2006-07Regular SeasonRound 4
EiffelTowers 71
PAOK 78
November 21, 2006 CET: 20:00
Local time: 20:00 DE MAASPOORT DEN BOSCH

PAOK Thessaloníki grabbed sole possession of third place in Group D with a 71-78 road win over EiffelTowers in Den Bosch, Netherlands, on Tuesday night. Drago Pasalic scored 18 to lead PAOK, which improved to 2-2. EiffelTowers dropped its third straight since upsetting Real Madrid on opening night. The Dutch champs fell to 1-3, but are still tied for fourth place in the group with Madrid and Dexia Mons. PAOK took a big lead in the first quarter but EiffelTowers came right back and held a 38-33 lead at halftime. PAOK used a 7-0 spurt spanning the end of the third period and the start of the fourth to take control for good. Lazaros Agadakos added 14, Blagota Sekulic 12 and Ioannis Kalampokis 10 for PAOK. Leon Rodgers scored a game-high 23 and Travis Young had 15 for EiffelTowers.

Pasalic was hot from the very start, scoring 7 in the opening minutes as PAOK built a 6-11 advantage. Rodgers kept EiffelTowers in the picture, but Sekulic and Vlado Scepanovic shot PAOK forward to a 10-point lead. Johannes Akerboom and James Nelson allowed EiffelTowers to close the gap to 16-22 after 10 minutes. A Rodgers's triple and another Akerboom layup got EiffelTowers within 21-22 and after a Dimitrios Charitopoulos basket, Rodgers tied the score at 24-24. The hosts took the lead as the teams traded baskets, with back-to-back triples by Sam Jones and Young wrapping up the first half with EiffelTowers leading 38-33.

Pasalic scored the first 5 points of the second half to tie the score and then Kalampokis returned the lead to PAOK from the line. Jones carried EiffelTowers through the period, while Kalampokis and Agadakos did the same for PAOK, until a Jason Parker triple gave PAOK a 55-58 lead at the end of the third quarter. Parker added a basket and Nikos Kouvelas gave the visitors a 7-point lead early in the fourth quarter and soon Agadakos increased the cushion to 57-68. Young nailed a pair of threes to get EiffelTowers within 5, when Kalampokis and Parker came through to keep the hosts at bay as the final minutes ticked away.

Tuesday, November 21, 2006
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Referees: ROTH, ANDREAS; LOPES, LUIS; CUKALOVIC, CASLAV
Attendance: 2500
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PAOK22112520
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PAOK22335878
EiffelTowers
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 AKERBOOM, KEES 19:00 8 4/4 0/3   2 1 3 1         2   7
5 WEATHERS, RAY 17:45 1   0/2 1/2         1 2     2 3 -2
6 VAN DER KAMP, REIN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 FREDERIKS, JOS 24:00 4 2/2 0/1   2   2   2 1     4   2
8 YOUNG, TRAVIS 23:15 15   5/11     1 1 2   1     2   9
9 JONES, SAM 33:15 8 1/2 1/6 3/4 1 5 6 3 2 1     1 2 12
11 RODGERS, LEON 40:00 23 6/9 3/6 2/2 1 4 5 4 1 3     1 8 31
12 NELSON, ERIK 25:00 4 0/3   4/6 3 1 4   2 2     4 3 2
13 WRIGHT, SHARONE 11:45 8 4/9   0/3   5 5       1   1 2 7
14 OWENS, ROBERT 2:45     0/1   1   1                
15 AARTS, MARCEL 3:15           1 1           2   -1
16 VERMEULEN, THIJS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           4 1 5   3 1         7
Totals 200:00 71 17/29 9/30 10/17 14 19 33 10 11 11 1 0 19 18 74
        58.6% 30% 58.8%
Head coach: WIEL, RANDY
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
PAOK
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
7 SCEPANOVIC, VLADO 27:45 2 1/2 0/1     2 2 4 1 1     1 2 7
8 SEKULIC, BLAGOTA 19:30 12 4/5   4/4   5 5 2         3 6 21
9 HARITOPOULOS, DIMITRIOS 9:00 2 1/2       3 3     2     4   -2
10 KALAMPOKIS, GIANNIS 34:00 10 1/4 2/3 2/2   2 2 3   2   1 2 5 11
11 TOMAS, IVAN 9:00 3   1/2     1 1 2 1       1   5
12 KOUVELAS, NIKOLAOS 15:00 4 1/1   2/2 1 2 3 2   2     3 1 5
13 PARKER, JASON LASHAUN 30:45 9 2/4 1/3 2/2   1 1 2 2 1     1 1 9
14 AGADAKOS, LAZAROS 20:30 14 5/6 1/1 1/1   5 5 3 1       2 3 23
15 PASALIC, DRAGO 17:00 18 6/7 1/2 3/5 1 3 4     1     3 3 17
17 GIANNOPOULOS, CHARIS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 WASHINGTON, DARIUS 17:30 4 2/4 0/2         3 2           5
Team                   4 2         2
Totals 200:00 78 23/35 6/14 14/16 2 24 26 21 11 11 0 1 20 21 103
        65.7% 42.9% 87.5%
Head coach: PILAFIDIS, KONSTANTINOS
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Head Coaches

WIEL, RANDY
EiffelTowers
"Nothing went wrong, both of the teams could win. At the end of the game we missed important shots. They made the plays when it mattered, and we didn’t. I have to put them in a position to win, and then their ability takes over."
PILAFIDIS, KONSTANTINOS
PAOK
"Den Bosch is a strange team, the players can run very well and shoot very well and PAOK had to stop them on the fastbreak. We had to close the game in the paint and that worked very well. If EiffelTowers can play the whole game as good as they did sometimes then they are a very strong team."
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