2012-13Regular SeasonRound 1
November 07, 2012 CET: 18:00
Local time: 19:00 SPORTS HALL DRUZHBA
Mantas Kalnietis - PBC Lokomotiv Kuban (photo BC Donetsk)Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar was the first team to record a road win in difficult Group E by topping BC Donetsk 75-78 in Ukraine on Wednesday. Mantas Kalnietis led the winners with 17 points. Jimmy Baron added 14 while Simas Jasaitis had 13 for Lokomotiv. Ramel Curry had 23 points for Donetsk and Vojdan Stojanovski added 13. Kalnietis and Andrey Zubkov shined early to give Lokomotiv a 8-21 margin. Curry rescued Donetsk and brought his team within 17-23 late in the first quarter. He got some help from Stojanovski and Ivan Radenovic to bring the hosts even closer, 36-37, near halftime. A three-pointer by Stojanovski completed the hosts' comeback, 49-48, after the break. Jasaitis and Kalnietis stepped up for Lokomotiv and Nick Calathes shined early in the fourth quarter to make it a nine-point game, 62-71, with over 4 minutes left. Curry singlehandedly brought Donetsk within 75-76 with 9 seconds to go but Baron made free throws and the hosts could not shoot in its final possession.

Aleks Maric got Lokomotiv going with a layup that Curry matched with a jumper. It didn't last long, however, as a three-pointer by Baron sparked a 0-9 run that Zubkov capped with a jumper that made Donetsk call timeout at 2-11. Stojanovski rescued the hosts with a jumper with free throws but Kalnietis and Jasaitis made it a double-digit game, 6-16. Zubkov scored again and a three-pointer by Kalnietis boosted the guests' margin to 8-21. Curry and Dainius Salenga rescued Donetsk and a jumper by Dmytro Gliebov brought the hosts within 17-23. Aleksey Savrasenko fixed the score at 17-25 after 10 minutes. Zubkov and Denys Lukashov traded baskets early in the second quarter and a jumper by Kalnietis restored a 19-29 Lokomotiv margin. Lukashov and Baron exchanged triples and Kalnietis scored again but Radenovic and Curry combined for all points in a 7-0 run that brought Donetsk back to life, 29-34. Jasaitis scored again but Curry stayed on fire and got some help from Stojanovski to make it a one-point game, 36-37. Maric and Kalneitis stepped up right when Lokomotiv needed it most to boost the guests' margin to 36-40 at halftime.

Ramel Curry - BC Donetsk (photo BC Donetsk)Songaila hit consecutive jumpers right after the break to tie the game at 40-40. Kalovan Ivanov scored twice in the paint but a jumper by Jasaitis and back-to-back three-pointers by Baron kept Lokomotiv ahead, 44-48. Gliebov kept pacing Donetsk with a layup and a three-pointer by Stojanovski completed the hosts' comeback, 49-48. Jasaitis answered from downtown and Kalnietis scored off a steal to put Lokomotiv back ahead, 49-53. A three-pointer by Lukashov and free throws by Stojanovski provided another lead change, 54-53. Radenovic scored in the paint but Kalnietis struck from downtown and fed Savrasenko for a layup that fixed the score at 56-58 after 30 minutes. Savrasenko scored again early in the fourth quarter and Calathes erased Lukashov's basket with a layup for a 58-62 Lokomotiv lead. Songaila and Lukashov stepped up with consecutive baskets to bring Donetsk a bit closer, 62-64, with 7 minutes to go. A three-point play by Maxim Sheleketo ignited a 0-7 run that Calathes capped with a jumper that made it a nine-point game, 62-71. Curry took over with a jumper, a dunk and a three-pointer to get Donetsk within 71-74 with 57 seconds left. Kalnietis and Sheleketo split free throws and Curry brought Donetsk within 75-76 with 9 seconds to go. Baron did not miss from the foul line and Donetsk could not shoot in the its final possession.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Referees: BIRICIK, MURAT; VOJINOVIC, RADOMIR; KARTAL, ERSAN
Attendance: 2800 (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
5 LUKASHOV, DENYS 19:52 12 3/3 2/2   1 4 5 1   1     5   12
6 FISCHER, DOR 19:35   0/2       2 2     1 3   3 1  
7 CURRY, RAMEL 34:08 23 4/9 4/6 3/4   5 5 2   3     1 2 20
8 STOJANOVSKI, VOJDAN 35:13 13 1/3 1/4 8/8   1 1 3         2 5 15
9 SONGAILA, DARIUS 19:36 8 4/6     2 3 5 2   3     3 4 11
10 MALYSH, ANDRIY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 RADENOVIC, IVAN 19:07 8 3/6   2/7   3 3     4   1 3 6 1
14 PUSTOZVONOV, MAKSYM 19:47   0/3     1 1 2 2         1 1 1
21 ANTYPOV, OLEKSANDR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
24 GLIEBOV, DMYTRO 10:54 4 2/2             1           5
55 IVANOV, KALOYAN 21:48 7 3/4 0/1 1/2 2 2 4 1   1     4 3 7
Team             4 4     4          
Totals 200:00 75 20/38 7/13 14/21 6 25 31 11 1 17 3 1 22 22 72
        52.6% 53.8% 66.7%
Head coach: BERROCAL, JOSEP MARIA
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
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 GRIGORYEV, MAXIM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 SHABALKIN, NIKITA 1:28                   1     1   -2
8 SAVRASENKO, ALEKSEY 18:14 6 3/5   0/1 1   1 1 1       3 2 5
9 KALNIETIS, MANTAS 38:00 17 4/6 2/5 3/7   3 3 8 1 1   1 5 7 20
12 ZUBKOV, ANDREY 21:14 6 3/4 0/2         1       1 2   1
13 JASAITIS, SIMAS 25:52 13 5/6 1/5   2 3 5     1     1 1 12
14 KOLYUSHKIN, MAXIM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 BARON, JIMMY 35:16 14 0/4 4/6 2/2 2   2 1 2 1     4 3 11
22 MARIC, ALEKS 21:36 9 4/9   1/2 3 5 8   2 2   1 4 4 10
33 CALATHES, NICK 16:03 9 4/6 0/1 1/2   6 6   1         1 13
45 SHELEKETO, MAKSIM 22:17 4 1/2 0/4 2/5 1 1 2       1   3 3 -1
Team           1 1 2               2
Totals 200:00 78 24/42 7/23 9/19 10 19 29 11 7 6 1 3 23 21 71
        57.1% 30.4% 47.4%
Head coach: PASHUTIN, EVGENY

Head Coaches

BERROCAL, JOSEP MARIA
Donetsk
"Of course it is very bad that we started the Eurocup with a loss. But we need to stay positive. We started the game very bad, but found the force to come back in the game. The main reason of our loss is too many turnovers in the last minutes of the game when everything was open for both teams.Our players lost concentration and that was the key factor."
PASHUTIN, EVGENY
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
"It was hard game and a good fight. The most important for us is getting a good away victory. Our main goal was to stop the main leaders of Donetsk, Ramel Curry and Darius Songaila. With Songaila we succeeded, but we failed to stop Curry, and he made his shots. Also, it was important to keep our rhythm. We are still in the process of building our team chemistry."

Players

LUKASHOV, DENYS
Donetsk
"We had some positives in our team's game but still don't have a positive result. Today we made too many mistakes in the last, most important minutes when we made stupid turnovers and could not finish our offenses. That cost us the win."
BARON, JIMMY
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
"It was a very hard game for both teams. Our good game oin defense helped us to get this win. Donetsk is very hard opponent with top players like Curry and Songaila. To stop these two was our main aim."