Regular Season Game 8 - January 08, 2008 CET: 17:45 Local time: 18:45 - ATATURK SPOR SALONU

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final 0-0
0-0 Semi-Final 0-0
0-0 Quarter Final 0-0
0-0 Last 16 0-0
0-0 Last 32 0-0
6-1 Regular Season 7-0
6-1 Overall 7-0

Referees

Crew Chief
MUHVIC, DUBRAVKO, Croatia
Referee
NESKOVIC, DRAGAN, Serbia
Umpire
RUTESIC, ZDRAVKO, Montenegro

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
93.0 Points 92.4
32.4 Rebounds 38.4
8.4 O. Rebounds 11.7
24.0 D. Rebounds 26.7
16.3 Assists 19.4
7.3 Steals 12.0
2.4 Blocks 4.6
13.3 Turnovers 16.0
61.7 % 2PT 61.1 %
35.3 % 3PT 40.9 %
74.7 % FT 77.2 %
100.0 Index 118.4

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
22.9 / WRIGHT, MICHAEL Points 13.1 / JAGLA, JAN-HENDRICK
6.7 / Dudley Rebounds 6.9 / JAGLA, JAN-HENDRICK
2.1 / Dudley OR 2.4 / JAGLA, JAN-HENDRICK
5.0 / WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER DR 4.4 / JAGLA, JAN-HENDRICK
3.9 / Acik Assists 5.2 / RUBIO, RICARD
2.4 / WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER Steals 2.1 / Mallet
1.0 / Dudley Blocks 1.7 / HERNANDEZ-SONSECA, EDU
2.1 / El-Amin Turnovers 3.2 / RUBIO, RICARD
74.4 % / WRIGHT, MICHAEL 2PT 78.3 % / Fernandez
42.9 % / El-Amin 3PT 60.0 % / Ribas
100.0 % / AKPINAR, MUTLU FT 100.0 % / Fernandez
28.7 / WRIGHT, MICHAEL Index 19.0 / Fernandez

THE TAKE

Turk Telekom can remain in the fight for first place in Group A as it hosts leader DKV Joventut. Both teams have already advanced to the elimination round but Joventut will clinch the top spot in the group with a victory in Turkey. Coach Ercument Sunter's Turk Telekom comes back from the holiday break looking to build on its victory at Bosna which improved its record to 6-1. The Turkish team won the game from the perimeter where Telekom hit 42% (10-of-24) of its threes while holding Bosna to 4-of-21 (19%). Sunter's defense struggled a bit, forcing just seven Bosna turnovers. And star power forward Michael Wright was held to just 8 points. But point guard Khalid El-Amin tallied 20 points and center Erwin Dudley collected 15 points and 11 rebounds in the victory. Still, Wright, the ULEB Cup's leading scorer thus far, will not play against Joventut as he's nursing a knee injury. Wright scored 21 points in Telekom's Week Three loss at Joventut. Look for reserve small forward Chris Williams to grab most of Wright's minutes while new addition power forward Ivica Jurkovic could help out as well. The game may again be decided from outside, where Joventut shot 11-of-19 (58%) from downtown while holding Turk to just 4-of-23 (17%). Joventut meanwhile improved to 7-0 with a 63-point home victory over Guildford Heat. Reserve point guard Pau Ribas's 16 points led nine players in double figures as 10 of coach Aito Reneses's men played at least 15 minutes. Center Lonny Baxter (12 points and 10 rebounds) and playmaker Ricky Rubio (10 points and 10 rebounds) both notched double-doubles off the bench. Joventut shot 58% for the game while out-rebounding Guildford 47-21 and holding the Heat to just 35% shooting and forcing 19 turnovers. If Reneses's team can come close to those numbers in Turkey, Joventut has a great chance of remaining undefeated.
Monday, January 07, 2008
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Khalid El-Amin - Turk TelekomTurk Telekom ended DKV Joventut Badalona’s unbeaten run and matched its record atop the Group A standings with a 96-94 win on Tuesday night in Ankara. The two teams now share 7-1 records, though Joventut remains in first due to a 19-point win in November. The thrilling game saw fantastic displays by both point guards and seven lead changes in the fourth quarter, but it was Telekom that had the final laugh. Khalid El-Amin carried Telekom for much of the second half and finished with 33 points on 6-of-10 three-point shooting and 5 assists. Meanwhile teenage sensation Ricky Rubio had his best game yet with a career-high 29 points, 10 assists and 3 steals for Joventut. The visitors led by as many as 15 in the first period and seemed poised for a big win. However Telekom scored 9 straight to open the second period and trailed only 39-46 at halftime. The hosts took their first lead midwat through the third quarter and it remained close from that point. But it was El-Amin who had the hotter hand down the stretch to secure the victory. Erwin Dudley added 18 points, Chris Williams had 16 and Bekir Yarangume 14 for the winning team. Petar Popovic scored a season-high 20 on 9-of-11 shooting for Joventut, Demond Mallet added 17 and Jan-Hendrick Jagla posted 8 points and 10 rebounds in defeat.

With Rubio running the show, Joventut opened the game in style as Popovic picked up a pair of baskets during a 0-6 start. Yarangume corrected his own miss for Telekom’s first points, but the Rubio to Popovic express connected once more as Joventut went up 2-10. Yarangume cut the gap to 3 before back-to-back triples from Jagla and Rubio made it 7-16. Rubio continued to score as the visitors raced to an 11-26 lead before Haluk Yildirim and Dudley made it 17-28 after 10 minutes. The hosts started the second period on fire, as Dudley scored 5 during a 9-0 run to get within 2. Popovic answered with back-to-back baskets as Joventut maintained a small lead. Popovic traded points with Yarangume until a pair of Rubio buckets made it 39-46 at halftime. El-Amin came out for the second half ready, scoring a quick bucket and assisting on a Williams score to cut the gap to 3. Still Rubio’s points and assists kept the visitors ahead 48-57. An El-Amin triple made it a 2-point game midway through the third before Lonny Baxter got on the board for Joventut. El-Amin’s hot hand was unstoppable and he kept things real close until a Muratcan Guler bucket gave Telekom its first lead, 64-63. The lead changed hands a few more timed before Ferran Lavina and Mallet restored Joventut’s advantage to 66-70 heading into the fourth quarter. Guler was again the one to put Telekom ahead three minutes into the fourth quarter, 72-71. Mallet responded with a cool three as the game heated up. Rubio free throws and soon a triple put the visitors up 4, but El-Amin scored the next 5 points. Popovic made it 84-85 only for El-Amin to set up Williams for the go-ahead bucket. He then added a cool three to go with it. Mallet responded with his own triple, but this time Tutku Acik hit from downtown and after a Lubos Barton turnover, El-Amin nailed another bomb for a 95-88 lead with a minute to go. The visitors didn’t quit and Mallet got them back within 1, but El-Amin added the last point from the line and missed the final free trhow on purpose to run out the clock for a big win.

Tuesday, January 08, 2008
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Referees: MUHVIC, DUBRAVKO (CRO), NESKOVIC, DRAGAN (SRB), RUTESIC, ZDRAVKO (MNE)
Attendance: 2000
By Quarter1234
Turk Telekom17222730
DKV Joventut30162424
End of Quarter1234
Turk Telekom17396696
DKV Joventut30467094
Head coach: SUNTER, ERCUMENT
Turk Telekom
# Player Min Pts 2FG
M-A
3FG
M-A
FT
M-A
Rebounds As St To Bl Fouls PIR
O D T Fv Ag Cm Rv
5 GULER, MURATCAN 12:15 4 2/2       2 2   1           7
6 AKPINAR, MUTLU DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8 GOKTAS, MURAT DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 YARANGÜME, BEKIR 19:25 14 2/3 2/4 4/4 1 2 3   2 1     2 2 15
11 ACIK, TUTKU 27:08 3 0/1 1/3         1 1 3     1 3 1
12 OZCAN, BARIS 10:52 3 0/1 1/2     1 1 1 1       1   3
13 JURKOVIC, IVICA 5:41     0/1           1 1     1   -2
14 YILDIRIM, HALUK 13:21 3   1/3   1 1 2 3   1     4   1
15 DUDLEY, ERWIN 38:10 18 7/12   4/4 1 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 4 4 20
21 OREN, ADEM 1:50 2 1/1                         2
25 EL-AMIN, KHALID 36:59 33 7/9 6/10 1/3 1 3 4 5 2 2   1 2 7 38
33 WILLIAMS, CHRIS 34:19 16 7/9   2/5 1 2 3 3 3 3     2 4 19
Team                   2 1         1
Totals 200:00 96 26/38 11/23 11/16 5 14 19 15 15 14 2 2 17 20 105
68.4% 47.8% 68.8%
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
Head coach: GARCIA RENESES, AITO
DKV Joventut
# Player Min Pts 2FG
M-A
3FG
M-A
FT
M-A
Rebounds As St To Bl Fouls PIR
O D T Fv Ag Cm Rv
00 MALLET, DEMOND 27:55 17 3/4 3/6 2/2       1 3 2     5 2 12
6 BAXTER, LONNY 10:54 4 2/4     1 3 4   1 1     2   4
9 RUBIO, RICKY 28:21 29 7/8 3/3 6/7   2 2 10 3 4     4 4 38
11 BARTON, LUBOS 28:07 2 1/2 0/1     2 2 1 2 3 1     1 4
14 JAGLA, JAN-HENDRICK 24:35 8 2/6 1/4 1/2 3 8 11 4 1 1     3 1 13
15 POPOVIC, PETAR 22:06 20 9/11   2/2 2 1 3 1   3 1 2 1 2 19
18 LAVIÑA, FERRAN 29:40 7 1/2 1/3 2/2   2 2 1         3 5 9
19 TOMAS, PERE 10:43 2 1/2 0/1         1         1 1 1
22 MOISO, JEROME 17:39 5 2/4   1/2 3   3 1 1 4     1 1 3
Team           1   1     1          
Totals 200:00 94 28/43 8/18 14/17 10 18 28 20 11 19 2 2 20 17 103
65.1% 44.4% 82.4%
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