Last 16 Game 3 - February 09, 2010 CET: 18:15 Local time: 19:15 - ATATURK SPOR SALONU

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final 0-0
0-0 Quarter Final 0-0
0-2 Last 16 2-0
3-3 Regular Season 5-1
3-5 Overall 7-1

Referees

Crew Chief
JERSAN, ANDREJ, Slovenia
Referee
MIKHAYLOV, SERGEY, Russia
Umpire
CONDE, ANTONIO, Spain

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
79.5 Points 82.5
30.3 Rebounds 32.3
7.9 O. Rebounds 10.9
22.4 D. Rebounds 21.4
17.9 Assists 13.1
6.5 Steals 9.1
2.6 Blocks 2.6
14.4 Turnovers 13.9
53.2 % 2PT 57.1 %
43.1 % 3PT 39.6 %
82.0 % FT 69.7 %
85.6 Index 88.8

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
15.6 / WILSON, LAMAYNE Points 12.9 / Taylor
7.0 / Dudley Rebounds 6.5 / Bjelica, N.
2.0 / Dudley OR 2.7 / Stevic
5.0 / Dudley DR 4.3 / Bjelica, N.
5.0 / Acik Assists 3.3 / Radivojevic
1.4 / Dudley Steals 1.9 / Taylor
1.0 / Dudley Blocks 0.6 / Stevic
2.5 / Acik Turnovers 2.9 / Taylor
61.1 % / SONKOL, UMIT 2PT 72.7 % / Stevic
56.1 % / WILSON, LAMAYNE 3PT 66.7 % / Stimac
100.0 % / Acik FT 100.0 % / BAKIC, BORIS
17.8 / Dudley Index 13.0 / Taylor

THE TAKE

Veterans and upstars clash with survival and opportunity at stake, respectively, when Turk Telekom hosts Crvena Zvezda in Group J on Tuesday in the Turkish capital of Ankara. The more experienced hosts of Turk Telekom (0-2), who are desperate for a victory, have six key players 29 or older and only one, who sees just 7 minutes a game, born in 1986 or later. The younger visitors from Crvena Zvezda (2-0), who destroyed their last opponent by 30 points, have just one player as old as 29. They didn't miss a beat, either, when their top scorer of the regular season left prior to the Last 16. Instead, super-quick point guard Mike Taylor is picking up the scoring slack with a quartet of young big men - Nemanja Bjelica, Marko Keselj, Elmedin Kikanovic and Vladimir Stimac - who work side-by-side with veteran Oliver Stevic. Turk Telekom's home loss in overtime last week puts its back against the wall a bit, but resisting that pressure should be what having a veteran team is all about. In the backcourt, Tutku Acik and Demond Mallet are ready to feed and score, respectively, while in the paint, Erwin Dudley, Kris Lang and Huseyin Besok put up both scoring and rebounding numbers that keep games even. If anything, Turk Telekom's shooting will be an important factor, as only Mallett has cranked up with much accuracy from long distance in the first two Last 16 games. Help will be needed from Serkan Erdogan, Lamayne Wilson and Bekir Yarangume if the hosts are going to keep Crvena Zvezda's high-flying young guys honest and pull off a first win in the group. For the visitors, a key will be Taylor, an explosive scorer who nonetheless needs to keep the young scorers involved and cut down on turnovers for Crvena Zvezda to keep its momentum rolling. Statistically, these teams are not far apart except except on defense, where Turk Telekom is giving up an the second-most points of all Last 16 teams. Since Crvena Zvezda is scoring the third-most points while shooting among the top three teams in two-point and three-point accuracy, the hosts will have to lock down their D if they want to rejoin the Group J race now.

REFEREES: Andrej Jersan, Sergey Mikhaylov, Antonio Conde
Monday, February 08, 2010
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Nemanja Bjelica - Crvena ZvezdaCrvena Zvezda took another step towards reaching the quarterfinals on Wednesday with a 67-89 blowout win of Turk Telekom on the road in Ankara, Turkey. Crvena Zvezda displayed a well-balanced attack that featured six scorers in double figures, led by Oliver Stevic, Filip Videnov and Nemanja Bjelica with 15 points apiece. Crvena Zvezda improved to 3-0 at the midway point of Last 16 Group L and hosts Telekom in the Serbian capital in two weeks. Telekom dropped to 0-3 and must win soon to keep nay hope alive of a quarterfinal berth. Telekom started strong scoring the game’s first 6 points and leading by as many as 8 in the opening quarter. Serkan Erdogan’s second three of the game made it 20-14 early in the second quarter, however Vuk Radivojevic made a pair of three-pointers in a 0-15 Crvena Zvezda charge that put the visitors ahead for good. Crvena Zvezda led 30-40 at halftime and extended the lead to 20 early in the fourth quarter. It would peak at 61-86 in the closing minutes as head coach Aleksandar Trifunovic’s men celebrated a big road win. Radivojevic and Vladimir Stimac added 12 points each and Mike Taylor scored 11 for the winners. Bjelica also dished 6 assists and Radivojevic 5 for Crvena Zvezda. Erdogan scored a Eurocup career-high 19 points for Telekom, Kris Lang added 12 and Lamayne Wilson 10.

Things went well for Telekom at the start as the hosts won the tip and Wilson scored the game’s opening basket and then Tutku Acik’s steal resulted in Erwin Dudley free throws. Dudley made it 6-0 before Taylor got Crvena Zvezda on the scoreboard. Wilson and Lang both got Telekom as far ahead as 8 points, but Crvena Zvezda pushed back. Stevic scored twice inside as the visitors narrowed the gap to 12-10. Erdogan answered with a three-pointer only to see Stimac net free throws and score on the offensive glass to get Crvena Zvezda within 17-14 after 10 minutes. Erdogan drilled a second three to open the second quarter, but that was followed by four minutes of Telekom silence as Crvena Zvezda pulled ahead. Videnov and Radivojevic hit back-to-back tripled to tie the score at 20-20. Stimac corrected his own miss to give Crvena Zvezda its first lead. Stimac and Videnov eachs cored another basket before Radivojevic connected from downtown to cap a string of 15 unanswered points that gave the visitors a 20-29 lead. Demond Mallet ender the Telekom drought, but Stevic soon had Crvena Zvezda up by double figures and Bjelica stretched it to 13. Erdogan and Wilson helped Telekom back to minus-9 before Bjelica’s free throw made it 30-40 at the break.

Acik penetrated to score for himself and the to assists Lang as Telekom came out for the second half fighting. Taylor scored twice, but Erdogan hit a deep three to bring his team within 39-44. Another Erdogan triple moments later made it a 4-point game, but Stevic on the offensive glass and Marko Keselj’s steal and slam put Crvena Zvezda ahead 44-52. Wilson missed a follow-up slam and Bjelica and Keselj capitalized on the other end to restore the visitors’ double-digit lead. Keselj soon drilled a triple and Radivojevic added an acrobatic scoop in the lane to cap a 1-9 push that extended the lead to 47-61. After a Telekom timeout, Bekir Yaranhume sank a triple from the corner, but before long Bjelica matched him, Videnov made another and Acik missed at the buzzer, leading Crvena Zvezda on top 51-67 at the end of the third quarter. Radivojevic’s penetration and Zidenov’s jumper extended the lead to 20 as Crvena Zvezda looked to put the game away. An Acik basket did little to change to momentum as the visitors continued to score, stretching the lead to 25 at one point on a Bjelica three, en route to a convincing road win.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
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Referees: JERSAN, ANDREJ (SLO), MIKHAYLOV, SERGEY (RUS), CONDE, ANTONIO (ESP)
Attendance: 2035
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Turk Telekom17132116
Crvena Zvezda14262722
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Turk Telekom17305167
Crvena Zvezda14406789
Head coach: CAKIROGLU, MERIH
Turk Telekom
# 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 LANG, KRIS 27:30 12 4/7   4/4   3 3 2   1     3 3 13
5 ERDOGAN, SERKAN 26:27 19 2/3 4/5 3/4   1 1 3   2     1 7 24
6 WILSON, LAMAYNE 29:40 10 2/6 1/3 3/4 2 3 5 1 2 1     3 3 10
9 YARANGÜME, BEKIR 17:16 3 0/1 1/3     3 3               3
11 ACIK, TUTKU 25:29 6 3/5 0/2     2 2 2 1 5 1   1 3 5
12 BESOK, HUSEYIN 12:30   0/2       2 2                
21 AKPINAR, MUTLU DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
34 SENTURK, SONER 9:17 4 1/1   2/2       2   2     3 2 3
35 DUDLEY, ERWIN 16:35 8 3/6   2/2 1 3 4     1     2 1 7
44 SONKOL, UMIT 10:19   0/2 0/2   2 1 3 2         2   -1
55 MALLET, DEMOND 24:57 5 1/4 1/4         2 1 2     3 2 -1
Team           1 1 2               2
Totals 200:00 67 16/37 7/19 14/16 6 19 25 14 4 14 1 0 18 21 65
43.2% 36.8% 87.5%
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: TRIFUNOVIC, ALEKSANDAR
Crvena Zvezda
# 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 KESELJ, MARKO 17:47 9 3/4 1/5   1 3 4   1       3   6
9 KIKANOVIC, ELMEDIN 3:13   0/1                         -1
11 RADOSAVLJEVIC, LAZAR 2:15     0/1                       -1
13 RONDOVIC, NIKOLA 1:39           1 1               1
14 TAYLOR, MIKE 28:17 11 3/5 1/2 2/3 1 3 4 1 1 3     3 4 11
16 NEDOVIC, NEMANJA 2:07               1           1 2
17 STEVIC, OLIVER 28:51 15 7/9   1/1 2   2   1 2     2 1 13
18 RADIVOJEVIC, VUK 23:26 12 2/3 2/3 2/2 1 3 4 5 1 1     3 2 18
24 VIDENOV, FILIP 26:06 15 3/5 3/6   1 4 5 1   3     3 1 11
30 STIMAC, VLADIMIR 22:27 12 5/8   2/2 3 3 6 1   2     1 5 18
33 BAKIC, BORIS 17:32     0/1     1 1     2     3   -5
44 BJELICA, NEMANJA 26:20 15 4/5 2/5 1/2 1 5 6 6   1     3 4 22
Team           1 1 2               2
Totals 200:00 89 27/40 9/23 8/10 11 24 35 15 4 14 0 0 21 18 97
67.5% 39.1% 80%
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Head Coaches

CAKIROGLU, MERIH
Turk Telekom
"We have lost two home games and made our job very difficult. Now we will concentrate on the Turkish League and cup. We are playing bad basketball."
TRIFUNOVIC, ALEKSANDAR
Crvena Zvezda
"To tell you the truth, before the game I did not expect such a Turk Telekom. We are a very different and a young team. Turk Telekom's business is now very difficult. I wish them luck in the next games."

Players

BESOK, HUSEYIN
Turk Telekom
"Today as a team we played bad. We were unable to use our home-court advantage and did not play good defense. We must do on the road what we could not do at home. Intense games still await us. We have to be ready mentally and physically. If we look back, we will not succeed."
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