PHASE PAGES, Top 16 2006-07
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 Three of the top teams in the 2006-07 Euroleague were at their best by the time the Top 16 rolled around. Reigning champion CSKA Moscow, Panathinaikos and Tau Ceramica all cruised in this stage, needing only five games to win their groups and home-court advantage for the playoffs. However the battle for first place in the other group as well as the fight for second place in all of them produced some drama. Unicaja prevailed as the fourth group winner, while Dynamo extended its spectacular season in a drama-filled Week 6 win over Benetton as forward Antonis Fotsis set a new Euroleague mark with 24 rebounds.
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TOP 16 GAME 1 |
Olympiacos grabbed an important road win as Scoonie Penn scored 27 points in an 84-92 victory over Partizan. Matjaz Smodis hit for a season-high 24 points in defending champion CSKA Moscow's win over DKV Joventut. Tau Ceramica snapped Maccabi's 15-game home winning streak despite not having its ill head coach Velimir Perasovic. Nikola Vujcic of Maccabi had a near triple-double, with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. MORE | MVP |
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TOP 16 GAME 2 |
CSKA Moscow, Panathinaikos, Unicaja and Tau all improved to 2-0. CSKA was outstanding on defense in a 67-44 win over Partizan - its 15th straight home win. The 44 points and 111 combined points were both the second-lowest marks ever in a Top 16 game. Luis Scola had 23 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists for Tau. Prokom Trefl became the first Polish team to win a Top 16 game. Ricky Rubio had 7 steals in Joventut's win over Olympiacos. MORE | MVP |
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TOP 16 GAME 3 |
At the halfway point of the Top 16, three teams - Tau Ceramica, CSKA Moscow and Panathinaikos - remained undefeated atop their groups. Tau blasted Lottomatica Roma 99-56 to set a new record for largest winning margin in a Top 16 game while tying the longest streak of consecutive home victories at 25. Partizan notched its first-ever Top 16 victory. Dynamo Moscow handed Unicaja its first loss in the Top 16. MORE | MVP |
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TOP 16 GAME 4 |
Half of the Quarterfinal Playoffs spots are filled as undefeated Tau Ceramica, CSKA Moscow and Panathinaikos all advanced with Barcelona. Luis Scola scored 25 points in overtaking Marcus Brown as the Euroleague's all-time leading scorer with 1,998 career points in Tau's win over Maccabi. Tau also set a Euroleague record with its 26th consecutive home win, while CSKA collected its 15th consecutive Euroleague victory. MORE | MVP |
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TOP 16 GAME 5 |
Tau Ceramica, CSKA Moscow, Panathinaikos and Unicaja all clinched their respective Top 16 groups and home-court advantage in the Quarterfinal Playoffs. Barcelona was surprised by already-eliminated Efes Pilsen, but advanced to the playoffs. Maccabi edged Pau-Orthez on the road and will face archrival CSKA Moscow in the quarterfinals - a rematch of last year's Euroleague title game. MORE | MVP |
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TOP 16 GAME 6 |
Olympiacos clinched the last Quarterfinal Playoffs spot. CSKA Moscow and Tau Ceramica remained undefeated. Dynamo's Antonis Fotsis grabbed 24 rebounds to set a Euroleague record, eclipsing Mirsad Turkcan's 23. Fotsis added 22 points, making him only the third player in Euroleague history with a 20-20 game. Tau's Luis Scola became the first player in Euroleague Basketball history to cross the 2,000-point barrier. MORE | MVP |
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STANDINGS
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| GROUP D |
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*Tau Ceramica |
6-0
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+108
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*Maccabi Electra |
4-2
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-15
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Lottomatica Roma |
1-5
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-52
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EB Pau-Orthez |
1-5
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-41
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| GROUP E |
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*CSKA Moscow |
6-0
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+99
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*Olympiacos |
3-3
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+1
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Partizan |
2-4
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-42
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DKV Joventut |
1-5
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-58
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| GROUP F |
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*Panathinaikos |
5-1
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+73
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*Winterthur FCB |
4-2
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+43
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Efes Pilsen |
2-4
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-42
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Prokom Trefl |
1-5
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-74
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| GROUP G |
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*Unicaja |
4-2
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+6
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*Dynamo Moscow |
3-3
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+10
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Benetton treviso |
3-3
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+11
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Aris TT Bank |
1-5
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-10
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| *Qualified to Quarterfinal Playoffs |
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| POINTS |
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A. Scales 17.5 |
| L. Scola 15.4 |
| L. Papadopoulos 15.3 |
| M. Smodis 15.0 |
| A. Fotsis 14.8 |
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| REBOUNDS |
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A. Fotsis 9.5 |
| M. Haislip 8.3 |
| R. Greer 8.2 |
| L. Papadopoulos 8.2 |
| N. Vujcic 6.8 |
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| ASSISTS |
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P. Prigioni 4.8 |
| D. Diamantidis 4.7 |
| J.C. Navarro 4.5 |
| D. Nicholas 4.3 |
| R. Greer 4.2 |
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| STEALS |
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R. Rubio 2.6 |
| R. Fernandez 2.3 |
| C. Gaines 2.3 |
| B. Popovic 2.2 |
| R. Atkins 2.2 |
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| BLOCKS |
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F. Vazquez 1.3 |
| D. Santiago 1.3 |
| M. Haislip 1.3 |
| L. Papadopoulos 1.2 |
| V. Spiegel 1.2 |
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| FREE THROWS |
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T. Langdon 100% |
| D. Slanina 100% |
| S. Hoskin 94.1% |
| W. Bynum 93.3% |
| M. Mordente 91.7% |
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| 2P SHOTS |
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J. Trias 80.6% |
| I. Bourousis 75.0% |
| N. Hatzivrettas 73.3% |
| V. Spiegel 72.7% |
| D. Santiago 72.2% |
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| 3P SHOTS |
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E. Arslan 64.3% |
| O. Torres 61.5% |
| D. Tsaldaris 58.8% |
| B. Rodriguez 55.6% |
| J.R. Holden 54.2% |
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Euroleague.net
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