2013-14Regular SeasonRound 9
December 11, 2013 CET: 20:30
Local time: 20:30 PALASERRADIMIGNI
Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari won Group B by downing Cedevita Zagreb 77-68 at home on Wednesday. Sassari improved to 7-2, clinches first place and is the only qualified team in Group B. Cedevita dropped to 5-4 but will qualify if it beats Elan Chalon next week. A loss, however, could send Cedevita out of the competition. Omar Thomas paced the winners with 21 points and 8 rebounds. Caleb Green added 20 points on 7-of-8 two-point shots while Drake Diener had 12 points for Sassari, which was without Travis Diener. Nolan Smith led Cedevita with 19 points. Allan Ray and Goran Suton each had 10 for the guests, who rallied from a double-digit deficit to tie the game, 41-41, soon after the break. An outstanding Caleb Green and a buzzer-beating triple by Manuel Vanuzzo allowed Sassari to get a 65-53 margin after 30 minutes and the hosts never looked back.

Caleb Green and Marques Green combined for 7 points in a 9-2 opening run. Suton struck from downtown but Thomas soon gave Sassari an 13-5 lead. Suton kept pacing Cedevita and a three-pointer by Ray brought the guests within 16-13. Thomas and Brian Sacchetti made Sassari restore a 23-18 margin after 10 minutes. Three-pointers by Drake Diener and Giacomo DeVecchi boosted the hosts' lead to 29-21 early in the second quarter. A jumper by Drake Diener soon made it a double-digit game, 33-22. Jusuf Nurkic and Smith rescued Cedevita. Smith followed a jumper with a layup to bring Cedevita as close as 35-34 at halftime. A jumper by Luka Babic and back-to-back baskets by Suton helped Cedevita to tie the game, 41-41, soon after the break. Thomas and Drake Diener struck from downtown and a dunk by Caleb Green gave Sassari fresh air at 49-43. Babic kept pacing Cedevita but an unstoppable Caleb Green boosted the hosts' lead to 57-48. Caleb Green followed a three-point play with a layup and a buzzer-beating triple by Vanuzzo fixed the score at 65-53 after 30 minutes. Sassari tried to run the game clock down early in the fourth quarter and a put-back layup by Caleb Green sealed the outcome, 69-58, with over 3 minutes left. Cedevita kept trying but all Sassari fans had plenty of time to celebrate that their team will keep fighting for Eurocup glory!
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
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Referees: KOROMILAS, ELIAS; BARDERA, REGIS; MICHAELIDES, MARKOS
Attendance: 2950 (Tentative)
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Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari23123012
Cedevita Zagreb18161915
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Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari23356577
Cedevita Zagreb18345368
Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 GREEN, MARQUES 28:55 9 3/4 0/2 3/4 1 2 3 8 3 2     3 3 17
5 FERNANDEZ, JUAN 13:25   0/1 0/2   1   1 1   2     2 2 -3
6 GREEN, CALEB 28:26 20 7/8 1/8 3/3 2 5 7 1 1       1 4 24
7 REINHOLT, ESBEN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8 DEVECCHI, GIACOMO 20:09 5 0/1 1/3 2/2   3 3 1     1   2 2 7
12 DIENER, TRAVIS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 JOHNSON, LINTON 23:49 2 1/4     1 3 4 1 1 3   1 5 2 -2
14 SACCHETTI, BRIAN 11:00 3 0/1 1/4     1 1 1         1 1 1
16 DIENER, DRAKE 27:26 12 3/6 2/6     1 1     1     2 2 5
18 VANUZZO, MANUEL 10:02 3   1/3                     1 2
32 TESSITORI, AMEDEO 6:43 2 1/1       1 1 1   1     4   -1
33 THOMAS, OMAR 30:05 21 6/10 2/2 3/4 4 4 8 4 2 1     2 3 30
Team           1 2 3               3
Totals 200:00 77 21/36 8/30 11/13 10 22 32 18 7 10 1 1 22 20 83
        58.3% 26.7% 84.6%
Head coach: SACCHETTI, ROMEO
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
Cedevita Zagreb
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 MAZALIN, LOVRO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 ZUBCIC, TOMISLAV 15:40 5 2/2 0/1 1/2 2 2 4           1 1 7
7 RAMLJAK, IVAN 26:17 8 3/3 0/1 2/6 4 4 8   1 1 1   5 5 12
8 MUSTAPIC, JAKOV 5:02   0/1                         -1
9 BABIC, LUKA 21:28 7 2/2 1/2         2   4     2   2
11 SMITH, NOLAN 33:15 19 8/15 0/3 3/5 1 5 6 4 3 2   1 2 4 19
13 RAY, ALLAN 30:39 10 1/5 2/3 2/4   8 8 5   3     3 4 14
14 SUTON, GORAN 27:58 10 2/3 2/5   1 2 3 1 1 3     3 1 6
15 BILAN, MIRO 14:20 3 1/4   1/4 3 2 5           1 4 5
23 NURKIC, JUSUF 16:46 6 3/4     1 2 3   1 3     3 1 4
24 BALTIC, IVO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 BAZDARIC, MARINO 8:35     0/2                     2  
Team             4 4               4
Totals 200:00 68 22/39 5/17 9/21 12 29 41 12 6 16 1 1 20 22 72
        56.4% 29.4% 42.9%
Head coach: REPESA, JASMIN

Head Coaches

SACCHETTI, ROMEO
Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari
"I'm pleased with the team's attitude today, especially because they were aggressive from the beginning. We had a really great game, full of intensity even without scoring excellent shots. We played against a strong physical team and I tried also to make various rotations during the game. In the last quarter they had 10 rebounds more than us. We also had a bad three- point shooting percentage, but it was intense and with this kind of attitude and spirit we can win these kinds of games."

Players

THOMAS, OMAR
Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari
"I'm really happy. We were well prepared for the game especially against their big men. We are improving our level of basketball and we played as team with a great distribution of shots. I always try to help the team. It's great to have 10 wins in a row, but we take it one game at a time."
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