Anwil Wloclawek vs. Alba Berlin - Game - Welcome to 7DAYS EuroCup

2010-11Regular SeasonRound 1

November 16, 2010 CET: 19:00

Local time: 19:00 HALA MISTRZOW

Alba Berlin survived a tough test in its opening game in Group H by rallying to beat Anwil 74-86 in Wloclawek, Poland on Tuesday night. Alba ties for first place with Pepsi Caserta at 1-0, with Anwil and Krasnye Krylia right behind at 0-1. All-Eurocup forward Immanuel McElroy led the winners with 20 points. Derrick Allen added 13 while Bryce Taylor and Sven Schultze each had 11 for Alba. Nikola Jovanovic led Anwil with 20 points. Paul Miller added 16, Chris Thomas had 14 while Andrzej Pluta got 12 for the hosts, that opened the game with a 12-4 run and led 44-39 at halftime. Allen led a 0-7 run that put Alba ahead for good after halftime. Another 0-10 run that bridged between the final two quarters broke the game open, 58-74. Anwil managed to get within 73-79 but McElroy and Tadija Dragicevic took care of business in crunch time to lead Alba to a well-deserved road win.

Marko Marinovic got Alba going with a layup but an unstoppable Pluta had 7 points in a 9-0 run that allowed Anwil to get the lead, 9-2. Allen scored down low but Jovanovic bettered that with a triple, good for a 12-4 score. Allen insisted with free throws and Dragicevic struck from downtown but Miller and Thomas allowed the hosts to stay way ahead, 16-9. Allen sank a jumper and split free throws and Julius Jenkins soon added a three-pointer to bring Alba back to life, 18-15. Jovanovic buried another triple but Taylor and Yassin Idbihi got Alba even closer, 21-20. Free throws by Thomas and Pluta allowed Anwil to get a 26-22 edge after 10 minutes. Jovanovic scored again and Hicks added back-to-back layup but Taylor singlehandedly kept Alba in the game, 32-28, early in the second quarter. Eric Hicks scored again and Jovanovic struck from downtown to boost the hosts' lead to 37-28. Alba improved its defense while Hollis Price and Taylor allowed Alba to get within 37-33. A three-point play McElroy and a foul shots by Jenkins kept Alba within 39-37. Miller sank a triple and Dardan Berisha added a jumper for a 44-39 Anwil edge at halftime.

Back-to-back baskets by Allen ignited a 0-7 run that Marinovic capped with a triple to give Alba a 44-46 lead right after the break. Jovanovic and Miller tried to change things for the hosts but Schultze struck twice from downtown and Jenkins added a layup-plus-foul for a 49-56 Alba lead. Anwil found a go-to guy in Thomas, who followed free throws with a triple that got the hosts within 56-59. McElroy followed a wild three-point play with a big basket but a layup by Jovanovic kept Anwil within 58-64. Schultze downed a three-pointer and Marinovic copied him soon after that for a 58-70 Alba margin after 30 minutes. McElroy sank a jumper and Taylor capped a game-breaking 0-10 run with a layup, good for a 58-74 score. An 8-0 run highlighted by Thomas' dunk allowed Anwil to get some hope, 66-74, with under 6 minutes left. Price stepped up with a layup and silenced the crowd with a three-pointer but Miller, Thomas and Pluta still kept Anwil in the game, 73-79. McElroy scored off a steal and a put-back layup by Dragicevic sealed the outcome, 73-84, allowing Alba to escape with a difficult road win.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

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Referees: BULTO, VICENTE; LUCIS, OSKARS; JOVOVIC, ALFRED

Attendance: 3000 (Tentative)

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Anwil Wloclawek	26	18	14	16
Alba Berlin	22	17	31	16

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Anwil Wloclawek	26	44	58	74
Alba Berlin	22	39	70	86

Anwil Wloclawek

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
4	BERISHA, DARDAN	14:54	2	1/4	0/1			2	2	3					2		1
5	HICKS, ERIC	17:21	6	3/7				1	1			2			1	2	2
7	MODRIC, STIPE	9:31		0/1	0/1	0/2	2	1	3			2			2	1	-4
8	JOVANOVIC, NIKOLA	30:29	20	3/6	3/3	5/7	1	2	3	3	1	3			1	6	24
9	THOMAS, CHRIS	32:49	14	1/8	1/2	9/9		3	3	6	1	2			1	9	22
10	PLUTA, ANDRZEJ	25:06	12	2/2	1/2	5/5	1		1	2		2			2	4	14
13	PIETRZAK, MICHAL	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	MAJEWSKI, LUKASZ	24:59	1	0/1	0/1	1/2	1	3	4	2	1				4	2	3
19	CELEJ, TOMASZ	15:01	3		1/2			1	1			3			4		-4
21	CZERWINSKI, PATRYK	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	THOMPSON, DARRYL	7:11		0/3				1	1	1							-1
45	MILLER, PAUL	22:39	16	6/7	1/1	1/1		2	2						4		13
	Team						2	2	4								4
	Totals	200:00	74	16/39	7/13	21/26	7	18	25	17	3	14	0	0	21	24	74
				41%	53.8%	80.8%

Head coach: GRISZCZUK, IGOR

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

Alba Berlin

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
6	SCHULTZE, SVEN	17:11	11	1/2	3/5			2	2			1			2	1	8
10	PRICE, HOLLIS	19:06	7	2/2	1/4			1	1	1					2		4
11	JENKINS, JULIUS	27:34	7	1/4	1/3	2/2		1	1	6	1	3			2	5	10
13	FEMERLING, PATRICK	10:10	2	1/2		0/1		1	1			1			1	1
14	MARINOVIC, MARKO	20:41	5	1/2	1/1			1	1	1					2	1	5
15	ALLEN, DERRICK	15:14	13	5/10		3/4	4	6	10	2		1			4	3	17
20	DRAGICEVIC, TADIJA	31:40	6	1/3	1/1	1/2	2	3	5	4	1	4			4	2	7
23	McELROY, IMMANUEL	31:42	20	7/8	0/2	6/7	1	2	3	2	4	2			1	6	28
24	STAIGER, LUCCA	2:22
34	IDBIHI, YASSIN	11:59	4	1/1	0/1	2/2		1	1			2			4	1	-1
44	TAYLOR, BRYCE	12:21	11	4/5	1/1			1	1						2	1	10
	Team						1	2	3								3
	Totals	200:00	86	24/39	8/18	14/18	8	21	29	16	6	14	0	0	24	21	91
				61.5%	44.4%	77.8%

Head coach: PAVICEVIC, LUKA

Head Coaches

GRISZCZUK, IGOR

Anwil Wloclawek

"I want to congratulate Alba Berlin. They played a very good game, even when we also played well in the first half. Until then, we played as a team, tried to find the best answers on the court and took advantage of Alba’s mistakes. I think that we lost because we lacked a little bit of patience. Alba scored some easy points early in the third quarter, made some fast breaks and in that moment, we strongly wanted to cut our deficit. We did it too quickly and made some stupid mistakes in the end. Our biggest problems came at pick-and-roll situations. Alba played so many actions like that and thanks to them, they scored too many easy points. We need to work in this issue. I also want to say that we haven’t played in European competitions for two years and it was visible. I think that we will be better in the upcoming games."

PAVICEVIC, LUKA

Alba Berlin

"First of all, I would like to congratulate my players for a very important win here in Wloclawek. If we are ambitious and want to get to the next round, we need to win all home games and try to steal one, maybe two wins on the road. We managed to do this tonight. I think that Alba is a better team than Anwil this season and in a certain way, we were the favourite tonight. However, Wloclawek is a strong basketball court and Anwil is able to beat better teams with this roster and coach Griszczuk on the bench. This is why it was a very important win for us. There were some difficult moments in this game when we need to do our best and prove our strength on the court. We did it and I am really happy to once again congratulate my players."

Players

DRAGICEVIC, TADIJA

Alba Berlin

"I want to express my strong congratulations to my teammates and I would like to congratulate Anwil. They played fair and the fought for all 40 minutes. We didn't play well in the first half and Anwil was able to find some mistakes in our defense. They just played the game like they wanted. We played much better after the break, especially in defense. We made some corrections, played like a real team and just won."

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