Regular Season Game 4 - December 06, 2011 CET: 17:30 Local time: 17:30 - BASKETBALL CENTER DRAZEN PETROVIC

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final 0-0
0-0 Quarter Final 0-0
0-0 Last 16 0-0
0-3 Regular Season 2-1
0-3 Overall 2-1

Referees

Crew Chief
VOJINOVIC, RADOMIR, Montenegro
Referee
SABETTA, ENRICO, Italy
Umpire
ESTERON, OMER, Israel

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
75.0 Points 77.0
26.0 Rebounds 40.0
7.0 O. Rebounds 15.0
19.0 D. Rebounds 25.0
12.0 Assists 14.7
3.0 Steals 5.0
1.0 Blocks 3.0
12.3 Turnovers 15.0
53.6 % 2PT 44.8 %
30.9 % 3PT 36.8 %
80.6 % FT 71.8 %
68.0 Index 79.0

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
13.0 / Zizic Points 14.0 / Curry
5.3 / Zizic Rebounds 9.3 / LEE, MICHAEL
2.0 / Suton OR 3.0 / LEE, MICHAEL
4.0 / Zizic DR 6.3 / LEE, MICHAEL
3.0 / Kus Assists 2.7 / Curry
1.3 / Rozic Steals 1.3 / JACKSON, DARNELL
0.7 / Suton Blocks 2.7 / KRAVTSOV, VIACHESLAV
1.7 / RUDEZ, DAMJAN Turnovers 3.3 / Curry
100.0 % / LALIC, JURE 2PT 62.5 % / KRAVTSOV, VIACHESLAV
50.0 % / Marcinkovic 3PT 54.5 % / Avdalovic
100.0 % / CHASE, BRIAN FT 100.0 % / Gliebov
13.3 / Rozic Index 13.3 / LEE, MICHAEL

THE TAKE

BC Donetsk
RECORDS
0-3, Group A
Regular season 2011-12
2-1, Group A

PROBABLE STARTERS
Guard
Guard
Forward
Forward
Center

THE STAKES

This is winless Cibona’s last chance to keep alive its chances at a berth in the Last 16, while 2-1 Donetsk wants to stay in contention. The visitor’s beat Cibona last week at home, 98-81. Cibona just promoted assistant coach Danijel Lutz to the head coach job.

THE TAKE

Cibona has the worst defense in the competition, allowing 96 points per game, so any chance at a win begins with greater defensive intensity. In the previous game, Donetsk made an amazing 67.4% of its two-pointers. Keep an eye on the matchup at shooting guard between veteran Davor Kus and Ramel Curry. Cibona’s emerging talent Tomislav Zubcic is also worth watching.
REFEREES


Crew Chief
Referee
Umpire
Radomir Vojinovic
Radomir Vojinovic
Montenegro
Enrico Sabetta
Enrico Sabetta
Italy
Omer Esteron
Omer Esteron
Israel


KK Cibona
Min Pts 2FG
M-A
3FG
M-A
FT
M-A
Rebounds As St To Blocks Fouls Rkg
O D T Fv Ag Cm Rv
Totals 600:00 224 60/112 17/55 54/67 21 57 78 36 9 37 3 8 63 64 203
Average 200:00 74.7 53.6% 30.9% 80.6% 07.0 19.0 26.0 12.0 03.0 12.3 01.0 02.7 21.0 21.3 67.7

Totals 600:00 231 56/125 21/57 56/78 45 75 120 44 15 45 9 8 70 68 237
Average 200:00 77.0 44.8% 36.8% 71.8% 15.0 25.0 40.0 14.7 05.0 15.0 03.0 02.7 23.3 22.7 79.0
BC Donetsk
Sunday, December 04, 2011
Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

LUTZ, DANIJEL
KK Cibona
"We are not playing as we are supposed to, both in the Adriatic League and the Eurocup, but on Tuesday we will try to return to BC Donetsk last week's defeat. Sure it will be a hard game for us. Last week in Donetsk we saw that this is a team with huge experience and quality. With a lot of energy, stimulated by the domestic audience, we will try to do our best and win."

Players

SUTON, GORAN
KK Cibona
"After last week's encounter we are more familiar with the visiting team and I believe we can better adjust to the game against them. I hope that we will enter the match with more energy and aggressiveness, because without it, we cannot expect to win."
Vule Avdalovic - BC Donetsk (photo cibona.com)BC Donetsk escaped from Drazen Petrovic Arena in Zagreb with a thrilling 76-78 win over Cibona, thanks to 2 free throws by point guard Vule Avdalovic with just 9 seconds remaining. Now Donetsk has 3-1 record and in a good position to advance to the next round, while Cibona is still winless and looking like its chances are very close to none. Ramel Curry led four scorers in double figures for Donetsk with 16 points, Avdalovic added 14 and Michael Lee and Ivan Radenovic nailed 13 apiece. Andrija Zizic amassed a double-double of 16 points and 12 boads for Cibona, Goran Suton chipped in 13 points, Davor Kus and Antwain Barbour scored 12 apiece and Marin Rozic 10.

Radenovic scored a layup to open the scoring before Marin Rozic tied at 4-4 from the foul line. Kus hit a three-pointer to give a 7-4 advantage to Cibona. Rozic from the foul line extended the difference to 12-6. Curry tied the game at 14-14 and a layup by Darnell Jackson gave to the guests a slim 15-16 advantage at the end of the first quarter. A deep three by Curry made it 15-19 and another scored by Avdalovic put Donetsk ahead 21-26. Zizic brought Cibona back within 1 and later Barbour dunked for 29-30. Vlacheslav Kravtsov finished a break assisted by Avdalovic with a huge dunk to make it 29-36, and after a jumper by Curry, a triple from Kus fixed the scoreboard at 34-38 at halftime for the guests.

Early in the third quarter Barbour scored from the foul line put Cibona in front 42-41. Rozic scored a pull-up jumper for 44-41 and after back and forth scoring, Donetsk made an 8-0 run capped by Jackson with a dunk for 50-58. Late in the quarter, Barbour scored from the foul line to climb within 55-58, but Curry answered from beyond the arc to finish the third quarter at 55-61. Dmytro Gliebov posted another triple to extend for the first time the difference to 55-65 early in the last quarter. Donetsk seemed to be in control when Radenovic scored made it 64-70, but Cibona did not give up trying to get its first win of the campaign, and sparked a 10-4 run to tie the game at 74-74 on a basket from downtown by Suton with 1.07 left in the game. Suton put the hosts ahead 76-74 with 47 seconds remaining. Radenovic scored a pair from the foul line with 29 seconds to even things. Suton missed a crucial layup and Avdalvoic got to the line and scored the winning free throws. Hrvoje Kovacevic missed the potential jumper to tie the game at the buzzer.
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: VOJINOVIC, RADOMIR (MNE), SABETTA, ENRICO (ITA), ESTERON, OMER (ISR)
Attendance: 1000 (Tentative)
By Quarter1234
KK Cibona15192121
BC Donetsk16222317
End of Quarter1234
KK Cibona15345576
BC Donetsk16386178
Head coach: LUTZ, DANIJEL
KK Cibona
# 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 CHASE, BRIAN 12:28 3 0/2 1/3           1 1   1 3 1 -4
6 SUTON, GORAN 22:34 13 4/8 1/1 2/2 3 3 6 1 2 1     2 5 20
7 ZUBCIC, TOMISLAV 17:04 2 1/3 0/1   3 2 5 3   1     2   4
8 BARBOUR, ANTWAIN 33:54 12 3/5 0/1 6/8       1 3       2 8 17
9 RUDEZ, DAMJAN 8:14   0/1 0/1         2 1 3     5   -7
12 MARCINKOVIC, PAVLE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 LALIC, JURE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20 ROZIC, MARIN 26:48 10 3/8 0/2 4/4 1 2 3   2 3     2 3 6
22 HARPER, DEMONTE 3:35               1   1          
31 ZIZIC, ANDRIJA 31:59 16 3/7   10/12 4 8 12 2   1 1   2 7 29
50 KUS, DAVOR 29:28 12 1/3 2/3 4/4   1 1 1   1   1 2 2 9
55 KOVACEVIC, HRVOJE 13:56 8 1/4 2/2     3 3   1 1     3   5
Team             1 1               1
Totals 200:00 76 16/41 6/14 26/30 11 20 31 11 10 13 1 2 23 26 80
39% 42.9% 86.7%
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: OBRADOVIC, SASA
BC Donetsk
# 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
4 PUSTOZVONOV, MAKSYM 15:00 2 1/2 0/2   1   1   3 1     4   -2
5 LEE, MICHAEL 30:56 13 5/7 0/2 3/6 2 5 7 1   1 1 1 3 7 17
7 CURRY, RAMEL 26:41 16 4/7 2/5 2/2 1 2 3 4 2 2     3 1 15
9 AVDALOVIC, VULE 33:46 14 1/2 2/7 6/8   1 1 4 1 6     2 6 10
11 LYPOVYY, OLEKSANDR 7:00 4 2/3     1 1 2     1     1   3
12 RADENOVIC, IVAN 26:04 13 4/8 1/1 2/2 3 3 6   1 4     4 5 13
14 SALTOVETS, OLEG DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 KOVALENKO, VITALIY 4:30   0/1       1 1       1       1
24 GLIEBOV, DMYTRO 15:46 3   1/2     1 1           2   1
41 JACKSON, DARNELL 16:32 8 3/4   2/2 1 2 3 2 1       4 1 10
55 KRAVTSOV, VIACHESLAV 23:45 5 1/4   3/4 4 5 9 1 1       3 3 12
Team           1 1 2               2
Totals 200:00 78 21/38 6/19 18/24 14 22 36 12 9 15 2 1 26 23 82
55.3% 31.6% 75%
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Head Coaches

LUTZ, DANIJEL
KK Cibona
"It's always bitter when you lose in the final moments of the game, but the conditions for the defeat we made earlier in the game. We needed to respond better in many situations because in the first half 11 turnovers is way too much. However, I am happy that we got back in the match and that we have seen the heart of players who can fight. Regardless of another defeat, we can leave with our heads high."
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