May 22, 2013
Regular Season Game 4 - November 14, 2007 CET: 20:45 Local time: 20:45 - PALACIO VISTALEGRE
Real Madrid 75 - 64 Partizan Igokea

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final Four 0-0
0-0 Playoffs 0-0
0-0 Top 16 0-0
3-0 Regular Season 2-1
3-0 Overall 2-1

Referees

Crew Chief
JUNGEBRAND, CARL, Finland
Referee
LOVSIN, ANDREJ, Slovenia
Umpire
CHIARI, ROBERTO, Italy

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
76.0 Points 86.3
28.3 Rebounds 34.3
9.3 O. Rebounds 12.3
19.0 D. Rebounds 22.0
16.0 Assists 13.0
11.0 Steals 5.3
1.7 Blocks 2.7
12.0 Turnovers 15.3
51.9 % 2PT 64.7 %
39.1 % 3PT 25.4 %
62.9 % FT 83.6 %
85.7 Index 89.0
Team Stats - Real Madrid
Team Stats - Partizan Igokea

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
18.3 / SMITH, CHARLES Points 26.7 / PEKOVIC, NIKOLA
8.0 / Hervelle Rebounds 8.3 / PEKOVIC, NIKOLA
3.0 / Hervelle OR 4.7 / PEKOVIC, NIKOLA
5.0 / Hervelle DR 6.0 / VELICKOVIC, NOVICA
3.3 / Mumbru Assists 4.0 / PALACIO, MILT
3.0 / Lopez Steals 1.0 / PEKOVIC, NIKOLA
0.7 / Mumbru Blocks 1.0 / VRANES, SLAVKO
3.5 / Reyes Turnovers 3.7 / PALACIO, MILT
100.0 % / BULLOCK, LOUIS 2PT 83.3 % / Tepic
100.0 % / BULLOCK, LOUIS 3PT 45.5 % / TRIPKOVIC, UROS
100.0 % / Hervelle FT 100.0 % / VELICKOVIC, NOVICA
19.3 / Hervelle Index 34.7 / PEKOVIC, NIKOLA
Team Roster - Real Madrid
Team Roster - Partizan Igokea

THE TAKE

A battle between two teams in top shape will take place in the Spanish capital when Real Madrid hosts Partizan Igokea on Wednesday. Undefeated Real Madrid shares the Group C lead with with Panathinaikos at 3-0, while Partizan is right behind at 2-1. Star guard Louis Bullock is back for Real Madrid and is ready to lead a star-studded backcourt with his unlimited range and endless talent. Bullock is set to join forces with top gun Charles Smith and do-it-all forward Alex Mumbru at the wings. Smith comes off an impressive game in the Spanish League, while Mumbru is having a career season so far. Smith and Bullock will test their scoring skills against two good defensive players in Dusan Kecman and Cedomir Vitkovac and streak shooters Uros Tripkovic and Milenko Tepic, who scored the game-winning basket in an Adriatic League road win against Cibona this weekend. The point guard battle will also be interesting, as Real Madrid offers a well-rounded combo in Kerem Tunceri and Raul Lopez. Tunceri offers clutch and defense, so he is ready to face Milt Palacio, a silent leader who has taken Partizan to bigger heights. Meanwhile, Lopez provides creativity and know-how. Madrid's main concern, however, will be stopping Nikola Pekovic, the top scorer of the competition, who has been simply unstoppable so far, a dominant force in the paint. He leads a deep Partizan frontcourt featuring Dejan Borovnjak, Novica Velickovic and 2.29-meter center Slavko Vranes. Madrid seems to have the right players to shut down Pekovic, such as Lazaros Papadopoulos, Venson Hamilton and Axel Hervelle. Meanwhile, Felipe Reyes has proven ready to crash the boards now that his back injury is a thing of the past, while former Partizan forward Blagota Sekulic offers deep range and solid post skills. Two very good defensive teams full of strength and intensity go against each other to stay in the upper part of the Group C standings, so expect a big battle in Madrid.

Real Madrid head coach, Joan Plaza
"This team is really difficult to beat. They lost last week by just four points to Panathinaikos, and previously beat a team as strong as AXA F.C. Barcelona. They are really playing well, also proving so in their domestic league in the last game against Cibona. To win this game, we'll have to face it with the maximum intensity. Partizan has one of the Euroleague's top players at the moment, Nikola Pekovic, who is having great performances in recent weeks, making him their go-to guy right now. We have to keep focusin on how to improve as a team and to maintain our strength at home, for which we need to concentrate 40 minutes and keep counting on the exceptional support that our fans at Vistalegre Palace have been showing us since the season started."

Real Madrid guard, Charles Smith
"Partizan is a tough, young, energetic team that plays a fast, interesting offensive game. We know it will be a difficult game, like any in the Euroleague, but we have confidence in our possibilities, especially playing at home. We are little by little getting better as a team and we have to keep on that path. It seems that Nikola Pekovic is Partizan's top player and we'll have to focus on stopping him, but we can't forget that their other players have a lot of talent and we can't let our defense slip against them, because all of them can score."

Partizan Igokea head coach, Dusko Vujosevic
Any champion of Spain must be a team with the highest quality. Real Madrid is that champion now. This season they made a roster with high ambitions because the Final Four is scheduled in Madrid. Anyway, Real is the favorite in our game, but we have already shown that favorite teams have a lot of trouble with us. We are going to Madrid without pressure and with the goal to play our game and give our best."

Partizan Igokea guard, Milenko Tepic
"We are ready for a performance like we had in last three Euroleague games. If that is enough to beat Real, we shall take advantage. Partizan has had a lot of heavy games these last two weeks. but we are prepared to play at a Wednesday-Sunday rhythm. We have the power to give our best in each game and struggle for the victory."
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Euroleague.net - Aca Ostojic, Belgrade

Quotes Head Coaches

Players

Louis Bullock - Real Madrid Real Madrid remained undefeated by thrashing Partizan Igokea 75-64 on Wednesday night in the Spanish capital. Louis Bullock returned from injury to make 4 of 5 three-point attempts on the way to 15 points for the Spanish champs, who lead Group C at 4-0. Partizan dropped to 2-2. Although the final margin was 11 points, Madrid was in control from start to finish. The hosts opened up with a 15-4 start and never let up. The lead reached 62-42 early in the fourth quarter. At that point Madrid started to coast and Partizan took advantage to storm back to 66-61 with 69 seconds remaining. However Bullock stepped back with a four-point play to sink Partizan's hopes and seal the outcome. Alex Mumbru added 11 points and 9 rebounds, Raul Lopez scored 10 points and Felipe finished with 8 points and 11 rebounds for Madrid, whose big men made the difference by holding Partizan center Nikola Pekovic to just 6 points and 4 rebounds. Pekovic came into the game as the Euroleague's hottest player this season. Milt Palacio led Partizan with 24 points, Dusan Kecman added 14 and Novica Velickovic had 13.

Partizan won the opening tip, but Madrid scored the game's first points when Reyes fed Venson Hamilton for an alley-oop. Partizan went inside to Pekovic, but Madrid continued to attack with Kerem Tunceri hiting from outside and Bullock scoring his first points from the line. Velickovic hit back for Partizan in transition, but the hosts continued to control the game as Mumbru drilled a three-pointer and Lazaros Papadopoulos scored in the paint for a 12-4 lead. After a three-second violation on Partizan's Slavko Vranes, Charles Smith connected from beyond the arc, putting the hosts up 11. Partizan took a timeout and Madrid used the break to start pressing, but the visitors were able to break the trap for a Kecman layup. The visitors then went to the trap and earned a basket for Palacio. Following a shot-clock violation on Madrid, Kecman scored on the offensive glass to make it 17-11. However an Axel Hervelle steal and slam allowed the hosts to finish the first quarter up 20-11.B

Milt Palacio - Partizan IgokeaVelickovic had the first basket of the second period, but Madrid continued to attack the basket as a Papadopoulos hook and Michalis Pelekanos free throws restored a double-digit lead. The pressure seemed to get to Partizan, which was turning the ball over far too often. And when Sergio Llull made free throws midway through the period, Madrid had twice as many points in the game as Partizan, 26-13. Cedomir Vetkovac cut to the basket for a basket and Palacio added points in transition, but Mumbru's free throws kept his team comfortably ahead. Blagota Sekulic increased the lead to 33-21 with a bucket inside as the hosts went into the locker rooms at the break seemingly in total control.

Velickovic's two-handed slam in transition gave the visitors some hope as the second half began, but Partizan still had trouble producing points in a set offense, while a Lopez triple put Madrid up 15. Partizan managed to keep pace through a Kecman triple and later a Palacio three-point play, however a pair of Bullock triples sunk Partizan, as the lead grew to 48-30. Partizan took a timeout and came back with a Velickovic basket and soon after a slam, Kecman made 2 free throws. However Lopez went coast-to-coast and a steal led to Reyes free throws as the hosts continued to dominate. A Velickovic triple and Milenko Tepic jumper cut the Partizan deficit to 11, but Bullock answered with a three of his own. Smith added free throws to end the third period at 59-42.

Raul Lopez - Real MadridBoth teams seemed to have accepted the result by the time the fourth quarter began. Reyes increased Madrid'd lead to 20, but Palacio made two baskets to avoid having the difference reach embarrassing proportions. Kecman's three and layup would trim the gap to11, but with two minutes to go, it was far too little, too late. Still the visitors continued their late rally and Palacio's basket followed by a Pekovic three-point play made it 60-61 with 1:09 remaining. But Bullock never wavered and came right back with a four-point play to erase any doubts and send Partizan to its second straight loss.


Real Madrid coach Joan Plaza:

"It is obvious that we made some mistakes in this game, but we didn't want to speculate with our lead. The team has shown its character, that gives everything on court and that has a clear vision of what it wants. We believe we are in the right track. A 4-0 record in the Euroleague is a good situation for us in order to carry on growing in the competition and do things right. We had good game rhythm tonight against a tough team that will be hard to beat in Belgrade."

Real Madrid guard Louis Bullock:

"This is an important win and we also know that we didn't play a perfect game. I think we played good defense, very good. We improved our offense in the second half and we were solid in the key moments. A 4-0 record give us energy to face some complicated Euroleague games in the upcoming games."

Partizan Igokea coach Dusan Vujosevic

"I want to congratulate Real Madrid for this well-deserved win. It was not a very good game and my team made a lot of mistakes due to Real Madrid's defensive pressure. Their defense to our power forwards was outstanding. We have prepared some plays to avoid these mistakes but things did not turn out to be the way we planned them. We know we have a young team and it is normal to be up-and-down during the season. Real Madrid is a very good team and even when they won tonight, they can do things even better."

Partizan Igokea guard Milt Palacio:

"The team had a slow start in the game, which allowed Real Madrid to get the initial lead and reach halftime with a 12-point margin. We improved our game rhythm in the second half and we managed to cut that deficit a bit. We reached the end of the game in a good physical condition and thinking that we could complete our comeback. We could not make it in the end because Madrid played good defense and its shooters hit the right shots down the stretch."
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Euroleague.net
Referees: JUNGEBRAND, CARL (FIN), LOVSIN, ANDREJ (SLO), CHIARI, ROBERTO (ITA)
Attendance: 7900
By Quarter1234
Real Madrid20132616
Partizan Igokea11102122
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Real Madrid20335975
Partizan Igokea11214264
Head coach: PLAZA, JOAN
Real Madrid
# 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 HAMILTON, VENSON 12:03 4 1/1   2/2           2 1   3 2 2
5 PELEKANOS, MICHALIS 10:59 2 0/1 0/3 2/2         2 2 1     2 1
7 SMITH, CHARLES 21:54 5 0/5 1/2 2/2   2 2   3         1 5
8 SEKULIC, BLAGOTA 11:38 3 1/2   1/2 1   1   1         1 4
9 REYES, FELIPE 23:40 8 1/7   6/14 3 8 11 1 1 2 1   1 10 15
14 PAPADOPOULOS, LAZAROS 19:51 9 3/5   3/4 4 3 7 3   2 1   5 3 13
15 MUMBRU, ALEX 23:41 11 2/6 1/2 4/4 3 6 9 2 1 2     4 3 15
17 HERVELLE, AXEL 10:57 3 1/4   1/2 1 1 2   1     1   1 2
19 TUNCERI, KEREM 20:12 2 1/2 0/3     2 2 1         1    
22 BULLOCK, LOUIS 20:36 15 0/2 4/5 3/3       1   1     3 5 14
23 LLULL, SERGIO 7:21 3     3/4           3     1 2  
24 LOPEZ, RAUL 17:08 10 1/1 1/1 5/6   2 2 3 2 2     1 6 19
Team                                
Totals 200:00 75 11/36 7/16 32/45 12 24 36 11 11 16 4 1 19 36 90
30.6% 43.8% 71.1%
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: VUJOSEVIC, DUSKO
Partizan Igokea
# 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 PALACIO, MILT 30:09 24 9/15 1/3 3/3   1 1 2 2 3   1 3 6 20
5 TEPIC, MILENKO 25:37 2 1/4 0/4   1 6 7 3   1     4 1 1
7 KECMAN, DUSAN 29:23 14 3/4 2/3 2/2 2 3 5 3 2 2     5 2 17
10 BOROVNJAK, DEJAN 3:47           1 1           1    
11 TRIPKOVIC, UROS 14:41 1 0/2 0/3 1/2 1 1 2     1     5 2 -7
12 VELICKOVIC, NOVICA 28:50 13 5/8 1/4     5 5   1 3     3 3 10
14 PEKOVIC, NIKOLA 25:56 6 2/6   2/3 3 1 4   1 2 1 1 4 1 1
15 DJURKOVIC, MARKO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 VITKOVAC, CEDOMIR 19:59 4 2/3 0/4   1 3 4 1 2 3   2 5 4  
20 BOZIC, PETAR 10:17           1 1   1 3     2   -3
21 MILOSEVIC, STRAHINJA 1:02     0/2   1   1           1   -2
33 VRANES, SLAVKO 10:19   0/1               1     3   -5
Team                                
Totals 200:00 64 22/43 4/23 8/10 9 22 31 9 9 19 1 4 36 19 32
51.2% 17.4% 80%
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Head Coaches

PLAZA, JOAN
Real Madrid
"It is obvious that we made some mistakes in this game, but we didn't want to speculate with our lead. The team has shown its character, that gives everything on court and that has a clear vision of what it wants. We believe we are in the right track. A 4-0 record in the Euroleague is a good situation for us in order to carry on growing in the competition and do things right. We had good game rhythm tonight against a tough team that will be hard to beat in Belgrade."
VUJOSEVIC, DUSKO
Partizan Igokea
"I want to congratulate Real Madrid for this well-deserved win. It was not a very good game and my team made a lot of mistakes due to Real Madrid's defensive pressure. Their defense to our power forwards was outstanding. We have prepared some plays to avoid these mistakes but things did not turn out to be the way we planned them. We know we have a young team and it is normal to be up-and-down during the season. Real Madrid is a very good team and even when they won tonight, they can do things even better."

Players

BULLOCK, LOUIS
Real Madrid
"This is an important win and we also know that we didn't play a perfect game. I think we played good defense, very good. We improved our offense in the second half and we were solid in the key moments. A 4-0 record give us energy to face some complicated Euroleague games in the upcoming games."
PALACIO, MILT
Partizan Igokea
"The team had a slow start in the game, which allowed Real Madrid to get the initial lead and reach halftime with a 12-point margin. We improved our game rhythm in the second half and we managed to cut that deficit a bit. We reached the end of the game in a good physical condition and thinking that we could complete our comeback. We could not make it in the end because Madrid played good defense and its shooters hit the right shots down the stretch."
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