May 24, 2013
PHASE PAGES, Regular Season 2006-07
EB Regular SeasonThe 2006-07 regular season produced more highlights every week as a new generation of stars hit the courts and shook things up. While traditional powers Tau Ceramica, Panathinaikos and reigning champion CSKA Moscow won their respective groups, newcomers Dynamo Moscow, led by center Lazaros Papadopoulos, and DKV Joventut, featuring rising stars Rudy Fernandez and Ricky Rubio, also produced plenty of excitement in reaching the Top 16 for the first time. The 14-game regular season went to the wire for many teams, with the last six tickets to the Top 16 not being settled until the final games were played. Several excellent team feats earned their way into the record books with respective highs and lows for period scoring set. MORE

REGULAR SEASON
TOP 16
PLAYOFFS
FINAL FOUR
Horace Jenkins - Efes Pilsen
 REGULAR SEASON GAME 1
A trio of newcomers to the Euroleague notched victories in their season debuts. Aris beat Fenerbahce for its first win in Europe's top competition since 1992. Dynamo Moscow survived a scare from RheinEnergie Cologne in a showdown of complete newcomers. And Le Mans beat Climamio Bologna. Maccabi needed overtime to edge Unicaja in a thriller. And two-time MVP Dejan Bodiroga made his Euroleague return with Lottomatica Roma. MORE | MVP
Jonas Maciulis - Zalgiris Kaunas
 REGULAR SEASON GAME 2
Partizan hit 13 of 21 three-pointers to knock off Maccabi for the first time since 1988 as Predrag Drobnjak had 23 points and 5 triples. DKV Joventut grabbed a 66-68 win at Unicaja thanks to Rudy Fernandez's alley-oop buzzer-beater. Pau-Orthez came back to edge Fenerbahce with Michael Wright scoring 22 points. And Henry Domercant hit for 28 points as Olympiacos won at Bologna. MORE | MVP
Andrija Zizic - Olympiacos
 REGULAR SEASON GAME 3
Pau-Orthez won its second straight game, knocking off defending champion CSKA Moscow at home. Valerio Spanelli's free throws with 4.9 seconds left gave Eldo Napoli its first-ever Euroleague win. Le Mans limited Efes Pilsen to a record 3 points in the third quarter in a road win. Unicaja dropped to 0-3 after another overtime loss. Juan Carlos Navarro poured in 31 points as Barcelona beat Zalgiris. MORE | MVP
Predrag Drbnjak - Partizan
 REGULAR SEASON GAME 4
Kosta Perovic had 23 points, 9 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 blocks in Partizan's double-overtime win against Cibona. Panathinaikos remained undefeated by knocking off visiting Lottomatica and old friend Dejan Bodiroga. Olympiacos moved to 4-0 with a win at Le Mans. Cologne collected its first Euroleague victory at Climamio. Maccabi held Joventut to a record 5 first-quarter points on its way to another victory. MORE | MVP
Marcus Faison - RheinEnergie
 REGULAR SEASON GAME 5
Efes Pilsen drilled 11 triples in scoring a Euroleague record 39 points in the fourth quarter to hand Olympiacos its first loss. Tau Ceramica won its 20th consecutive Euroleague game at home. Partizan snapped its 22-game road losing streak dating back to November 2003 by beating Union Olimpija. Cologne won its second straight. Panathinaikos and Barcelona remained undefeated. MORE | MVP
David Bluthenthal - Climamio Bologna
 REGULAR SEASON GAME 6
Panathinaikos beat Partizan to remain the only undefeated team after CSKA Moscow rolled past Barcelona. Bologna pulled off a major upset with a late 1-16 run to beat Efes Pilsen 74-76. Maccabi's Nikola Vujcic had 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for just the second triple-double in Euroleague history - and his second. Fenerbahce's Mirsad Turkcan grabbed 21 rebounds for the third time - two shy of his Euroleague record. MORE | MVP
Chris Warren - Cibona
 REGULAR SEASON GAME 7
At the halfway point of the regular season, Olympiacos and Tau both won on the road to set up a clash for first place in Group A. Panathinaikos remained the lone undefeated team with a 90-88 win over Maccabi as Simas Jasaitas's game-tying basket was ruled after the final buzzer. Brent Wright posted 17 points, 13 rebounds and 4 steals in Cibona's win over Roma. Michael Wright had 30 points in Pau's double-overtime win over Zalgiris. MORE | MVP
Mike Wilkinson - Aris TT Bank
 REGULAR SEASON GAME 8
Tau Ceramica beat Olympiacos 89-74 in a statement win behind 24 points from Serkan Erdogan and 23 from Igor Rakocevic. Panathinaikos knocked off Joventut to move to 8-0 in Group B. Cibona lost 92-88 in overtime to Olimpija, but Davor Kus matched a Euroleague record by going 17-for-17 from the free-throw line, tying Andrija Zizic for the most free throws made and the best percentage in a game. MORE | MVP
Huseyin Besok - Prokom Trefl
 REGULAR SEASON GAME 9
In the final Euroleague week of 2006, the first two teams booked spots in the Top 16 - undefeated Panathinaikos and reigning champion CSKA Moscow. Joventut thrashed Unicaja 105-52 for the third-largest margin of victory in Euroleague history. Efes Pilsen beat Cologne thanks to Marcus Haislip's 33 points and 10 rebounds. Marco Mordente's free throw with 1.7 seconds left gave Benetton a 68-67 win over Barcelona. MORE | MVP
Will Solomon - Fenerbahce Ulker
 REGULAR SEASON GAME 10
The 2007 Euroleague calendar tipped off with three teams securing their spots in the Top 16. Tau Ceramica and Barcelona won at home to advance, while Olympiacos grabbed a road win to join Panathinaikos - still undefeated - and CSKA Moscow in the next round. David Hawkins’s 23 points lifted Lottomatica Roma to an 88-81 overtime win over Maccabi, despite 33 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists from Nikola Vujcic. MORE | MVP
Ender Arslan - Union OLimpija
 REGULAR SEASON GAME 11
Panathinaikos remained undefeated to become the first team to clinch first place in its group. Dynamo Moscow and Joventut booked their spots in the Top 16. Tau Ceramica won at Efes Pilsen to extend its club-record Euroleague winning streak to 10 games. CSKA Moscow notched its eighth straight win as head coach Ettore Messina beat his former club Benetton Treviso 60-68. MORE | MVP
Mason Rocca - Eldo Napoli
 REGULAR SEASON GAME 12
Panathinaikos dropped its first game of the season, losing to Unicaja. Tau Ceramica also had a long winning streak snapped at Climamio as James Thomas had 16 points and 19 rebounds. Efes Pilsen advanced to the Top 16 by extending its winning streak over Olympiacos to five years and eight games. Maccabi Tel Aviv also moved to the Top 16, while Partizan notched its biggest Euroleague victory ever - 106-60 over Union Olimpija. MORE | MVP
Terrell Lyday - Benetton Treviso
 REGULAR SEASON GAME 13
Partizan sent Panathinaikos reeling to its second straight loss after opening the season 11-0. Terrell Lyday poured in a career-high 31 points as Benetton Treviso booked a Top 16 spot with a home win over Pau-Orthez. Tau Ceramica's victory over Prokom guaranteed itself a first-level seeding in the Top 16. Tyrone Ellis scored 29 points as Napoli remained alive for the Top 16. CSKA Moscow won at Barcelona in overtime. MORE | MVP
Michael Wright - Pau-Orthez
 REGULAR SEASON GAME 14
The last six spots in the Top 16 were decided. Michael Wright scored 13 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter in Pau-Orthez's win over Zalgiris to advance. Also moving on were Aris, Unicaja, Lottomatica Roma, Partizan and Prokom Trefl Sopot. Climamio actually beat Prokom but its victory wasn't enough to outpace Prokom for Group A's last ticket. Defending champion CSKA Moscow beat Fenerbahce for its 11 straight win. MORE | MVP
STANDINGS
GROUP A
Tau Ceramica
 *Tau Ceramica
12-2
+140
Dynamo Moscow
 *Dynamo
Moscow
10-4
+68
Olympiacos
 *Olympiacos
10-4
+53
Efes Pilsen
 *Efes Pilsen
8-6
+50
Prokom Trefl
 *Prokom Trefl
5-9
-42
Climamio Bologna
 Climamio
Bologna
5-9
-61
Le Mans
 Le Mans
4-10
-56
RheinEnergie
 RheinEnergie
2-12
-152
*Qualified to Top 16
GROUP B
Panathinaikos
 *Panathinaikos
11-3
+92
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
 *Maccabi Elite
8-6
+53
DKV Joventut
 *DKV Joventut
7-7
+63
Unicaja
 *Unicaja
7-7
-84
Lottomatica Roma
 *Lottomatica
Roma
6-8
-17
Partizan
 *Partizan
6-8
+7
Cibona
 Cibona
6-8
-28
Union Olimpija
 Union Olimpija
5-9
-86
*Qualified to Top 16
GROUP C
CSKA Moscow
 *CSKA Moscow
13-1
+167
Winterthur FCB
 *Winterthur FCB
9-5
+61
Benetton Basket Treviso
 *Benetton
Treviso
8-6
+32
EB Pau-Orthez
 *Pau-Orthez
7-7
-11
Aris BSA
 *Aris TT Bank
6-8
-42
Eldo Napoli
 Eldo Napoli
6-8
-61
Fenerbahce Ulker
 Fenerbahce
Ulker
5-9
-44
Zalgiris Kaunas
 Zalgiris
2-12
-102
*Qualified to Top 16

STATISTICAL LEADERS

POINTS
Juan Carlos Navarro
 J.C. Navarro 18.0
N. Vujcic 16.9
P. Drobnjak 16.9
L. Scola 16.6
I. Rakocevic 16.4
REBOUNDS
Tanoka Beard
 T. Beard 9.9
J. Thomas 9.8
M. Turkcan 9.2
J. Massey 8.6
B. Wright 8.0
ASSISTS
Theo Papaloukas
 T. Papaloukas 5.7
P. Prigioni 5.4
N. Zisis 4.9
Z. Planinic 4.7
N. Vujcic 4.4
STEALS
Ricky Rubio
 R. Rubio 3.5
M. Chatman 2.9
P. Prigioni 2.9
D. Hawkins 2.8
S. Mancinelli 2.6
BLOCKS
Marcus Haislip
 M. Haislip 1.9
M. Bauer 1.5
K. Perovic 1.4
V. Spiegel 1.4
S. Nicevic 1.3
FREE THROWS
Marcelinho Machado
 M. Machado 100%
P. Prigioni 93.8%
M. Huertas 93.8%
D. Sharp 91.9%
D. Kus 91.5%
2P SHOTS
Pablo Prigioni
 P. Prigioni 92.9%
I. Bourousis 78.1%
D. Dikoudis 70.0%
T. Wheeler 69.6%
T. Papaloukas 69.4%
3P SHOTS
David Andersen
 D. Andersen 60.0%
M. Mordente 59.0%
D. Sharp 56.0%
L. Bogdanovic 54.6%
D. Bluthenthal 53.3%
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Euroleague.net
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