June 20, 2013
Regular Season Game 13 - February 07, 2002 CET: 00:00 Local time: 00:00 - BALLSPORTHALLE
Opel Skyliners 56 - 79 Union Olimpija

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final Four 0-0
0-0 Top 16 0-0
0-0 Regular Season 0-0
8-4 Overall 7-5

Referees

Crew Chief
PITSILKAS, NIKOLAOS, Greece
Referee
MPOTITSIS, NIKOS, Sweden
Umpire
DE LA MAZA, FRANCISCO, Spain

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
75.7 Points 77.2
34.8 Rebounds 29.3
12.5 O. Rebounds 10.7
22.3 D. Rebounds 18.7
9.9 Assists 13.8
8.8 Steals 11.9
2.8 Blocks 2.1
13.3 Turnovers 15.6
45.3 % 2PT 52.5 %
35.5 % 3PT 36.8 %
71.4 % FT 79.2 %
71.3 Index 80.4
Team Stats - Opel Skyliners
Team Stats - Union Olimpija

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
18.8 / Goree Points 15.3 / Welsch
7.7 / Goree Rebounds 5.6 / AWOJOBI, T.
2.9 / Goree OR 2.5 / AWOJOBI, T.
4.8 / Goree DR 3.1 / AWOJOBI, T.
3.3 / ROLLER, P. Assists 2.6 / UDRIH, B.
1.7 / LOKHMANCHUK, A. Steals 1.7 / MUJEZINOVIC, HARIS
1.4 / Goree Blocks 0.4 / GOLEMAC, JURICA
2.7 / AUSTIN, CHAD Turnovers 2.8 / AWOJOBI, T.
54.3 % / MARAS, R. 2PT 65.3 % / MUJEZINOVIC, HARIS
41.7 % / STANESCU, VIRGIL 3PT 66.7 % / AWOJOBI, T.
82.5 % / AUSTIN, CHAD FT 100.0 % / HUKIC, JASMIN
21.8 / Goree Index 13.5 / AWOJOBI, T.
Team Roster - Opel Skyliners
Team Roster - Union Olimpija

Quotes Head Coaches

Players

Union Union Olimpija proved it is not ready to end its Euroleague season yet as it beat up on Opel Skyliners in Frankfurt 56-79 on Thursday to force the last two Final 16 berths in Group B to wait for the final week of regular season play. Olimpija now moves into a three-way tie at 8-5 with Ulker and Opel, and only two of those teams will move on into the next phase. The schedule next week sees Ulker with the ostensibly easier match at home against struggling Peristeri, while Olimpija plays host to second-place Barcelona and Opel travels to Bologna to take on top-ranked Kinder. Thursday's game in Frankfurt game started out close but Olimpija jumped ahead in the second quarter to take a 10-point lead into the half. The third quarter saw Olimpija run away with the game as they built a 20-point lead going into the final period. Beno Udrih and Jiri Welsch led the winners with 27 points each. For Frankfurt, Marcus Goree scored 15, while Pascal Roller had 14.

Both teams started nervous into the game, exchanging lots of turnovers and drawing fouls. Marcus Goree received two early ones for the hosts and had to leave the court. The game was tied at 4-4 when Olimpija took control and pulled away with an 0-11 run to 4-15. Frankfurt did not score again until Chad Austin hit two freethrows with a minute to play in the quarter. Olimpija played a very aggressive defense and did not give Opel any good shots. The guests took a 8-21 lead into the first break.

After Olimpija, and especially Jiri Welsch kept on rolling ahead to 14-27, Frankfurt got back after a three by Kai Nurnberger and a dunk by Goree to make it 23-30. Then Frankfurt received two offensive fouls, enough for head coach Gordon Herbert to earn his first technical foul of the season. The hosts were too inconsistent and showed how nervous they were. Olimpija pulled away again and Frankfurt only scored on some free throws. At the half, the guests were up 26-36.

The third quarter belonged to Welsch, showing himself to be probably one of the biggest talents on his position in Europe. He led his team to a 20-point lead after 25 minutes, 32-52, and was not showing any mercy. Just everything went wrong for Frankfurt this night. Even Guard Pascal Roller continually missed his shots and finished the game with 8 turnovers. Olimpija took a 36-58 lead into the last break of the game. There was not much left in Frankfurt in the last quarter as they continued to make the same mistakes. They pressure just seemed too high.
Thursday, February 07, 2002
Holger Werner, Frankfurt
Referees: PITSILKAS, NIKOLAOS (GRE), MPOTITSIS, NIKOS (SWE), DE LA MAZA, FRANCISCO (ESP)
Attendance: 2700
By Quarter1234
Opel Skyliners8181020
Union Olimpija21152221
End of Quarter1234
Opel Skyliners8263656
Union Olimpija21365879
Head coach: HERBERT, GORDON
Opel Skyliners
# 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 STANESCU, VIRGIL 13:44 2 1/5     1 2 3     1     1   -1
6 DIARRA, IBRAHIM 19:07         1 2 3 1   2     2 1 1
7 NURNBERGER, KAI 25:35 7 2/7 1/1     1 1 5   1   3 4 1 1
8 GOREE, MARCUS 31:29 15 6/9 0/3 3/6 2 5 7   2 3 4 2 2 6 18
11 ROLLER, PASCAL 33:54 14 2/4 2/8 4/6 2 1 3 1   8     3 4 1
12 AUSTIN, CHAD 28:28 4 1/5 0/3 2/2 1 3 4   1 1     5 2 -2
13 MARAS, ROBERT 19:42 6 3/7     4 4 8     1     2 3 10
14 LUTCKE, NIKLAS 5:42 1   0/2 1/2 2 2 4             1 3
15 LOKHMANCHUK, ALEXANDER 22:19 7 2/3 0/1 3/4 1 1 2   1     1 5 6 7
Team           4 3 7   6 2     1   10
Totals 200:00 56 17/40 3/18 13/20 18 24 42 7 10 19 4 6 25 24 48
42.5% 16.7% 65%
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: SAGADIN, ZMAGOSLAV
Union Olimpija
# 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 WELSCH, JIRI 35:58 27 8/13 1/3 8/9 1 4 5 1 4 1   2 4 7 29
5 GOLEMAC, JURICA 22:20 6 2/6 0/1 2/2 1 4 5 2   1   1 4 3 5
6 ILIEVSKI, VLADO 9:09 2 1/2             1 1 1   1 1 2
7 SUBOTIC, VUJADIN 2:45 2 1/1 0/1     1 1               2
8 MODRIC, STIPE 6:30       0/2   2 2   1       2 2 1
9 UDRIH, BENO 32:10 27 11/12 1/3 2/2 2 3 5 3 3 2 2   3 4 36
10 ZDOVC, JURE 25:24 4   1/4 1/2         1       3 2  
11 AWOJOBI, TUNJI FEMI 13:36 2 1/9     4 1 5 2 1 2 1   1 1 1
12 RADOJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR 21:27 7 3/3   1/3 1 4 5     1 2     3 14
13 MUJEZINOVIC, HARIS 18:33 2 1/6       2 2 1 1     1 3 1 -2
14 HUKIC, JASMIN 12:08   0/2     1   1 1   1     3   -4
Team           3 1 4   6 1     1   8
Totals 200:00 79 28/54 3/12 14/20 13 22 35 10 18 10 6 4 25 24 92
51.9% 25% 70%
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Head Coaches

HERBERT, GORDON
Opel Skyliners
"I want to congratulate our guests for the win, which they deserved. They were a better team tonight. This was the best defense we played this season. We lost focus early after Marcus Goree received two early fouls. Our shots just did not go in and Olimpija were more aggressive tonight. I'm still shocked. Unfortunately it's not on our hands anymore. We need a win at Kinder and help from others now."
SAGADIN, ZMAGOSLAV
Union Olimpija
"Opel was nervous from the beginning. My team played a great defense and we deserved the win. Jiri Welsch and Beno Udrih were the key to our win tonight. They were exellent. That's the way it is and I almost feel sorry Frankfurt. They were the surprise of our group this year but we have to care for ourselvess and we want to move on".
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