May 22, 2013
Regular Season Game 7 - December 09, 2009 CET: 18:45 Local time: 19:45 - SIEMENS ARENA
Lietuvos Rytas 77 - 72 Entente Orleanaise

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final Four 0-0
0-0 Playoffs 0-0
0-0 Top 16 0-0
3-3 Regular Season 0-6
3-3 Overall 0-6

Referees

Crew Chief
ANKARALI, RECEP, Turkey
Referee
LOTTERMOSER, ROBERT, Germany
Umpire
GARCIA GONZALEZ, JUAN CARLOS, Spain

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
73.8 Points 71.2
31.5 Rebounds 29.3
11.7 O. Rebounds 8.2
19.8 D. Rebounds 21.2
14.3 Assists 14.0
6.5 Steals 8.7
2.5 Blocks 2.3
17.8 Turnovers 15.2
51.5 % 2PT 49.8 %
35.0 % 3PT 31.5 %
75.0 % FT 78.9 %
68.3 Index 68.5
Team Stats - Lietuvos Rytas
Team Stats - Entente Orleanaise

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
13.3 / Gecevicius Points 13.2 / Doellman
4.7 / BOROVNJAK, DEJAN Rebounds 4.8 / VATY, LUDOVIC
2.0 / Baynes OR 1.7 / COVILE, RYVON
3.2 / BOROVNJAK, DEJAN DR 3.5 / VATY, LUDOVIC
5.7 / POPOVIC, BOJAN Assists 4.5 / CURTI, ALDO
1.8 / POPOVIC, BOJAN Steals 1.7 / CURTI, ALDO
0.8 / Baynes Blocks 0.8 / COVILE, RYVON
4.7 / POPOVIC, BOJAN Turnovers 2.7 / CURTI, ALDO
61.3 % / Jomantas 2PT 100.0 % / SCIARRA, LAURENT
50.0 % / Babrauskas 3PT 55.6 % / CURTI, ALDO
100.0 % / Gecevicius FT 100.0 % / Moerman
14.0 / POPOVIC, BOJAN Index 11.2 / Doellman
Team Roster - Lietuvos Rytas
Team Roster - Entente Orleanaise

THE TAKE

Two teams fighting for radically different goals in Group B meet in Vilnius, Lithuania, where Lietuvos Rytas welcomes Entente Orleanaise Loiret on Wednesday. L. Rytas is part of a three-way tie with Efes Pilsen and Partizan for third place at 3-3 and needs to add more wins to advance to the Top 16. Orleans is sixth at 0-6 and already faces a do-or-die situation, as it will be all but mathematically out of the Top 16 race if it loses at Siemens Arena. L. Rytas already downed Orleans 62-69 in Week 2 in France behind 16 points from Martynas Gecevicius. Bojan Popovic dished 9 assists in that game and stopping him will be one of the keys to this game for Orleans. With Vidas Ginevicius sidelined, Popovic is set to see most minutes on the court, with Evaldas Dainys coming off the bench. Orleans relies on Aldo Curti to speed up the game tempo and well-rounded veteran Laurent Sciarra to offer ball circulation, know-how and leadership off the guests' bench. Getting Popovic into foul trouble would increase Orleans's chances to upset L. Rytas. Arturas Jomantas and Gecevicius will see most of the minutes at the wings for L. Rytas, which likes to open the floor using Donatas Zavackas at power forward. Steponas Babrauskas offers intensity, defense and deep shooting range off the bench, while Justas Sinica is a deadly shooter that has been off target so far this season - but sank 3-of-7 three-pointers against Unicaja last season. Jomantas has a critical matchup against Anthony Dobbins, more athletic, but less experienced than him. Gecevicius is ready for a major shootout against Cedrick Banks, who sees most minutes at off-guard for Orleans. Austin Nichols gives Orleans more firepower and intensity and could have an advantage against Sinica and Jomantas. Orleans has a deep frontcourt that features solid big man Ryvon Covile, power forward Adrien Moerman, versatile swingman and three-point threat Justin Doelmann and up-and-coming center Ludovic Vaty. Covile is set for an old-school battle in the low post against Aron Baynes. Milko Bjelica should use his post skills and quickness against a good defender like Moerman. Meanwhile, Zavackas and Dejan Borovnjak have a tough mathcup against Doellman. L. Rytas must play up-tempo and be its usual self in defense to gave more chances to win a difficult game. Orleans must play the way it did in the first half against Olympiacos last week - aggressive defense, outstanding ball circulation and a fluid, fast offense led by Sciarra. Even though L. Rytas is the favorite, expect Orleans to be a tough opponent at Siemens Arena in its last chance to stay alive in the Top 16 race.

REFEREES: Recep Ankarali, Robert Lottermoser, Juan Carlos Garcia Gonzalez


GAME NOTES

Lietuvos Rytas

Martynas Gecevicius has yet to miss a free throw in a Euroleague game, shooting 17 for 17 from the line in 24 career Euroleague appearances.

Gecevicius has made at least one three-pointer in nine straight Euroleague games.

Head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis has named the same starting lineup – Popovic, Genevicius, Jomantas, Zavackas and Baynes – in five of his team’s six games this season.

L. Rytas leads the Euroleague this season with 11.7 offensive rebounds per game.

Entente Orleanaise

Head coach Philippe Herve coached Lietuvos Rytas head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis as a player at French club Chalon during the 1996-97 season.

Justin Doellman scored a season-high 17 points last week against Olympiacos.

Doellman has made at least 1 three-pointer in five consecutive appearances.

Ryvon Covile recorded a season-high 4 blocked shots in Week 2 against Lietuvos Rytas.

Aldo Curti has recorded at least 1 steal in five straight appearances.
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Euroleague.net

Quotes Head Coaches

KURTINAITIS, RIMAS
Lietuvos Rytas
"I don't really think Orleans are the underdogs of the group. They were often leading in all these games they lost. They have good American players who are very tough physically. It should be a hard game. However, Orleans has not really changed the way they play. Our ability to adapt should be our advantage in this game. For me, all the skepticism towards us is a bit strange. Yes, we lost the last two games, but we have faced two elite Euroleague teams playing away. Besides, we weren't that hopeless; we fought until the end. And at home, we are ready to fight anyone."

Players

GECEVICIUS, MARTYNAS
Lietuvos Rytas
"Orleans is a very sticky team, especially on the defensive end. They usually apply full-court pressure. We had them analyzed pretty thoroughly last time we met in France and we used it. We managed to run away at the start of the game and kept our lead. But this game is a different story. I think it's important to cut their guards off from their big men."
Donatas Zavackas - Lietuvos RytasLietuvos Rytas outlasted Entente Orleans 77-72 in a thriller on Wednesday evening at Siemens Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania, to remain on course for a Top 16 berth. The Lithuanian champs improved to 4-3 and will be tied with the winner of Thursday’s game between Partizan and Efes Pilsen for third place in the group. L. Rytas hosts Olympiacos next week. Meanwhile Orleans remains without a win despite a valiant fourth-quarter comeback and has now been eliminated from reaching the next stage. Orleans hosts Partizan next. The hosts soared out to a big lead as Donatas Zavackas scored 8 during a 15-0 first-quarter run. Orleans rallied back to get within 38-34 by halftime and a some clutch baskets and passes by veteran Laurent Sciarra keyed a 0-13 Orleans charge that bridged the third and fourth quarters and gave the visitors the lead. But Orleans went cold when it mattered most and L. Rytas reeled off 9 unanswered points to take control and secure the win. Zavackas led the way with a season-high 20 points, Martynas Gecevicius added 15, Milko Bjelica 14 and point guard Bojan Popovic ran the show with 7 assists and 4 steals for L. Rytas. Austin Nichols scored 16 to pace Orleans. Adrien Moerman added 12 and Aldo Curti and Sciarra scored 10 apiece. Sciarra also dished 5 assists for Orleans, which was undone by its 21 turnovers.

Zavackas was the man for L. Rytas early, draining a triple and cutting for a layup for an early 5-0 lead. Curti got Orleans on the scoreboard with a basket-plus-foul and Cedrick Banks soon put the visitors ahead with a triple. Gecevicius connected from downtown before Curti tied the game at 8-8. L. Rytas’s three-point display continued as Gecevicius and Zavackas both hit from behind the arc, causing Orleans head coach Philippe Herve to call a timeout. However the break did not help his charges. Bjelica netted 2 free throws and Zavackas scored on the offensive glass to stretch the hosts’ lead to double figures. Steponas Babrauskas drained a three and Dejan Borovnjak added 2 more free throws to cap a 15-0 charge. Nichols ended his team’s five-minute scoring drought with 2 free throws to make it 23-10 after 10 minutes.

Nichols looked to heat up with a jumper-plus-foul. Arturas Jomantas answered to keep the hosts in control. Sciarra fed Ludo Vaty for a slam, but Orleans was unable to build any real momentum. Sciarra worked the pick-and-roll for another Vaty slam and then nailed a triple of his own, however Popovic scored his first points from the line and assisted to Aron Baynes. Gecevicius drew an offensive foul from Vaty and Zavackas scored in the paint to put L. Rytas back up by 10. Moerman sank a three-pointer that gave Orleans hope at 31-25. Jomantas and Moerman traded free throws before Anthony Dobbins and Moerman added baskets to bring Orleans within 4. Bjelica came out of a timeout to score inside, but Curti matched him from the line. Jomantas passed an offensive rebound behind his head to Babrauskas for a layup, but Orleans finished the half with some momentum after Sciarra drew a foul from Popovic, who got a technical when he argued the call. The resulting free throws made it 38-34 at the break.

Aldo Curti - Entente OrleanaiseBjelica came out aggressive for the second half, scoring twice down low for the home team. Dobbins corrected his own miss, but Zavackas hit from downtown again and Popovic added free throws as L. Rytas rebuilt a double-digit edge. Jomantas capped an 11-2 run with 2 from the line to make it 49-36. Orleans did not give up though, as Curti and scored a basket and Nichols netted 3 free throws. Babruaskas answered with a triple, but Covile scored inside and Banks from the line to get the visitors within 6. Banks made it 52-49 with a three-pointer as worried faces could be seen among the fans. Head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis used a timeout to calm his charges, and though the effect was not immediate – Nichols pulled up for a jumper to get Orleans within 2 – Gevevicius did get the green light to shoot and he made back-to-back threes that gave the home side a cushion. Jomantas sliced through the Orleans defense for a layup before Sciarra beat the buzzer to make it 61-55 after three quarters.

Moerman stepped up as the fourth quarter began, drilling a three-pointer and then 2 free throws to cut the gap to 1. Nichols completed the Orleans comeback with a triple from the corner, giving his team its first lead since the opening minutes, 61-63. Covile took the ball inside to cap a 0-13 Orleans run. L. Rytas used a timeout to regroup and Bjelica immediately went at Vaty, scoring and drawing the foul to charge the fans. However Sciarra drew on his experience to hit a clutch shot at the other end. Zavackas hit from downtown as the crowd began to shout with its team down 1 with less than five minutes remaining. Popovic stripped Banks and then tied the game from the line. Banks found Covile for a two-handed slam, but Zavackas tied the game at 69-69 with three minutes to play. Bjelica drew Covile’s fifth foul and sank a free throw to put the hosts up with 2:47 to play. Bjelica stayed hot with a basket-plus-foul before a Jomantas steal and Gecevicius triple made it 76-69 with 85 seconds remaining. Nichols drew a foul and went to the line, but made just 1. Another Nichols jumper made it a 4-point game, but a Popovic offensive rebound allowed L. Rytas to run out the clock as Jomantas sealed the win from the line.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Euroleague.net
Referees: ANKARALI, RECEP (TUR), LOTTERMOSER, ROBERT (GER), GARCIA GONZALEZ, JUAN CARLOS (ESP)
Attendance: 5000
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Entente Orleanaise10242117
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Entente Orleanaise10345572
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
4 POPOVIC, BOJAN 38:29 6 0/1 0/2 6/8 2 1 3 7 4 3     4 7 15
5 BABRAUSKAS, STEPONAS 19:26 8 1/4 2/4     2 2     1     1   3
10 BOROVNJAK, DEJAN 6:18 3 0/2   3/4   1 1             2 3
11 BJELICA, MILKO 27:04 14 5/9 0/1 4/8   3 3 2 1 2 1   4 5 11
13 GECEVICIUS, MARTYNAS 30:23 15 0/2 5/8     1 1 3 1     1 3 2 13
14 ZAVACKAS, DONATAS 30:24 20 3/4 4/9 2/2 2 2 4 3 4 1   1 3 1 21
21 JOMANTAS, ARTURAS 35:00 9 2/2 0/2 5/6 1 6 7 3 3 2 1   2 5 21
22 SINICA, JUSTAS 2:29     0/1                   1   -2
31 BAYNES, ARON 10:27 2 1/2     1 2 3   1       4   1
41 BRAZDAUSKIS, LUKAS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
55 DAINYS, EVALDAS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team             2 2               2
Totals 200:00 77 12/26 11/27 20/28 6 20 26 18 14 9 2 2 22 22 88
46.2% 40.7% 71.4%
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: HERVE, PHILIPPE
Entente Orleanaise
# 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 BANKS, CEDRICK 25:58 8   2/5 2/2 2 1 3 1 2 6 1   4 2 4
5 COVILE, RYVON 17:44 7 3/3   1/2 1 3 4     2     5 3 6
6 HERVE, WILLIAM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 CASSEUS, JOHWE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 CURTI, ALDO 20:24 10 3/3 0/1 4/5   1 1 3 1 1     2 4 14
11 NICHOLS, AUSTIN 28:33 16 3/5 1/4 7/8   6 6     2     3 4 15
14 VATY, LUDOVIC 21:32 4 2/6       6 6     4     4 1 -1
15 MOERMAN, ADRIEN 30:53 12 1/1 2/3 4/6   2 2     1 1   2 5 14
16 SCIARRA, LAURENT 24:40 10 1/1 2/2 2/2   4 4 5   2     2   15
17 DOBBINS, ANTHONY 30:16 5 2/6 0/2 1/2 1 3 4   1 1   2   2 2
Team             3 3     2         1
Totals 200:00 72 15/25 7/17 21/27 4 29 33 9 4 21 2 2 22 21 70
60% 41.2% 77.8%
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Head Coaches

KURTINAITIS, RIMAS
Lietuvos Rytas
"I am really proud of my guys and the job they did tonight. It wasn't a nice game by any means, but we were under pressure because even with three wins we were kind of starting the fight for the Top 16 all over again. We faced a really tough team tonight, they simply lack a bit of experience. Once again, I have to say we were pretty lucky in the end. Now we basically need one more win to advance. We are tired, but we are playing 120%."
HERVE, PHILIPPE
Entente Orleanaise
"We are definitely disappointed because we lost once again. But we're a young team, playing in the Euroleague for the first time in the team's history. The problem was that we played the beginnings of the first and the third quarters poorly. And now we can settle with trying to grow our young guys up. I have no doubts that Lietuvos Rytas is playing the way a Top 16 team should. Every team would have problems in Vilnius. I think it's a team with some kind of ambitions even in the Top 16."
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