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May 23, 2013

Last 16 Game 5 - February 22, 2011 CET: 20:00 Local time: 20:00 - O2 WORLD

Alba Berlin 74 - 82 Benetton Bwin

LAST 16, GAME 5

GROUP I

GROUP J

GROUP K

GROUP L

Records

Ave.		Ave.
0-0	Final	0-0
0-0	Quarter Final	0-0
1-3	Last 16	3-1
6-0	Regular Season	6-0
7-3	Overall	9-1

Referees

Crew Chief

DRABIKOVSKY, VOLODYMR, Ukraine

Referee

ANASTOPOULOS, PANAGIOTIS, Greece

Umpire

KALPAKAS, APOSTOLOS, Sweden

Team Stats

Ave.		Ave.
78.3	Points	74.9
32.7	Rebounds	33.8
9.1	O. Rebounds	11.1
23.6	D. Rebounds	22.7
15.5	Assists	13.3
6.6	Steals	9.8
0.6	Blocks	2.1
14.3	Turnovers	15.3
58.3 %	2PT	53.3 %
33.0 %	3PT	34.6 %
74.1 %	FT	63.5 %
79.8	Index	74.5

Team Stats - Alba Berlin

Team Stats - Benetton Bwin

Player Stats

Ave.		Ave.
13.0 / Allen	Points	15.2 / Smith
5.1 / Dragicevic	Rebounds	6.4 / BRUNNER, GREG
1.7 / Allen	OR	2.8 / BRUNNER, GREG
4.6 / Dragicevic	DR	3.8 / Smith
3.2 / MARINOVIC, MARKO	Assists	5.1 / Markovic
1.7 / McELROY, IMMANUEL	Steals	2.2 / Smith
0.2 / Allen	Blocks	0.4 / Smith
2.2 / Allen	Turnovers	2.4 / MOTIEJUNAS, DONATAS
72.2 % / Idbihi	2PT	83.3 % / WOJCIECHOWSKI, J.
56.0 % / Dragicevic	3PT	50.0 % / BULLERI, MASSIMO
100.0 % / Schultze	FT	100.0 % / TOOLSON, RYAN DAVID
13.1 / McELROY, IMMANUEL	Index	15.4 / Smith

Team Roster - Alba Berlin

Team Roster - Benetton Bwin

THE TAKE

Alba Berlin and Benetton Bwin face off Tuesday night at the o2 World Arena in the German capital in a game that holds the cards for the race to the quarterfinals stage. Berlin (1-3) needs to win by 4 or more points in order to avoid elimination in Group L, while Benetton (3-1) can clinch a spot by beating its Week 5 opponent by that same margin. Benetton has been on a roll with back-to-back wins and began the Last 16 with a defeat of Berlin, who has dropped two in a row. Alba has struggled offensively, but its potent frontcourt is still an asset when the going gets tough. Big men like Patrick Femerling, Derrick Allen and Tadja Dragicevic can multi-task with their versatility, while guard Julius Jenkins has played spectacularly at times and seems to have a flair for the big shot. Benetton boasts big-time players like All-Eurocup First Team selection Devin Smith at guard and high-scoring center Donatas Motiejunas. Alessandro Gentile, Ryan Toolson and Stefan Markovic can all shoot from the perimeter and the addition of seasoned big man Brian Skinner has been a welcomed dose of muscle and know-how in the paint since Sandro Nicevic went down with an injury. Immanuel McElroy is a threat at forward for the hosts along with Sven Schultze, and Benetton’s Greg Brunner should have his hands full, though he is more than capable of making an impact on the boards. With both teams struggling some in the scoring department, the game features to be decided more on grit than style and, since they both consider themselves Eurocup contenders, there should be no rest until only one side is left standing. REFEREES: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi, Panagiotis Anastopoulos, Apostolos Kalpakas Monday, February 21, 2011 Eurocupbasketball.com

Alba Berlin and Benetton Bwin face off Tuesday night at the o2 World Arena in the German capital in a game that holds the cards for the race to the quarterfinals stage. Berlin (1-3) needs to win by 4 or more points in order to avoid elimination in Group L, while Benetton (3-1) can clinch a spot by beating its Week 5 opponent by that same margin. Benetton has been on a roll with back-to-back wins and began the Last 16 with a defeat of Berlin, who has dropped two in a row. Alba has struggled offensively, but its potent frontcourt is still an asset when the going gets tough. Big men like Patrick Femerling, Derrick Allen and Tadja Dragicevic can multi-task with their versatility, while guard Julius Jenkins has played spectacularly at times and seems to have a flair for the big shot. Benetton boasts big-time players like All-Eurocup First Team selection Devin Smith at guard and high-scoring center Donatas Motiejunas. Alessandro Gentile, Ryan Toolson and Stefan Markovic can all shoot from the perimeter and the addition of seasoned big man Brian Skinner has been a welcomed dose of muscle and know-how in the paint since Sandro Nicevic went down with an injury. Immanuel McElroy is a threat at forward for the hosts along with Sven Schultze, and Benetton’s Greg Brunner should have his hands full, though he is more than capable of making an impact on the boards. With both teams struggling some in the scoring department, the game features to be decided more on grit than style and, since they both consider themselves Eurocup contenders, there should be no rest until only one side is left standing.

REFEREES: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi, Panagiotis Anastopoulos, Apostolos Kalpakas

Monday, February 21, 2011

Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

Players

TOOLSON, RYAN Benetton Bwin "We are doing fine in the Eurocup and we will have to keep on doing so in the last two games remaining of this phase to move on forward. We do not want to underestimate this challenge in front of us. We know Alba Berlin and we know they are a dangerous team with strong offense, but also defense. In front of their fans they will do anything to stay in the competition that's why we have to win, play well and never think about the point differential. There are no calculations to be done here: we need to win."

TOOLSON, RYAN

Benetton Bwin

"We are doing fine in the Eurocup and we will have to keep on doing so in the last two games remaining of this phase to move on forward. We do not want to underestimate this challenge in front of us. We know Alba Berlin and we know they are a dangerous team with strong offense, but also defense. In front of their fans they will do anything to stay in the competition that's why we have to win, play well and never think about the point differential. There are no calculations to be done here: we need to win."

A monster game from Devin Smith lifted Benetton Bwin Treviso into the Eurocup Quarterfinals with a 74-82 road win over Alba Berlin at o2 World in the German capital Smith torched Alba for a career-high 35 points on 7-of-10 three-point shooting plus 9 rebounds and 3 steals for a performance index rating of 47. Despite Smith’s showing, Alba was in it and led 67-65 midway through the fourth quarter before five different players combined on a 0-11 Benetton run that set up the outcome. Heiko Schaffartzik tried to lead Berlin back, but Benetton stood tall and eliminated last season’s Eurocup runner-up already in the Last 16. Benetton improved to 4-1 in Group L and can still win the group next week. Berlin dropped to 1-4. Stefan Markovic recorded 14 points and 6 assists and Donatas Motiejunas added 13 points and 9 boards for the winners. Schaffartzik scored all of his 18 points in the second half to pace the Berliners, while Derrick Allen had 17 – 15 in the first half – Julius Jenkins added 14 and Bryce Taylor netted 10 in deferat. A nice inside pass from Tadija Dragicevic to Allen got Alba on the board first, but the visitors quickly gained control through Markovic, who nailed a three-pointer and then set up Brian Skinner and Motiejunas for baskets on consecutive plays. Markovic’s next pass led to Skinner getting fouled, making 1 and putting the lead at 2-8. Dragicevic answered from downtown, but Smith kept Benetton rolling. Immanuel McElroy carried Berlin to a 13-12 lead only to see a Smith triple put the visitors back on top. Motiejunas added free throws before Julius Jenkins settled the score at 15-18 through 10 minutes. Smith managed to outduel Jenkins to keep Benetton ahead early in the second quarter. Allen started to heat up, but Greg Brunner and Motiejunas lifter the Benetton lead to 20-28. Allen and Dragicevic helped narrow the gap to 32-33 and after a Markovic jumper, Taylor continued the push and Berlin went ahead. Smith connected from downtown to put Benetton ahead once more only to see Taylor make it 39-38 at halftime. Smith came out firing for the second half, nailing a pair of triples and scoring another basket in a 0-13 start to the third quarter. Markovic was also hot for the visitors, but Schaffartzik was determined to answer and struck twice from behind the arc to keep Berlin alive. The Jenkins hit from behind the arc too, Schaffartzik added another and the lead was just 51-54. Massimo Bulleri added crucial points late in the quarter and Smith’s 31st point on his 7th three put the lead back at 8, but a Schaffartzik four-point play made it 59-63 at the end of the quarter. Jenkins tied the game at 65-65 early in the fourth quarter and then gave Alba a 2-point lead. Skinner knotted the game at 67-67, Markovic followed with a basket-plus-foul and Benetton never looked back. Alessandro Gentile and naturally Smith got involved in what became a 0-11 run that settled the outcome. A Schaffartzik bucket had little impact, since time was on Benetton’s side. Alba was forced to foul and Gentile was up to the challenge, denying Berlin a final chance and sending the hosts out of the competition. Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Eurocupbasketball.com

A monster game from Devin Smith lifted Benetton Bwin Treviso into the Eurocup Quarterfinals with a 74-82 road win over Alba Berlin at o2 World in the German capital Smith torched Alba for a career-high 35 points on 7-of-10 three-point shooting plus 9 rebounds and 3 steals for a performance index rating of 47. Despite Smith’s showing, Alba was in it and led 67-65 midway through the fourth quarter before five different players combined on a 0-11 Benetton run that set up the outcome. Heiko Schaffartzik tried to lead Berlin back, but Benetton stood tall and eliminated last season’s Eurocup runner-up already in the Last 16. Benetton improved to 4-1 in Group L and can still win the group next week. Berlin dropped to 1-4. Stefan Markovic recorded 14 points and 6 assists and Donatas Motiejunas added 13 points and 9 boards for the winners. Schaffartzik scored all of his 18 points in the second half to pace the Berliners, while Derrick Allen had 17 – 15 in the first half – Julius Jenkins added 14 and Bryce Taylor netted 10 in deferat.

A nice inside pass from Tadija Dragicevic to Allen got Alba on the board first, but the visitors quickly gained control through Markovic, who nailed a three-pointer and then set up Brian Skinner and Motiejunas for baskets on consecutive plays. Markovic’s next pass led to Skinner getting fouled, making 1 and putting the lead at 2-8. Dragicevic answered from downtown, but Smith kept Benetton rolling. Immanuel McElroy carried Berlin to a 13-12 lead only to see a Smith triple put the visitors back on top. Motiejunas added free throws before Julius Jenkins settled the score at 15-18 through 10 minutes. Smith managed to outduel Jenkins to keep Benetton ahead early in the second quarter. Allen started to heat up, but Greg Brunner and Motiejunas lifter the Benetton lead to 20-28. Allen and Dragicevic helped narrow the gap to 32-33 and after a Markovic jumper, Taylor continued the push and Berlin went ahead. Smith connected from downtown to put Benetton ahead once more only to see Taylor make it 39-38 at halftime.

Smith came out firing for the second half, nailing a pair of triples and scoring another basket in a 0-13 start to the third quarter. Markovic was also hot for the visitors, but Schaffartzik was determined to answer and struck twice from behind the arc to keep Berlin alive. The Jenkins hit from behind the arc too, Schaffartzik added another and the lead was just 51-54. Massimo Bulleri added crucial points late in the quarter and Smith’s 31st point on his 7th three put the lead back at 8, but a Schaffartzik four-point play made it 59-63 at the end of the quarter. Jenkins tied the game at 65-65 early in the fourth quarter and then gave Alba a 2-point lead. Skinner knotted the game at 67-67, Markovic followed with a basket-plus-foul and Benetton never looked back. Alessandro Gentile and naturally Smith got involved in what became a 0-11 run that settled the outcome. A Schaffartzik bucket had little impact, since time was on Benetton’s side. Alba was forced to foul and Gentile was up to the challenge, denying Berlin a final chance and sending the hosts out of the competition.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Eurocupbasketball.com

Referees: DRABIKOVSKY, VOLODYMR (UKR), ANASTOPOULOS, PANAGIOTIS (GRE), KALPAKAS, APOSTOLOS (SWE)

Attendance: 9222 (Tentative)

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Alba Berlin	15	24	20	15
Benetton Bwin	18	20	25	19

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Alba Berlin	15	39	59	74
Benetton Bwin	18	38	63	82

Head coach: KATZURIN, MULI

Alba Berlin
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	Rebounds			As	St	To	Bl		Fouls		PIR
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
6	SCHULTZE, SVEN	16:44	4	2/3	0/3			1	1	2		1			5		-3
8	SCHAFFARTZIK, HEIKO	32:54	18	1/2	5/10	1/1		2	2	2					2	2	16
11	JENKINS, JULIUS	26:55	14	5/7	1/3	1/1		3	3	5		1			5	6	18
15	ALLEN, DERRICK	31:54	17	6/12		5/5	1	2	3	1		2		1	2	5	15
20	DRAGICEVIC, TADIJA	24:29	7	2/8	1/3			7	7	2		1		3	4	2	2
22	SAIBOU, JOSHIKO	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
23	McELROY, IMMANUEL	33:25	4	2/3		0/2	3	4	7	4	1	3			1	2	11
24	STAIGER, LUCCA	7:35			0/1						1				1		-1
34	IDBIHI, YASSIN	6:53						2	2						3		-1
44	TAYLOR, BRYCE	19:11	10	2/4	0/1	6/7	1		1			1	1		1	6	12
	Team						3	4	7			1					6
	Totals	200:00	74	20/39	7/21	13/16	8	25	33	16	2	10	1	4	24	23	75
				51.3%	33.3%	81.3%

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: REPESA, JASMIN

Benetton Bwin
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	Rebounds			As	St	To	Bl		Fouls		PIR
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
5	CAZZOLATO, NICOLO	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	SMITH, DEVIN	37:36	35	4/4	7/10	6/8	1	8	9	2	3				2	5	47
7	MARKOVIC, STEFAN	36:03	14	2/3	3/7	1/1		3	3	6					2	5	21
8	SKINNER, BRIAN	21:52	5	1/4		3/4		2	2			2	3		4	2	2
9	BULLERI, MASSIMO	12:23	6	2/2	0/2	2/2		1	1			1			3	1	2
11	MOTIEJUNAS, DONATAS	35:26	13	2/6	1/2	6/10	3	6	9				1		2	8	20
15	GENTILE, ALESSANDRO	23:58	7	0/2	1/4	4/4		5	5	3	1				2	3	12
17	PERIC, HRVOJE	9:47		0/2				1	1	1					2		-2
18	WOJCIECHOWSKI, JAKUB	1:22													1		-1
19	BRUNNER, GREG	18:08	2	1/5			4		4			3			3		-4
20	TOOLSON, RYAN	3:25		0/1	0/1		1		1			1		1	2		-5
	Team						1	1	2			1					1
	Totals	200:00	82	12/29	12/26	22/29	10	27	37	12	4	8	4	1	23	24	93
				41.4%	46.2%	75.9%

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Head Coaches

KATZURIN, MULI Alba Berlin "I think we made a big effort today, although we suffered from some mental breaking points: First at the beginning, when we let them get the open shots. Then the same happened at the beginning of the third quarter. For the rest of the game, I think we played okay. We had a short rotation today, because unfortunately two players were injured on the day before the game. The difference between the two teams today was Devin Smith, who had an amazing performance and made his shots with a lot of confidence. We tried a lot of things against him, but he was bigger than the game today."

KATZURIN, MULI

Alba Berlin

"I think we made a big effort today, although we suffered from some mental breaking points: First at the beginning, when we let them get the open shots. Then the same happened at the beginning of the third quarter. For the rest of the game, I think we played okay. We had a short rotation today, because unfortunately two players were injured on the day before the game. The difference between the two teams today was Devin Smith, who had an amazing performance and made his shots with a lot of confidence. We tried a lot of things against him, but he was bigger than the game today."

REPESA, JASMIN Benetton Bwin "“I am really happy that we already tonight have qualified for the next round by winning against a really good team here in Berlin. But I am worried that we had so many ups and downs during the game. We opened the game well, but then we did not control the rhythm so well. The same in the second half, when Alba came back one more time. When we are up by 10 or even more points, we have to finish the game. We came here with a lot of problems because Toolson and Peric were sick. But Smith, Markovic, Gentile, Motiejunas and Skinner did a very good job."

REPESA, JASMIN

Benetton Bwin

"“I am really happy that we already tonight have qualified for the next round by winning against a really good team here in Berlin. But I am worried that we had so many ups and downs during the game. We opened the game well, but then we did not control the rhythm so well. The same in the second half, when Alba came back one more time. When we are up by 10 or even more points, we have to finish the game. We came here with a lot of problems because Toolson and Peric were sick. But Smith, Markovic, Gentile, Motiejunas and Skinner did a very good job."

Players

ALLEN, DERRICK Alba Berlin "We had a bad start to the game and also at the beginning of the second half did not execute well. I think that's where we lost the game."

ALLEN, DERRICK

Alba Berlin

"We had a bad start to the game and also at the beginning of the second half did not execute well. I think that's where we lost the game."

SMITH, DEVIN Benetton Bwin "Tonight was a big step forward for us. We came out good and fought for 40 minutes. Alba never gave up and continued to fight, but we played very well defensively tonight. A lot of teams play zone against us, because sometimes we struggle against that, but tonight we attacked with confidence and that was the key."

SMITH, DEVIN

Benetton Bwin

"Tonight was a big step forward for us. We came out good and fought for 40 minutes. Alba never gave up and continued to fight, but we played very well defensively tonight. A lot of teams play zone against us, because sometimes we struggle against that, but tonight we attacked with confidence and that was the key."

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