Oscar Alvarado - La Caja de Canarias Gran Canaria- NIJT Berlin 2009La Caja de Canarias Gran Canaria became the first team to record a win at the Euroleague Basketball Nike International Junior Tournament by downing Union Olimpija Ljubljana 64-78 in Group A on Thursday afternoon. Point guard Oscar Alvarado paced the winners with 21 points and 5 assists. Rafael Rodriguez added 13 points while Bakary Konate posted a double-double - 10 points, 15 rebounds - for Gran Canaria. Nejc Buda led Olimpija with 15 points. Andriy Lebedintsev added 14, Gezim Morina had 11 while Luka Voncina got 10 for the Slovenian powerhouse, that led 23-21 after 10 minutes. Nejc dominated throughout the second quarter, reaching halftime with 10 points and 7 rebounds. Morina and Voncina also struck from downtown to boost their team's lead to 41-32 at the break. Granca found a go-to guy in Rodriguez, as he had 9 points in the third quarter. He got some help from floor general Alvarado to bring their team back to life, 54-52, after 20 minutes. Jesus Lopez followed a critical three-pointer with a layup-plus-foul to complete Gran Canaria's comeback, 59-60. Konate led his team's defense in cruch time, while Alvarado followed free throws with a three-pointer to seal the outcome, 62-71, with 3 minutes to go.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Vladimir Stankovic, Berlin
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Referees: VYKLICKY, ROBERT; JURAS, JASMINA; GELLER, RENAUD
Attendance: 200
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UNION OLIMPIJA LJUBLJANA23181310
LA CAJA DE CANARIAS GRAN CANARIA21112026
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UNION OLIMPIJA LJUBLJANA
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
3 MICIC, DJORDJE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4 VONCINA, LUKA 23:25 10 2/3 2/5   2 2 4 1   4   1 3 2 5
5 SARAJLIJA, MIRZA 26:23 6 1/1 1/6 1/2   2 2   1 3     3 3  
7 GLAVAS, MIHA 26:53 4 2/3   0/1       2   2 1 1 3 1  
8 LEBEDINTSEV, ANDRIY 30:12 14 3/8 2/4 2/2 2 3 5 2 2 2     4 1 11
9 GRUM, LUKA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 MORINA, GEZIM 34:40 11 4/7 1/5   1 6 7 1 1 2   1 3 3 10
12 SIRNIK, MATIC 13:33 2 1/1 0/4     3 3 1   1     2 1  
14 RADULOVIC, BOJAN 14:37 2 1/3       3 3     2     2   -1
15 BUDA, NEJC 21:32 15 7/13   1/2 5 4 9   1 3     5 2 12
17 LONCAREVIC, MLADEN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22 PETROVIC, FILIP 8:45   0/1 0/2     1 1   1       1   -2
Team           3 1 4               4
Totals 200:00 64 21/40 6/26 4/7 13 25 38 7 6 19 1 3 26 13 39
        52.5% 23.1% 57.1%
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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
LA CAJA DE CANARIAS GRAN CANARIA
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 CAZORLA, JONAY 7:13         2 1 3     1       1 3
6 JAROS, MILAN 18:18 7 2/5 1/1   1 1 2           2 1 5
7 SANTANA, FABIO 6:48     0/2         1             -1
08 LOPEZ, JESUS 15:26 6 1/2 1/3 1/1 1 1 2 1   2     3 1 2
9 DELGADO, DAVID 4:12                         1   -1
10 RODRIGUEZ, RAFAEL 19:00 13 5/6   3/3 1 2 3 1 1 2 1     4 20
11 KONATE, BAKARY 29:01 10 5/8     5 10 15   4 1 2   2 3 28
12 LOPEZ, ALEJANDRO 21:19 5 0/3 0/3 5/10   2 2 3 1 3     3 6  
13 DOMINGUEZ, SAMUEL 25:28 9 3/4   3/4 1 1 2     1       2 10
14 DIAZ, CHRISTIAN 20:03 7 2/7 1/3     1 1 1   2   1 2   -3
17 ALVARADO, OSCAR 33:12 21 5/9 2/9 5/6 1 3 4 5 2 4       8 24
Team           3 6 9               9
Totals 200:00 78 23/44 5/21 17/24 15 28 43 12 8 16 3 1 13 26 96
        52.3% 23.8% 70.8%
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