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PHASE PAGES: Top 16, 2003-04
EB Top 16Basketball fans in 2004 were treated to an exciting Top 16 that they will long remember, capped by two tickets to the Final Four decided in the closing seconds. CSKA Moscow dominated its group by starting with five straight wins; Montepaschi prevailed in another group that included the 2003 finalists, Barcelona and Benetton Treviso; Skipper Bologna booked its spot on free throws in the closing seconds of its sixth game, but the most memorable of all came in Tel Aviv, weeks before that city hosted the Final Four, when Maccabi beat Zalgiris in a head-to-head clash for a ticket to the Final Four, forcing overtime on Derrick Sharp’s buzzer-beating miracle triple, which also proved to be the last game of the legendary Arvydas Sabonis’s Euroleague career.

REGULAR SEASON
TOP 16
FINAL FOUR
Kornel David - Tau Ceramica
 TOP 16 GAME 1
Arvydas Sabonis dominated with 25 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists for a Top 16 record 47 index as Zalgiris beat Ulker on the road. In all, five of the eight games went to the visiting teams: In addition to Zalgiris, it was Efes Pilsen, led by Antonio Granger’s 25 points; Barcelona, led by Dejan Bodiroga’s 23 points; Maccabi, led by Anthony Parker’s 23 points; and Tau, behind 18 each from Luis Scola and Arvydas Macijauskas.
Michailis Kakiouzis - Montepaschi Siena
 TOP 16 GAME 2
The Top 16 began shaping up as a wild one with Group F featuring four teams tied at 1-1 after two games, including Benetton, which beat Barcelona on the road in a rematch of last season’s title game. CSKA improved to 2-0 in Group D as Mirsad Turkcan set a then-Top 16 rebounding record with 21. Ed Cota and Arvydas Sabonis led Zalgiris over Maccabi and to first place in Group G.
Nikola Vujcic - Maccabi
 TOP 16 GAME 3
The only remaining undefeated team at the halfway mark of the Top 16 is CSKA Moscow, which edged Tau on the road behind 22 points from Marcus Brown. Barcelona regained a share of first in Group F after beating Panathinaikos in Athens, where Dejan Bodiroga was honored by his old team. Wins for Pamesa and Maccabi created a three-way tie atop Group G.
Arvydas Sabonis - Zalgiris
 TOP 16 GAME 4
The focus was again on Group F, where Jorge Garbajosa forced overtime and Tyus Edney took over as Benetton topped Panathinaikos 111-101, despite a brilliant 36-point showing from Jaka Lakovic. And David Vanterpool’s last second free throw took Montepaschi over Barcelona. Skipper and Efes Pilsen both won to stay tied atop Group E and CSKA crushed Olympiacos to stay perfect in group D.
Mirsad Turkcan - CSKA Moscow
 TOP 16 GAME 5
CSKA, down 5 with 50 second to play, rallied to beat Tau and return to the Final Four. Skipper edged Efes Pilsen on Gianluca Basile’s three-pointer with 2 seconds to take over pole position in Group E. Victories for Panathinaikos and Montepaschi mean that all four teams are within one win heading into the last game in Group F and Ulker’s stunner over Maccabi and Pamesa’s win at Zalgiris leave a three-way tie in Group G.
Kaya Peker - Efes Pilsen
 TOP 16 GAME 6
Milos Vujanic hit a pair of free throws with 3.8 seconds to play to send Skipper to the Final Four and Montepaschi Siena beat Panathinaikos on the road to punch its ticket, but it will be Derrick Sharp’s miracle three-pointer that capped a late Maccabi comeback and forced overtime before beating Zalgiris for the last remaining Sinal Four berth that will long be remembered from this week.
STANDINGS
GROUP D
cska moscow
 *CSKA Moscow
5-1
+41
Tau Ceramica
 Tau
4-2
+27
cibona
 Cibona
2-4
-27
olympiacos
 Olympiacos
1-5
-41
GROUP E
Fortitudo Bologna
 *Skipper Bologna
5-1
+27
efes pilsen
 Efes Pilsen
4-2
+37
EB Pau-Orthez
 Pau-Orthez
2-4
-34
Union Olimpija
 Union Olimpija
1-5
-30
GROUP F
Montepaschi Siena
 *Montepaschi Siena
4-2
+37
Benetton Treviso
 Benetton Treviso
4-2
+16
FC Barcelona
 FC Barcelona
2-4
-7
panathinaikos
 Panathinaikos
2-4
-46
GROUP G
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
 *Maccabi Elite
4-2
+46
Pamesa Valencia
 Pamesa Valencia
4-2
-3
Zalgiris Kaunas
 Zalgiris
3-3
+13
Ulker
 Ulker
1-5
-56
*Qualified to Final Four

STATISTICAL LEADERS

POINTS
Navarro
 J.C. Navarro 18.6
S. Jasikevicius 18.6
M. Evans 18.5
P. Liadelis 18.1
A. Sabonis 18.1
REBOUNDS
Turkcan
 M. Turkcan 12.8
D. Tomasevic 12.0
A. Sabonis 11.5
D. Marconato 10.8
J. Blair 8.6
ASSISTS
Brown Marcus
 M. Brown 6.4
E. Cota 5.6
K. Tunceri 4.6
S. Jasikevicius 4.4
D. Vanterpool 4.1
STEALS
Vanterpool
 D. Vanterpool 4.0
D. Tomasevic 2.4
A. Rigaudeau 2.2
J. Garbajosa 2.1
M. Smodis 2.1
BLOCKS
Maceo Baston
 M. Baston 1.6
P. Femerling 1.3
K. David 1.3
D. Marconato 1.1
A. Sabonis 1.1
FREE THROWS
Ainars Bagatskis
 A. Bagatskis 100%
S. Jasikevicius 97.0%
A. Macijauskas 94.1%
P. Liadelis 93.4%
P. Naumoski 92.3%
2P SHOTS
Gianmarco Pozzecco
 G. Pozzecco 75.0%
M. Smodis 66.6%
P. Femerling 63.6%
S. Vidal 63.6%
A. Betts 63.1%
3P SHOTS
Kutluay
 I. Kutluay 57.6%
J.C. Navarro 55.8%
A. Sabonis 55.5%
E. Cota 53.8%
M. Evans 53.3%
Friday, May 22, 2009
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