, Zdravko  DNP - Coach's Decision
Total   15-42 10-25 20-25 12 19 31 14 24 0 5 3 0 7 80 55  


 CLUJ NAPOCA (coach: Vujosevic, Dusko)
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
# NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF REB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PTS RNK +/-
15 Ate, Artis 32 3-4 1-4 1-2 0 4 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 11 14
35 Richard, Patrick 30 5-7 3-9 0-0 2 3 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 19 16 3
3 Johnson, Kerron 30 4-7 1-3 7-9 2 6 8 9 3 0 0 0 0 2 18 23 23
1 Tarolis, Donatas 24 3-4 1-1 1-1 3 4 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 10 15 23
12 Planinic, Darko 20 7-14 0-1 4-6 2 3 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 11 23
9 Zganec, Karlo 16 1-2 1-2 4-4 1 2 3 3 4 0 0 1 0 1 9 9 -9
11 Calnicenco, Andrei 16 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 2 4 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 7
25 Vida, David 9 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -10
44 Uta, Rares 7 2-6 0-0 1-1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 4
22 Grasu, Stefan 6 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -10
7 Rotaru, Anton 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -8
32 Kuti, Nandor  DNP - Coach's Decision
Total   26-46 7-22 19-25 13 27 40 23 25 0 4 3 0 9 92 87  


TOP PERFORMANCE
30MINS29
18POINTS11
6D.REB6
2O.REB1
8T.REB7
9ASSISTS0
0BLOCKS1
33.3% (1/3)3FGP50% (1/2)
57.1% (4/7)2FGP50% (2/4)
77.8% (7/9)FTP80% (4/5)
KERRON JOHNSON
Height: 183 cm / 6'0''
Position: PG
Born: Dec 14, 1990
Team: Cluj Napoca (2019-20)
DIMITAR DIMITROV
Height: 203 cm / 6'8''
Position: PF
Born: Mar 1, 1993
Team: Balkan (2018-20)


Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)