2012-13QuarterfinalsGame 1
March 06, 2013 CET: 17:00
Local time: 20:00 YUBILEYNI "SPORT" PALACE
Zach Wright - Spartak St. Petersburg - EC12 (photo Spartak SPB)Spartak St. Petersburg beat BB Budivelnik Kiev 83-72 in Game 1 of their quarterfinals series on Wednesday. The two-game series moves to the Ukrainian capital for the decisive Game 2 next week. Zach Wright paced the winners with 18 points and 7 assists. Loukas Mavrokefalides added 17 points, Josh Carter had 15, Janis Strelnieks got 12 and 7 assists, Vladimir Dragicevic contributed 11 points and Nikita Kurbanov pulled down 11 boards for Spartak. Leo Lyons led Budivelnik with 21 points. Artur Drozdov added 16, Michail Anisimov had 12, Malcolm Delaney 11 and Dainius Salenga 10. Spartak led 23-19 after 10 minutes and extended its margin to 43-36 at the break. Budivelnik trailed 47-36 early in the third quarter, but Anisimov, Lyons and Drozdov stepped up to give the guests a 57-58 edge after 30 minutes. Spartak found a go-to guy in Dragicevic, who got help from Kurbanov and Carter to seal the outcome of the game, 73-65, with four minutes to go. Each point counted, however, as late three-pointers by Strelnieks and Carter gave Spartak an important win in the series.

Delaney got Budivelnik going with a layup in transition and Lyons matched Mavrokefalides's dunk with free throws for a 2-4 lead. Wright stepped up with consecutive layups in a 6-0 Spartak run that Strelnieks capped with a jumper. Lyons scored again and a three-pointer by Wright boosted the hosts' lead to 11-6. Kostiantyn Anikkienko scored around the basket and Lyons added a jumper but Dragicevic kept Spartak ahead, 15-10. Anisimov found his first points and Salenga matched Wright's layup-plus-foul with a bomb from downtown that kept Budivelnik within 18-15. Mavrokefalidis and Anisimov traded baskets, Salenga hit a jumper and a three-pointer by Carter fixed the score at 23-19 after 10 minutes. Mavrokefalides hit a three-pointer early in the second quarter. Anisimov made free throws but Carter erased those with a put-back basket. A three-pointer by Drozdov, however, made Spartak call timeout at 28-24. Yaroslav Korolev answered from downtown but a layup by Salenga and a triple by Lyons brought Budivelnik closer at 31-29. Strelnieks joined the three-point shootout, Lyons and Mavrokefalides traded layups and Wright soon gave Spartak some fresh air at 38-31. Strelnieks scored off a steal, Drozdov tried to change things with free throws and Kurbanov boosted the hosts' lead to 41-33. Salenga sank a triple and a buzzer-beating basket by Carter made it a seven-point game, 43-36, at halftime.

Back-to-back baskets by Mavrokefalides and Strelnieks gave Spartak its first double-digit margim 47-36, after the break. It didn't last long, however, as Lyons stepped up with a layup-plus-foul and Drozdov bettered Wright's dunk with a triple. A put-back basket by Lyons made Spartak call timeout at 49-44. Carter rescued Spartak with a jumper but Delaney made free throws and Drozdov nailed his third three-pointer to bring Budivelnik within 51-49. Wright scored again but a dunk by Anisimov and a three-pointer by Lyons completed the guests' comeback, 53-54. Mavrokefalides and Anisimov exchanged baskets and Kurbanov put Spartak back ahead, 57-56. Drozdov dunked it but Mavrokefalidis scored twice in the paint. Anisimov made free throws and a put-back basket by Kurbanov gave Spartak a 63-60 edge after 30 minutes. Kurbanov struck from downtown early in the fourth quarter. Delaney and Dragicevic traded baskets, as the game turned into a physical battle. Dragicevic scored again, Delaney took over with a three-point play but Carter struck from downtown for a 73-65 Spartak lead with 4 minutes left. A jumper by Wright soon made Budivelnik call timeout at 75-65. Delaney scored around the basket, Dragicevic stayed unstoppable with a put-back basket and a three-pointer by Drzodov brought Budivelnik a bit closer, 77-70. Strelnieks and Carter hit back-to-back triples and a buzzer-beating basket by Lyons brought Budivelnik within 83-72, as the series moves to Ukraine for Game 2.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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Referees: RADOVIC, SRETEN; LATISEVS, OLEGS; VYKLICKY, ROBERT
Attendance: 800 (Tentative)
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Spartak St Petersburg
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 STRELNIEKS, JANIS 35:51 12 3/6 2/3   1 3 4 7 2 2 1   2 1 19
5 JOHNSON-ODOM, DARIUS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 KOSHCHEEV, ANDREY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8 WRIGHT, ZACK 32:46 18 7/13 1/1 1/1       7 3 2   1 3 3 19
9 ZAVOUREV, VASILY 6:32         1   1 1             2
11 CARTER, JOSH 28:04 15 3/5 3/7   2 2 4 1 2 1 1   1 3 18
12 MAVROKEFALIDIS, LOUKAS 28:41 17 7/14 1/4   3 2 5 1 3 1     2 1 14
13 KASHIROV, ANATOLY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 KOROLEV, YAROSLAV 10:23 3   1/3           1       1   1
20 DRAGICEVIC, VLADIMIR 19:53 10 4/8   2/2 1 3 4   1   1 1 2 3 12
22 DMITRIEV, FEDOR 5:09                   1     3   -4
41 KURBANOV, NIKITA 32:41 8 2/4 1/5 1/2 5 6 11 1     1 2 3 1 10
Team           3   3               3
Totals 200:00 83 26/50 9/23 4/5 16 16 32 18 12 7 4 4 17 12 94
        52% 39.1% 80%
Head coach: ZDOVC, JURE
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
Budivelnik Kiev
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 LYONS, LEO 36:40 21 6/10 2/3 3/3 3 4 7 3   4 1 2 1 4 24
5 HERASYMCHUK, VIKTOR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6 TSINTSADZE, GEORGE 21:14   0/2       2 2 4   2   1 3 2  
7 KUKSIKS, RIHARDS 11:28   0/1 0/1     1 1 2             1
8 DROZDOV, ARTUR 33:17 16 1/2 4/7 2/2 1   1   2 2 1     1 15
9 IEGOROV, VOLODYMYR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 GORBENKO, SERGIY 9:06           1 1       1   1   1
14 ANISIMOV, MICHAILIS 25:46 12 4/5   4/4   1 1   2 2 1   2 4 15
15 ANIKIIENKO, KOSTIANTYN 8:34 2 1/2       1 1     1     1    
20 SALENGA, DAINIUS 20:21 10 2/3 2/3 0/1   2 2 1   3     1 1 7
23 DELANEY, MALCOLM 33:34 11 4/6 0/3 3/4 1 5 6 3   3   1 3 5 12
25 KRIVTSOV, IGOR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           3 3 6     1         5
Totals 200:00 72 18/31 8/17 12/14 8 20 28 13 4 18 4 4 12 17 80
        58.1% 47.1% 85.7%
Head coach: BAGATSKIS, AINARS

Head Coaches

ZDOVC, JURE
Spartak St Petersburg
"We made a lot of mistakes in the first three quarters, but we played very good in the last quarter. But the result of the series isn’t decided yet. We were very good today in rebounds. Budivelnik is one of the leaders in this component in the Eurocup. But we controlled rebounds, especially offensive rebounds. If we didn’t score, we got another chance to score and to kill the time. We had problems with Anisimov under the basket in the first half and we didn’t stop Lyons, but we expected such game from this player. Now only the first half is finished and we have the advantage of 11 points. We could have won by more but we missed a lot of open shoots. The advantage of 11 points is very dangerous. I would prefer to have 3-4 points. I never had the experience of this in such games. It will be very important to prepare mentally our players for the second game."
BAGATSKIS, AINARS
Budivelnik Kiev
"It was a great pleasure to play here in St. Petersburg against an ambitious team, which has high goals. Spartak’s game today wasn’t surprise for us. But our mistakes were a surprise. Our big men had only 5 offensive rebounds and the rival did under our basket what he wanted. Spartak tried to play aggressively on defense, but when they gave us a freedom we made mistakes. They grabbed 16 offensive rebounds and it’s very good that we lost not by 25 points. When we started to play our basketball in the third quarter everything was ok and if we will respect ourselves and play how we can in Kiev, everything will be ok with us."

Players

STRELNIEKS, JANIS
Spartak St Petersburg
"I don’t want to say too much about this game. It was only the first half of the quarterfinal series and the most important game will be in Kiev. Now we have to forget about this game and we have to play for the victory there and not to keep the difference. I think our defense became the key for victory today though we allowed to the rival to score more than 70 points. We were like a team and we were patient in offense. This helped us win."