2002-03Regular SeasonRound 2
October 16, 2002 CET: 00:00
Local time: 00:00 JP CENTAR MORACA

A rain of three-pointers from Louis Bullock was good enough to push Unicaja of Spain into the Group B win column with a 72-78 road win at Buducnost of Podgorica on Wednesday. Bullock finished the game hitting all 5 triples he launched, including the one that stopped Buduncost when it came within a point of the lead near the end. Bullock finished as the top scorer on the floor with 26 points. Chuck Kornegay added 15 for the winners. Buducnost was led by Ivan Koljevic with 14 points, Aleksandar Smiljanic with 13 and Dejan Milojevic with 12, though the Unicaja defense didn't let any of the home team players to have his way. This is the first win for Unicaja, which now holds a balanced record of 1-1 in Group A, while Buducnost drops to 0-2.

The guests started rolling in the very first quarter with a 0-10 run culminated by a free throw from Milan Gurovic. Buducnost reacted in a shy manner, but 2 free throws by Smiljanic put the hosts at 7-17. Chuck Kornegay was the leader of the guests on the offensive end, and the defense of Unicaja wouldn't let the hosts breathe. But Ivan Koljevic first, and Aleksandar Pavlovic later, would lead the real reaction of Buducnost. They both started feeling good from three-point range. Pavlovic, makinig his Euroleague debut after a preseason injury, hit his shot from downtown in the last second of the quarter to cut the Unicaja lead to 20-25 after the first 10 minutes.

The second period started with a three by Koljevic for a 23-25 scoreboard that proved the home team was not about to take a loss without a fight. Both teams had trouble at the free throw line, but Buducnost paced the game through scoring streaks. On the visiting side, Louis Bullock lifted Unicaja from the 6.25 line, scoring 3 big triples in the span of five possessions. Buducnost's paint game improved despite the defense of the Spaniards, but Bullock did what he wanted on the offensive end. Both teams kept turnovers as low as 3 for each, but Unicaja showed better percentages in two-point shots with 11 of 16, while Buducnost shot 7 of 14. It all added up to a 41-45 advantage at the half for visiting Unicaja.

The third quarter was poor in scoring, as neither team had very clear ideas on the offensive end. On defense though, Buducnost was slightly better than the rival, and Zarko Cabarkapa was the absolute master, blocking as many as three shots in the period. Unicaja clearly outrebounded the hosts by 9-24, but that superiority wasn't reflected in the 47-48 score. It was Bullock again who, with a four-point play after a three and a free throw, made Unicaja's lead a little more comfortable at 47-52. A steal culminated with a fastbreak by Koljevic would soon tie the game again, at 55-55, but a last second shot by Bullock - Who else? - put Unicaja ahead again, 55-58 after 30 minutes.

Unicaja played more comfortably in the last period, which was less balanced than expected, as after 4 minutes the visitors' lead had swelled to double digits, 61-71. Walsh Jordan wanted to take responsibility for Buducnost, and succeeded with quick attacks at the basket. Before anyone knew it, a jumper by Smiljanic had pulled the hosts to within a single point, 68-69. That's when Bullock re-appeared for his fifth triple of 5 attempts, the very fact of which seemed to deflate Buducnost. Still, Unicaja needed 4 straight free throws to seal the win in the very last minute and avoid the bottom of the table in Group B.

Wednesday, October 16, 2002
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Referees: CAZZARO, STEFANO; PIMENTEL, ANTONIO; MOUZAKIS, COSTAS
Attendance: 1500
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KK Buducnost
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 BAKIC, BOJAN 4:00           1 1             1 2
5 PAJOVIC, GAVRILO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6 SMILJANIC, ALEKSANDAR 18:00 13 4/5 0/1 5/5 2   2       1   3 5 16
7 BROWN, JOHN 23:00 9 3/8 1/1   2 4 6     4 2   3 2 7
8 BULAJIC, NIKOLA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 JORDAN, WALSH 22:00 4 2/6     2 2 4 1 4 3     1 1 6
10 KOLJEVIC, IVAN 30:00 14 1/3 4/9   5 1 6 7 1     1 2 1 19
11 PAVLOVIC, SASHA 18:00 10 2/3 1/3 3/6       1   1     4 3 3
12 VRANES, SLAVKO 16:00 2 1/3   0/2 1 2 3     4 3   2 1 -1
13 MILOJEVIC, DEJAN 37:00 12 5/9 0/1 2/3 3 2 5 3 2 2   1 5 2 10
14 KOVACEVIC, SINISA 1:00       0/3                   1 -2
15 CABARKAPA, ZARKO 31:00 8 4/6 0/1             1 3   4 2 5
Team                                
Totals 200:00 72 22/43 6/16 10/19 15 12 27 12 7 15 9 2 24 19 65
        51.2% 37.5% 52.6%
Head coach: DUROVIC, VLADE
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
Unicaja
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 OKULAJA, ADEMOLA 28:00 8 2/3 1/4 1/2 2 4 6   1 2     1 2 9
5 RODRIGUEZ, BERNI 25:00 6   1/3 3/4       2   2   1 5 2 -1
6 RISACHER, STEPHANE 12:00 4 1/1   2/4                 4 4 2
8 VAZQUEZ, FRAN 5:00   0/1     1   1     1 1        
9 KORNEGAY, CHARLES 22:00 15 6/9   3/3 1 1 2   1 3 2 1 2 2 13
10 CABEZAS, CARLOS 20:00 5 1/2   3/4 1 3 4 1   2   1   2 7
11 BULLOCK, LOUIS 25:00 26 3/7 5/5 5/6   2 2   1       1 5 28
12 WOJCIK, ADAM 7:00 2 1/1       2 2             1 5
13 WEIS, FREDERIC 19:00 4 2/2     2 3 5             2 11
14 SONKO, MOUSTAPHA 23:00 4 1/2 0/2 2/2 2 1 3     2     4 2  
15 GUROVIC, MILAN 14:00 4 1/3 0/3 2/4   1 1         2 1 3 -2
Team                                
Totals 200:00 78 18/31 7/17 21/29 9 17 26 3 3 12 3 5 18 25 72
        58.1% 41.2% 72.4%
Head coach: MALJKOVIC, BOZIDAR
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Head Coaches

DUROVIC, VLADE
KK Buducnost
"I am pleased with one thing. We'll try to keep our image after this game, too. It is our team spirit. A team's game always throws out some players above all. Tonight, it was Ivan Koljevic who was excellent despite the last match in Cetinje where he failed to score. My team played well although some players didn't have their day, like John Brown. I expect much more from him. Slavko Vranes helped us a lot. We were handicapped because Louis Bullock played his best game in Europe. He saved Unicaja tonight. We failed a lot of free throws, too. Generally speaking, it was a very good game."
MALJKOVIC, BOZIDAR
Unicaja
"Buducnost is at this moment a young university team made up of juniors, not of seniors or sophomores. It is a team full of young talented players and we saw what Koljevic and Pavlovic already know. The other players also have a nice perspective. I believe that my friend Vlada Djurovic will make a serious and good team of this Buducnost. I believe that Buducnost will score more victories in the second part of Euroleague when the teams will come to Podgorica without an imperative for wins. We lost the first game against Olimpija, which seems like Buducnost. I know that this year in the Euroleague we don't have any real chance. But a team that believe in themselves and play in Europe without any complexes, will take good results. Three or four of our players where under their level tonight. One of them is Milan Gurovic."

Players

KOLJEVIC, IVAN
KK Buducnost
"It was a very tough and dramatic game to the end. I think that we did our best in front of our crowd. Louis Bullock decided tonight's game. I didn't see his better game. He hit five three pointers from almost incredible situations."
BULLOCK, LOUIS
Unicaja
"We had to play very hard against this young and talented team. They played with a lot of intensity, they fought very hard and made the game very difficult for us. We tried to play with the same intensity. We had some problems during the second and third periods because they played hard. Then we had to come together and run and play better defence."
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