May 20, 2013
Regular Season Game 9 - January 05, 2006 CET: 20:45 Local time: 20:45 - PALAU BLAUGRANA
Winterthur FC Barcelona 79 - 74 Efes Pilsen

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final Four 0-0
0-0 Playoffs 0-0
0-0 Top 16 0-0
0-0 Regular Season 0-0
3-5 Overall 6-2

Referees

Crew Chief
SUDEK, PETR, Slovakia
Referee
TAURINO, PAOLO, Italy
Umpire
ZIEMBLICKI, GRZEGORZ, Poland

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
75.8 Points 74.3
31.8 Rebounds 31.5
8.4 O. Rebounds 7.9
23.4 D. Rebounds 23.6
14.0 Assists 10.3
8.5 Steals 10.4
3.1 Blocks 2.5
13.6 Turnovers 13.9
56.8 % 2PT 53.5 %
33.3 % 3PT 36.3 %
72.6 % FT 64.4 %
82.5 Index 79.5
Team Stats - Efes Pilsen

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
14.0 / WILLIAMS, SHAMMOND Points 14.4 / Popovic
5.9 / MARCONATO, DENIS Rebounds 6.1 / Gonlum
1.5 / MARCONATO, DENIS OR 1.8 / PRKACIN, NIKOLA
4.4 / MARCONATO, DENIS DR 4.6 / Gonlum
3.6 / WILLIAMS, SHAMMOND Assists 3.3 / Popovic
1.3 / Basile Steals 2.5 / Domercant
1.3 / MARCONATO, DENIS Blocks 1.1 / Peker
3.0 / WILLIAMS, SHAMMOND Turnovers 2.3 / PRKACIN, NIKOLA
81.8 % / GASOL, M. 2PT 77.8 % / Akyol
100.0 % / GASOL, M. 3PT 47.1 % / Popovic
100.0 % / TRIAS, JORDI FT 77.8 % / Popovic
15.0 / WILLIAMS, SHAMMOND Index 15.9 / Peker
Team Roster - Efes Pilsen

THE TAKE

Winterthur FCB will look to end a three-game slide into the danger zone of Group B when it hosts Efes Pilsen on Thursday in Barcelona, Spain. Both teams were considered among the pre-season favorites in Group B, but while Efes (6-2) started with four straight wins, Barcelona (3-5) has had to deal with injuries all season long. The latest blow came with the news that former scoring champ Milos Vujanic will miss the rest of the season after knee surgery. In the last meeting between these teams, back in Week 2, Henry Domercant played all 40 minutes and finished with a season-high 23 points and 8 rebounds to lead Efes to a 66-63 victory. Efes has yet to lose on the road this season, showing how tough coach Oktay Mahmuti's defense can be. Led by Kaya Peker (13.2 ppg., 5.5 rpg.), who's enjoying the best season of his young career, Efes is 4-0 in games decided by 5 points or less. Peker is joined by Nikola Prkacin (12.3 ppg., 6 rpg.) and hard-working Kerem Gonlum (6.1 rpg.) in forming a tough frontline. Winterthur will present Efes with the challenge of cracking its versatile corps of big men, led by three veterans: wily Gregor Fucka, solid Denis Marconato (7.8 ppg., 5.8 rpg.) and versatile Mikalis Kakiouzis (12 ppg., 5.5 rpg.). The team's scoring threats are focused in the backcourt, where Juan Carlos Navarro (14.4 ppg.) and Shammond Williams (14 ppg.), who missed the last domestic game with flu but has returned to practices, form a dynamic duo. Add to them Gianluca Basile (8.5 ppg.) and Bootsy Thornton, and you get one of the deepest collections of guards in the Euroleague. Efes rarely is intimidated by big-name opponents, however, and Marko Popovic (14.3 ppg.), swingmen Antonio Granger (9.7 ppg.) and Domercant (13 ppg., 2.5 spg.) have learned to play off each other nicely as the season has progressed. Barcelona can play any style of hoops, having already scored 91 points and lost one game, while scoring 65 and winning another. This game will likely be more about defense. One key for Barcelona will be to attack the basket more than in the first game, when it made just four trips to the foul line all night. It also must be careful with the ball, as Efes recorded 12 steals to Barcelona's 3 that night. Ultimately, this game could be decided by the hot hand, meaning that Navarro and Williams will likely get more touches down the stretch for Winterthur, as Popovic and Domercant will for Efes. The team that gets those points – or the one that finds away to limit the opponent's scorers – should earn the victory.
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Euroleague.net

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Winterthur FC Barcelona survived a tough test in Group B by edging Efes Pilsen 79-74 at home on Thursday after trailing much of the game. With the victory, Barcelona lifted its record to 4-5, tied for fifth place with Olympiacos. Efes Pilsen dropped to 6-3 and out of first place to now share second with Maccabi. Michalis Kakiouzis led the winners with 23 points on 9-for-14 shooting and 9 rebounds. Shammond Williams added 18 points and 6 assists, Juan Carlos Navarro scored 16 points and Gianluca Basile 10 for Barcelona. Nikola Prkacin led Efes with 25 points on 11-for-17 shooting and 9 rebounds. Henry Domercant had 17 points and Antonio Granger 10 for the guests, who held a 36-42 halftime edge. A 12-0 run in which Navarro, Kakiouzis and Williams made three-pointers vaulted Barcelona ahead 75-68, but the home fans could not celebrate until Kakiouzis and Williams made 4 free throws in the final 17 seconds.

Barcelona tried to speed up the tempo in the early going with short possessions, but a stop-and-pop three by Popovic gave Efes a 1-3 lead. Williams answered from the right corner and Granger also hit from downtown for Efes while Peker added a layup to push Efes' lead to 5-8 after 4 minutes. Efes dominated the boards, as Peker scored a second-chance basket on his fifth rebound already. Domercant fired in a three which capped a 1-10 run and gave Efes a 5-13 lead. Williams beat the shot clock with a jumper but Domercant immediately matched that in the other end. Michalis Kakiouzis joined the three-point festival and Fucka scored inside for a 12-16 Barcelona deficit after 8 minutes. Domercant stepped up with a basket-plus-foul which Basile erased with his first triple. Prkacin made a layup but free throws by Basile fixed the score at 17-21 after 10 minutes.

Prkacin stayed active with another close basket but Kakiouzis answered with a corner three to get Winterthur FCB within 20-23 early in this quarter. Prkacin - who else? - scored in the paint and Granger nailed his second triple to keep Efes in charge at 22-28. Kakiouzis found another layup but Granger copied him in the other end. Navarro stepped up with a floating jumper and Fucka canned a reverse layup, but Efes kept controlling the boards while Domercant slashed for a 28-34 Efes margin. A red hot Kakiouzis singlehandedly kept Barcelona into the game but Efes kept full control of the game with its aggressive frontcourt highlighted by Prkacin's post moves. He had 4 quick points to make it an eight-point game, 30-38. Kakiouzis followed an easy basket with a put-back layup, but Peker made a third-chance layup and Popovic beat the buzzer with a layup which gave Efes a 37-42 lead at halftime.

Navarro slashed for a quick basket right after the break and Williams added free throws to get the hosts back into the game at 41-42. Barcelona was a different team in defense, while Navarro capped a 6-0 run which a mid-range jumper to give the hosts a 43-42 lead. Prkacin came to the rescue with a fast break layup and Domercant fired in a long jumper to force a Barcelona timeout at 43-46. Popovic kept Efes going with an uncontested layup, but Barcelona soon fired back. Fucka, Bootsy Thornton and Basile combined for 7 quick points to put the hosts in charge, 50-48. Prkacin gave Efes some air with a jump hook and Domercant slashed for a layup to tie it at 52-52. Granger hit a four-meter jumper but Basile answered with an off-balanced shot. Another close basket by Prkacin gave Efes a 54-56 at the end of an outstanding third quarter.

Prkacin kept rolling with a reverse layup but Navarro answered from downtown to keep the hosts within 57-58. Kakiouzis made a short jumper, forcing an Efes timeout at 59-58. Popovic buried a tough jumper which Gonlum followed with a tip-in for a 59-62 Efes lead. Williams fed Fucka for a layup but Prkacin scored again in the low post. Kakiouzis and Domercant exchanged baskets, but Prkacin took over with a reverse layup to give Efes a 63-68 edge. Navarro shined with a fast break triple, igniting a 12-0 run in which Kakiouzis and Williams buried respective bombs from downtown to give Barcelona a 75-68 lead with 2:21 to go. Erden Arslan buried a three which Prkacin followed with a free throw for a 75-72 deficit with 1:27 remaining. Domercant fed Gonlum for a layup to make it a one-point game at 75-74. Navarro missed a seven-meter three, but Kakiouzis grabbed the offensive rebound, drew a foul and hit free throws for a 77-74 Barcelona lead with 16.4 seconds remaining. Popovic was next to the line, but missed both attempts, while Williams sealed the win with foul shots with 5.4 seconds to go.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Javier Gancedo, Euroleague.net
Referees: SUDEK, PETR (SVK), TAURINO, PAOLO (ITA), ZIEMBLICKI, GRZEGORZ (POL), RECUENCO, ANGEL MIGUEL (ESP)
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Head coach: IVANOVIC, DUSKO
Winterthur FC Barcelona
# Player Min Pts 2FG
M-A
 3FG
M-A
 FT
M-A
 Rebounds As St To Bl Fouls PIR
O D T Fv Ag Cm Rv
5 BASILE, GIANLUCA 27:15 10 2/3 1/6 3/3 2 1 3           4 2 5
7 FUCKA, GREGOR 31:45 9 4/9   1/2 4 8 12 2 1 3 4   4 2 17
8 TRIAS, JORDI DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 MARCONATO, DENIS 13:15 1 0/1   1/2   1 1     1 1   4 2 -2
10 WILLIAMS, SHAMMOND 31:00 18 2/3 3/7 5/6   3 3 6 2 2     1 3 23
11 NAVARRO, JUAN CARLOS 33:45 16 5/10 2/6 0/1 1 2 3 3 1       1 7 19
14 DE LA FUENTE, RODRIGO 10:00   0/1     1   1             2 2
20 KAKIOUZIS, MICHAILIS 35:00 23 6/8 3/6 2/2 5 4 9 1 1       3 1 27
21 THORNTON, BOOTSY 15:00 2 1/2 0/1   1 2 3 1         1   3
32 SADA, VICTOR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 GASOL, MARC DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
44 GRIMAU, ROGER 3:00           1 1           2   -1
Team                   1           1
Totals 200:00 79 20/37 9/26 12/16 14 22 36 13 6 6 5 0 20 19 94
54.1% 34.6% 75%
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
Head coach: MAHMUTI, OKTAY
Efes Pilsen
# Player Min Pts 2FG
M-A
 3FG
M-A
 FT
M-A
 Rebounds As St To Bl Fouls PIR
O D T Fv Ag Cm Rv
4 ARSLAN, ENDER 16:15 3 0/5 1/1     1 1 2         3 2  
6 ERMIS, BARIS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8 PRKACIN, NIKOLA 39:00 25 11/17   3/7 3 6 9 1   2   2 2 6 25
10 ABI, MUSTAFA 5:45                         2   -2
12 GONLUM, KEREM 29:00 4 2/3     3 6 9         1 1 3 13
14 PEKER, KAYA 12:00 6 3/7   0/1 4 4 8 1   1   1 3 1 6
21 GRANGER, ANTONIO 40:00 10 2/5 2/7     4 4   1 2     2 2 5
24 POPOVIC, MARKO 23:45 9 3/5 1/5 0/2   1 1 3   2   1 2 2 2
41 AKYOL, CENK DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
42 DEMIR, MUTLU DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
44 DOMERCANT, HENRY 34:15 17 5/7 2/6 1/1 1   1 3 1 1     4 4 15
55 YILMAZ, ALPER DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           1   1               1
Totals 200:00 74 26/49 6/19 4/11 12 22 34 10 2 8 0 5 19 20 65
53.1% 31.6% 36.4%
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Head Coaches

IVANOVIC, DUSKO
Winterthur FC Barcelona
"We are very much alive in the competition. We needed the win to demonstrate to ourselves that we still have options to be in the Top 16. We depend on ourselves. However, we started like many other nights without concentration and allowing them our defensive rebounds. But in the last minutes we knew how to be patient and we always knew what to do. We won this game because we had to, but now we need at least three more wins to assure our presence in the Top 16."
MAHMUTI, OKTAY
Efes Pilsen
"Our group is really tough. I think it's the strongest group in the Euroleague. All the games are finals and normally are decided in the last two or three plays. It was a good game for the fans, we were ahead most of the game but our mistakes with the free throws in the key moments were too much for us. The 12-0 run killed us, there was nothing we could do."

Players

KAKIOUZIS, MICHAILIS
Winterthur FC Barcelona
"It doesn't matter whether I score 30 points or 4 in a game, the most important thing is that the team wins. For us, this game was like a final, if we lost we would have been out of the Top 16 in 99 percent of the cases. I want to dedicate this win to Milos Vujanic, so that he knows all the team is with him."
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