May 18, 2013
Regular Season Game 3 - November 05, 2009 CET: 20:45 Local time: 20:45 - PALACIO VISTALEGRE
Real Madrid 80 - 70 Panathinaikos

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final Four 0-0
0-0 Playoffs 0-0
0-0 Top 16 0-0
1-1 Regular Season 2-0
1-1 Overall 2-0

Referees

Crew Chief
BRAZAUSKAS, ROMUALDAS, Lithuania
Referee
RYZHYK, BORYS, Ukraine
Umpire
VIATOR, EDDIE, France

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
87.5 Points 88.0
32.0 Rebounds 29.5
8.0 O. Rebounds 8.5
24.0 D. Rebounds 21.0
18.5 Assists 18.0
9.5 Steals 5.5
2.5 Blocks 3.5
10.5 Turnovers 12.5
61.0 % 2PT 65.4 %
37.2 % 3PT 36.8 %
58.9 % FT 80.0 %
104.0 Index 98.0
Team Stats - Real Madrid
Team Stats - Panathinaikos

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
25.5 / Lavrinovic, D. Points 18.5 / PEKOVIC, NIKOLA
8.0 / Lavrinovic, D. Rebounds 5.0 / PEKOVIC, NIKOLA
2.5 / Lavrinovic, D. OR 1.5 / Shermadini
5.5 / Lavrinovic, D. DR 3.5 / PEKOVIC, NIKOLA
4.5 / PRIGIONI, PABLO Assists 5.5 / Spanoulis
2.0 / Lavrinovic, D. Steals 2.0 / Perperoglou
1.5 / Lavrinovic, D. Blocks 1.0 / Shermadini
3.0 / PRIGIONI, PABLO Turnovers 2.0 / Shermadini
100.0 % / Llull 2PT 100.0 % / Diamantidis
100.0 % / Lavrinovic, D. 3PT 100.0 % / GOLEMAC, JURICA
100.0 % / BULLOCK, LOUIS FT 100.0 % / Shermadini
40.0 / Lavrinovic, D. Index 23.5 / Diamantidis
Team Roster - Real Madrid
Team Roster - Panathinaikos

THE TAKE

One of the most anticipated showdowns so far in the Euroleague season takes place on Thursday when a fully-reloaded Real Madrid hosts defending champion Panathinaikos in the Spanish capital in a direct fight for the top spot in Group D. Panathinaikos is the only undefeated team in this group with Madrid right behind at 1-1. Above all, it is showdown between two of the best coaches in the game, Ettore Messina of Real Madrid and Zeljko Obradovic of Panathinaikos. These coaches have faced each other in two of the last three Euroleague finals. It is a special game for Obradovic, who led Madrid to its eighth - and most recent - Euroleague title back in 1995. Messina and Obradovic combine for 11 Euroleague titles with six different teams - which says it all about the coaching level in this game. Both teams enter this game with many key absences. Madrid is still without big men Felipe Reyes and Thomas Van den Spiegel. Meanwhile, Panathinaikos will be once again missing Kostas Tsartsaris, Sarunas Jasikevicius and Mike Batiste. Without Reyes and Van den Spiegel, Darjus Lavrinovic, who leads the Euroleague in index ranking (40 per game), is set to have a key role in this game. His matchup against Nikola Pekovic may well become the biggest key to this game. Novica Velickovic and Jorge Garbajosa are ready to open the guests' defense with their outside shots. Garbajosa has a very interesting matchup against former Madrid forward Antonis Fotsis, with center Giorgi Shermadini and versatile forward Jurica Golemac coming off the bench for the Greens. The point guard battle will be just as interesting, as two of the best floor generals in Europe - Pablo Prigioni of Real Madrid and Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos - are set to face off. Messina can use Sergio Llull to change the game rhythm. Obradovic has more options in a more flexible offense, using Nick Calathes or even Vassilis Spanoulis at point guard. Madrid has its own battery of experienced players on the wings with Rimas Kaukenas, Travis Hansen, Louis Bullock and Sergi Vidal, who is ready for a critical matchup against Spanoulis. Bullock enters a shooting showdown against former Alphonso Ford Trophy winner Drew Nicholas, Kaukenas has a tough matchup against athletic forward Stratos Perperoglou, and Hansen will test his all-around skills against Milenko Tepic. Above all, the stage belongs to two coaching geniuses that know each other very well and are ready for yet another top-level battle where the sure winners are the fans watching basketball at its best.

REFEREES: Romualdas Brazauskas, Boris Ryzhyk, Eddie Viator


GAME NOTES

Real Madrid

Forward Novica Velickovic and Panathinaikos center Nikola Pekovic were teammates at Partizan Belgrade between 2005 and 2008. Together they won three Serbian League titles.

Velickovic and Panathinaikos guard Milenko Tepic were teammates at Partizan Belgrade between 2006 and 2009. Together they won three Serbian League titles.

Jorge Garbajosa needs just 5 more steals to reach 200 for his Euroleague career. Garbajosa is currently ranked sixth on the Euroleague career steals list.

Garbajosa needs 3 more blocked shots to move into the Euroleague career top 10 in blocks. He currently has 77 career blocks.

Rimas Kaukenas has scored in double figures in each of his last eight Euroleague appearances.

Big man Darjus Lavrinovic has scored in double figures in each of his last 11 Euroleague games.

Panathinaikos

Head coach Zeljko Obradovic guided Real Madrid for three seasons between 1994 and 1997, leading the club to the 1995 Euroleague title and the 1997 Saporta Cup.

Forward Antonis Fotsis spent two seasons playing for Real Madrid earlier in his career. At Madrid, he reached the 2004 ULEB Cup Final and won the 2005 Spanish League title. Felipe Reyes and Louis Bullock are the only current Madrid players left from his time there.

Fotsis was a teammate of Real Madrid swingman Travis Hansen at Dynamo Moscow between 2006 and 2008.

Guard Dimitris Diamantidis is just 2 points shy of reaching the 1,000-point mark for his Euroleague career.

Guard Vassilis Spanoulis has scored in double figures in eight consecutive Euroleague games.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Euroleague.net

Quotes Head Coaches

MESSINA, ETTORE
Real Madrid
"We play against the European champ in an important and difficult game because if Panathinaikos manages to reach the level of his two previous Euroleague games, especially against BC Khimki, it will be tough. At this very moment we are still building a team, building our game, and we want to keep improving and try to offer the best games to our fans. For this game, it will be key for us to defend the pick and roll well and also the defensive transitions."
OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO
Panathinaikos
"It is one more Euroleague game, something that automatically means that it is a difficult one. Real Madrid made a lot of changes and they have new coach and new players. They have some injuries, but they still can play at a high level. It’s something that stands for us too, since we have three important players sidelined, but we still have to try hard and do our best. The one certain thing is that it’s going to be a very difficult game."

Players

KAUKENAS, RIMANTAS
Real Madrid
"The game against Panathinaikos will be tough and complicated, as one would expect when facing the Euroleague champion. They are a team who play great basketball, who ended last season at a high level and which managed to maintain that starting this new campaign. They are a quality squad, well balanced and mostly keeping the core of the team that was champ last season. They have been playing together for a long time and this game will be of use to us to see the level we have reached so far, even though we will be missing Reyes and Van den Spiegel, two strong players for us. We want to play better than in the previous game, be smart in offense looking for the extra pass, be concentrated during 40 minutes and, most of all, play good defense. That's the key of the game."
PEKOVIC, NIKOLA
Panathinaikos
"It’s going to be a very tough game. Real Madrid has new coach, new players and they are aiming high. We have to keep walking on our path. We want to do our job in the best possible way. Our team is going to play there without three key players, but this is something we have learned to live with and it doesn’t change our mentality. We try hard to play good and effective basketball and there is no other way than trying to fight and win."
Darjus Lavrinovic - Real MadridReal Madrid sent a message that echoed all around the competition by downing defending Euroleague champion Panathinaikos 80-70 in front of 12,500 fans at Palacio Vistalegre in the Spanish capital on Thursday night. Both teams now join BC Khimki Moscow region in a three-way tie for the top spot in Group D, all with a 2-1 record. Rimantas Kaukenas led the winners with 17 points. Darjus Lavrinovic added 15, Sergio Llull had 12 while Pablo Prigioni got 11 for Madrid. Nikola Pekovic had 22 points for Panathinaikos while Drew Nicholas added 16. Panathinaikos managed to find Pekovic in the low post for easy points in the early going. He got some help from Milenko Tepic and Antonis Fotsis to give the Greens a 12-23 margin early in the second quarter. Madrid improved its defense, excelled at double-teaming Pekovic and made Panathinaikos go scoreless for 8 minutes. Lavrinovic and Llull fueled a game-changing 20-0 run that allowed Madrid to get a 34-28 margin at halftime. Lavrinovic stayed unstoppable while Prigioni shined after the break to keep Madrid way ahead, 59-51, after 30 minutes. Three-pointers by Prigioni and Llull sealed the outcome, 74-63, with 3 minutes to go, enough for all Madrid fans to confirm that their team may reach really high in the 2009-10 Euroleague season.

Fotsis got Panathinaikos going with a two-handed dunk that Lavrinovic matched with a six-meter jumper. Panathinaikos tried to get the ball to Pekovic down low as often as possible, trying to put Lavrinovic into foul trouble. Coach Messina tried to open the court with Jorge Garbajosa and Lavrinovic together on court. A layup by Pekovic and free throws by Vassilis Spanoulis gave the Greens a 2-6 edge. Pekovic and Lavrinovic traded blocks on each other off a Madrid timeout and Travis Hansen struck from downtown for a 5-6 Madrid deficit. Pekovic scored again while Dimitris Diamantidis took over with an outstanding three-pointer to keep Panathinaikos ahead, 5-11. Kaukenas and Garbajosa rescued Madrid but a layup by Giorgi Shermadini and back-to-back triples by Tepic and Fotsis silenced the crowd at 9-19. Prigioni tried to change things with an acrobatic layup that Tepic matched with a stop-and-pop jumper. A free throw by Kaukenas brought the hosts within 12-21 after 10 minutes.

Drew Nicholas - PanathinaikosCoach Ettore Messina tried to change the game rhythm with Llull, Sergi Vidal and Novica Velickovic together on court, trying to speed up its offense. Panathinaikos kept following its game plan, however, and a jump hook by Pekovic gave the Greens a 12-23 edge. Lavrinovic scored in the low post while Llull added a fast break layup to get the crowd involved at 16-23. Panathinaikos kept struggling to score while a baseline jumper by Lavrinovic got Madrid as close as 20-23. Madrid excelled at double-teaming Pekovic and the Greens' offense collapsed. Llull shined with a backdoor layup while a big dunk by Velickovic gave the hosts a 24-23 edge. Panathinaikos had been scoreless for 7 minutes already, while a wide open triple by Garbajosa and a fast break layup by Kaukenas boosted Madrid's lead to 29-23. A three-pointer by Llull capped a 20-0 Madrid and the crowd went wild at 32-23. Shermadini sank free throws while Nicholas struck from downtown for a 32-28 Panathinaikos deficit. Free throws by Lavrinovic fixed the halftime score at 34-28.

Nicholas took over with a driving layup immediately after the break but Lavrinovic matched it with a fadeaway jumper. Pekovic kept pacing the guests with a layup-plus-foul but Panathinaikos kept struggling to find open shots. Lavrinovic sank another baseline jumper but Nicholas answered from downtown for a 38-36 Panathinaikos deficit. Prigioni joined the three-point shootout, as Madrid kept trying to get Pekovic out of the paint with Lavrinovic and Garbajosa away from the basket. Lavrinovic took over with a driving layup while another triple by Prigioni made it a nine-point game, 46-37. Shermadini scored down low but Kaukenas took over with a wild driving basket. Nicholas and Velickovic exchanged three-pointers while Kaukenas buried a running bomb from downtown to boost the hosts' lead to 54-42. Panathinaikos improved its defense off a timeout while Diamantidis and Nicholas nailed back-to-back triples for a 56-49 deficit. Bullock buried his trademark catch-and-shoot triple but a fallaway jumper by a red hot Nicholas kept the Greens within 59-51 after 30 minutes.

Pekovic had an unsportsmanlike foul on Lavrinovic early in the fourth quarter, showing that Panathinaikos was ready to fight for the win. He scored in the other end to bring the guests within 60-53. Bullock sank free throws and a fast break layup by Kaukenas kept Madrid out of trouble at 64-53. Panathinaikos opted to attack the basket, trying to bring Madrid into the foul bonus. Bullock shined with a smooth driving layup and the hosts stayed focused in defense. Kaukenas fired in a six-meter jumper that Pekovic matched with a layup, but Panathinaikos only managed to trade baskets now. Spanoulis scored in transition while a free throw by Pekovic gave the Greens some hope at 68-61. Prigioni sank a corner triple and even when Pekovic scored again, Llull also struck from downtown to seal the outcome, 74-63, with 3 minutes to go. Both teams fought now for points differential, a critical issue in a direct fight to win Group D at the end of this round. Kaukenas and Velickovic allowed Madrid to keep a safe margin until the final buzzer.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Euroleague.net
Referees: BRAZAUSKAS, ROMUALDAS (LTU), RYZHYK, BORYS (UKR), VIATOR, EDDIE (FRA)
Attendance: 12500
By Quarter1234
Real Madrid12222521
Panathinaikos2172319
End of Quarter1234
Real Madrid12345980
Panathinaikos21285170
Head coach: MESSINA, ETTORE
Real Madrid
# 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 PRIGIONI, PABLO 25:47 11 1/1 3/5   1 3 4 2 2 1     2 1 15
6 HANSEN, TRAVIS 20:41 3 0/2 1/4   1 1 2 1 1       2    
7 LAVRINOVIC, DARJUS 28:06 15 6/9   3/4 1 4 5   2 2 2 1 4 3 16
13 KAUKENAS, RIMANTAS 31:28 17 5/8 1/3 4/7   3 3 3       1 3 3 14
14 VELICKOVIC, NOVICA 26:54 7 2/3 1/1     1 1 4 2 3     2 1 9
15 GARBAJOSA, JORGE 25:00 6 1/2 1/3 1/1 2 1 3 1 1 2     3 2 5
20 VIDAL, SERGI 10:03   0/1             1         1 1
21 DASIC, VLADIMIR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22 BULLOCK, LOUIS 10:55 9 1/2 1/3 4/4       1   1       2 8
23 LLULL, SERGIO 21:06 12 3/4 2/4   1 3 4 4 1 1       3 20
51 DE MIGUEL, IGNACIO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           1 2 3               3
Totals 200:00 80 19/32 10/23 12/16 7 18 25 16 10 10 2 2 16 16 91
59.4% 43.5% 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: OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO
Panathinaikos
# 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 TEPIC, MILENKO 16:50 6 1/1 1/2 1/2 1 3 4     1     1 2 8
6 SPANOULIS, VASSILIS 28:59 4 1/3 0/3 2/2   1 1 6 3 5     3 3 4
7 PERPEROGLOU, STRATOS 11:42   0/1 0/1                   1   -3
9 FOTSIS, ANTONIS 30:39 8 1/1 2/3     5 5 1   1     1   11
10 GOLEMAC, JURICA 3:33     0/2   1   1 1         1   -1
11 NICHOLAS, DREW 30:20 16 2/3 4/6     2 2 2 1 2     3 1 14
13 DIAMANTIDIS, DIMITRIS 28:08 7   2/3 1/2   1 1 2         3 3 8
14 PEKOVIC, NIKOLA 30:10 22 8/12   6/9 2 5 7 1 2 7 1 2 2 5 20
15 CALATHES, NICK 9:49 1   0/1 1/2   1 1           1 1  
16 SHERMADINI, GIORGI 9:50 6 2/2   2/2   2 2       1     1 10
17 VERGINIS, DIMITRIOS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
18 BOGRIS, GIORGOS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           1   1     1          
Totals 200:00 70 15/23 9/21 13/19 5 20 25 13 6 17 2 2 16 16 71
65.2% 42.9% 68.4%
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Head Coaches

MESSINA, ETTORE
Real Madrid
"I am very happy with this game, especially with the intensity that my players had tonight. We rotated our players at the end of the first quarter and that changed the defensive attitude of our team. It was a great game against the defending champion, which is always important, but we cannot forget this is just another win. This win will make us stronger and teach us to compete in the future."
OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO
Panathinaikos
"First of all, congratulations to Real Madrid for its great intensity. We had a very good first quarter, but our main problems were turnovers and their defense. We have to learn from this game. I am not surprised that everyone believes that Real Madrid is one of the favorites to win the Euroleague this season."

Players

KAUKENAS, RIMANTAS
Real Madrid
"It was a tough game. It is an important win, because we were able to stay focused. Our options began with good defense and even though we had a slow start, we managed to be focused for the rest of the game and get an important win, even though it is too early to get anything definitive out of it."
LLULL, SERGIO
Real Madrid
"It was a nice game for us. We managed to challenge and beat the reigning Euroleague champion. We had a soft start in defense, maybe respecting Panathinaikos too much. We played more aggressive after that and improved our game to get an important win."
PEKOVIC, NIKOLA
Panathinaikos
"We started the game really well but Real Madrid put a lot of pressure on defense and forced us to make some mistakes. We were not allowed to play our team-oriented game and were not able to bounce back in the second half. We are not really worried because this is the beginning of the season. We have to carry on working hard, getting better and learning from our mistakes. If we do all that, it will be tough for Madrid to beat us next time."
NICHOLAS, DREW
Panathinaikos
"We had a good start, but paid a high price for our many turnovers. Madrid's defense and fast break baskets hurt us a lot. The good part is that we are still in November. It is too early to come up with anything definitive about this game, but we have to improve and try our best to be better in the decisive moments of the season."
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