May 21, 2013
Regular Season Game 1 - November 24, 2009 CET: 20:30 Local time: 20:30 - BIELLA FORUM
Lauretana Biella 78 - 77 CEZ Nymburk

Records

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Referees

Crew Chief
MUHVIC, DUBRAVKO, Croatia
Referee
MAESTRE, NICOLA, France
Umpire
JURAS, JASMINA, Serbia

Team Stats

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Team Stats - Lauretana Biella
Team Stats - CEZ Nymburk

Player Stats

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Team Roster - Lauretana Biella
Team Roster - CEZ Nymburk

THE TAKE

Lauretana Biella will make its European competition debut by hosting a CEZ Basket Nymburk club that is loaded with Eurocup experience in a Week 1 matchup. Biella will look to the excitement of its home fans as a secret weapon to deploy against the Czech champs who have six players that have played together in the last two Eurocups and thus have their sights set on making it far beyond Group H. The home team has revamped its roster for the Eurocup, but still can count on guards Pietro Aradori and Joe Smith, back from last season’s Italian League run. The backcourt pair will get some help from new arrivals Fred Jones, Massimo Chessa and Carl Ona Embo. Nymburk also reinforced its exterior play with scorer Ron Lewis and Mike Lenzly, but its main weapon will be the experience of its veteran guards, Arthur Lee and Ladislav Sokolovsky. Nymburk’s Petr Benda has shown he knows how to consistently put the ball in the bucket having averaged 8 points over the last three Eurocup seasons. Benda has also fought beside fellow forwards Michal Kremen and Radek Necas during the last two seasons and Ian Hanavan arrived this year. Biella counters with a group of off-season acquisitions – Sven Schultze, Matteo Soragna and Kieron Achara – to fill out its roster at the forward spot with the experience of the first two and the athleticism of the third. Both teams feature only one true pivot man, Pervis Pasco on Biella and Phil Ricci on Nymburk, but the hosts enjoy a significant size advantage – Nymburk has only one player taller than 2.03 meters, compared to five for Biella. The role that plays in the game could have a big impact on the outcome.

REFEREES: Dubravko Muhvic, Nicola Maestre, Jasmina Juras
Monday, November 23, 2009
Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

BECHI, LUCA
Lauretana Biella
"We'll play our first game in an important European competition as the Eurocup is. We're excited about it and I'm sure that the team will be ready to play, even if it's important not to forget that we'll face very good teams. We'll do all in our possibilities and try to be competitive in every game we are going to play."
KATZURIN, MULI
CEZ Nymburk
"Lauretana Biella is a very good team. They have really good players and play a really good level of basketball. Biella knows how to play defense and uses quite a lot of pick-and-rolls on offense. There is not an easy opponent in the Eurocup. Biella has proven its quality in the Italian League by having great performances against strong domestic teams. We must be focused on what we are preparing for, concentrate on defense and play smart on offense."

Players

SMITH, JOE
Lauretana Biella
"It's an honor for us to play in the Eurocup. We are excited and ready to represent Italy, the Italian League, our sponsors, our club and our great fans. But we are also hungry to win and show to all of Europe that we belong in this competition. We have a lot of respect for all the teams in the Eurocup and can't wait to compete against them. This is an important step for our club and we must continue to build on this accomplishment."
SOKOLOVSKY, LADISLAV
CEZ Nymburk
"Although Biella is a new team in the Eurocup, they are not lacking experience. First of all, they are part of a strong Italian League, but also the experience of the team is made of the experience of its players. Biella has players with NBA experience as well as with experience from national teams. The draw made us play this first game away, but we want to win in Italy and will do everything to succeed."
Player Biella celebrates with fans - Lauretana BiellaLauretana Biella made an outstanding Eurocup debut by edging CEZ Nymburk 78-77 at Biella Forum on Tuesday in Group H. Biella now shares the top spot in the group with Brose Baskets Bamberg, a team it will meet next week in Germany. Pietro Aradori led the way with 18 points, including a pair of clutch free throws with 18 seconds remaining to ice the win. Joe Smith added 16 and Massino Chessa and Parvis Pasco had 10 apiece for the winners. Ian Hanavan, Petr Benda and Michal Kremen scored 11 each and Pavel Prunprla and Ladislav Sokolovsky added 10 apiece for the Czech champs, who will seek their first win when they host BK Ventspils next week.

The game started balanced with the two teams exchanging leads in the first six minutes before the hosts’ well balanced efforts led to a 21-14 margin at the end of the first quarter. Carl Ona Embo extended the cushion to double figures, 27-17, with a reverse layup, but Phil Ricci went one on one down low to slam the ball and cut the deficit to 34-31. A 9-0 run for Lauretana Biella highlighted by 5 points from Chessa gave the hosts a 43-31 advantage at halftime.

Biella remained on fire and went up to 47-31 before Benda scored 6 in row to get his team going. Kremen capped a 13-0 Nymburk run with a three-point-play to get all the way back in the game at 47-44 at the midway point of the third quarter. The hosts finally got some points on the board, but the trio of Benda, Necas and Hanavan continued to attack. Achara scored from the foul line for Lauretana to established a 55-50 advantage for the hosts after 30 minutes. Smith and Mike Lenzly exchanged triples early in the last quarter before Sokolovsky tied the score from downtown, 58-58. Pasco blocked a Sokolovsky layup to launch Aradori in the open court and he finished with a three-pointer to push his side ahead 63-58. Hanavan made 2 free throws bring Nymburk within a single point, 66-65. Ona Embo hit a three to make it 69-65 and later assisted Pasco for 2 easy points and a 71-67 margin. Four consecutive points by Pumprla kept the motivation high for Nymburk, which had closed to 74-71 with 90 seconds on the game clock. Two free throws nailed by Aradori with 18 seconds to go gave Biella a 78-74 margin to the hosts and a final three-pointer by Sokolovsky was not enough for the guests to send the game to an the extra session.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: MUHVIC, DUBRAVKO (CRO), MAESTRE, NICOLA (FRA), JURAS, JASMINA (SRB)
Attendance: 2621
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Lauretana Biella21221223
CEZ Nymburk14171927
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Lauretana Biella21435578
CEZ Nymburk14315077
Head coach: BECHI, LUCA
Lauretana Biella
# 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
6 SCHULTZE, SVEN 6:59   0/2 0/1         1         5   -7
8 CECCARELLI, MARCO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 DANNA, PIETRO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 MAGGIOTO, ANDREA 5:22                              
12 ONA EMBO, CARL 23:35 8 1/1 2/2     2 2 5   1     1 1 14
13 GARRI, LUCA 21:52 7 2/6 1/2   1 2 3 1 1 1 1   1 2 8
14 QUARTA, MATTEO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
18 CHESSA, MASSIMO 28:04 10 1/2 2/3 2/2   1 1           2 2 9
20 SMITH, JOE 29:21 16 3/5 3/8 1/2   3 3 6 1 6     1 4 15
21 ARADORI, PIETRO 34:36 18 3/6 2/6 6/6 1 4 5 3 1 1     1 7 25
22 ACHARA, KIERON 20:37 9 2/4   5/6 3 3 6     2 1   2 3 12
44 PASCO, PERVIS 29:34 10 5/8     5 4 9   1 1 2 1 3 1 15
Team             4 4     2         2
Totals 200:00 78 17/34 10/22 14/16 10 23 33 16 4 14 4 1 16 20 93
50% 45.5% 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: KATZURIN, MULI
CEZ Nymburk
# 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 BENDA, PETR 21:26 11 5/6   1/2   2 2 2 1 3     2 1 10
5 SOKOLOVSKY, LADISLAV 25:17 10 1/8 2/3 2/2 1 3 4 1   1   2 1 3 6
6 PUMPRLA, PAVEL 25:44 10 5/5 0/1 0/2 2 1 3 2         3 1 10
8 VALC, PETR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 KREMEN, MICHAL 23:37 11 2/3 2/6 1/1   4 4 1       1 3 2 9
12 NECAS, RADEK 10:40 4 2/4       1 1 1         1   3
15 LEE, ARTHUR 31:08 6 1/5 0/3 4/4   2 2 1 2 1     2 2 3
16 SLEZAK, PAVEL 7:17 3 0/1 1/1                       2
22 LEWIS, RONALD 8:11 4 2/4       1 1 1       1 2   1
33 RICCI, PHIL 13:22 4 1/2   2/2 1 1 2     2 1   1 1 4
34 LENZLY, MIKE 9:08 3   1/2     3 3           1 2 6
43 HANAVAN, IAN 24:10 11 2/2 1/4 4/4 1   1 4 1 1     4 4 13
Team           1   1     1          
Totals 200:00 77 21/40 7/20 14/17 6 18 24 13 4 9 1 4 20 16 67
52.5% 35% 82.4%
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Head Coaches

BECHI, LUCA
Lauretana Biella
“I think it was the best debut we could have in Europe. It feels like a dream, and I'm happy also because we played against an experienced team. I have to thank my team because they played with great energy and were able to stay in the game answering in the right way when Nymburk came back. We never gave up and fought till the end. I think that our defense and our enthusiasm were decisive tonight.”
KATZURIN, MULI
CEZ Nymburk
“I was expecting Bella to be a good team with excellent guards, especially Aradori, and to play with great motivation in their first-ever game in Europe, and they came in with great intensity. I expected more from my players, but, congratulations to Biella, but I'm sure we could play better. I think the small things made the difference in the end, and their defense was very good in the last quarter.”

Players

SMITH, JOE
Lauretana Biella
“It was amazing to start this European adventure with a win in front of our great fans, I'm happy for this. Our young players played a great game and our defense was the key in the last quarter when they came back and were very close.”
HANAVAN, IAN
CEZ Nymburk
“It was a very tough game. They were able to run and get out to a big margin. Then we came back with a good shooting percentage, but they played very good defense in the last minutes closing well in the paint, and this made the difference together with small details.”
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