June 19, 2013
Quarter Final Game 1 - February 27, 2007 CET: 17:00 Local time: 19:00 - BASKET-HALL
Unics Kazan 83 - 53 Montepaschi

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final 0-0
0-0 Semi-Final 0-0
0-0 Quarter Final 0-0
0-0 Eighthfinals 1-0
1-0 Regular Season 0-0
9-3 Overall 10-2

Referees

Crew Chief
REMS, IZTOK, Slovenia
Referee
BELOSEVIC, ILIJA, Serbia
Umpire
DOZAI, SRDAN, Croatia

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
90.1 Points 80.6
32.3 Rebounds 34.2
8.6 O. Rebounds 11.1
23.8 D. Rebounds 23.1
14.8 Assists 12.3
10.3 Steals 16.1
4.0 Blocks 2.8
13.8 Turnovers 11.8
61.3 % 2PT 49.3 %
45.0 % 3PT 35.2 %
77.7 % FT 73.1 %
105.3 Index 90.6
Team Stats - Unics Kazan
Team Stats - Montepaschi

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
15.8 / STOMBERGAS, SAULIUS Points 15.0 / Sato
6.8 / Lavrinovic, K. Rebounds 5.9 / Eze
1.6 / Lavrinovic, K. OR 2.3 / Sato
5.2 / Lavrinovic, K. DR 4.7 / STONEROOK, SHAUN
2.4 / STOMBERGAS, SAULIUS Assists 2.9 / FORTE, JOSEPH
1.5 / Lavrinovic, K. Steals 2.1 / STONEROOK, SHAUN
2.2 / Lavrinovic, K. Blocks 1.5 / Eze
1.8 / STOMBERGAS, SAULIUS Turnovers 2.4 / Kaukenas
75.4 % / STOMBERGAS, SAULIUS 2PT 61.1 % / BAXTER, LONNY
61.0 % / STOMBERGAS, SAULIUS 3PT 50.0 % / BAXTER, LONNY
86.2 % / MESHCHARAKOU, YAHOR FT 100.0 % / Carraretto
19.6 / Lavrinovic, K. Index 18.8 / Sato
Team Roster - Unics Kazan
Team Roster - Montepaschi

THE TAKE

Unics Kazan hosts Montepaschi Siena on Tuesday in the first game their ULEB Cup quarterfinals series in a battle of great offense against great defense. The opponent may be a good omen for Siena, which last played the Russian side in the 2002 Saporta Cup quarterfinals on the way to its last European title. In that series, Unics won the first leg at home 73-70 behind 31 points from Martin Muursepp, but Montepaschi prevailed 68-58 in the return leg thanks to 16 points and 17 rebounds from Roberto Chiacig. Kazan, which finished the regular season in second place in Group D, reached the quarterfinals by crushing Hemofarm Vrsac by a total of 48 aggregate points. Montepaschi, the Group C winner, advanced by sweeping PAOK Thessaloniki. Unics is the best offensive team in the ULEB Cup averaging 90 points per game, with a complete arsenal that includes outstanding shooters Saulius Stombergas (15.8 ppg., 61% 3FG), Jarrod Stevenson (13.8 ppg., 51.7% 3FG), Sergey Chikalkin (9.4 ppg., 44.4% 3FG) and recent addition, point guard Jerry McCullough. Under the boards Ksistof Lavrinovic (11.8 ppg., 6.8 rpg., 2.2 bpg.), Dusko Savanovic (8.4 ppg.) and Yegor Mescheryakov (9.2 ppg.) guarantee consistency and efficiency. Montepaschi, the third-best defense in the ULEB Cup, is bolstered by a deep bench. Its main task will be to stop Unics's from running and controlling the pace of the match. Lonnie Baxter (10.1 ppg., 5.3 rpg.) and Benjamin Eze (5 ppg., 5.9 rpg.) are the main weapons inside, while four players produce on the perimeter: Romain Sato (15 ppg.), Joe Forte (14.2 ppg.), Rimas Kaukenas (12.8 ppg.) and Terrell McIntyre (10.6 ppg.). Their duel with the Kazan shooters could produce fireworks, and the clash in the paint could be equally entertaining. The mark of 85 points scored at home has meant victory so far this season for Unics, while Montepaschi, which has won 5 of its 6 away games this season, always kept the home team below 76 when it won. This game features two completely different philosophies, putting extra pressure on the playmakers to help dictate their style of play and give their side the advantage heading into the final leg next week in Italy.
Monday, February 26, 2007
ULEBCup.com

Quotes Head Coaches

PIANIGIANI, SIMONE
Montepaschi
"We know we’ll have a very difficult game in Kazan. Unics is the best offensive team of the ULEB Cup, they had a great regular season and reached the quarterfinals after two big victories versus a good team like Hemofarm. It is a strong team, with talented players and with big men like the Lavrinovic twins or Mescheryakov which are also good three-point shooters. They’re also unbeaten at home. It'll be important for us to stay concentrated since the start of the game and play good defense. Our player Romain Sato suffered a jaw injury last Saturday: he’s not well, we hope he could play tomorrow but we're not sure of this."

Players

Saulius Stombergas - Unics Kazan - Photo: unics.ru Unics took a huge step towards the ULEB Cup semifinals by downing Montepaschi Siena 83-53 in the first leg of the two-way quarterfinal series in Kazan, Russia, on Tuesday afternoon. The teams travel from the heart of Russia to the heart of Tuscany, Italy, for next Tuesday's return leg, which will determine which team advances to the semifinals against the winner of the Crvena Zvezda-Real Madrid series. However for Montepaschi, the hopes are now very slim as the club will need a miracle to advance. The hosts started on fire and built a 22-8 lead after 10 minutes and never gave to Siena the opportunity to come back, improving the margin minute-by-minute until it lead 68-37 early in the last quarter. An impressive three-point shooting performance – 13-of-23 – helped Unics, which had five scorers in double figures led by 17 points from Saulius Stombergas. Jarod Stevenson tallied 13 with 3-of-4 from downtown, Darjus Lavrinovic finished with 13 with 8 rebounds and 5 steals and his twin Ksistof Lavrinovic contributed 12 points and 9 boards. Jerry McCulllough added 11, Sergey Chikalkin 9 and Egor Meshcheryakov amassed 8 points and 9 rebounds. Rimas Kaukenas was the best contributor for Montepaschi, scoring 10 of his 16 points in the last quarter. Joe Forte added 13 points with 7 rebounds and Terrell McIntyre had 11, while Romain Sato had just 1 point with 8 rebounds.

Jerry McCullough opened the scoring from the foul line after getting fouled by Ben Eze and Egor Meshcheryakov doubled the lead by hosts converting an offensive rebound to make it 4-0. Both teams showed great defensive intensity as nobody scored for the next three-and-a-half minutes until Meshcheryakov posted a layup assisted by Stombergas. Forte scored from mid range for the guests after six missed attempts. McCullough grabbed a defensive rebound and ran for a score, causing Montepaschi to call timeout after 6 minutes played. But nothing changed for Siena, as Stevenson exploded with 5 straight points to put Unics up 13-2. McIntyre and Stombergas exchanged triples to go up 16-5 and then Forte missed one of his two free throws, but the hosts seemed to be unstoppable as Darjus Lavrinovic hit from downtown. Forte tried to keep his side closer, but Darjus Lavrinovic converted a three-point-play to fix the score at 22-8 for Unics after 10 minutes.

Rimantas Kaukenas - Montepaschi SienaThe teams were hot at the beginning the second quarter with McIntyre and Sergey Chikalkin scoring from downtown and then Ksistof Lavrinovic pushing his side to 27-11. Kaukenas kept Montepaschi in the game by posting two straight baskets to reduce the cushion to 28-15, but the hosts were focused on their target and Stevenson drilled another bomb for a 16-point lead. Siena seemed to be back on track when Eze scored in the paint and McIntyre hit a three to trim the gap to 34-22. But Stombergas showed why Unics is the best offensive team in the ULEB Cup with 7-0 run. Vladimer Boisa chipped in three free throws for Montepaschi, but Darjus Lavrinovic and twin brother Ksistof Lavrinovic made it 49-28 for Kazan at the halftime break.

Sato scored his first and only point of the night to open the second half, but Darjus Lavrinovic bagged another triple to make it 54-31. Siena was unable to stop the hosts and McCullough scored the ninth three-pointer of 13 attempted for Unics to go up 88-34 at the midway point of the third quarter. Stevenson ended three scoreless minutes by drilling a mid-range jumper for a 60-36 margin. McIntyre answered in the open court, and Stombergas, assisted by Petr Samoylenko, boosted Kazan again. Ksistof Lavrinovic and Eze made one free throw each to finish the third quarter at 63-37 for the home team.

Entering the last quarter there were no doubts as to the winner of the match, but Siena had to fight to reduce the difference thinking of the second leg. Ksistof Lavrinovic stopped their dream as he fueled Unics to 65-37 and Stevenson made it a 30+-point margin from downtown. Lonny Baxter made a dunk and Kaukenas hit a three and a pair of free throws for a 0-7 run for the guests to make it 68-44 with 5 minutes left. Meshcheryakov and Kaukenas converted three-point plays and Chikalkin's triple further rejected the guests. Stombergas boosted Unics over the 30-point margin once more from beyond the arc, 80-49. Forte posted a jumper and Eze a dunk, but McCullough completed the incredible night of Kazan shooters for an 83-53 final.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
ULEBcup.com
Referees: REMS, IZTOK (SLO), BELOSEVIC, ILIJA (SRB), DOZAI, SRDAN (CRO)
Attendance: 5000
By Quarter1234
Unics Kazan22271420
Montepaschi820916
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Unics Kazan22496383
Montepaschi8283753
Head coach: SIREIKA, ANTANAS
Unics Kazan
# 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 STEVENSON, JAROD 22:00 13 2/5 3/4     3 3 2   2     3 1 10
5 MCCULLOUGH, JERRY 28:15 11 1/4 2/5 3/4 1 3 4 2 3 2     3 3 11
7 LAVRINOVIC, DARJUS 32:15 13 3/9 2/3 1/1 4 4 8 1 5 3 2 1 3 2 17
8 STOMBERGAS, SAULIUS 33:00 17 3/7 3/5 2/2   3 3 3 1 1     4 2 15
9 SAMOYLENKO, PETR 22:45   0/1       2 2 5 1 3     1   3
10 PANIN, VADIM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 LAVRINOVIC, KSISTOF 23:00 12 3/5 1/3 3/8 3 6 9   1 1 1   2 6 17
15 CHIKALKIN, SERGEI 14:00 9 1/4 2/2 1/2   2 2 1   2     1 1 6
20 SOKOLOV, DMITRY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 ZHUKANENKO, ALEXEY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
30 SAVANOVIC, DUSKO 5:45   0/2           1         1   -2
55 MESHCHARAKOU, YAHOR 19:00 8 3/7 0/1 2/3 5 4 9 1   1     4 3 10
Team                   1           1
Totals 200:00 83 16/44 13/23 12/20 13 27 40 16 12 15 3 1 22 18 88
36.4% 56.5% 60%
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: PIANIGIANI, SIMONE
Montepaschi
# 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 FORTE, JOSEPH 34:00 13 6/12 0/4 1/2   7 7 1 1 5   2 1 2 5
5 MCINTYRE, TERRELL 35:45 11 1/1 3/7         2   4   1 3   1
6 BAXTER, LONNY 11:45 2 1/2       5 5   1       5 1 3
7 BOISA, VLADIMER 21:15 4 0/1 0/1 4/6 2 2 4 1   1     2 5 7
8 EZE, BENJAMIN 28:15 6 2/7   2/4 1 5 6   1 1 1   3 2 5
9 CARRARETTO, MARCO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 SATO, ROMAIN 23:00 1 0/2 0/3 1/2 4 4 8     1     1 2 3
12 D'ERCOLE, LORENZO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 KAUKENAS, RIMANTAS 27:15 16 4/11 1/4 5/5 1 1 2   1 2     2 6 11
17 BAROZZI, DOMENICO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
18 LECHTHALER, LUCA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20 STONEROOK, SHAUN 18:45   0/1 0/4     6 6 1   4     2 4  
Team           1   1   1           2
Totals 200:00 53 14/37 4/23 13/19 9 30 39 5 5 18 1 3 19 22 37
37.8% 17.4% 68.4%
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Head Coaches

SIREIKA, ANTANAS
Unics Kazan
"I'm pretty satisfied with the factthat my team was in the rightmood to play and they were looking forward to scoring. It was very important for all our guys to provetothemselves and to our fan that we are able to play better than we did in our last Russian League game at Khimki. It's a great honor for me that we have defeated the leader of the Italian League. We have prepared for the match carefully and the preparations have brought good results. In my opinion, we were luckier than our opponents, but fortune usually comes to the strongest. I believethe return match will be a difficult contest for all of us. At home, Siena will show a different game and will try to do their best to takeback our advantage. So one shouldn't be relaxed with the first game's score."
PIANIGIANI, SIMONE
Montepaschi
"We have had a difficult game. We didn't start it in the right way, little afraid. Kazan, on the contrary, had the right approach, trying to score as much as possible in the beginning. As a result, my players lost confidence in their strength, so as they were not so experienced in European competitions, they missed a number of shots tht we would normally score. We are the best team in our domestic league in three-point shots, while tonight we shot 4 for 23, just 17%. No doubt, it was impossible to win if we shoot the ball like that. It was also too difficult to gain an advantage with the help of two-pointers for us: there were too many people in the paint. Kazan has played a good game, while we have had the worst one of our season. We knew that this could happen, as it has already happened to Real Madrid and CSKA Moscow, but we didn't believe that we would lose here this way. Speaking about the return game in Italy, I'm sure it will be not an easy task to recover these points. Nevertheless, we will try to show our best at home and to gain back 30 points."
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