May 23, 2013
Last 16 Game 2 - February 02, 2010 CET: 18:45 Local time: 18:45 - HALA PIONIR
Crvena Zvezda 97 - 67 Gran Canaria 2014

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final 0-0
0-0 Quarter Final 0-0
1-0 Last 16 1-0
5-1 Regular Season 4-2
6-1 Overall 5-2

Referees

Crew Chief
VOREADIS, LAZAROS, Greece
Referee
BIRICIK, MURAT, Turkey
Umpire
ESTERON, OMER, Israel

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
80.4 Points 71.1
32.9 Rebounds 35.0
10.6 O. Rebounds 12.7
22.3 D. Rebounds 22.3
13.3 Assists 15.7
9.0 Steals 9.7
2.7 Blocks 2.6
14.0 Turnovers 15.6
55.2 % 2PT 49.1 %
38.0 % 3PT 29.7 %
67.9 % FT 77.8 %
84.9 Index 74.6
Team Stats - Crvena Zvezda
Team Stats - Gran Canaria 2014

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
11.9 / KIKANOVIC, ELMEDIN Points 11.9 / MCDONALD, WILL
6.6 / Bjelica, N. Rebounds 8.0 / Augustine
2.5 / Stevic OR 3.3 / Augustine
4.6 / Bjelica, N. DR 4.7 / Augustine
3.6 / Radivojevic Assists 3.9 / NORRIS, MARCUS
1.7 / Taylor Steals 2.1 / FISHER, JOSH
0.7 / Stevic Blocks 0.9 / SAVANE, SITAPHA
2.7 / Taylor Turnovers 3.9 / NORRIS, MARCUS
70.6 % / Radivojevic 2PT 71.4 % / BELLAS, TOMAS JUAN
66.7 % / Stimac 3PT 46.2 % / NORRIS, MARCUS
100.0 % / BAKIC, BORIS FT 100.0 % / Carroll
12.4 / Radivojevic Index 15.0 / Augustine
Team Roster - Crvena Zvezda
Team Roster - Gran Canaria 2014

THE TAKE

A direct fight for first place in Group L is set to take place in Belgrade, Serbia, where Crvena Zvezda hosts Gran Canaria 2014 on Tuesday night. Zvezda registered an important road win against CEZ Nymburk last week, while Gran Canaria stopped Turk Telekom at home. Gran Canaria must be ready to stop playmaker Mike Taylor, who has led Zvezda to three consecutive wins in its last Eurocup games, averaging 21.7 points and 2.7 steals in the process. Taylor will share the point guard duties with Vuk Radivojevic, even though both players will also see playing time together. Taylor has a tough test against experienced point guard Marcus Norris, who will his court sense and on-the-ball defense against him. Radivojevic is set to see playing time against Tomas Bellas. Zvezda will have to find the way to stop scoring ace Jaycee Carroll. Gran Canaria has more options at the wings, as it can offer streak shooter Melvin Sanders, hard-nosed defender Jim Moran or combo guard Josh Fisher. Boris Bakic is the top candidate to guard Carroll due to his defensive skills and toughness. Marko Keselj is ready for an exciting shooting battle against Sanders. Filip Videnov will have to use his experience and all-around scoring skills against Fisher. Moran will have to give his best in defense against Nemanja Bjelica, a natural-born mismatch due to his versatility, ball-handling and talent. Granca relies its offense in its versatile, powerful frontcourt. Sitapha Savane and Will McDonald offer intensity, toughness rebounding and post skills. Coach Pedro Martinez can open the floor with Daniel Kickert due to his three-point accuracy or bang inside with blue-collar big man James Augustine. Coach Aleksandar Trifunovic is set to use two effective big men like Oliver Stevic and Elmedin Kikanovic to try to get McDonald and Savane into foul trouble. Vladimir Stimac will offer power, offensive rebounds and a winning mentality off the guests' bench. Gran Canaria must be its usual self in defense, overcome an intense basketball atmosphere and find open shots for Carroll and Sanders. Zvezda must run its offense through Taylor and play up-tempo to take advantage of quick players like Bjelica and Kikanovic in the open court. Expect a very interesting showdown in which only one team will leave the court in first place.

REFEREES: Lazaros Voreadis, Murat Biricik, Omer Esteron
Monday, February 01, 2010
Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

MARTINEZ, PEDRO
Gran Canaria 2014
"We play an important game against the favorite team in our group, because they only lost a single game in the regular season. They are undefeated at home and last week they also won on the road. They are the team to beat in this group. We want to play a good game because if we manage to win it would be ahuge step towards the right direction. There are no easy teams left in the Last 16, they all have a pretty good level. There's a significant number and that is that our game last week was the one with the biggest margin in the final score. That tells you a lot about the balance among teams. The point differential will becaome a key at the end of this Last 16."

Players

Nemanja Bjelica - Crvena ZvezdaCrvena Zvezda led from start to finish as it dominated Gran Canaria 2014 97-67 in the Serbian capital on Tuesday. Nemanja Bjelica and Mike Taylor shined bright for the hosts, who survived a third-quarter Granca charge and put things away with a 21-0 fourth-quarter charge. Crvena Zvezda is now 2-0 in Last 16 Group L before traveling to face winless Turk Telekom next week. Gran Canaria dropped to 1-1 and next hosts CEZ Basketball Nymburk. It was a coming out party for Bjelica, who paced the winners with a career-high 22 points, while Taylor continued his red-hot form with 21 points, 4 assists and 4 steals. Elmedin Kikanovic added 15 points, Oliver Stevic scored 13 and Marko Keselj 10 for the winners. Melvin Sanders made 5 of 6 three-pointers to lead Gran Canaria with 17 points, Jaycee Carroll added 14 and James Augustine 10. The hosts outshot Gran Canaria – including making 9 of 17 three-pointers – outrebounded (28-14) the visitors and recorded 10 steals in an impressive showing. Sanders’s hot shooting brought the visitors within 29-28 midway through the second quarter, but Taylor fueled a 16-5 push that helped Crvena Zvezda take a 53-37 halftime advantage. Twice in the second half Granca cut the gap to single digits, but each time Crvena Zvezda answered with a vengeance to roll to a big home win.

Crvena Zvezda started strong as Keselj buried a three-pointer and Stevic scored inside before Augustine got Gran Canaria on the board with a pair of free throws. The Gran Canaria defense took away the Crvena Zvezda transition game and forced the hosts into a halfcourt offense, while Augustine and Sitapha Savane fed each other for easy scores on consecutive trips down the floor. Kikanovic and Stevic stepped up and made their shots to lift the hosts to 13-6. A Jim Moran jumper and Carroll runner kept Granca close, but Crvena Zvezda extended its lead on a Kikanovic three and a Stevic tip-in. Vuk Radivojevic made it a 10-point lead from the line before baskets by Augustine and Carroll narrowed the gap to 22-15 after 10 minutes. Sanders came off the bench to start the second quarter and soon delivered a trio of three-pointers to bring Granca within 29-28. Taylor came back in and zipped in for a reverse layup to save the hosts. Radivojevic added free throws and Taylor also scored from the line and created a steal that led to a Bjelica basket and a 40-31 lead. Augustine turned an offensive rebound into free throws, but the hosts continued their charge as Kikanovic scored and Keselj made his second three of the night to cap a 16-5 run. Marcus Norris hit twice from the line, but Bjelica scored inside and out and Taylor beat the buzzer with a long three-pointer to make it 53-37 at the break.

Crvena Zvezda looked to put the game away as Stevic corrected a Taylor miss and Kikanovic took a dish from Taylor to make it a 20-point game. Gran Canaria fought back as Augustine and Norris scored on back-to-back possessions. Taylor and Norris traded threes, but Carroll and Norris continued to pound away at the Crvena Zvezda lead. Taylor went out for a rest after committing a pair of turnovers and Granca continued to get closer. Carroll drilled a three and McDonald scored from the line and in the paint to complete a 1-11 run to make it 65-57. Keselj revived the hosts from the line and even though Crvena Zvezda continued having trouble generating points, Gran Canaria also cooled off. Vladimir Stimac and Bjelica added free throws and McDonald missed a dunk at the end of the quarter, leaving the hosts up 72-59. Taylor scored in transition before Carroll sank a three to start the fourth quarter. Carroll assisted Sanders for a downtown strike to narrow the gap to 9, but another basket from Taylor and 2 Bjelica free throws kept Crvena Zvezda in charge. Bjelica then dished to a wide-open Bjelica for a three that made it 81-65 and ignited the fans. Despite a Granca timeout, Taylor nailed a three from the top of the key and then slices up the visiting defense for a pretty layup to extend the hosts’ unanswered run to 12 points, essentially putting the game away. Granca’s misery grew when Carroll missed an open dunk, signaling to the fans that it was time to celebrate a big win. Bjelica added a basket and then made a pretty pass to Kikanovic as the hosts took their run to 21-0 before Sanders ended a seven-plus minute drought in the last minute.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: VOREADIS, LAZAROS (GRE), BIRICIK, MURAT (TUR), ESTERON, OMER (ISR)
Attendance: 5200
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Crvena Zvezda22311925
Gran Canaria 20141522228
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Crvena Zvezda22537297
Gran Canaria 201415375967
Head coach: TRIFUNOVIC, ALEKSANDAR
Crvena Zvezda
# 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 KESELJ, MARKO 27:03 10 1/1 2/5 2/2       1   1       1 8
9 KIKANOVIC, ELMEDIN 19:35 15 6/7 1/2   1 1 2   1       3 1 14
11 RADOSAVLJEVIC, LAZAR 0:58                              
13 RONDOVIC, NIKOLA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 TAYLOR, MIKE 29:58 21 5/8 3/4 2/2   1 1 4 3 4     3 4 22
16 NEDOVIC, NEMANJA 0:41 1     1/2                   1 1
17 STEVIC, OLIVER 30:13 13 6/6   1/2 4 2 6   2 2     3 2 17
18 RADIVOJEVIC, VUK 21:55 6 1/2 0/2 4/4   4 4 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 7
24 VIDENOV, FILIP 5:54 3 1/1 0/1 1/2                   1 2
30 STIMAC, VLADIMIR 18:43 3 0/3   3/4 2 3 5     1   1 3 2 1
33 BAKIC, BORIS 23:36 3 1/2   1/1 1 2 3 4 2 1     2 4 12
44 BJELICA, NEMANJA 21:24 22 4/5 3/3 5/6 4 2 6 2 1 1 1   1 3 31
Team           1   1               1
Totals 200:00 97 25/35 9/17 20/25 13 15 28 12 10 13 2 2 17 22 116
71.4% 52.9% 80%
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: MARTINEZ, PEDRO
Gran Canaria 2014
# 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 FISHER, JOSH 5:34 2 1/1 0/1         2         2   1
5 AUGUSTINE, JAMES 28:29 10 3/4   4/4 2 2 4 2   2 1   1 2 15
6 ALVARADO, OSCAR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 SAVANE, SITAPHA 25:45 4 2/4       1 1 2   2   1 2 1 1
11 BELLAS, TOMAS 14:58   0/1 0/1     2 2 1   1   1 2 3  
13 NORRIS, MARCUS 25:02 9 2/4 1/3 2/2 1   1 3 2 2     4 4 9
14 KICKERT, DANIEL DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20 MORAN, JIM 18:12 2 1/2 0/2         1 1 2         -1
22 CARROLL, JAYCEE 34:26 14 4/9 2/6   1 2 3 3   3     3 2 7
34 SANDERS, MELVIN 21:48 17 1/3 5/6   1   1 1   1     3 1 13
45 MCDONALD, WILL 25:46 9 3/4   3/4 1 1 2 1   2 1   5 4 8
Team                                
Totals 200:00 67 17/32 8/19 9/10 6 8 14 16 3 15 2 2 22 17 53
53.1% 42.1% 90%
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Head Coaches

TRIFUNOVIC, ALEKSANDAR
Crvena Zvezda
"I am extremely happy. First of all with the way we played tonight. During the game we had many problems with Melvin Sanders, but we managed to keep control of the game, especially in the first and third periods. We were better team in offense, but all my players were great in defense. We made a 30-point wining margin at the end, but I think half of that is thanks to our fans. They were driving us all the way. Before the game I said to my players that key to the win could be our team play. At the end I can say we won due to team play. Next week we are going to Ankara to play with Turk Telekom and we will try to win there."
MARTINEZ, PEDRO
Gran Canaria 2014
"Congratulations to Crvena Zveyda. They played an excellent game with much more energy than we had. Crvena Zveyda had many players in a shape. They dominated all the way with much better rebounding as we missed the balance between our lines. Mike Taylor was key player. He scored important points and played so good in defense."
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