Unics Kazan vs. Asseco Prokom Gdynia

2011-12Regular SeasonRound 9

Unics Kazan 68

Asseco Prokom Gdynia 41

December 15, 2011 CET: 17:00

Local time: 20:00 BASKET HALL KAZAN

Unics Kazan dominated Asseco Prokom 68-41

Top 16 qualifier Unics didn't have any problems to blast Asseco Prokom at home on Thursday afternoon by 68-41. The defense of the hosts beat a record in the process as it kept Prokom to 11 points in the first half. The win allows already-qualified Unics to improve its record to 6-3 in Group D while Asseco Prokom who was eliminated before this game, drops to 1-8. Henry Domercant led the way for the winners with 18 points, Terrell Lyday added 12 and Kelly McCarty posted 10. For Prokom, only Jerel Blassingame scored in double digits with his 10 points.

Unics started strong with Petr Samoylenko aggressively attacking the basket of the guests, but Adam Lapeta slammed the ball to tie for Asseco Prokom. However, the hosts started getting their act together and soon Mike Wilkinson and Terrell Lyday teamed up to make it 7-2 for Unics. The defense of the hosts was kepping the offense of Prokom down and Henry Domercant blasted a new three for 12-6. Unics was also dominating the rebounds battle at 11-4 at this point and the guests were stuck at 3 of 12 two-point shots. Finally, Lyday closed the first period with a new triple for a 19-6 after 10 minutes and a 10-0 burst.

The second quarter was an extension of the last minutes of the first one. Unics was keeping the Prokom defense totally blacked out while the hosts kept on adding points. Oliver Lafayette scored one free throw for the guests and the 21-7 but the hosts kept on working and soon, Kelly McCarty points made it 29-7. Donatas Motiejunas and Przemyslaw Zamojski managed to chain two straight baskets for the guests for the 30-11 but McCarty was back on track with four more points of his own to close the first half at 35-11, Prokom's points being the lowest ever by a team in one half in a Euroleague regular season game, the previous mark being 14 points by KRKA Novo Mesto against CSKA Moscow in November of 2003.

Things looked a little better for Asseco Prokom starting the second half as Adam Hrycaniuk was soring a few buckets for the guests, but the difference was too big already and, on the other side, Unics was not slowing down either so as Domercant and Lyday teamed up to blast more threes, the score was up to 50-21 again forcing a new Prokom timeout. The hosts were at 6 of 7 threes at this point while Prokom was 1 of 15 and the rebounds battle was still lopsided in favor of the hosts. The lead of Unics soared to the 30 points when Samoylenko added points for the 54-24 but the guests had the last word in the third period with a Lukasz Seweryn three to make it 54-27.

In the last period, the story didn't change. Unics started with a 10-0 burst while Prokom onl found its first points in minute 5 of the quarter for 64-26 after Jerel Blassingame's bucket. Motiejunas soon added a three to that allowed the guests to improve their image a little. Unics never stopped working but when Blassingame hit two free throws for 66-37 even the hosts slowed down a little as the clock ticked away for the final buzzer.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Euroleague.net

Referees: BOLTAUZER, MATEJ; HERCEG, SINISA; CIULIN, MARIUS

Attendance: 4000 (Tentative)

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Unics Kazan	19	16	19	14
Asseco Prokom Gdynia	6	5	16	14

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Unics Kazan	19	35	54	68
Asseco Prokom Gdynia	6	11	27	41

Unics Kazan

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
4	LYDAY, TERRELL	20:01	12	3/6	2/2			2	2	4	1	3	1	1	2	3	14
5	GOLOVIN, DMITRY	4:53	2	1/2	0/1										1		-1
7	ZAMANSKIY, IGOR	4:53										1			1		-2
9	SAMOYLENKO, PETR	25:06	4	2/2	0/4		1	4	5	5	2				3	3	12
11	PASHUTIN, ZAKHAR	13:30	3	0/2	1/1			2	2		1				1		3
13	GREER, LYNN	10:42	1			1/2		1	1	2	1				2	1	3
14	SAVRASENKO, ALEKSEY	17:25	6	3/4			1	5	6	1		1			4	2	9
15	GUBANOV, PETR	16:38	2	1/1	0/1	0/1	2		2	1	1	2			2	1	1
21	McCARTY, KELLY	19:59	10	3/5		4/4		3	3			2				4	13
32	JAWAI, NATE	22:35	5	0/5		5/8	3	6	9	1	1	3			1	5	9
44	DOMERCANT, HENRY	25:49	18	1/6	4/5	4/4	2	6	8			1			1	3	21
54	WILKINSON, MIKE	18:29	5	1/2	1/6		2	1	3				1		1		2
	Team							2	2								2
	Totals	200:00	68	15/35	8/20	14/19	11	32	43	14	7	13	2	1	19	22	86
				42.9%	40%	73.7%

Head coach: PASHUTIN, EVGENY

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

Asseco Prokom Gdynia

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
5	LAFAYETTE, OLIVER	22:25	6	1/5	1/6	1/3	1	2	3			2		1	1	4	-2
6	SIKORA, SLAWOMIR	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	SEWERYN, LUKASZ	10:34	3		1/2												2
10	BLASSINGAME, JEREL	22:58	10	3/4	0/4	4/4		2	2	4	2	2			4	5	12
11	MOTIEJUNAS, DONATAS	30:15	7	2/5	1/4		2	4	6		1	1			3	3	7
12	DMITRIEV, FEDOR	12:16		0/3				2	2	2							1
15	FRASUNKIEWICZ, PRZEMYSLAW	17:58			0/1			2	2	1	2	1				1	4
16	LAPETA, ADAM	19:41	4	2/2	0/1		1	2	3			3	1		4	1	1
17	ZAMOJSKI, PRZEMYSLAW	21:52	5	1/5	1/5		2	2	4			1			2		-2
20	SZCZOTKA, PIOTR	20:38		0/3	0/1		1	3	4	1	2	1		1	4	1	-2
24	KUEBLER, MICHAEL	3:35		0/1				1	1			1			2		-3
34	HRYCANIUK, ADAM	17:48	6	2/8		2/5	3		3						2	4	2
	Team						1		1			3					-2
	Totals	200:00	41	11/36	4/24	7/12	11	20	31	8	7	15	1	2	22	19	18
				30.6%	16.7%	58.3%

Head coach: PACESAS, TOMAS

Head Coaches

PASHUTIN, EVGENY

Unics Kazan

"I’m pleased with the result of the match and with the way my team did on the court. In my opinion, good defense is the main constituent of this victory, and I’m pleased we have a good indicator of just the 41 points conceded. We played well in offense as well, keeping a good balance between offensive and defensive play. We had a good rotation, involving all the 12 players, all of them were one team, one orchestra. We proved it was not by chance that we have entered the Top 16. However, we have got some more tasks to achieve, one of which will be to better our offensive play."

PACESAS, TOMAS

Asseco Prokom Gdynia

"I’d like to congratulate Unics for a good game. They are having a fruitful Euroleague season this year. They have qualified to the Top 16, and have got good chances to climb up even higher. Unics is a good team. They have got a strong and a well-balanced roster, with experienced players in almost the positions. We played not so well, especially in the first two quarters, and what is more sad about it all, Unics didn’t have to try hard to defeat us. We lost to the hosts in almost all the components of the game. After two good games, which we had against Union Olimpija and Lietuvos Rytas, we lost so badly today. We are a young team, and such game should be of great use for us. We should learn from our mistakes."

Players

PASHUTIN, ZAKHAR

Unics Kazan

"We had a very good start in the game. We expected, that Prokom would play more aggressively, but we have managed to stop their leaders, who couldn’t find the right way to deal us since the very start. They managed to cut back the difference after the break, however our snipers shot well and almost left no chances for our opponents to recover. We are very happy we have managed to win. Every game before the New Year is of great importance for us since we had had a number of players in our roster recovering after the injuries."

DMITRIEV, FEDOR

Asseco Prokom Gdynia

"Well, what to say... It was the first and the only game we played this season in such a bad way. There was no passion in our game, and our opponents have punished us for that. We will have to analyze the game to draw conclusions."

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