2009-10TournamentRound 4
SALLE SONJA HENIE
Rafa Freire - Unicaja - NIJT Final Four Paris 2010Unicaja made a big step today with its 2nd win in the Nike International Junior Tournament following a 64-52 triumph against Benetton Basket on Friday afternoon in Paris, France. With this win Unicaja stands on a 2-0 record and has a chance to make the final game on Sunday, while Benetton dropped to 0-2. Tomorrow Unicaja will take on FMP to decide the winner of Group A while Benetton will look for its first victory against KK Split Croatia Osiguranje. Unicaja scored only 20 points in the first half but recovered after the break, took over the game and never looked back. Rafa Freire led Unicaja with 18 points and 10 rebounds while Deme Mambaye added 14. Alessandro Zanelli and Pavlin Ivanov hit 13 points each for Benetton.

After 4 minutes in the game Unicaja took an 8-2 lead, but allowed Benetton to score easy buckets aroud the rim and tie the game at 8-8. Tautvydas Sabonis, the son of Euroleague legend Arvydas, gave Unicaja a 14-12 lead at the end of the first quarter, but once the second quarter started, his team went silent. After 8 minutes Unicaja still had only 2 points in its bucket, but Benetton struggled as well and couldn't create a massive run, yet still held a 20-24 lead at the break. The second half showed a totally new face for Unicaja as Freire picked up his game and Mambaye played hard. Jose Pozas stepped up with 5 points in a row late in the 3rd to create the first substantial lead for Unicaja, 40-32, but Zanelli kept Beneton in the game. Mambaye with another dunk and Freier with a three pointer made sure the lead won't change hands, and when Victor Leon scored from the arc the game saw its first double-digit lead, 54-44 after 35 minutes. Benetton answered with 5 quick points, but Freire dished a big pass to Leon who scored once more from the three point line, and from here Benetton didn't come back again.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Yarone Arbel, Euroleague.net, Paris
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Referees: LOPES, LUIS; SHARRO, LAHDO; JURAS, JASMINA; DE WISPELAERE, A.
Attendance: 200 (Tentative)
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  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
6 ZANELLI, ALESSANDRO 29:14 13 4/9 1/2 2/3   4 4 4 1 5   2 3 4 9
7 BOARO, NICOLA 1:54           1 1               1
8 ZANATTA, PAOLO 13:17 4 0/2 1/5 1/2 1   1           1 1 -2
9 VALESIN, GIANLUCA 24:44 2 0/4 0/3 2/2 1 3 4 2 2 3     3 2 -1
12 MARINI, ANDREA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 GASPARDO, RAPHAEL 28:45 4 1/7 0/1 2/2 2 4 6   3       3 1 4
14 IVANOV, PAVLIN 31:09 13 4/9 1/8 2/2 2 6 8 2 1 1       3 14
15 DE PAOLI, LUDOVICO 23:52 4 2/8     2 4 6     2   1 5 1 -3
16 IACOPINI, ROCCO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 MAZIC, ARMIN 23:54 4 2/4 0/4     2 2 1 1 2     3 1 -2
22 ARMELLIN, PAOLO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 QUARISA , ANDREA 23:11 8 3/8   2/4 5 6 11   1 1     1 2 13
Team           1 6 7     1         6
Totals 200:00 52 16/51 3/23 11/15 14 36 50 9 9 15 0 3 19 15 39
        31.4% 13% 73.3%
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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
IJT UNICAJA
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 POZAS, JOSE 18:18 5 1/2 1/4 0/2   6 6     1     1 2 5
5 LUZ, RAFA 32:55 18 3/4 2/5 6/6   10 10 2 1 6     3 3 21
6 FAIFR, SAMUEL 11:25 2 1/3 0/3   1   1           1 2 -1
7 CIANO, NICOLAS 17:30 5 1/1 1/5     1 1   2 1     2 1 2
8 PEREZ, DANIEL 9:40 2 1/2       1 1           1   1
9 CONDE, LUIS 17:28 1 0/1 0/3 1/2 2 3 5 2   1     3 1  
10 MAMBAYE, DEME 30:43 14 5/9 0/3 4/7 1 6 7 1 1 2 3     3 17
11 SABONIS, TAUTVYDAS 25:51 5 1/5 0/2 3/4 3 5 8 1 1 4     2 4 6
12 LEON, VICTOR 10:21 6 0/1 2/4                   2   1
13 FERNANDEZ, MANUEL DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 FALL, MALICK 17:17 4 1/6   2/2 1 3 4     4       1  
15 SVANDRLIK, JAN 8:32 2 0/1 0/1 2/2 1 1 2     1       1 2
Team           1 3 4               4
Totals 200:00 64 14/35 6/30 18/25 10 39 49 6 5 20 3 0 15 18 58
        40% 20% 72%
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