Regular Season Game 4 - December 15, 2009 CET: 20:45 Local time: 20:45 - PALAU OLÍMPIC DE BADALONA

Records

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

Referees

Crew Chief
ZAMOJSKI, JAKUB, Poland
Referee
SHULGA, BORIS, Ukraine
Umpire
LEPETIC, NIKOLA, Montenegro

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
77.7 Points 83.7
31.0 Rebounds 33.7
9.0 O. Rebounds 9.3
22.0 D. Rebounds 24.3
18.7 Assists 12.0
6.3 Steals 7.3
1.7 Blocks 2.0
13.7 Turnovers 15.3
46.9 % 2PT 59.7 %
42.3 % 3PT 29.2 %
71.2 % FT 70.3 %
76.0 Index 91.7

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
16.7 / TUCKER, CLAY Points 24.7 / Chatman
4.3 / Bogdanovic Rebounds 7.3 / Ozer
1.7 / NOREL, HENK OR 2.0 / Ozer
3.7 / TUCKER, CLAY DR 5.3 / Ozer
8.0 / Valters Assists 6.3 / Chatman
1.7 / TUCKER, CLAY Steals 2.0 / Chatman
1.0 / Koffi Blocks 1.3 / BAXTER, LONNY
2.7 / TUCKER, CLAY Turnovers 4.7 / Chatman
100.0 % / FERNANDEZ, MARIO 2PT 100.0 % / OREN, ADEM
100.0 % / JELINEK, DAVID 3PT 80.0 % / Guler
100.0 % / HERNANDEZ-SONSECA, EDU FT 100.0 % / Atsur
16.3 / TUCKER, CLAY Index 30.7 / Chatman

THE TAKE

DKV Joventut hosts Besiktas with a perfect opportunity to consolidate its position in Group D and take a huge step towards advancing to the qualification rounds before its home fans in Badalona, Spain. These two squads squared off just last week in Turkey and Joventut came away with a 73-86 road victory. DKV, thanks to that huge win in Week 3, enters this game at 2-1 and in second place in the group while Besiktas is third at 1-2. Besiktas knows that a large part of its chances to continue in the tournament could hinge on avenging last week’s loss. Easier said than done though, since Joventut is one of the deepest teams in the competition. But Besiktas can take faith that it does have the offensive punch to pull off the road upset starting with option number one, Mire Chatman. The Besiktas guard is leading the Eurocup in scoring at almost 24.7 points per game. Chatman and his backcourt partner, Muratcan Guler, will once again face wave after wave of Joventut defenders, but the biggest matchup of the night will no doubt be between Chatman and Joventut shooting ace Clay Tucker. Last week, both led their teams in scoring with Tucker’s 21 points (to go with 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals) barely edging Chatman’s 20. Tucker is one of the few fixtures in the Joventut starting lineup. Young gunslinger Uros Tripkovic comes off the bench to spell Tucker and will face off against Besiktas sub Ergin Atsur. Mario Fernandez and Kristaps Valters share time at point guard for Joventut, while at forward head coach Sito Alonso can alternate between the marksmanship of Luca Bogdanovic, who had 16 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds in Week 3, the athleticism of Alain Koffi or the solid, selfless play of Pere Tomas. This trio will duke it out with Cevher Ozer and backup Kevin Fletcher, who combined for 22 points last week for Besiktas. Another key match up, especially for Besiktas, will be at center where Lonny Baxter will need to improve his 6-point, 1-rebound performance from last week if is team is to have a chance. In Baxter’s way will be Antonio Bueno and Edu Hernandez-Sonseca, who each had 15 points last week, totally dominating the points in the paint for Joventut. If the two big men can score with such ease on Tuesday night, Joventut will be tough to stop.

REFEREES: Jakub Zamojski, Boris Shulga, Nicola Lepetic
Monday, December 14, 2009
Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

Players

Antonio Bueno - DKV JoventutDKV Joventut stormed its way into the Eurocup Last 16 in Group D by thrashing Besiktas Cola Turka 108-92 in Badalona on Tuesday. Joventut improved to 3-1 and already qualified to the next round along with Unics Kazan, first with a 4-0 record. Besiktas dropped to 1-3 and is mathematically out of the competition, just as Telekom Baskets Bonn, fourth at 0-4. Uros Tripkovic led 8 Joventut players in double digits with 20 points on 6-of-7 three-pointers. Antonio Bueno added 13, Pere Tomas had 12, Luka Bogdanovic and Clay Tucker each got 11 while Edu Hernandez-Sonseca, Kristaps Valters and Alain Koffi contributed 10 apiece for Joventut, that fired in 16-of-29 shots from downtown. Engin Atsur and Kevin Fletcher led Besiktas with 21 points apiece. Mire Chatman added 20 while Cevher Ozer had 19 for the guests. Joventut led 27-19 after 10 minutes and boosted its margin to 57-41 at halftime. Besiktas only managed to trade baskets early in the third quarter and a rain of three-pointers allowed Joventut to control the game and cruise to a well-deserved win.

Bueno scored in the paint and Tucker struck twice from downtown to give Joventut an early 8-2 lead. Lonny Baxter scored inside and Atsur scored in penetration but a put-back dunk by Koffi and an easy basket by Bueno gave Joventut a 12-6 lead. Ozer sank free throws and Kerem Ozcan added a put-back layup but Mario Fernandez followed a layup off a steal with free throws to keep Joventut out of trouble at 16-10. Hernandez-Sonseca dunked it and Tomas added a driving layup for a 20-12 Joventut margin. Valters and Tomas made free throws and Tripkovic added a corner triple to make Joventut keep a 27-19 margin after 10 minutes. Valters took over with a layup-plus-foul and Tomas downed a three-pointer to boost the hosts' lead to 33-20. Fletcher shined with a three-point play and a triple but Bogdanovic struck from downtown and Hernandez-Sonseca sank foul shots for a 38-26 score. Hernandez-Sonseca and Bogdanovic kept pacing Joventut and a triple by Tripkovic broke the game open, 46-31. Chatman returned to the floor but could not changed things, as Besiktas only managed to trade baskets now. Bueno followed free throws with a four-meter jumper to give Joventut a safe lead, 57-41, at halftime.

Engin Atsur - Besiktas Cola TurkaTomas shined with a driving layup immediately after the break and Tucker beat the shot clock with a big basket in penetration for a 61-42 score. Baxter sank free throws but Tucker fed Hernandez-Sonseca for consecutive baskets, good for a 63-44 Joventut lead. Henk Norel rolled off a pick to dunk it, as Joventut dominated the game now. Ozer tried to change things with a three-point play that Tucker erased with a bomb from downtown. Baxter took over with a layup-plus-foul and Atsur buried an open triple to give Besiktas some hope at 72-57. Tomas got the crowd involved with a three-pointer, igniting an 8-0 run that Bogdanovic capped another shot from downtown for a 80-57 score. Chatman and Atsur got Besiktas within 86-64 after 30 minutes. Tripkovic downed a three-pointer early in the fourth quarter but Chatman followed an acrobatic layup with a basket-and-foul for a 89-71 Besiktas deficit. He didn't find much help around, as Besiktas only rallied once the outcome was clear. Back-to-back triples by Tripkovic and a layup by Koffi allowed Joventut the 100-point barrier, 101-82. All Joventut fans had the chance to celebrate that their team will keep fighting for Eurocup glory after a big shooting exhibition.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: ZAMOJSKI, JAKUB (POL), SHULGA, BORIS (UKR), LEPETIC, NIKOLA (MNE)
Attendance: 3637
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Besiktas ColaTurka19222328
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Besiktas ColaTurka19416492
Head coach: ALONSO, SITO
DKV Joventut
# 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 TRIPKOVIC, UROS 20:08 20 1/3 6/7                 1 3 1 14
9 VALTERS, KRISTAPS 13:47 10 1/1 1/2 5/5   4 4 6 1 3     4 4 17
10 BOGDANOVIC, LUKA 22:35 11 0/2 3/6 2/2 1 2 3   1   1   1 3 13
11 BUENO, ANTONIO 21:36 13 4/13   5/6 3 3 6 3 1 2 1 1 3 4 12
14 FRANCH, JOSEP 3:31     0/1             1     1   -3
16 HERNANDEZ-SONSECA, EDU 12:09 10 4/5   2/2 1 4 5 1     2   3 2 16
17 NOREL, HENK 12:06 2 1/2     1 1 2 2         1 1 5
19 TOMAS, PERE 23:02 12 2/2 2/3 2/3 1 4 5 4   3     2 4 18
21 KOFFI, ALAIN 11:34 10 4/5   2/2 2 3 5           4 1 11
23 EYENGA, CHRISTIAN 14:37 3 0/2 1/2 0/2       1   1 1   2 1 -2
24 TUCKER, CLAY 22:13 11 1/4 3/7   1 3 4 3 1 2     3 2 9
34 FERNANDEZ, MARIO 22:42 6 2/3 0/1 2/2 2 3 5 4 2 1       2 16
Team           1 1 2               2
Totals 200:00 108 20/42 16/29 20/24 13 28 41 24 6 13 5 2 27 25 128
47.6% 55.2% 83.3%
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: BIYIKTAY, BURAK
Besiktas ColaTurka
# 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 ATSUR, ENGIN 36:25 21 4/6 2/8 7/7   1 1   2 1   1 2 4 16
12 SOGANCIOGLU, ARIN 5:36 1     1/2                   1 1
13 UNVER, OMER 1:57     0/1                       -1
14 YILDIRIM, HALUK 19:28     0/1         5   3     5   -4
18 BAXTER, LONNY 16:03 8 2/6 0/1 4/5 2 2 4     1   2 2 4 5
21 OREN, ADEM 7:52     0/2     1 1 1         1   -1
24 COSKUN, CEM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
32 CHATMAN, MIRE 35:46 20 6/13 0/3 8/12 4 5 9 2 1 4   1 2 8 19
41 OZER, CEVHER 33:40 19 3/5 3/4 4/5   5 5 1 1 3 1   3 4 21
42 FLETCHER, KEVIN 22:25 21 5/7 2/4 5/5 2 3 5   2     1 5 5 23
54 OZKAN, KEREM 20:48 2 1/3     1 1 2     1 1   5 1 -2
Team           2 2 4               4
Totals 200:00 92 21/40 7/24 29/36 11 20 31 9 6 13 2 5 25 27 81
52.5% 29.2% 80.6%
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Head Coaches

ALONSO, SITO
DKV Joventut
"Today is a day to enjoy and take some air in the Eurocup. We managed to do some things that we had not been accomplishing in the last games, and the young players were stellar, especially Pere Tomas. We must not think this was an easy game as Besiktas is only second behind Efes Pilsen. Lonny Baxter has not played at his usual level against us, and they also missed a key player like Brad Newley. We worked throughout the 40 minutes and together with the support of the fans, we managed to pull a good win."
BIYIKTAY, BURAK
Besiktas ColaTurka
"I want to congratulate DKV Joventut because they played a great game, with good defense and accuracy in offense. We didn't play at our level in defense and we missed Brad Newley. Joventut knew how to impose its law in the paint, where Bueno was a key man in the first quarter. We scored more than them in the final minutes, but the game was already broken open."

Players

BUENO, ANTONIO
DKV Joventut
"We took the step forward we needed to take, not only with our game, but also with the result. I want to highlight our good defense during the first half. That marked the outcome of the game. Being already in the Last 16 in the way we did tonight leaves you satisfied. But our goal is to keep working now to become a better team."
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