May 23, 2013
Regular Season Game 3 - November 30, 2010 CET: 19:00 Local time: 20:00 - PAOK SPORT ARENA
PAOK BC 92 - 74 Chorale Roanne

Records

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0-0 Final 0-0
0-0 Quarter Final 0-0
0-0 Last 16 0-0
0-2 Regular Season 0-2
0-2 Overall 0-2

Referees

Crew Chief
MARICIC,SASA, Serbia
Referee
ZASHCHUK, SERGIY, Ukraine
Umpire
MILOJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR, Macedonia, F.Y.R. Of

Team Stats

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69.5 Points 75.0
37.0 Rebounds 29.5
13.5 O. Rebounds 7.0
23.5 D. Rebounds 22.5
8.0 Assists 13.0
6.0 Steals 5.5
0.5 Blocks 1.5
14.0 Turnovers 18.5
48.8 % 2PT 50.7 %
23.5 % 3PT 37.5 %
63.3 % FT 85.7 %
65.0 Index 77.5
Team Stats - PAOK BC
Team Stats - Chorale Roanne

Player Stats

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20.5 / PAPADOPOULOS, LAZAROS Points 12.5 / Rivers
17.0 / PAPADOPOULOS, LAZAROS Rebounds 7.5 / NSONWU, U.
6.5 / PAPADOPOULOS, LAZAROS OR 2.0 / NSONWU, U.
10.5 / PAPADOPOULOS, LAZAROS DR 6.0 / Bogdanovic
2.5 / PAPADOPOULOS, LAZAROS Assists 4.0 / NSONWU, U.
2.0 / GECEVSKI, TODOR Steals 2.0 / DIABATE, SOULEYMAN
0.5 / MARSHALL, RAWLE Blocks 1.0 / NSONWU, U.
3.5 / McGRATH, DONALD Turnovers 3.0 / DIABATE, SOULEYMAN
100.0 % / DEDAS, GEORGIOS 2PT 100.0 % / TANGHE, ALEXIS
37.5 % / McGRATH, DONALD 3PT 100.0 % / DIABATE, SOULEYMAN
100.0 % / Dozier FT 100.0 % / MIPOKA, JEAN-MICHEL
31.5 / PAPADOPOULOS, LAZAROS Index 22.0 / NSONWU, U.
Team Roster - PAOK BC
Team Roster - Chorale Roanne

THE TAKE

Once again on its home court after a second frustrating loss in as many games last week, PAOK is hoping its home fans can give enough of a push against Chorale Roanne on Tuesday to net their first win of the regular season. The presence of imposing big man Lazaros Papadopoulos was not enough against Benetton last week, but the center will remain PAOK's biggest threat against Roanne, who could not translate a strong performance by KC Rivers, with 20 points, and Uche Nsonwu with 12 and 6 assists, into a win against Estudiantes. The veteran center will pair up in the middle against Papadopoulos, who is a force inside and leads the Eurocup in rebounding. In hopes of keeping him in check, Nsonwu should work to deny him inside scoring position, quite possibly with some help from Alex Dunn in a reserve role. But its not like PAOK can’t score from the perimeter, as guards Rawle Marshall, Justin Gray and Donnie McGrath all can hit from long range. When in need of a break, Papadopoulos can turn to Todor Gecevski, although both centers also complement each other well when sharing minutes in the paint. Guards Pape Philippe Amagou and Alex Gordon of Roanne will try to push the tempo when that happens so they can catch the PAOK defense’s back, though coach Jean-Denys Choulet also likes to go to playmaker Souleyman Diabate to set up the halfcourt offense, looking for River’s sharp perimeter shooting. Forward Dylan Page would be a nice asset for the visitors, especially if Robert Dozier gets going, if the former is fit this week to debut in the Eurocup competition this season. With the Last 16 well within reach of both Group F representatives, home court figures to be a factor.

REFEREES: Sasa Maricic, Sergey Zashchuk, Aleksandar Milojevic
Monday, November 29, 2010
Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

MARKOPOULOS, ANASTASIOS
PAOK BC
"It's a difficult game for us, which we have to win, because after the two losses we suffered in the first two games we have no other option, if we want to stand qualification chances in the Eurocup Top-16. Roanne is a good team. They showed it in the two games they played for the Eurocup, despite the fact they lost both of them. But they played well against Benetton, when they even led by 15, but also against Estudiantes. They prove the same with their presence in the French League. They are a team that plays fast and it will require tremendous focus from us in order to win."

Players

GRAY, JUSTIN
PAOK BC
"Itʼs an important game for us. We want to come out and play hard and get the victory that will definitely give us the chance to fight for qualification to the next round. We have lost the two previous games and getting the victory tomorrow will give us a psychological advantage before anything else to continue winning. I believe the key-point is going to be our defense, they are a very athletic team that runs up and down the court, so we need to focus on our defense and this is going to get our offense going as well. It will give us the opportunity to get some easy shots and at the same time stop their game. I believe we stand a good chance at winning having our fans by our side and I do believe that we can still make the Last 16."
Roberto Dozier - PAOK BCPAOK dominated from the start and led by 18 points after 10 minutes en route to a convincing 92-74 victory over Chorale Roanne on Tuesday. Rawle Marshall scored 23 points and Robert Dozier added 21 as PAOK picked up its first win of the Eurocup season and kept Roanne winless. Lazaros Papadopoulos scored 15 and totaled 7 boards, Todor Gecevski tallied 10 and 11 and Donnie McGrath scored 10 points for the home team. Uche Nsonwu paced Roanne with 22 points and 10 rebounds, while K.C. Rivers and Souleyman Diabate netted 14 and 11 points, respectively. Roanne will host PAOK next week in France targeting its first win.

PAOK attacked the rim early and tried to establish a dominating post presence with Papadopoulos, as its first four baskets were either layups or dunks. But the same could be said for Roanne, whose lone first quarter jumper came courtesy of Braud Philippe in the closing minute. It was Nsonwu who hit first with a couple of inside moves, but the 2-4 start was as big a margin as the visitors would enjoy. A Justin Gray slam tied it and Dozier went to work after that for the hosts, tallying 9 points in the first quarter, which finished with a 26-8 run, 4 visiting turnovers and a promising 32-14 lead for PAOK. Roanne tried to force the issue to start the second, settling for long shots in sharp contrast to PAOK’s insistence on a post game centered on Papadopoulos’s intimidating presence. Alexis Tanghe gave the visitors hope when he hit his first triple and Dylan Page and Jean Michel Mipoka converted a couple more. But overall, Roanne missed 5 three pointers in the period and, more significantly, went away from Nsonwu in the paint. Most problematic for Roanne head coach Jean Denys Choulet was the heating up of Gecevski for the hosts. If Papadopoulos wasn’t enough of a concern, the talented big man went for 7 points in the second quarter, even hitting from three-point territory, and fueling a 45-25 lead. Roanne decided then to get back to the basics with Nsonwu and Rivers getting into the mix, and would have ended the half on a high note with a 2-13 run, if not for a final Dozier triple that left things 50-38 at the break.

A role reversal ensued at the start of the third quarter, as Giorgios Apostolidis and McGrath scored from long range for PAOK and Roanne plowed through near the rim, but the Nsonwu-Papadopoulos duel eventually regained center stage, and the two big men offered some intense back and forth moments with no clear cut winner. The setting was prime for other performers to appear, and Marshall took a step forward for the hosts, putting a 75-53 lead on the board as the biggest margin, as did Diabate for the visitors with a complete basketball display of baskets, steals, assists and rebounds. At the end of three though, not much had changed with PAOK still on top, 76-62 after a Rivers triple. Ten minutes away from their first Eurocup win, PAOK did not let go, as Marshall took matters into his own hands, scoring the first bucket of the period and 8 points in a 14-6 run that finally put Roanne away for good. Unable to hit from the perimeter, Choulet’s crew settled for inside baskets in the closing minutes, never getting closer than 15 points in the quarter and ultimately falling to 0-3 in the Group F standings.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: MARICIC,SASA (SRB), ZASHCHUK, SERGIY (UKR), MILOJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR (MKD)
Attendance: 1300 (Tentative)
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Chorale Roanne14242412
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Chorale Roanne14386274
Head coach: MARKOPOULOS, ANASTASIOS
PAOK BC
# 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 MARSHALL, RAWLE 32:13 23 6/8 1/5 8/8       3 2         6 28
6 ARAPIS, DIMITRIS 0:59                              
7 McGRATH, DONALD 32:23 12 1/1 3/4 1/2       3 1 1     2 3 14
8 APOSTOLIDIS, GEORGIOS 15:00 3   1/1 0/2   1 1 2 1 3     3 2 1
9 DEDAS, GEORGIOS 9:22 1   0/2 1/2           1       1 -2
10 DOZIER, ROBERTO 27:51 21 7/9 1/1 4/5 3 2 5   1 3 1   2 3 23
11 GRAY, JUSTIN 20:18 5 2/6 0/2 1/1 1 1 2 2   1     3 1  
12 PAPADOPOULOS, LAZAROS 22:28 15 5/8   5/8   7 7 4 1 3 1 1 4 6 20
13 GIANNAKIDIS, MICHAIL 9:45   0/2 0/2     2 2         1 1   -4
14 KALLES, NIKOS 5:16 2 1/1     2   2     1     2   1
15 GECEVSKI, TODOR 23:26 10 3/6 1/1 1/1 3 8 11 1 3 1     2 2 21
16 KALAMPAKAS, DIMITRIOS 0:59                              
Team           2 5 7               7
Totals 200:00 92 25/41 7/18 21/29 11 26 37 15 9 14 2 2 19 24 109
61% 38.9% 72.4%
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: CHOULET, JEAN-DENYS
Chorale Roanne
# 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 NSONWU, UCHENNA 32:54 22 10/13   2/2 3 7 10 3   1     3 7 35
6 DIABATE, SOULEYMAN 25:03 11 3/4 1/2 2/2 2 1 3 2 3 5     1 2 13
7 AMAGOU, PAPE PHILIPPE 26:34 8 2/6   4/4   1 1 1 1     1 2 4 8
8 GORDON, ALEX 14:57 4 2/3 0/3           1       3   -2
9 BRAUD, PHILIPPE 14:47 2 1/2 0/4     1 1 1   1     1   -3
10 RIVERS, KELVIN 25:05 14 4/6 1/2 3/3 1 3 4   1       4 3 15
12 TANGHE, ALEXIS 9:57 5 1/1 1/2     1 1     2     5 1 -1
13 DUNN, ALEX 13:11   0/1       3 3     2 1   1    
14 MIPOKA, JEAN-MICHEL 13:34 5 1/1 1/2   1 2 3     1 1   1   6
15 PAGE, DYLAN 23:58 3 0/4 1/7   1 1 2 2 3 1   1 3 2 -3
Team             1 1               1
Totals 200:00 74 24/41 5/22 11/11 8 21 29 9 9 13 2 2 24 19 69
58.5% 22.7% 100%
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Head Coaches

MARKOPOULOS, ANASTASIOS
PAOK BC
"Compared to the previous games, we began very well, we did not leave any room to our opponents to play their game, and on the other hand we controlled the rhythm from the beginning, mainly due to hard defense and also due to good offensive choices. All of these created a safety lead from the beginning, which we tried to broaden as much as we could as the time went by. We made some mistakes in the first half, but we tried to control them and we came out stronger in the second half, reaching an easy victory against a very good European team. Roanne is leading the French League right now and I think this says a lot about the kind of team they are. I don’t care about the rest of the results in the group, we haven’t set any specific goals as far as the Eurocup is concerned, we want the experience, we want to try and play good basketball and be as competitive as possible and if something good come out of it, we are going to welcome it."
CHOULET, JEAN-DENYS
Chorale Roanne
"We just did not play tonight. PAOK played a good game, but we did not play at all and you cannot win or even lose by few points when you don’t play. I don’t know what my players have been thinking but this is the truth. I cannot even think about qualification and possibilities and so on. I only care about what happened tonight, at a game that we did not come out to play… If you don’t want to play, if you come to Thessaloniki just for tourism, then why would you even want to qualify, to do what? We’d better stay at home..."

Players

GECEVSKI, TODOR
PAOK BC
"We played a very good game, especially at defense in the first half and that was the main reason that we built a wide lead we managed to keep till the end of the game. Roanne managed to close the gap in the second quarter, but we began the second half well and that helped us reach victory and also gave the coach the chance to give minutes to everyone. We are happy for our first victory in the group, the fact that Benetton won gives us more chances to qualify, but we should make more wins to do that, and first of all we must go to France to win."
AMAGOU, PAPE PHILIPPE
Chorale Roanne
"We are disappointed for the defeat and especially for the way we played. PAOK has been much better and got a fair victory and is now in a much better position than ours. The situation has become very difficult for our team, we must win all three remaining games to have some chances to qualify and first of all, we need to beat PAOK next week. But to do that, we need to play much better than we did tonight."
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