2002-03Regular SeasonRound 9
January 07, 2003 CET: 00:00
Local time: 00:00 LE COLISEE

Its second breathtaking win in days, this one 78-75 at home in the final seconds against last-place Darussafaka, put Chalon a step closer to advancement in the ULEB Cup with just one game remaining in the regular season. Dragan Vukcevic and Udonis Haslem combined for 7 crucial points down the stretch to secure the win for Chalon. The victory lifted Chalon to 4-5 and sole possession of fourth place in Group B while its direct rival, Trieste (3-6), lost at home to Adecco Estudiantes. Nonetheless, Chalon must either win at Krka Novo Mesto next week or hope Trieste loses at Darussafaka. A final tie between the two would not help Chalon, because it lost both games to Trieste. Still, Chalon improved its chances greatly with a last-second victory that mirrored another against Cholet in the French League last weekend. Chalon was led by Stanley Jackson, who nailed 17 points and added 7 rebounds. Haslem followed him with 12 points, Corey Crowder and Laurent Pluvy 11 each, and Casey Calvary 10. Darussafaka, whose record fell to 2-7, got 15 points from Richie Frahm, 14 from newcomer Steve Goodrich, 13 each from Cuneyt Erden and Erdem Turekten, and 12 from Burak Sezgin. The guests took an early eight-point lead, 6-14 after 4 minutes, but Chalon reacted by outscoring the Turkish team 11-0 to take back the lead and to close the first quarter with 5 points to defend, 25-20. Thanks to the power inside the paint, Chalon deepened the lead and the score was 32-25, before Darussafaka rallied again thanks to Sezgin's triples. The Turkish forward nailed 3 three-pointers that led his team a minimum advantage of 39-40 at halftime.

Chalon played great defense in the third quarter, allowing Darussafaka to score only 6 points in the first 7 minutes. Corey Crowder nailed a couple of threes to give the right push to his team, which took back the lead and ran up by 7 points, 53-46, with 3 minutes to go in the period. Chalon was able to keep that same lead at the end of the quarter, 59-52. Chalon exploited the home crowd push and reached double-digit advantages of 12 points twice. But Darussafaka did not surrender and came back with only 3 points to make up. It even took back a lead at 71-72 with 1 minute, 30 seconds left. That's when Vukcevic nailed his 5 consecutive points to make it 76-72. Goodrich answered with 3 points to draw the visitors within 76-75, but as he had against Cholet, Haslem scored the last basket that made Chalon's fans celebrate the win.

Tuesday, January 7, 2003
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Referees: KOUKOULEKIDIS, STELIOS; ARTEAGA, JUAN CARLOS; ARAUJO, JOSE
Attendance: 3700
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Elan Chalon
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 JACKSON, STANLEY 32:00 17 4/8 2/2 3/4 2 5 7 5 4 8 1 1 2 2 20
5 VUKCEVIC, DRAGAN 7:00 5   1/1 2/2         1 1       1 6
6 MOKONGO, MICHAEL 3:00                         2   -2
7 VEBOBE, LUC-ARTHUR 12:00 2 1/2       2 2 4   1     1   5
8 PLUVY, LAURENT 37:00 11 2/4 2/7 1/1   4 4 1 3 2     3 1 8
9 SEFOLOSHA, THABO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 CROWDER, COREY 29:00 11 1/1 3/7   1 4 5 4     2     1 19
11 NEES, TIM 15:00 5 2/3   1/1   1 1     3     2 2 2
12 LAURE, WILLEM 13:00 5 2/3   1/1   5 5 1   2     1 1 8
13 CALVARY, CASEY 27:00 10 3/7 1/1 1/2 1 2 3 3 1 1   1 2 1 9
14 GAKOU, MANOUROU DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 HASLEM, UDONIS 25:00 12 6/7     1 4 5 1   2 2   4 4 17
Team             1 1     2         -1
Totals 200:00 78 21/35 9/18 9/11 5 28 33 19 9 22 5 2 17 13 91
        60% 50% 81.8%
Head coach: LEHMANN, ERIK
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
Darussafaka Istanbul
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 TURETKEN, ERDEM 29:00 13 4/10 1/2 2/4 2 2 4 2 2 4     3 4 9
5 GOKAY, DENIZ DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6 SENTURK, CANER DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 ERDEN, CUNEYT 39:00 13 0/1 4/8 1/2 1 2 3 4 4 1     3 4 18
8 OZER, CEVHER 15:00 6 0/1 2/4     2 2 1         1   5
10 ALTAY, CEYHUN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 KORUK, VEDAT 7:00 2 1/1                     1   1
12 FRAHM, RICHIE 38:00 15 4/6 1/3 4/5   4 4 5 2 6   2   2 15
13 GOODRICH, STEVE 39:00 14 5/11 0/3 4/5 2 4 6 3 2 4   3 3 5 10
14 SEZGIN, BURAK 33:00 12 1/2 3/5 1/2 2 4 6 4 3 1 2   2 2 22
Team                     1         -1
Totals 200:00 75 15/32 11/25 12/18 7 18 25 19 13 17 2 5 13 17 79
        46.9% 44% 66.7%
Head coach: VAKIF CIHANGIR UNER, HALIL
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