2013-14Last 32Round 3
January 22, 2014 CET: 19:15
Local time: 19:15 PIONIR
Simonovic, Jenkins lead Zvezda past Panionios

Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade moved up to 2-1 in Last 32 Group L by downing Panionios Athens 84-64 in the Serbian capital on Wednesday. Zvezda stayed undefeated at home while Panionios dropped to 0-3 and may run out of chances to advance with its next loss. Marko Simonovic paced the winners with 18 points and 8 rebounds. Charles Jenkins added 16 points, Jaka Blazic had 11, Boban Marjanovic got 10 and 11 rebounds while DeMarcus Nelson dished 11 assists for Zvezda. Errick McCollum led Panionios with 11 points. Kevin Langford and Marc Antonio Carter allowed Panionios to get an early 9-15 lead. Nelson and Jaka Blazic stepped up for Zvezda but a three-pointer by Carter gave Panionios a 34-35 edge near halftime. Jenkins, Nelson and Marjanovic fueled a 16-0 run that put Zvezda ahead for good, 50-35. Nothing changed since that moment, as Zvezda kept a 61-47 margin after 30 minutes and cruised to a well-deserved win.

Carter got Panionios with a three-pointer by Simonovic and a basket Ivan Radenovic soon gave Zvezda its first lead, 5-3. Guy-Marc Michel and Langford fueled a 0-7 run for a 5-10 Panionios lead. Blazic and Nelson stepped up with consecutive layups but Mario Batis and McCollum made the hosts call timeout at 9-15. Jenkins shined with back-to-back baskets by Langford kept Panionios ahead, 13-19. A three-pointer by Nelson fixed the score at 16-19 after 10 minutes. Rasko Katic scored down low early in the second quarter and Radenovic soon tied it at 20-20. Batis struck again from downtown but Blazic singlehandedly put Zvezda back ahead, 25-24. Katic took over with a three-point play, Gaios Skordilis dunked and a jumper by Jenkins boosted the hosts' lead to 30-26. Panionios kept going to the foul line often and free throws by Batis, McCollum and Milbourne tied it at 32-32. Jenkins scored again but Carter did better with a triple. A jumper by Tadija Dragicevic and a three-point play by Jenkins gave Zvezda a 39-35 edge at halftime.

Zvezda improved its defense after the break while Radenovic, Marjanovic and Simonovic combined for 8 unanswered points to boost the hosts' lead to double digits, 47-35. Panionios could not find the way to the basket and free throws by Nelson and Marjanovic made it a 15-point game, 50-35, after a 16-0 run that bridged between both halves. Skordilis split free throws and McCollum added a basket but Marjanovic and Jenkins kept Zvezda way ahead, 54-38. McCollum kept trying to change things for Panionios but Dragicevic and Simonovic allowed the hosts to get a 61-47 margin after 30 minutes. Simonovic hit a jumper and a three-point play by Marjanovic gave Zvezda a 66-47 margin. Milbourne scored down low, Simonovic hit a three-pointer but Guy-Michel and Uros Duvnjak brought Panionios a bit closer, 71-56. Dragicevic, Simonovic and Jenkins had 11 points in a 12-0 run that sealed the outcome, 82-56, allowing all Zvezda fans to celebrate another home win.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
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Referees: SHULGA, BORIS; CICI, GENTIAN; PERUGA, CARLOS
Attendance: 4934 (Tentative)
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Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 REBIC, NIKOLA 7:05   0/1 0/1 0/4           1     1 2 -6
11 BLAZIC, JAKA 26:44 11 3/4 0/1 5/6   1 1 5   2     4 4 12
12 SIMONOVIC, MARKO 32:38 18 3/3 4/7   2 6 8 1         2   22
13 MARJANOVIC, BOBAN 22:48 10 2/5   6/9 4 7 11     1 2   2 6 20
14 RADENOVIC, IVAN 23:39 6 2/3 0/1 2/2   6 6     1     3 2 8
15 KATIC, RASKO 11:01 7 2/4   3/6 2 4 6     1     4 5 8
17 TEJIC, MARKO 3:06                   1     1   -2
20 NELSON, DEMARCUS 28:07 7 1/5 1/2 2/2 2 1 3 11   4     2 4 14
22 JENKINS, CHARLES 25:26 16 5/7 1/2 3/3   1 1 1 1 1     2 5 18
34 DRAGICEVIC, TADIJA 19:26 9 1/2 1/3 4/4   2 2 1   1     2 4 10
Team           1 2 3     1         2
Totals 200:00 84 19/34 7/17 25/36 11 30 41 19 1 14 2 0 23 32 106
        55.9% 41.2% 69.4%
Head coach: RADONJIC, DEJAN
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
Panionios Athens
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 MCCOLLUM, ERRICK 23:07 11 4/10 0/3 3/4 4 2 6 2 1 1   1 4 3 7
7 DUVNJAK, UROS 19:10 7 2/6 1/1     1 1 4 1     1 1 3 10
8 CARTER, MARC 17:50 6 0/2 2/4         2 1 1     5 2 1
9 MILBOURNE, LANDON 27:15 6 2/3 0/1 2/2 1 2 3 1 1       3 2 8
10 ATHANASOULAS, IOANNIS 9:30     0/1                   2   -3
11 BATIS, MARIOS 20:13 7 0/1 2/3 1/2       1   3     3 3 2
12 SKORDILIS, GAIOS 6:41 6 2/3   2/4 2 2 4           2 2 7
15 LANGFORD, KEVIN 21:41 9 1/4 1/3 4/6   1 1   2       2 5 8
16 MICHEL, GUY-MARC 15:40 4 2/4   0/2   1 1 1 1       2 1 2
17 SIMTSAK, VASSILIS 8:38 2 1/2     1 4 5     2     1 1 4
18 KYRITSIS, ALEXANDROS 19:00 4 2/4 0/1     5 5     1     5 1 1
19 SALOUSTROS, CHRISTOS 11:15 2 1/2     1   1 2         2   2
Team                     1         -1
Totals 200:00 64 17/41 6/17 12/20 9 18 27 13 7 9 0 2 32 23 48
        41.5% 35.3% 60%
Head coach: SFAIROPOULOS, IOANNIS

Head Coaches

RADONJIC, DEJAN
Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade
"I would like to thank our fans for the fantastic support they gave us. I hope that they will be with us until the end of the competition in this way because there is a lot of work left. We had some problems with injuries. We didn’t start the game as aggressively as we should have. We had to alter our style of play because of our shortage of players. As the game progressed, we managed to control the game. Panionios didn’t score for almost five minutes in the beginning of the third quarter. We also managed to give our youngest players the opportunity to play and I am very happy for that."
SFAIROPOULOS, IOANNIS
Panionios Athens
"I would like to congratulate Crvena Zvezda on their victory. We knew that it would be difficult to play against them in front of their own crowd. We played very well in the first half, we were close until the last minute of the second quarter. We controlled rebounds and forced Zvezda to 9 turnovers. We expected Zvezda to play more aggressively in the second half. They found their rhythm in both offense and defense and it was tough for us to stay in the game. It is important to say that we continued to fight until the end. "

Players

JENKINS, CHARLES
Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade
"We played very good in the second half and we won because of that. We didn’t perform our best in the first half and our coach gave us instructions on what to improve in the second. We managed to execute his instructions and we triumphed at the end. "
DUVNJAK, UROS
Panionios Athens
"As I said before, Crvena Zvezda was the favorite in this game. We knew that we could be in the game if we held back their offensive rebounds. In the other half we weren't as focused as we should be. Great teams like Crvena Zvezda need only a couple of minutes to build a big advantage. In the end we fought until the end. I have to say that playing in front of Zvezda's fans was truly an extraordinary experience. "
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