May 24, 2013
Top 16 Game 1 - February 14, 2007 CET: 20:45 Local time: 20:45 - PALALOTTOMATICA
Lottomatica Roma 78 - 68 Pau-Orthez

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final Four 0-0
0-0 Playoffs 0-0
0-0 Top 16 0-0
0-0 Regular Season 0-0
6-8 Overall 7-7

Referees

Crew Chief
VOREADIS, LAZAROS, Greece
Referee
JOVCIC, MILIVOJE, Serbia
Umpire
PEREZ PEREZ, MIGUEL, Spain

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
73.4 Points 75.6
32.8 Rebounds 33.6
11.7 O. Rebounds 9.4
21.1 D. Rebounds 24.2
11.0 Assists 13.9
16.2 Steals 12.3
2.4 Blocks 3.6
12.9 Turnovers 15.5
45.7 % 2PT 53.6 %
32.8 % 3PT 35.3 %
73.9 % FT 76.1 %
75.2 Index 83.9
Team Stats - Lottomatica Roma
Team Stats - Pau-Orthez

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
13.8 / BODIROGA, DEJAN Points 16.1 / WRIGHT, MICHAEL
5.0 / Mavrokefalides Rebounds 5.9 / GREER, RICARDO
2.0 / Mavrokefalides OR 2.1 / WRIGHT, MICHAEL
3.4 / BODIROGA, DEJAN DR 3.9 / GREER, RICARDO
2.7 / BODIROGA, DEJAN Assists 4.1 / MILES, AARON
2.8 / Hawkins Steals 1.8 / HARRISON, C.
0.7 / ASKRABIC, O. Blocks 1.5 / BAUER, M.
2.1 / Hawkins Turnovers 2.1 / JOHNSEN, BRITTON
51.4 % / BODIROGA, DEJAN 2PT 66.7 % / MAHINMI, I.
47.4 % / ASKRABIC, O. 3PT 50.0 % / MILES, AARON
91.4 % / RIGHETTI, A. FT 100.0 % / RUPERT, THIERRY
15.4 / BODIROGA, DEJAN Index 18.2 / WRIGHT, MICHAEL
Team Roster - Lottomatica Roma
Team Roster - Pau-Orthez

THE TAKE

Lottomatica Roma hosts Elan Bearnais Pau-Orthez for a Top 16 Group D opener on Wednesday in the Italian capital. Both teams were pleased just to make it to this stage of the competition after rough patches during the season, but are now thinking already about how to go at least one step further, to the Quarterfinal Playoffs. Roma punched its ticket to the Top 16 by finishing fifth in Group B with a 6-8 record. Coach Jasmin Repesa's squad went 5-2 at home during the regular season and seemed to get more dangerous with each game. Pau was victorious on the road three times this season, as Coach Gordon Herbert's charges came into every game with total confidence. The common link between the clubs is Roma point guard Mire Chatman, who led the Euroleague in assists two years ago in a Pau uniform. One of the most interesting matchups will take place in the pivot, where Pau's leading scorer, Michael Wright (16.1 ppg.), who stands only 2.03 meters, will go up against Roma's big men Ognjen Askrabic (7.8 ppg., 5.5 rpg.) and Loukas Mavrokefalides (7.2 ppg., 5 rpg.). Pau has options to shake things up inside with power forward Britton Johnsen (11.5 ppg.) alongside Wright, while Ian Mahinmi and Thierry Rupert come off the bench. Luca Garri is Roma's first big man subsitute. Pau will be faced with the always difficult task of stopping Dejan Bodiroga (13.8 ppg.) and Ricardo Greer could be the man for the job. Bodiroga, however, could be hampered by a finger injury he suffered over the weekend in the Italian Cup. Roma boasts a dynamic backcourt led by Chatman (11.3 ppg., 2.9 apg.) and defensive ace David Hawkins (14.6 ppg., 2.8 spg.), who are both key reasons the club leads the Euroleague in steals. Alex Righetti's sharp shooting off the bench is another key to Roma's effectiveness. Aaron Miles (9.4 ppg., 4.1 apg.) and C.C. Harrison 8.8 ppg.) represent Pau's starting backcourt, while Xane D'Almeida brings excitement and Melvin Sanders (10.8 ppg.) instant offense off the bench. This game features two teams that prefer halfcourt sets and make the most of mismatches, which means that any changes in tactics that the coaches bring in could decide the outcome. For Pau that means finding a way to limit Bodiroga, if he plays at 100 percent, while Wright is the player Roma will try to limit as much as possible. The team that is more successful in solving those problems will give itself a huge boost towards victory.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Euroleague.net

Quotes Head Coaches

REPESA, JASMIN
Lottomatica Roma
"This is a very important game for us against Pau. It's the first game of the Top 16. We are playing at home and we have to make use of that advantage. But we are aware it's going to be a very difficult game. Pau-Orthez is a very athletic team. They have a deep roster to count on and we are going to be put to the test. The absence of Dejan Bodiroga is a blow for us. He has been a very important player for this team. He broke his finger against Benetton Treviso in the Italian Cup, but I hope his teammates will rise to the occasion."
HERBERT, GORDON
Pau-Orthez
"It is a great challenge for us to go play against a team like Rome, which has so many experienced players. Each game can be decisive in the Top 16. So if we want to keep our options for a good result, we will have to play with intensity and with concentration on the strategy we will use to deny their strengths."

Players

TONOLLI, ALESSANDRO
Lottomatica Roma
"We've been unlucky with our group. Considering that we have Maccabi Tel Aviv and Tau Ceramica, two teams that have experience of getting to the Final Four. It's crucial for us to get a good result against Pau-Orthez. Pau has been one of the surprise teams in the Euroleague. They play a very modern style of basketball and it's not going to be easy. Hopefully, we will have recovered from the Italian Cup disappointment and we will try to go out there and honor the competition."
MILES, AARON
Pau-Orthez
"We took advantage fn the break in the Semaine des As Cup to work hard and to prepare this difficult trip to Rome. Nothing will be easy in this group but we must play with ambitions. Our status as outsider can help us to create something great and to believe in our chances. I am very excited to enter into this Top 16."
David Hawkins - Lottomatica Roma One of the last teams to advance to the Top 16 was also the first one to get a win in Group D, as a fully reloaded Lottomatica Roma overcame a major injury to down Elan Bernais Pau-Orthez 78-68 in the Italian capital on Wednesday night. Roma was without star forward Dejan Bodiroga, who broke a finger, but had three new players in uniform – Jon Stefansson, Roberto Gabini and Roberto Chiacig. Alex Righetti led the winners with 16 points. David Hawkins added 15, Mire Chatman had 12 and Stefansson scored 11 in hie Euroleague debut. Ognjen Askrabic was big in the paint, with 8 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks. Britton Johnsen had 16 points for Pau, while Michael Wright and Melvin Sanders added 10 apiece. Roma used outstanding defense to dominate the game early and Chatman, Hawkins and Askrabic gave Roma a 49-31 lead early in the third quarter. Luca Garri was the key factor in Roma's aggressive defense, as his team held a 65-50 lead with 9 minutes to go. Johnsen and Wright led the Pau comeback, as the visitors closed to within 72-68 in the final minute, but failed to complete the comeback.

Daniele Cinciarini got Roma going with a layup, igniting a 10-0 opening run during which Hawkins followed a corner triple with a wild dunk to cause Pau to call an early timeout. The visitors went scoreless for nearly 3 minutes before Wright stepped up with a jump hook, but Cinciarini answered from downtown and Askrabic scored inside for a 15-2 Roma lead. Sanders tried to wake Pau up with a layup off a steal and Johnsen added a triple to get the guests within 17-8. Roma switched to a zone defense, while Garri buried a baseline jumper and Chatman dunked it for a 21-10 lead. Johnsen continued to pace Pau with a three-point play and Sanders added a five-meter jumper to get the visitors closer, 23-16. Free throws by Wright and Righetti, as well as a put-back basket by Ian Mahinmi, fixed the score at 25-19 at the end of the first quarter.

Melvin Sanders - EB Pau-OrthezPau tried a zone defense early in the second quarter, while Sanders threw down a slam at the other end to get Pau even closer. Righetti answered with a three-pointer and Pau soon went back to man-to-man defense, Stefansson added another one from downtown for a 31-21 Roma margin. Aaron Miles joined the three-point festival, but Askrabic quickly answered with a layup and Stefansson added a left-handed basket in penetration to keep Roma ahead, 35-26. Pau was still struggling to score, not finding any easy options in offense, but Roma also went scoreless for 2 minutes until Askrabic stepped up with a third-chance layup. Righetti nailed a corner three-pointer and Pau called timeout at 40-28. Garri hit free throws as Pau went scoreless for almost 3 minutes until Cedric Ferchaud buried one from downtown to get the guests within 42-31 at halftime.

Hawkins shined with a three-pointer right after the break and soon added a driving layup during a 7-0 run that Cinciarini capped with a fastbreak basket to give Roma its biggest lead yet, 49-31. Pau called timeout and switched back to zone defense and soon Sanders found a fastbreak layup. Cinciarini fed Chatman for an easy basket, but Johnsen dunked it at the other end and C.C. Harrison added a put-back basket. Roma stayed aggressive on defense as Garri hit free throws to keep Roma far ahead, 53-37. Ferchaud tried to ignite a Pau comeback with a three-pointer from the corner, highlighting a 0-6 run that Xane D'Almeida capped with foul shots. Righetti rescued Roma, but Wright scored inside and D'Almeida added a fast break layup to get Pau even closer, 55-47. Alessandro Tonolli stepped up with a tip-in, but Ricardo Greer answered from downtown. However Righetti and Stefansson allowed Roma to restore a double-digit lead, 60-50, after three quarters.

Luca Garri - Lottomatica RomaChatman stole the ball at midcourt steal and scored a three-point play early in the final period. Stefansson added a driving layup to make it a 15-point game, 65-50. Johnsen tried to change things with a jumper, but Righetti bettered him with a reverse layup and the free throw that came with it. Sanders scored inside and Wright added a turnaround jumper, as Pau improved its defense in crunch time. Ferchaud fired in his third triple to get the guests within single digits, 68-60, with 4 minutes to go. Lottomatica kept finding it hard to score and Miles made a free throw as Pau clawed its way back. Roma called timeout and Hawkins then scored in penetration, but Johnsen answered from downtown and Harrison hit free throws for a 72-68 Pau deficit with 48 seconds to go. Stefansson sealed the outcome with a layup that rounded his big game and gave Roma reasons to celebrate the start to Group D.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Euroleague.net
Referees: VOREADIS, LAZAROS (GRE), JOVCIC, MILIVOJE (SRB), PEREZ PEREZ, MIGUEL (ESP)
Attendance: 3700
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Head coach: REPESA, JASMIN
Lottomatica Roma
# 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 GIACHETTI, JACOPO 11:00   0/1       1 1     4     4   -8
8 TONOLLI, ALESSANDRO 21:00 2 1/2     1 2 3 2 1 3 1   4 1 2
9 RIGHETTI, ALEX 19:30 16 2/2 2/6 6/7 3 3 6   1 2     2 4 18
13 GARRI, LUCA 23:15 7 1/2 0/5 5/6 3 5 8   5       1 6 18
14 CINCIARINI, DANIELE 16:15 7 2/4 1/1   1 2 3 3 2 1     3 1 10
16 PORCARO, YURI DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 STEFANSSON, JON 16:00 11 4/7 1/3   1   1 1 2 1     3 3 9
18 GABINI, ROBERTO 2:00           1 1     1     2   -2
19 CHIACIG, ROBERTO 0:30                              
20 ASKRABIC, OGNJEN 32:15 8 4/5 0/2 0/1 1 7 8 5 2 1 2   2 2 20
32 CHATMAN, MIRE 29:45 12 3/7 0/4 6/9 3 2 5 2 5 1     1 6 17
34 HAWKINS, DAVID 28:30 15 4/5 2/6 1/2 1 2 3 1 3 3     3 3 13
Team                   5           5
Totals 200:00 78 21/35 6/27 18/25 14 25 39 14 26 17 3 0 25 26 102
60% 22.2% 72%
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: HERBERT, GORDON
Pau-Orthez
# 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 FAUTHOUX, FREDERIC DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 HARRISON, CLINT 24:00 7 1/2 0/4 5/6 1 1 2 1 1 3     4 4 2
6 D'ALMEIDA, XANE 7:45 4 1/1   2/2       1 1 4     3 3 2
7 GREER, RICARDO 18:00 4 0/3 1/3 1/2 2 3 5   3 4   2 1 2 1
8 JOHNSEN, BRITTON 21:15 16 4/4 2/4 2/3 2 2 4   2 3     4 4 16
9 FERCHAUD, CEDRIC 23:00 9   3/5     2 2     3     4   2
11 MILES, AARON 32:15 6 0/3 1/4 3/4 1 2 3   1 2     3 4 2
12 RUPERT, THIERRY 4:45   0/1                         -1
14 MAHINMI, IAN 10:15 2 1/1     1 1 2     1     2   1
16 VATY, LUDOVIC DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
18 WRIGHT, MICHAEL 34:15 10 3/9   4/8 6 4 10   1 4   1 3 6 9
19 SANDERS, MELVIN 24:30 10 5/7 0/5 0/1 1 6 7 2 3       2 2 14
Team             2 2   5 1         6
Totals 200:00 68 15/31 7/25 17/26 14 23 37 4 17 25 0 3 26 25 54
48.4% 28% 65.4%
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Head Coaches

REPESA, JASMIN
Lottomatica Roma
"We had a great start to the Top 16. It was very important playing without Bodiroga and a lot of new players. I gave a lot of minutes to the players knowing each other well, and used a lot of Stefansson, who gave a good contribution. I regret that we lowered our concentration in the last quarter and were in big danger because we never can be sure against a team like Pau-Orthez. Now we have time to insert the new players for the next game, and we're really confident for our future."

Players

RIGHETTI, ALEX
Lottomatica Roma
"We played a great game. We relaxed a little bit in the last quarter, but we were focused to be back on track after the Italy Cup Final Eight, and we did it. It was very important to start the Top 16 by winning at home. The coach explained perfectly what we have to do. We just have to go out and play with great intensity at our best. And now we can think about the next game against Maccabi. We will be ready."
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