2008-09Last 16Round 3
February 10, 2009 CET: 17:30
Local time: 17:30 CENTAR MILLENIUM

Hemofarm Stada took over second place in Group K with a comfortable 88-73 victory at home over Serbian rival Crvena Zvezda. Hemofarm improved its record to 2-1 in the group by holding Crvena Zvezda to 39% two-point shooting and 35% on three-pointers. Crvena Zvezda dropped to 1-2 in the Last 16 group. After a back-and-forth first quarter, Hemofarm took early control of the game with an 11-0 second quarter run and a 12-point lead. Crvena Zvezda had the deficit to 5 points at halftime but Hemofarm opened the third period with a 13-0 run. And an 8-0 surge pushed the gap to 21 points later in the third. Crvena Zvezda tried one more comeback but another 8-0 Hemofarm run in the fourth finished off the victory. Miljan Pavkovic hit 4 three-pointers in scoring 16 points along with 5 assists. Milan Macvan added 15 points and 9 rebounds. Stefan Markovic scored 13 points, Bojan Krstovic had 12 and Milos Borisov chipped in 10 points. Crvena Zvezda, which was without big man Lawrence Roberts, was led by 14 points from Boris Bakic. Vladimir Stimac added 12 points and three other players - Andre Owens, Marko Keselj and Mirko Kovac - all tallied 9 points.

Crvena Zvezda jumped ahead 0-4 on a Stimac dunk and two Marko Marinovic free throws. Krstovic got Hemofarm on the board with a three-pointer to start a 7-0 run for a 7-4 lead. Keselj hit back-to-back baskets to push Crvena Zvezda back ahead 7-9. Nebojsa Joksimovic and Krstovic nailed consecutive triples and Hemofarm took its biggest lead of the quarter at 13-9. Crvena Zvezda trailed 14-11 but Tadija Dragicevic drained a triple to knot the game. Bakic gave Crvena Zvezda back the lead and Nemanja Bjelica's free throws finished the first quarter with the guests ahead 17-18. A Bjelica foul shot started the second quarter and it was 20-21 after Bakic's basket. But Hemofarm then took control of the game. Krstovic's score started an 11-0 run which featured two baskets by Borisov, including a three-ball to make it 31-21. After failing to score in four straight possessions, Stimac ended the run with an offensive rebound put-back and Bakic cut the deficit to 32-25. Milivoje Bozovic threw down a dunk and Pavkovic hit his second triple of the quarter to push the advantage to 12 points at 37-25. A Dragicevic triple made it 39-30 before Bozovic scored 5 points for a 44-32 Hemofarm lead. But Crvena Zvezda scored the final 7 points of the half - 4 Marinovic free throws and a late Keselj triple - to trim the halftime deficit to 44-39.

Hemofarm started the second half tough on defense and regained control of the game with a 13-0 run. Pavkovic nailed 2 three-pointers and Boban Marjanovic and Markovic both threw down dunks in the surge for an 18-point lead. 57-39. Crvena Zvezda finally scored its first points nearly four minutes into the third period with a Bakic basket. Stimac converted a three-point play and then after three scores by Macvan, Stimac cut the deficit to 63-50. Hemofarm put together another push as Borisov and Bozovic combined for 6 points in an 8-0 run for a 21-point lead - 71-50. An Owens foul shot made it 71-51 going into the fourth. Crvena Zvezda made four foul shots in scoring the first 7 points of the fourth. And two free throws by Owens trimmed the deficit to 11 points - 73-62. But Markovic drained a triple and Macvan scored three points in an 8-0 for an 81-62 advantage midway through the quarter. Hemofarm would push the lead back up to 21 points and Crvena Zvezda could get no closer than 15 points the rest of the way.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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Referees: MOUZAKIS, COSTAS; PEREZ NIZ, MIGUEL ANGEL; LATISEVS, OLEGS
Attendance: 3500
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Crvena Zvezda18211222
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Hemofarm Stada Vrsac17447188
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Hemofarm Stada Vrsac
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 PAVKOVIC, MILJAN 27:44 16 1/3 4/8 2/2 1   1 5 1 4   1 3 2 11
5 DESPOTOVIC, PETAR 6:55 2     2/2                 2 1 1
7 JOKSIMOVIC, NEBOJSA 16:54 8 1/1 1/3 3/4       1   2     2 3 5
8 BOZOVIC, MILIVOJE 16:18 9 4/5 0/1 1/2 2 7 9   1 1 1   3 1 14
9 MARKOVIC, STEFAN 28:27 13 2/4 1/4 6/8 1 1 2 5 1 3 3 1 2 7 18
10 SAVOVIC, BORIS 4:53   0/2     1   1           1   -2
11 KRSTOVIC, BOJAN 25:48 12 3/5 2/2   2 2 4 1 1 3     3 1 11
13 MACVAN, MILAN 28:27 15 7/10 0/1 1/2   9 9 2     1   3 2 21
14 PETROVIC, UROS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 BORISOV, MILOS 14:12 10 1/2 1/1 5/5 1 1 2           1 3 13
20 MARJANOVIC, BOBAN 15:24 3 1/2   1/2 1 2 3     3 2   2 2 3
25 BADER, MARTON 14:58   0/2   0/2 2 2 4           4 1 -3
Team                                
Totals 200:00 88 20/36 9/20 21/29 11 24 35 14 4 16 7 2 26 23 92
        55.6% 45% 72.4%
Head coach: KARADZIC, STEVAN
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
Crvena Zvezda
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 KESELJ, MARKO 22:11 9 3/4 1/3     1 1     1   1 2 1 4
9 KIKANOVIC, ELMEDIN 7:38   0/2       1 1               -1
11 KOVAC, MIRKO 17:19 9 2/3 0/1 5/6   2 2   2     1 5 2 6
14 MARINOVIC, MARKO 14:13 8 0/3 0/1 8/8 1 2 3 3         1 5 14
17 STEVIC, OLIVER 13:48 2 1/4   0/1   3 3         1 1 1  
20 DRAGICEVIC, TADIJA 17:36 6 0/1 2/3     2 2 1 1 1     1 1 7
21 MILOSEVIC, MILAN 14:32 1 0/2   1/2   2 2   1     1   1 1
23 OWENS, ANDRE 28:49 9 0/1 2/4 3/4   3 3 1 1 2     3 5 10
24 SEPA, FILIP DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
30 STIMAC, VLADIMIR 25:11 12 4/12 0/1 4/5 3   3   1 2 1 2 5 4 2
33 BAKIC, BORIS 26:39 14 7/10 0/1   1   1 2 1   1 1 3 3 14
44 BJELICA, NEMANJA 12:04 3 0/1   3/4 1 2 3 1   4     3 2  
Team                                
Totals 200:00 73 17/43 5/14 24/30 6 18 24 8 7 10 2 7 24 25 57
        39.5% 35.7% 80%
Head coach: PESIC, SVETISLAV

Head Coaches

KARADZIC, STEVAN
Hemofarm Stada Vrsac
"Like I said many times, we fulfilled our goal reaching the Last 16 in the Eurocup. Each game is a new experience and each win is a new success for this young team. Before the game our only ambition was to give our maximum. After the game I can say that we needed to have won with a bigger difference. We opened the game a little bit weaker, but later my players were really great on defense. We managed to build a huge leading margin because of our three-points shooting and that served us much better than before. It simply was an excellent game."
PESIC, SVETISLAV
Crvena Zvezda
"Hemofarm dominated all the way and in all basketball elements. I am satisfied with the final score because the margin could have been even wider. I think Hemofarm showed tonight that it is the strongest team that we have faced this season so far. We were not able to keep close, but there is another chance to for us next when we play the Eurocup home game against this same Hemofarm. Tonight only Boris Bakic and Vladimir Stimac were in shape for my team."
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