June 19, 2013
Regular Season Game 4 - December 16, 2008 CET: 18:00 Local time: 19:00 - SIEMENS ARENA
Lietuvos Rytas 83 - 64 Azovmash Mariupol

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final 0-0
0-0 Semi-Final 0-0
0-0 Quarter Final 0-0
0-0 Last 16 0-0
1-2 Regular Season 2-1
1-2 Overall 2-1

Referees

Crew Chief
CMIKIEWICZ, MAREK, Poland
Referee
OBRADOVIC, PETAR, Bosnia - Herzegovina
Umpire
RUTESIC, ZDRAVKO, Montenegro

Team Stats

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81.3 Points 83.7
34.7 Rebounds 34.3
12.7 O. Rebounds 11.7
22.0 D. Rebounds 22.7
13.0 Assists 16.3
8.7 Steals 7.7
1.0 Blocks 3.0
16.0 Turnovers 12.3
54.0 % 2PT 51.2 %
33.9 % 3PT 35.7 %
81.6 % FT 73.0 %
82.0 Index 93.0
Team Stats - Lietuvos Rytas
Team Stats - Azovmash Mariupol

Player Stats

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17.7 / Eidson Points 20.3 / El-Amin
6.0 / LUKAUSKIS, MINDAUGAS Rebounds 7.3 / V.d. Spiegel
2.7 / PETRAVICIUS, MARIUS OR 3.0 / V.d. Spiegel
4.0 / Eidson DR 4.7 / THOMPSON, DIJON L.
4.3 / Eidson Assists 7.0 / El-Amin
3.0 / LUKAUSKIS, MINDAUGAS Steals 2.7 / El-Amin
0.7 / PETRAVICIUS, MARIUS Blocks 1.7 / V.d. Spiegel
3.3 / LUKAUSKIS, MINDAUGAS Turnovers 2.7 / THOMPSON, DIJON L.
71.4 % / Anisimov 2PT 100.0 % / SKUTYELNIK, OLEKSANDR
50.0 % / Zavackas 3PT 63.6 % / SALYERS, MARC
100.0 % / Babrauskas FT 100.0 % / El-Amin
22.0 / Eidson Index 19.7 / El-Amin
Team Roster - Lietuvos Rytas
Team Roster - Azovmash Mariupol

THE TAKE

Lietuvos Rytas desperately needs a victory to right its course in Eurocup Group E as the 2005 ULEB Cup champion hosts Azovmash Mariupol. Rytas dropped to 1-2 last week by losing 76-66 at Azovmash with interim coach Robertas Kuncaitis at the helm after its head coach Antanas Sireika had stepped down two days earlier. Rimas Kurtinaitis enters as the new boss and is trying to calm things down in Vilnius, knowing three victories are enough to advance without worrying about mathematics. L. Rytas struggled in Mariupol, shooting just 39% from the field and turning the ball over 18 times. L. Rytas out-rebounded Azovmash, but it caused just 10 Mariupol turnovers. One of the few effective players for L. Rytas was guard Mindaugas Lukauskis, who had 19 points and 5 rebounds, while forward Chuck Eidson collected 10 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals. Guard Branko Milisavljevic had 13 points and forward Donatas Zavackas chipped in 9 points. But the rest of the team combined for just 15 points. New coach Kurtinaitis will have to find a new spark to give the highly respected club a push. While a loss does not eliminate L. Rytas, it would however make the task of reaching the Last 16 much more difficult. Azovmash Mariupol meanwhile cannot clinch a Last 16 berth with a victory, but head coach Rimas Girskis's side stands well in the group at 2-1 after the home win. Girskis watched as guard Khalid El-Amin took over the game with 32 points on 5 three-pointers to go along with 7 assists and 4 steals. Forward Marc Salyers came off the bench to add 15 points as the only other player in double figures for Azovmash. Forward Dijon Thompson had 7 points and 9 rebounds and forward Serhiy Lishchuk chipped in 6 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks. Center Tomas van den Spiegel went scoreless in 28 minutes, but had 7 rebounds and 2 blocks. Girskis knows that El-Amin may not repeat his outstanding performance. But he also knows that his other four starters will not combine for just 16 points. A victory could give Azovmash a tie for first place with a two-game lead over the other two teams in the group with two games left. Expect a real battle in Vilnius.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Eurocupbasketball.com

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Players

Branko Milisavljevic - Lietuvos RytasLietuvos Rytas took a major step forwards to reach the Last 16 in regular season Group E by downing Azovmash Mariupol 83-64 in Vilnius, Lithuania on Tuesday. Both teams tie in Group E with a 2-2 record but L. Rytas left the court with the tie-break advantage if both teams remain tied at the end of this round, as Azovmash registered a 10-point win against the Lithuanian powerhouse last week. Branko Milisavljevic paced the winners with 24 points and 6 assists. Chuck Eidson posted a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds, Milko Bjelica had 13 points, Steponas Babrauskas added 12, Marijonas Petravicius got 11 while Donatas Zavackas pulled down 12 boards for L. Rytas. Khalid El-Amin and Simonas Serapinas each had 12 points for Azovmash while Marc Salyers added 10. El-Amin helped Azovmash to get an early 11-17 lead, but a game-breaking 25-5 run in which Milisavljevic, Bjelica and Babrauskas each struck twice from downtown allowed L. Rytas to break the game open, 51-28, at halftime. Nothing changed after the break, as L. Rytas kept a safe margin and cruised to a well-deserved, crucial win.

El-Amin got Azovmash going with a layup but Petravicius soon answered with a three-point play while Milisavljevic added a fast break layup for a 5-2 L. Rytas lead. Tomas Van den Spiegel dunked it while back-to-back baskets by Serhiy Lishchuk and Uche Nsonwu tied it at 8-8. El-Amin and a power layup by Serapinas put the guests back ahead, 9-14. El-Amin kept pacing Azovmash but a 6-0 L. Rytas run that Babrauskas capped with free throws tied it at 17-17. Babrauskas struck from downtown while Eidson dunked it for a 22-19 L. Rytas edge after 10 minutes. Milisavljevic buried a triple early in the second quarter and even when Dijon Thompson answered from downtown, he insisted with another one from beyond the arc. Mindaugas Lukauskis and Bjelica joined the three-point shootout for a 36-22 L. Rytas margin, after a 25-5 run. Serapinas stepped up with free throws but Babrauskas and Bjelica struck from downtown in a 9-0 run that broke the game open, 45-26. Milisavljevic followed a jumper with a triple to make it a 23-point game, 51-28, at halftime.

Van den Spiegel tried to ignit the guests' comeback with a put-back layup right after the break but Milisavljevic and Petravicius answered to keep L. Rytas way ahead, 56-30. Azovmash tried to get Van den Spiegel involved while a layup by Serapinas and a triple by Thompson got the guests within 56-39. Eidson stepped up with a layup and fed Donatas Zavackas for an easy basket, as L. Rytas improved its defense late in the third quarter. Bjelica followed a three-pointer with a put-back dunk with Eidson allowed the hosts to seal the outcome, 69-47, after 30 minutes. Azovmash now fought for points differential, a critical issue in such a balanced Eurocup regular season group. El-Amin sank a triple, igniting a 0-7 run that Van den Spiegel capped with a put-back layup for a 71-54 deficit. L. Rytas did not panic, as Milisavljevic and Bjelica stepped up for a 75-56 margin. Salyers kept trying to change things for Azovmash but he didn't find much help around. Meanwhile, Milisavljevic and Eidson made sure to keep L. Rytas way ahead until the final buzzer.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: CMIKIEWICZ, MAREK (POL), OBRADOVIC, PETAR (BIH), RUTESIC, ZDRAVKO (MNE)
Attendance: 5000
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Azovmash Mariupol1991917
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Head coach: KURTINAITIS, RIMAS
Lietuvos Rytas
# 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 BABRAUSKAS, STEPONAS 15:24 12 2/3 2/2 2/2 1   1           3 2 11
8 LUKAUSKIS, MINDAUGAS 27:44 7 1/3 1/4 2/2   1 1 2   5     2 1 -1
9 PREKEVICIUS, MARIUS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 BJELICA, MILKO 31:29 13 2/3 3/3   1 2 3   1       5 2 13
12 ANISIMOV, MICHAILIS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 EIDSON, CHUCK 36:08 14 5/8 0/3 4/6 1 9 10 4 5 1 4   1 5 32
14 ZAVACKAS, DONATAS 23:47 2 1/3 0/2   4 8 12 1         4   7
15 PETRAVICIUS, MARIUS 24:44 11 4/9   3/5 1 6 7 1 1 2   4 4 4 7
21 JOMANTAS, ARTURAS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22 SINICA, JUSTAS 2:41   0/1                   1 1   -3
31 GECEVICIUS, MARTYNAS 2:46     0/2             1         -3
33 MILISAVLJEVIC, BRANKO 35:17 24 6/7 4/6         6   5     4 4 22
Team             1 1               1
Totals 200:00 83 21/37 10/22 11/15 8 27 35 14 7 14 4 5 24 18 86
56.8% 45.5% 73.3%
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: GIRSKIS, RIMAS
Azovmash Mariupol
# 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 JARUTIS, ROLANDAS 22:48 4 2/2 0/1   1   1     2     2    
7 SERAPINAS, SIMONAS 26:13 12 4/5 0/3 4/5 1   1 1   1 1   1 4 12
8 SKUTYELNIK, OLEKSANDR 9:06 2 0/1 0/1 2/2 1   1 1   2   2 1 2 -1
11 BAIDA, BOGDAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 LISHCHUK, SERHIY 17:59 2 1/5   0/4   4 4   1 1 3   3 3 1
14 VAN DEN SPIEGEL, TOMAS 13:17 8 4/7     3 2 5     3 1 1 3 3 7
22 SALYERS, MARC 24:40 10 4/6 0/2 2/2   1 1     1     1 4 9
23 THOMPSON, DIJON 34:33 8 1/6 2/4     7 7 3   3   1 2   5
42 EL-AMIN, KHALID 29:35 12 3/6 1/3 3/4   2 2   1 2     3 5 9
50 NSONWU, UCHENNA 21:49 6 3/4   0/1 1 3 4 2 1 1     2 3 11
Team             2 2               2
Totals 200:00 64 22/42 3/14 11/18 7 21 28 7 3 16 5 4 18 24 55
52.4% 21.4% 61.1%
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Head Coaches

KURTINAITIS, RIMAS
Lietuvos Rytas
"I am glad we've won. I am satisfied with our defense. We almost neutralized El-Amin. My players worked hard. I would like to emphasize Chuck Eidson's very hard work on defense, where he gave out all his efforts. Lukauskis and Babrauskas had a good game too, but I promote team-oriented basketball and individual performance is not so important. The most important thing is that we reduced number of mistakes and played better on the boards."
GIRSKIS, RIMAS
Azovmash Mariupol
"Lietuvos Rytas tried harder and deserved this victory. My big players got into foul trouble in five minutes. The hosts played hard on defense and that paid off with more rebounds and more opportunities on offense. We let them feel their shooting touch and they didn't miss in the most important moments. We couldn't stop their threes and couldn't grab the rebounds. My players tried to win the game playing individually, but basketball is team game."
"I have only been working one month with the team and that is not a lot of time. We have also had to fly long trips lately, and then of course there are the games. We faced a hard game tonight againt Lietuvos Rytas. They needed the win and had some good shooting percentages. We were also anxious to get this win tonight and that is not always going to help you."

Players

MILISAVLJEVIC, BRANKO
Lietuvos Rytas
"We played great defense and showed character and team spirit, especially on defense. We won the game by 20 points and that was the goal before the match. We changed our approach and attitude on defense. We analyzed the previous game against Azovmas and I think we managed to avoid the mistakes we did in that game."
SERAPINAS, SIMONAS
Azovmash Mariupol
"It was a very bad game for us. We were awful on defense while on offense we played individually. We were egotistic and didn't play team-oriented basketball. Lietuvos Rytas ran a very aggressive defense, stole many balls and grabbed a lot of rebounds. I think they wanted to win more than we did. Our team cannot find its rhythm for the second road game in a row. Maybe we have some psychological issues that we have to solve."
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