Regular Season Game 5 - December 04, 2007 CET: 20:30 Local time: 20:30 - SLEUYTER ARENA

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
0-0 Last 32 0-0
2-2 Regular Season 3-1
2-2 Overall 3-1

Referees

Crew Chief
LOPES, LUIS, Portugal
Referee
LOTTERMOSER, ROBERT, Germany
Umpire
WILKINSON, NEIL, England

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
82.5 Points 87.0
35.3 Rebounds 31.5
9.8 O. Rebounds 10.8
25.5 D. Rebounds 20.8
15.3 Assists 12.5
10.5 Steals 10.3
2.0 Blocks 2.5
17.0 Turnovers 12.0
55.7 % 2PT 50.6 %
36.2 % 3PT 39.4 %
69.3 % FT 68.8 %
83.3 Index 84.8

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
15.3 / GREEN, JERRY Points 19.5 / Dragicevic
9.8 / OVCINA, E Rebounds 4.5 / Dragicevic
2.0 / BRUNNER, GREG OR 1.8 / TICA, V.
8.0 / OVCINA, E DR 3.8 / Dragicevic
4.5 / OVCINA, E Assists 5.8 / Cook
1.8 / GREEN, JERRY Steals 2.5 / Cook
1.3 / Davis Blocks 1.8 / MISANOVIC, NENAD
3.3 / OVCINA, E Turnovers 3.0 / Cook
68.8 % / McCRAY, CHRIS 2PT 76.9 % / BAKIC, BORIS
100.0 % / BRUNNER, GREG 3PT 100.0 % / KIKANOVIC, ELMEDIN
91.7 % / McCRAY, CHRIS FT 100.0 % / MARKOVIC, STEVEN
16.3 / GREEN, JERRY Index 15.3 / Dragicevic

THE TAKE

Telindus Oostende knows it has good chances of advancing to the elimination round from Group F. But a home victory against co-leader Red Star would greatly help the Belgian team's cause. Coach Sharon Drucker's Oostende team dropped to 2-2 with a road loss against Nymburk. The Belgians committed 18 turnovers and that was the difference - along with making just 14-of-21 (67%) from the foul line. Center Elvir Ovcina was contained to 11 points, five rebounds and two assists (his averages coming into the game were 10.1 ppg, 11.3 rpg and 5.3 apg). And starters shooting guard Sam van Rossom and small forward Veselin Petrovic combined for just nine points and three rebounds. But the Belgians have played just one game at home - a win over Dynamo Moscow - and host four of their next five games. That will undoubtedly help Drucker's team in its push. Red Star Belgrade meanwhile improved to 3-1 with an emphatic 33-point home victory over Beghelli Bologna. Center Tadija Dragicevic and playmaker Omar Cook combined for 35 points in a clear answer to Red Star's loss a week earlier at Dynamo Moscow, where Cook and Dragicevic totaled just 16 points. But coach Stevan Karadzic got an all-around effort from the team as six players scored in double figures, including all five starters and 17 points off the bench from forward Miroslav Raicevic. And the Serbs shot 54% from the field while holding Bologna to 40% shooting and forcing 16 turnovers. If Karadzic can get another showing like the one against Bologna, no one should be surprise if Red Star is sitting atop Group F with a 4-1 record.
Monday, December 03, 2007
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Quotes Head Coaches

Players

Tadija Dragicevic - Red Star A spectacular comeback punctuated by rising star Tadija Dragicevic's three-pointer on the buzzer kept Red Star sharing first place in Group F by shocking Telindus Oostende 72-73 on the road in Belgium on Tuesday. Red Star stayed even with Dynamo Moscow, both with 4-1 records at the top of the group, while Oostende, now 2-3, lost a golden opportunity to move into second place. Dragicevic's triple came on an inbounds play with two-tenths of a second left and finished a Red Star rally from 7 points behind with 70 seconds left. Steven Markovic led the winners with 20 points, including 4 of his team's 12 three-point makes. Dragicevic added 17 points and Omar Cook 10. Chuck Davis paced the Oostende scorers with 14 points, followed in order by Veselin Petrovic with 13, Greg Brunner with 12 and Titus Ivory with 11.

Red Star signalled its intentions clearly as Mladen Sljivancanin hit 2 of 3 free throws and Mirko Kovac a triple to take a quick 0-5 lead. Dragicevic soon piled on 5 points in a row as the guests soared ahead 2-11. Petrovic started Oostende's comeback with 5 points in a row, to which Ivory tacked on a triple to make it 10-11. Ivory's next shot from downtown gave Oostende its first lead, 15-13, but in a game of swings, the next was Red Star's. Cook, Dragicevic and Markovic drained triples in a 0-12 quarter-ending run that left the visitors in charge, 16-25, after 10 minutes. Brunner fired in 6 straight points early in the second quarter to get Oostende back in the game at 24-27. Markovic resurfaced to take control, however, with 7 points in 2 minutes that marked the first double-digit lead yet, 26-36. Oostende answered with a 7-0 run by Davis and Chris McCray, but Markovic's third triple without a miss lifted Red Star to a 38-41 halftime advantage. After the break, Red Star went for the kill with another triple and two-pointer combo by Markovic that meant a 40-48 advantage. But Oostende soon turned up its defensive intensity for the home fans. While Jerry Green, Ivotry, Sebastien Bellin and Petrovic combined on an 11-0 run to a new 51-48 lead for Oostende, Red Star went through 4 scoreless minutes. Chuck Davis - Telindus OostendeMiroslav Raicevic took the visitors in front again with a late triple, but Sam Van Rossom finished the third quarter by putting Oostende ahead 53-52. Oostende's defense continued to rule with 5 more scoreless minutes for Red Star to start the final quarter. That meant just 5 points total for the guests in the previous 12, while Oostende extended its advantage to 61-52 on a drive by Van Rossom. But Cook ended Red Star's misery with a triple and 2 free throws, and when Nenad Misanovic added a basket, the score was suddenly 61-59 with 3 minutes left. Davis stepped in then and saved the hosts with free throws and jumper to make it 65-60. Bellin added free throws before Davis hit another jumper to make it 69-62. That and single free throws by Ivory and Van Rossom seemed just enough to hold off Red Star's last rally, but a new triple by Kovac gave Red Star one last opportunity, with the ball and two-tenths of a second left. Dragicevic received and let go, hitting the bottom of the net and stealing victory from the jaws of defeat for Red Star.

Tuesday, December 04, 2007
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Referees: LOPES, LUIS (POR), LOTTERMOSER, ROBERT (GER), WILKINSON, NEIL (ENG)
Attendance: 0
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Telindus Oostende16221519
Red Star25161121
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Telindus Oostende16385372
Red Star25415273
Head coach: DRUCKER, SHARON
Telindus Oostende
# 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 ILONGO, CHRISTIAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 OVCINA, ELVIR 20:51 2 1/2 0/1   1 2 3 1 1 1 1   1   4
6 VAN ROSSOM, SAM 28:48 7 3/4 0/3 1/4 2 4 6 2   4   1 3 3 3
7 GREEN, JERRY 24:35 5 1/5 1/2 0/2   2 2 4 1 1     1 3 6
8 GEUKENS, SENNE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 BELLIN, SEBASTIEN 16:59 5 1/1 0/2 3/3   1 1   1 2     2 4 5
10 PETROVIC, VESELIN 33:18 13 4/6 1/4 2/4 5 7 12 1 4 2     3 5 23
11 IVORY, TITUS 18:54 11 1/3 2/2 3/6   2 2 3 4 2     4 4 13
12 DAVIS, CHUCK 27:54 14 4/9   6/8 2 2 4 1 3 3 2   3 5 16
13 McCRAY, CHRIS 14:42 3   1/2   1 2 3 2   4     1   2
14 BRUNNER, GREG 13:59 12 3/4 1/2 3/4   2 2   1 1     4 2 9
15 ENOBAKHARE, LEIGH DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           1 2 3   5           8
Totals 200:00 72 18/34 6/18 18/31 12 26 38 14 20 20 3 1 22 26 89
52.9% 33.3% 58.1%
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: KARADZIC, STEVAN
Red Star
# 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 GROMYKO, PAVEL DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6 KRASNIC, IGOR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 MARKOVIC, STEVEN 22:27 20 4/7 4/5   2 1 3 2 2 2     4 1 18
9 KIKANOVIC, ELMEDIN 9:08   0/1             1     1 1   -2
10 COOK, OMAR 37:49 10 0/1 2/11 4/4   1 1 2 1 1     2 3 4
11 KOVAC, MIRKO 24:46 9 1/2 2/3 1/2   6 6   2 3     4 4 11
13 MISANOVIC, NENAD 13:51 3 1/2   1/2   3 3     4 1   5 1 -3
14 TICA, VLADIMIR 14:28 5 1/4   3/6 2   2     2     3 3 -1
16 RAICEVIC, MIROSLAV 14:35 5 1/1 1/3     1 1     1     2   1
20 DRAGICEVIC, TADIJA 30:46 17 2/7 3/8 4/5 3 5 8 1 1 6   2 2 6 12
31 CVETKOVIC, MARKO 10:54 2     2/2 1 1 2   2 2     1 3 6
32 SLJIVANCANIN, MLADJEN 21:16 2   0/3 2/3   1 1           4 1 -4
Team           1 1 2   9           11
Totals 200:00 73 10/25 12/33 17/24 9 20 29 5 18 21 1 3 28 22 53
40% 36.4% 70.8%
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Head Coaches

DRUCKER, SHARON
Telindus Oostende
"It was a very cool game. The stats say everything. We did what we had to do to win this game. I have lost games before but never this way. I asked the referee before the shot if they could still take a shot in 0.2 seconds and he answered this is not NBA. Their player got the ball turned and shot and it was awarded. This gives us a bad feeling. It's a 10-round competition so every game matters. We deserved the win. We wanted it more. Now we have to correct this game."
KARADZIC, STEVAN
Red Star
"It was a very tough game. We prepared well for the zone defense Oostende plays and succeeded well in the first half. In the second half we played well too until Steven Markovic committed a foolishness. This changed the game because he was very much into the game scoring 20 points at that time. Later in the fourth quarter we got into more trouble when Omar Cook got injured, but he came back very strong. We were lucky at the end."

Players

IVORY, TITUS
Telindus Oostende
"Every loss hurts but this one especially as I missed a free throw a couple of seconds before the end of the game. That's the beauty of the game. We cannot put everything on the referees or the time. I congratulate them and will now move on to our next game."
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