May 25, 2013
Quarter Final Game 1 - February 27, 2007 CET: 18:00 Local time: 18:00 - HALA PIONIR
Crvena Zvezda 72 - 83 Real Madrid

Records

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

Referees

Crew Chief
ZIEMBLICKI, GRZEGORZ, Poland
Referee
CEREBUCH, GUERRINO, Italy
Umpire
CMIKIEWICZ, MAREK, Poland

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
84.8 Points 81.2
29.0 Rebounds 36.8
9.1 O. Rebounds 12.2
19.9 D. Rebounds 24.6
13.0 Assists 14.3
15.3 Steals 11.3
0.6 Blocks 3.5
12.7 Turnovers 14.0
54.5 % 2PT 53.3 %
32.8 % 3PT 38.4 %
79.1 % FT 70.1 %
86.9 Index 94.8
Team Stats - Crvena Zvezda
Team Stats - Real Madrid

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
27.1 / GUROVIC, M. Points 12.3 / SMITH, CHARLES
5.5 / GUROVIC, M. Rebounds 5.6 / Hervelle
1.8 / Antic OR 3.0 / Reyes
4.2 / GUROVIC, M. DR 3.8 / Hervelle
4.3 / BURKS, ANTONIO Assists 3.1 / Tunceri
1.8 / Radivojevic Steals 1.6 / Hervelle
0.4 / MISANOVIC, NENAD Blocks 1.4 / HERNANDEZ-SONSECA, EDU
2.3 / GUROVIC, M. Turnovers 1.9 / Lopez
75.0 % / MISANOVIC, NENAD 2PT 76.5 % / Mumbru
66.7 % / MARKOVIC, STEVEN 3PT 63.3 % / Lopez
92.3 % / MILOSEVIC, IGOR FT 93.5 % / BULLOCK, LOUIS
26.5 / GUROVIC, M. Index 15.3 / Hervelle
Team Roster - Crvena Zvezda
Team Roster - Real Madrid

THE TAKE

Crvena Zvezda and Real Madrid will clash for the third time this season on Tuesday at Pinir Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, in the first leg of their two-game ULEB Cup quarterfinal series. The teams were rivals in Group D of the regular season, finishing – together with Unics Kazan – with identical 7-3 records, though Madrid placed first and Crvena Zvezda third on tiebreakers. The two games they played this season were like night and day. Crvena Zvezda won the home leg 100-81 in Week 3 as regular season MVP Milan Gurovic posted 35 points, but Madrid clamped down on defense in Week 8 as Real took an 84-58 decision. Axel Hervelle stepped up with 16 points and 9 rebounds to lead Madrid that night. Crvena Zvezda swept Khimki in the previous round and has lost just one of its six home games, where the club averages nearly 87 points per game. Offense is the key to the battle plan and Gurovic is the go-to guy after averaging 27.1 points per night. The only other player averaging double figures in points is big man Pero Antic (11 ppg.), while playmaker Antonio Burks (9.6 ppg., 4.3 apg.) is also a major piece of the puzzle. Forward Tadija Dragicevic (8.3 ppg.) is a strong force of the bench. Real Madrid has a lot of weapons in its arsenal, led by Charles Smith (12.3 ppg.) and Louis Bullock (11.1 ppg.) in the backcourt and Hervelle (11.2 ppg.) up front. The experienced roster, which added Blagota Sekulic and Marko Milic before the elimination rounds began, also includes Kerem Tunceri (3.1 apg.) and Fellipe Reyes (7.3 ppg., 5.9 rpg.). Real beat twice Alba Berlin in the eighthfinals and has won three straight on the road. This game could be a crossroads for both teams' seasons. While each matchup could play a major factor, none more so than the one pitting Gurovic versus Hervelle. A big night from Gurovic could be all that Crvena Zvezda needs, however Hervelle could make his impact felt on either side of the floor as one of the few players with success guarding the Crvena Zvezda star.
Monday, February 26, 2007
ULEBCup.com

Quotes Head Coaches

SAKOTA, DRAGAN
Crvena Zvezda
"Without any doubt, Real Madrid is the best Spanish team at the moment. Good news is that Real is not in furious shape like they were at the beginning of the season. We are extremely proud on our ULEB Cup results and playing quality and we shall play two games with Real without any pressure. In an atmosphere like that players give their best. We will be able to beat Real only if we play great defense. The team from Madrid is a group of extraordinary players and it is very hard to find their weak point. But we have our own qualities. On the wings of our fans we could repeat the first ULEB Cup game with Real this season, when we beat them in Belgrade. We are not thinking about the winning difference but only about the win."
PLAZA, JOAN
Real Madrid
"We have to learn after what happened when we played in the first phase against Zvezda in Belgrade. We know they are a strong team at home and that their energies and attention are devoted to the ULEB Cup. We have to try to stop them in the first quarter so they do not have the chance to break the game in the first minutes. We have to defend strong, maintain our concentration and try to stop the good percentages of people like Gurovic or Alexandrov. Only if we do all this we will have the chance to get a good result for the second game of the series, or even to win the game. We know it is a gym with a hot atmosphere but we have to ignore that, focus on what is happening on court and being confident about our possibilities."

Players

Felipe Reyes - Real Madrid Real Madrid took an important step towards reaching the ULEB Cup semifinals for the second time in club history by beating Crvena Zvezda 72-83 in front of a sellout crowd at Pionir Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, in the first leg of the two-way quarterfinals series on Tuesday night. Madrid now takes an 11-point lead in the series to the Spanish capital for the second leg. Madrid is unbeaten in 17 home games in both the Spanish League and the ULEB Cup this season. Louis Bullock led the winners with 22 points. Felipe Reyes posted a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds, while Charles Smith added 15 for Madrid. Milan Gurovic had 18 points for Zvezda and Tadija Dragicevic added 16 for the hosts. Raul Lopez and Reyes combined for all the points in a 0-10 run that gave Madrid a 44-45 edge at halftime. Madrid improved its defense after the break, while Smith and an outstanding Bullock broke the game open and gave the guests a decisive lead in the series.

Nenad Misanovic scored inside on Zvezda's first possession, but Axel Hervelle matched it with a dunk. Dragicevic struck from downtown and Gurovic scored his first basket to give the hosts a 7-2 lead. Bullock stepped up with a three-pointer, fed Hervelle for a layup and then scored back-to-back baskets to give the visitors their first lead, 9-11. Steven Markovic fed Gurovic for his second dunk to get the crowd even more involved, but Blagota Sekulic hit a mid-range jumper for an 11-13 Madrid edge. Dragicevic fired in a triple only to see Hervelle score in the middle to provide another lead change, 14-15. Dragicevic followed free throws with a dunk, and even when Felipe Reyes scored in the low post, Gurovic and Igor Milosevic gave Zvezda a 21-20 edge. Vuk Radivojevic and Smith traded baskets to fix the score at 23-22 after 10 minutes.

Milan Gurovic - Crvena ZvezdaSmith followed free throws with a three-pointer for a 25-27 Madrid edge early in the second quarter. Gurovic buried one from downtown and Petar Popovic scored in the paint, but a reverse layup by Milic got Madrid within 30-29. Popovic scored inside, but Smith banked in a mid-range jumper. Mirko Kovac stepped up with a corner triple and added a big driving layup for a 37-33 Zvezda lead. Reyes found space for an uncontested dunk, but Antonio Burks bettered that with a big three-point play. Madrid called timeout, however Zvezda stayed aggressive in defense. Meanwhile, Burks scored again in penetration to make it a seven-point game. Lopez and Reyes took over with consecutive layups-plus-fouls to get Madrid within 42-41. Free throws by Lopez and Reyes capped a 0-10 run, but Pero Antic beat the buzzer with a driving layup to get Zvezda to 44-45 at halftime.

Hervelle fed Reyes for an easy basket, which Gurovic erased with an alley-oop layup. Both teams continued to score fluently after the break, as a three-point play by Reyes gave Madrid a 46-50 edge. Antic fired up the crowd with a put-back dunk, but Madrid did not panic. Bullock shined with a fast break layup and soon added 4 free throws to keep the guests ahead, 50-56. Zvezda called timeout and opted to attack the basket, but Madrid kept its momentum going, as the hosts had already entered the foul bonus. Reyes hit free throws and even when Popovic hustled to get a second-chance layup, Smith buried one from downtown to make it a 9-point game. Gurovic and Reyes traded free throws, but Antic fired in a three-pointer to give Zvezda some hope, 57-63. Zvezda tried quick shots without much success now, while Smith buried a seven-meter triple and Sekulic added an easy basket for a 57-68 Madrid margin after three quarters.

Madrid continued to excel on defense early in the final period, as it opted to slow down the game's tempo. Sekulic's dunk gave the visitors their biggest margin yet, 57-70. Zvezda called timeout, as its fans tried to help their team start a big fourth-quarter rally. Madrid shut down Gurovic, who even missed free throws now, and on the other end Hervelle beat the shot clock buzzer with a three-pointer, good for a 58-73 lead with 6 minutes to go. Zvezda had run out of ideas on offense, while Bullock fired in a running triple that broke the game open, 58-76. Gurovic answered from downtown, but Madrid kept powering the offensive board. Bullock nailed another three-pointer that Dragicevic matched at the other end. Reyes sealed his big game with another layup as Madrid edged closer to ULEB Cup glory.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
ULEBCup.com
Referees: ZIEMBLICKI, GRZEGORZ (POL), CEREBUCH, GUERRINO (ITA), CMIKIEWICZ, MAREK (POL)
Attendance: 7000
By Quarter1234
Crvena Zvezda23211315
Real Madrid22232315
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Crvena Zvezda23445772
Real Madrid22456883
Head coach: SAKOTA, DRAGAN
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
5 MILOSEVIC, IGOR 15:30 2 1/1           1 2 3     2 1 1
7 MARKOVIC, STEVEN 4:45               2 1 1     2    
9 POPOVIC, PETAR 20:15 8 4/8     2   2   2 2     2 2 6
10 POPADIC, MARKO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 KOVAC, MIRKO 17:00 6 1/1 1/2 1/2                 2 2 4
13 MISANOVIC, NENAD 9:45 2 1/2     1   1 1         3 1 1
15 GUROVIC, MILAN 36:30 18 4/7 2/6 4/8   5 5 2 2 2     1 9 22
18 RADIVOJEVIC, VUK 24:00 6 1/2 1/2 1/2       4 2 1     3 1 6
20 DRAGICEVIC, TADIJA 23:00 16 2/2 3/6 3/4 1 2 3 2   3     5 2 11
21 ANTIC, PERO 25:30 9 2/3 1/3 2/2 2 3 5   1 4     4 1 5
25 BURKS, ANTONIO 23:45 5 2/4   1/1   2 2 2 2 1     3 2 7
55 ALEKSANDROV, NEMANJA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team                   9           9
Totals 200:00 72 18/30 8/19 12/19 6 12 18 14 21 17 0 0 27 21 72
60% 42.1% 63.2%
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: 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
5 NGUEMA, RICHARD DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 SMITH, CHARLES 24:45 15 2/4 3/7 2/2   3 3 1 3       4 2 14
8 SEKULIC, BLAGOTA 22:15 6 3/4 0/1   2 4 6 1         4 1 8
9 REYES, FELIPE 23:15 19 6/10   7/9 6 4 10     2     2 8 27
12 MILIC, MARKO 14:45 5 2/4   1/2   1 1 1 2 1     3 3 5
15 MUMBRU, ALEX DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
16 HERNANDEZ-SONSECA, EDU 2:15                 1           1
17 HERVELLE, AXEL 24:15 9 3/4 1/1 0/2 1   1 3 3 1     2 2 12
19 TUNCERI, KEREM 19:45     0/2     1 1 3   3         -1
22 BULLOCK, LOUIS 31:15 22 3/4 4/9 4/4 1 1 2 3 2 2     2 5 24
24 LOPEZ, RAUL 21:00 5 1/1 0/2 3/3 1 1 2 1   4     2 5 5
33 TOMAS, MARKO 16:30 2 0/1 0/2 2/2 1   1 1 2       2 1 2
Team                   6 1         5
Totals 200:00 83 20/32 8/24 19/24 12 15 27 14 19 14 0 0 21 27 102
62.5% 33.3% 79.2%
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Head Coaches

SAKOTA, DRAGAN
Crvena Zvezda
"My impression is that we played against a better team that we are. Real was much better prepared for this game. As long as we had the strength, we were in the game. Later we fell. My players gave their maximum but they were the weaker partner in all duels. We shall play with heart and pride in Madrid. If that game is our farewell, let it be so."
PLAZA, JOAN
Real Madrid
"We know very well that this is one of the toughest courts in Europe. It happened to us four months ago, when we lost here to Crvena Zvezda with 19 points' difference. I think we needed that badly. At that time, Real Madrid was a new team with seven new players and a new coach. But we worked well and we learned from that loss a lot. We've grown as a team and tonight's score is the real one."

Players

DRAGICEVIC, TADIJA
Crvena Zvezda
"Real beat us with better offensive rebounding and a much better pick-'n'-roll game. We were in the game in first half, but Real was better in the second. Congratulations on the win. We were too tired to play at high level all 40 minutes. It is going to be a hard task for us in the rematch in Madrid."
TOMAS, MARKO
Real Madrid
"The game was pretty nervous at the begining. Crvena Zvezda surprised us four months ago in the ULEB Cup's first phase. Now, we prepared much better. The break came in the second quarter, when we reached their five-point leading margin. The key of the game was how we guarded Milan Gurovic, who finished the game with fewer points than he usually gets."
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