May 25, 2013
Top 16 Game 2 - February 05, 2009 CET: 19:45 Local time: 19:45 - GDYNIA SPORTS ARENA
Asseco Prokom 60 - 62 AJ Milano

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final Four 0-0
0-0 Playoffs 0-0
0-1 Top 16 1-0
2-8 Regular Season 5-5
2-9 Overall 6-5

Referees

Crew Chief
DRABIKOVSKY, VOLODYMR, Ukraine
Referee
RADOVIC, SRETEN, Croatia
Umpire
BOLTAUZER, MATEJ, Slovenia

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
68.4 Points 73.6
36.5 Rebounds 28.2
11.6 O. Rebounds 9.2
24.9 D. Rebounds 19.0
10.6 Assists 10.4
8.1 Steals 7.9
2.2 Blocks 1.0
14.5 Turnovers 14.5
44.4 % 2PT 50.4 %
33.5 % 3PT 38.3 %
69.7 % FT 80.9 %
60.5 Index 67.1
Team Stats - Asseco Prokom
Team Stats - AJ Milano

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
17.1 / Logan Points 14.2 / Hawkins
7.5 / BURRELL, RONNIE Rebounds 5.6 / ROCCA, MASON
2.9 / BURRELL, RONNIE OR 2.5 / ROCCA, MASON
4.5 / BURRELL, RONNIE DR 3.1 / ROCCA, MASON
2.7 / Logan Assists 2.7 / Hawkins
2.4 / Logan Steals 1.5 / Hawkins
0.7 / BURRELL, RONNIE Blocks 0.3 / Katelynas
2.9 / Logan Turnovers 3.3 / VITALI, LUCA
53.8 % / Zamojski 2PT 63.6 % / VITALI, LUCA
40.9 % / NESOVIC, ALEKSEJ 3PT 59.4 % / MORDENTE, MARCO
100.0 % / Hrycaniuk FT 100.0 % / HALL, MICHAEL
13.3 / BURRELL, RONNIE Index 15.6 / Hawkins
Team Roster - Asseco Prokom
Team Roster - AJ Milano

THE TAKE

Asseco Prokom will look to halt an eight-game losing streak and climb into contention for a quarterfinal berth when it hosts Armani Jeans Milano on Thursday evening in Group E. Prokom lost its Top 16 opener 99-77 at Tau Ceramica last week, but will have a new look with forward Qyntel Woods in the squad for the first time this week. In addition, the club’s other new signing, point guard Tyrone Brazelton, has had another week to gel with his new teammates. Meanwhile Armani Jeans opened the Top 16 with a home win over Olympiacos in which Luca Vitali and David Hawkins produced 15 points apiece ad forward Mike Hall added some clutch plays down the stretch. The win was Milano’s fourth in a row and sixth in its last seven Euroleague games. However, only one of those wins has come on the road. Like Prokom, Armani Jeans has a pair of new faces that it is working into its lineup – playmaker Hollis Price, who played 23 minutes off the bench last week, and power forward Maurice Taylor, who has yet to suit up for head coach Piero Bucchi. On paper these teams match up well with one another. The Polish champs’ strength is in its backcourt, where Brazelton teams with Dan Ewing and David Logan to form a quick and good-shooting trio. Milano has Vitali, Hawkins, Jobey Thomas and Yohann Sangare in addition to Price and will often play with a three-guard lineup. Woods joins Filip Dylewicz, Ronnie Burrell and Koko Archibong at forward, while Pat Burke and Adam Hrycaniuk form the center tandem. Pape Sow and Hall start at center and power forward, respectively, for Milano, though Hall can slide to small forward if Bucchi wants a bigger lineup. Rebounding machine Mason Rocca and the athletic Mindaugas Katelynas are Milano’s most important big men on the bench. The key to the game could be at the small forward. If Milano tries to play a faster pace with Hawkins or Thomas at the three position, Prokom will have to decide whether to respond with three guards or by trying to take the advantage at the other end with a taller Burrell or Woods. And if Milano needs Hall to slide to small forward for that matchup, will it have enough depth to handle Burke on the blocks. The answer to those questions could reveal the winner of this crucial encounter between to teams looking to make a move towards the Quarterfinal Playoffs.

GAME NOTES

Asseco Prokom
  • Center Pat Burke has improved his production over the course of the season, averaging 14.3 points and 10.8 rebounds in his last four Euroleague games – including a pair of double-doubles.
  • Forward Qyntel Woods could make his first Euroleague appearance with Prokom on Thursday against Armani Jeans.
  • Guard David Logan has recorded at least 1 steal in 10 straight games this season.
Armani Jeans Milano
  • Big man Pape Sow played for Asseco Prokom last season, helping the team win the Polish League championship. He played under Prokom’s head coach Tomas Pacesas and alongside current players Filip Dylewicz, Adam Lapeta and Przemyslaw Zamojski.
  • Power forward Maurice Taylor could make his Euroleague debut on Thursday against Asseco Prokom.
  • Guard Jobey Thomas has made at least 1 three-pointer in every game this season.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
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Quotes Head Coaches

PACESAS, TOMAS
Asseco Prokom
"Armani Jeans Milano is a very dangerous team. They play much better in the Euroleague than in the Italian League. I am impressed with its wins against Real Madrid or Olympiacos. Those wins proved that they haven't made it to the Top 16 by accident. I played against AJ Milano twice as Prokom Trefl Sopot captain and I remember our two wins. Milano is much stronger nowadays and we must fight until the very last minutes of this game."
BUCCHI, PIERO
AJ Milano
"We go to Sopot to face a very good team, which will have a very talented player in Woods making his debut. We came off the defeat in Bologna in our domestic league, which we can also explain because we were tired after our tough game against Olympiacos, but now we are ready to play. We want to continue with our good work in the Euroleague, going at it game by game with the right intensity. It’s never easy to win on the road in Euroleague, but we really want to try it in Sopot."

Players

WOODS, QYNTEL
Asseco Prokom
"I haven't played against Armani Jeans in the Italian League but I know that they are really dangerous. It will be a very tough game for us and I promise to do my best in my first Euroleague game with the new team. We must be very careful and aggresive during the game and, above all, we have to take care of David Hawkins, who is in my opinion their key player."
VITALI, LUCA
AJ Milano
"We want to return to winning after our bad result in the Italian League against La Fortezza Bologna, and we’ll try to do that in Sopot. This will be an important game as are all the others in the Top 16. We'll have to play with the same concentration and determination that we showed last week against Olympiacos, like a final. All these games are like finals and we have to play with that mentality. Prokom added a very talented player in Qyntel Woods, a guy that can make the difference, but we are ready for this game and we want to come back from Poland with a victory. We have to stay focused on our skills, and then we can make a difference."
Hollis Price - AJ MilanoArmani Jeans Milano improved to 2-0 in Group E by holding on for a 60-62 win at Asseco Prokom on Thursday night. Armani Jeans won its fifth in a row going back to the regular season and now sits alone in first place in the group before visiting Tau Ceramica next week. The game came down to the closing seconds when the Polish champs had the ball down 1, but Mike Hall stripped the ball from Ronnie Burrell and the hosts fouled Luc Vitali. However after Vitali missed the second free throw, Prokom had 4.2 seconds left to get off a shot. This time Burrell passed the ball out of bounds and Milano celebrated the win. Such was the story for Prokom on a night that it committed 24 turnovers as it dropped its ninth game in a row. Hollis Price dominated early as he amassed 17 points, 2 steals and 2 assists in the first period alone before finishing with 19 points for the winners. David Hawkins added 16 points and 4 steals and Pape Sow grabbed 9 rebounds against his former team. David Logan paced Prokom with 16 points, Burrell added 11 and 3 blocks and Pat Burke posted 10 points and 8 rebounds in just 23 minutes before fouling out.

David Logan - Asseco ProkomThe game got off to fast-paced start with Daniel Ewing firing the first points from downtown. After Burrell scored an acrobatic layup, the Prokom press led to a Logan steal and basket for a 7-0 lead. Price’s jumper got Milano on the scoreboard, but Burrell stretched the home team’s lead to 8 with a triple. A Hall triple kept Armani Jeans from falling apart and Hawkins later fired in a three to cut the gap to 2. The damage continued to be done from outside as Logan nailed a three. However Price heated up at that point, scoring the game’s next 7 points to put Milano up for the first time, 13-15. A Prokom timeout as Hawkins sliced through the defense for a slam. The hosts looked to the bench to get some energy and Filip Dylewicz responded with a drive, but Price answered with a three as Armani Jeans stayed in control. Logan unloaded a big three, only to see a red-hot Price match him. Price then capped an incredible opening period with a steal and layup to give him 17 and Milano an 18-25 lead after 10 minutes.

Burke muscled his way inside to open the second period with a basket-plus-foul. Yohann Sangare’s pull-up jumper was matched by a pair of Logan free throws. Price sat down for a breather, but Sangare hit a three to keep Milano going. Free throws from Burke narrowed the gap before a Przemyslaw Zamojski triple made it 29-32. Qyntel Woods went coast to coast for a basket and Burke scored in the paint to put the hosts ahead. Sow scored on the offensive glass and then Dylewicz went baseline as the lead changed hands. Sow stole the ball from Logan and fed Price for an easy layup and then Hawkins set Sow up for a power slam as Armani Jeans took a 35-38 lead into the halftime break.

David Hawkins - AJ MilanoSow corrected his own miss for a basket a minute into the second half and then Burke committed an offensive foul at the other end, leading Prokom head coach Tomas Pacesas to sit him with 3 fouls. A reverse layup by Hawkins upped the Milano lead to 7. Logan ended a three-minute scoreless stretch for the hoists with a triple. Vitali slashed his way to a basket that made it 38-46 midway through the period. And Hawkins gave Milano its double-digit lead with a pair of free throws. Dylewicz stepped up for Prokom, first sighting his way inside for a basket and then producing a steal that led to a Logan slam. However a Hawkins basket seemed to kill the hosts’ momentum. After Hawkins fed Mason Rocca inside, the lead was up to 11 and Prokom needed a timeout. The hosts missed a chance to get closer when Burke missed twice from the line, but Ewing did hit a long jumper to make it 44-53 at the end of the third period.

Logan came out firing in the fourth quarter with a three-pointer and Burke came up with a big block on Mindaugas Katelynas at the other end. And then Zamojski cut the gap even more with a triple. Ewing free throws extended Prokom’s run to 10 unanswered points with 2 free throws before Logan fed Burrell for a slam gave the hosts a 54-53 lead. Burke capped 14-0 charge with a basket in the paint. Vitali rifled in a three to tie the score at 56-56, but Vitali committed an unsportsmanlike foul on Burrell that led to 2 free throws. As the pressure increased, so did the defensive intensity, while both teams missed from outside. Burke picked up another offensive foul and was done for the night. Hall corrected a Hawkins miss to tie the score at 58-58 with two-and-a-half minutes to play. Hawkins put Milano up 2 with a basket with 1:10 left. Burrell tied it with a power slam with 35 seconds remaining. Hawkins put Milano up with a free throw with 23 seconds on the clock, but Prokom had a chance to come back and score. However Hall stripped the ball from Burrell. Vitali went to the line to ice the game. He made the first and missed the second, but a careless pass by Burrell went out of bounds and Milano held on for the win.
Thursday, February 05, 2009
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Referees: DRABIKOVSKY, VOLODYMR (UKR), RADOVIC, SRETEN (CRO), BOLTAUZER, MATEJ (SLO)
Attendance: 4000
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Head coach: PACESAS, TOMAS
Asseco Prokom
# 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
6 BRAZELTON, TYRONE 13:34         1 1 2     3     1   -2
7 ARCHIBONG, KOKO 7:54   0/1       1 1           1 1  
8 DYLEWICZ, FILIP 21:12 6 3/6   0/2 1 3 4   1       3 2 5
12 LOGAN, DAVID 35:16 16 1/4 4/8 2/2   2 2 3 2 6   1 1 2 10
16 LAPETA, ADAM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 ZAMOJSKI, PRZEMYSLAW 17:23 6   2/4   1   1       1   1   5
20 SZCZOTKA, PIOTR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
24 WOODS, QYNTEL 18:44 2 1/3 0/1 0/1   5 5     2     1 1 1
30 BURRELL, RONNIE 24:22 11 3/6 1/1 2/2 1 4 5 1   4 3   3 1 11
31 BURKE, PAT 23:19 10 3/3   4/7 1 7 8   1 2 1   5 7 17
32 EWING, DANIEL 27:09 9 2/6 1/3 2/2   3 3 3   5 1   1 4 8
34 HRYCANIUK, ADAM 11:07         1 4 5 1   2 1   2   3
Team           3 2 5               5
Totals 200:00 60 13/29 8/17 10/16 9 32 41 8 4 24 7 1 19 18 63
44.8% 47.1% 62.5%
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: BUCCHI, PIERO
AJ Milano
# 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 BULLERI, MASSIMO 2:10                         1   -1
7 HALL, MIKE 30:12 5 1/2 1/3   3 1 4   1         2 9
8 SOW, PAPE 23:45 6 3/8 0/1 0/1 3 6 9 2 4 4   1 3 2 8
10 VITALI, LUCA 29:36 8 1/7 1/9 3/4 1   1 1 1 3   1 3 4 -7
11 THOMAS, JOBEY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 ROCCA, MASON 15:25 2 1/3   0/2   1 1       1 1 4 2 -3
13 PRICE, HOLLIS 32:50 19 5/9 3/5     4 4 2 2     2   2 21
15 KATELYNAS, MINDAUGAS 12:31 1 0/3 0/1 1/2         1     2 3 1 -7
16 MICEVIC, MARKO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 BEARD, JOEY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20 SANGARE, YOHANN 18:39 5 1/1 1/1   1 2 3 1 1       1   9
34 HAWKINS, DAVID 34:52 16 5/10 1/4 3/4 1 2 3 3 4 2     3 6 18
Team           4 3 7               7
Totals 200:00 62 17/43 7/24 7/13 13 19 32 9 14 9 1 7 18 19 54
39.5% 29.2% 53.8%
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Head Coaches

PACESAS, TOMAS
Asseco Prokom
"I am very disappointed because we played quite a good game. We had too many turnovers of course, but nevertheless we were very close to winning. The key point was the fifth foul of Patrick Burke. Without him we lost control of the game and my players were too nervous in the decisive moments of the game."
BUCCHI, PIERO
AJ Milano
"It was another win in the final seconds and that’s not good for our hearts, but we're first in our group now, and that is a great pleasure. Now we'll try to work hard to be at our best in the next game against Tau and that won't be easy. We played tonight very well for 32 or 33 minutes then we went down physically and they started to play a tough and energetic defense. We found some difficulties but we reacted together as a team and got the win. I think we played a good game, because it is not easy playing away in the Euroleague to stay ahead for such a long time and to control the match."

Players

ZAMOJSKI, PRZEMYSLAW
Asseco Prokom
"It is a big shame that we didn't win today. We played in a new hall and really wanted to win. We made too many unnecessary turnovers in the last minutes and now the only thing we can do is to focus and fight in next games."
KATELYNAS, MINDAUGAS
AJ Milano
"I'm very happy for our win. It's a very important result for us. We're following on the way we started in the game against CSKA. We're very focused on the small things and the particular of the games, and we're playing very well, so now we have to go ahead thinking game-by-game and working hard to prepare for the next game with Tau. Last, we're very happy to be in first place in our group and we'll do our best to stay atop."
PRICE, HOLLIS
AJ Milano
"We knew it was going to be hard game for us, but I was surprised that Asseco Prokom let us play our game for most of the time. We fought hard and it is a big win for us."
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