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Regular Season Game 12 - January 16, 2008 CET: 19:15 Local time: 20:15 - ABDI IPEKÇI SPORTS HALL

Efes Pilsen 90 - 84 Lietuvos Rytas

REGULAR SEASON, GAME 12

GROUP A

GROUP B

GROUP C

Records

Ave.		Ave.
0-0	Final Four	0-0
0-0	Playoffs	0-0
0-0	Top 16	0-0
7-4	Regular Season	9-2
7-4	Overall	9-2

Referees

Crew Chief

JUNGEBRAND, CARL, Finland

Referee

BELOSEVIC, ILIJA, Serbia

Umpire

PATERNICO, CARMELO, Italy

Team Stats

Ave.		Ave.
78.6	Points	80.5
34.3	Rebounds	34.6
9.6	O. Rebounds	9.8
24.6	D. Rebounds	24.8
12.9	Assists	13.6
6.7	Steals	11.0
2.5	Blocks	1.6
12.0	Turnovers	15.2
52.0 %	2PT	55.6 %
37.4 %	3PT	40.0 %
73.4 %	FT	81.3 %
85.1	Index	90.5

Team Stats - Efes Pilsen

Team Stats - Lietuvos Rytas

Player Stats

Ave.		Ave.
16.4 / Nicholas	Points	16.2 / PRICE, HOLLIS
6.8 / WOODS, LOREN	Rebounds	5.5 / PETRAVICIUS, MARIUS
2.6 / HUTSON, ANDRE	OR	2.5 / PETRAVICIUS, MARIUS
4.5 / WOODS, LOREN	DR	4.3 / Nielsen
2.6 / PENN, SCOONIE	Assists	3.9 / PRICE, HOLLIS
1.3 / PENN, SCOONIE	Steals	1.6 / LUKAUSKIS, MINDAUGAS
1.5 / WOODS, LOREN	Blocks	0.5 / Nielsen
2.8 / Nicholas	Turnovers	3.2 / PRICE, HOLLIS
62.9 % / GREGORY, WILLIAM KENDRICK	2PT	75.3 % / PETRAVICIUS, MARIUS
61.9 % / GREGORY, WILLIAM KENDRICK	3PT	62.5 % / Jomantas
88.9 % / Erdogan	FT	100.0 % / Gecevicius
14.5 / WOODS, LOREN	Index	16.5 / PETRAVICIUS, MARIUS

Team Roster - Efes Pilsen

Team Roster - Lietuvos Rytas

THE TAKE

Efes Pilsen will look to march into the Top 16 on Wednesday when it hosts Lietuvos Rytas at the Abdi Ipekci Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. Efes could become the fourth team from Group B to secure a berth in the next stage if it wins or if Cibona loses to Maccabi in another Group B encounter on Thursday night. Efes has won four of its last five to improve to 7-4, though it has struggled a bit since returning from the winter break. Two weeks ago head coach David Blatt’s side lost for the first time at home this season against Maccabi Tel Aviv and last week it needed to fight back from 17 points down to force overtime before beating winless Le Mans. On the flip side, the team has had the best two individual performances in recent weeks as point guard Scoonie Penn and center Loren Woods were the Week 10 and 11 MVPs, respectively. L. Rytas meanwhile has won five in a row to improve to 9-2 atop the Group B standings. Head coach Alexander Trifunovic’s charges are 4-1 on the road and also boast a win over Efes in Istanbul in the past, though only a handful of the team’s current roster took part in that game. However Efes won the first meeting between the teams this season in Lithuania as Drew Nicholas scored 19 points and Ermal Kuqo added 15 points off the bench. Hollis Price carried L. Rytas with 25. Nicholas, who missed his team’s last two games with a hand injury, is expected back in uniform for this contest. L. Rytas is a deep and complete team, which ranks among the Euroleague leaders in nearly every major statistical category. The biggest similarity between the teams is on the glass as the two are among the top four rebounding teams in the league. Despite the teams inside strengths, the key to the game could be in the hands of the playmakers. Efes’s veteran point guard Penn is averaging 19 points, 5 assists and 2 steals per game in the second half of the season, while his counterpart Price leads L. Rytas in scoring and assists. An interesting battle on the wings sees the athletic Kenny Gregory challenge Chuck Eidson, two players familiar with one another from playing against the other in France last season. In the paint, Woods and Kuqo team up with Kerem Gonlum and Andre Hutson to try and wear down the L. Rytas big men on both ends of the floor. The visitors counter with Marijonas Petravicius, Matt Nielsen and Kenan Bajramovic. The game is critical for both teams and figures to be close and exciting encounter that is difficult to predict. That being said, the return of Nicholas could be the change that Efes needs to raise its level of play and advance to the Top 16. Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Euroleague.net

Efes Pilsen will look to march into the Top 16 on Wednesday when it hosts Lietuvos Rytas at the Abdi Ipekci Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. Efes could become the fourth team from Group B to secure a berth in the next stage if it wins or if Cibona loses to Maccabi in another Group B encounter on Thursday night. Efes has won four of its last five to improve to 7-4, though it has struggled a bit since returning from the winter break. Two weeks ago head coach David Blatt’s side lost for the first time at home this season against Maccabi Tel Aviv and last week it needed to fight back from 17 points down to force overtime before beating winless Le Mans. On the flip side, the team has had the best two individual performances in recent weeks as point guard Scoonie Penn and center Loren Woods were the Week 10 and 11 MVPs, respectively. L. Rytas meanwhile has won five in a row to improve to 9-2 atop the Group B standings. Head coach Alexander Trifunovic’s charges are 4-1 on the road and also boast a win over Efes in Istanbul in the past, though only a handful of the team’s current roster took part in that game. However Efes won the first meeting between the teams this season in Lithuania as Drew Nicholas scored 19 points and Ermal Kuqo added 15 points off the bench. Hollis Price carried L. Rytas with 25. Nicholas, who missed his team’s last two games with a hand injury, is expected back in uniform for this contest. L. Rytas is a deep and complete team, which ranks among the Euroleague leaders in nearly every major statistical category. The biggest similarity between the teams is on the glass as the two are among the top four rebounding teams in the league. Despite the teams inside strengths, the key to the game could be in the hands of the playmakers. Efes’s veteran point guard Penn is averaging 19 points, 5 assists and 2 steals per game in the second half of the season, while his counterpart Price leads L. Rytas in scoring and assists. An interesting battle on the wings sees the athletic Kenny Gregory challenge Chuck Eidson, two players familiar with one another from playing against the other in France last season. In the paint, Woods and Kuqo team up with Kerem Gonlum and Andre Hutson to try and wear down the L. Rytas big men on both ends of the floor. The visitors counter with Marijonas Petravicius, Matt Nielsen and Kenan Bajramovic. The game is critical for both teams and figures to be close and exciting encounter that is difficult to predict. That being said, the return of Nicholas could be the change that Efes needs to raise its level of play and advance to the Top 16.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Euroleague.net

Quotes Head Coaches

BLATT, DAVID Efes Pilsen "Lietuvos Rytas obviously has the best record in our group until now and they played good basketball the whole season. They have many different good players, many good combinations. They really played different kind and styles of games. We are the only team that beat them this year in their own gym and we would like to do the same thing in our gym. But obviously they are a formidable opponent."

BLATT, DAVID

Efes Pilsen

"Lietuvos Rytas obviously has the best record in our group until now and they played good basketball the whole season. They have many different good players, many good combinations. They really played different kind and styles of games. We are the only team that beat them this year in their own gym and we would like to do the same thing in our gym. But obviously they are a formidable opponent."

TRIFUNOVIC, ALEKSANDAR Lietuvos Rytas "We're facing a very big team. Actually, it's a big club, not only a team. They always have big aspirations in the Euroleague. We really respect Efes and are greatly motivated before the upcoming game. All in all, we have no reason not to try and grab the win. We only have to stay patient and wait for our chance. If we see a possibility, we will definitely try to use it. I don't even have to tell my players what team we are facing. Their quality shines through and they're pretty much covered in every position. But I can say that we have done quite good in this competition as well. Yes, we are now first in the group with only three games left. But we try not to think about our position. We're going game by game, step by step."

TRIFUNOVIC, ALEKSANDAR

Lietuvos Rytas

"We're facing a very big team. Actually, it's a big club, not only a team. They always have big aspirations in the Euroleague. We really respect Efes and are greatly motivated before the upcoming game. All in all, we have no reason not to try and grab the win. We only have to stay patient and wait for our chance. If we see a possibility, we will definitely try to use it. I don't even have to tell my players what team we are facing. Their quality shines through and they're pretty much covered in every position. But I can say that we have done quite good in this competition as well. Yes, we are now first in the group with only three games left. But we try not to think about our position. We're going game by game, step by step."

Players

HUTSON, ANDRE Efes Pilsen "We are having a busy time with plenty of important matches both in the Euroleague and the Turkish League. It was a very tough game we played Lietuvos Rytas on the road in the first phase of the first round. We had a real good game there and need to repeat it in our home court. But for sure, it's not such an advantage to play at your home court, when you play with a top team like Rytas. We have to fight for the ball, stay as tough as we can in defense and to play faster more than any other game."

HUTSON, ANDRE

Efes Pilsen

"We are having a busy time with plenty of important matches both in the Euroleague and the Turkish League. It was a very tough game we played Lietuvos Rytas on the road in the first phase of the first round. We had a real good game there and need to repeat it in our home court. But for sure, it's not such an advantage to play at your home court, when you play with a top team like Rytas. We have to fight for the ball, stay as tough as we can in defense and to play faster more than any other game."

PRICE, HOLLIS Lietuvos Rytas "I think that if we want to win in Turkey we have to take the same approach that we've been taking every game. Our defensive game is where we start on. Our defense has been really good in the last five weeks, I think, and that's why we ended with victories. If we continue to show this kind of defense, we will always have an opportunity and a chance to seal any game. Going back to the first game in Vilnius, I think one has to gives Efes credit for coming out with a win in such a, say, hostile environment that we enjoy in Lithuania. They're still the only team that could beat us in Vilnius. That means they're very good. But the past is the past. If you want, you can use it for a psychological thing. But I think both teams are now really different, so it's zero-zero on Wednesday."

PRICE, HOLLIS

Lietuvos Rytas

"I think that if we want to win in Turkey we have to take the same approach that we've been taking every game. Our defensive game is where we start on. Our defense has been really good in the last five weeks, I think, and that's why we ended with victories. If we continue to show this kind of defense, we will always have an opportunity and a chance to seal any game. Going back to the first game in Vilnius, I think one has to gives Efes credit for coming out with a win in such a, say, hostile environment that we enjoy in Lithuania. They're still the only team that could beat us in Vilnius. That means they're very good. But the past is the past. If you want, you can use it for a psychological thing. But I think both teams are now really different, so it's zero-zero on Wednesday."

Efes Pilsen took a major step to rejoining the race to win Group B by edging Lietuvos Rytas 90-84 in Istanbul, Turkey on Wednesday. Efes improved to 8-4 and is now one win behind L. Rytas, which leads the standings at 9-3. Maccabi Elite and Unicaja, who are tied for second place at 8-3, can also get a share of the Group B lead if they win their respective games against Le Mans and Cibona on Thursday. Scoonie Penn led the winners with 21 points. Andre Hutson added 20 points on 7-for-9 shooting and 8 rebounds, Drew Nicholas had 16 points, Kenny Gregory got 12 while Loren Woods posted a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds off the Efes bench. Marijonas Petravicius led L. Rytas with 22 points, Hollis Price added 19 while Matt Nielsen scored 10 for the guests. Petravicius and Arturas Jomantas helped the visitors to tie the game at 46-46 at the end of a close first half. Consecutive triples by Price gave the guests their biggest lead, 58-65, late in the third quarter. Nicholas, Woods and an outstanding Penn allowed Efes to regain the lead at 71-70. It all came down to the final two minutes, as Nielsen tied the game at 80-80. Penn sank a jumper and followed Gregory's fade-away shot with free throws to seal the outcome down the stretch. Efes coach David Blatt surprised everyone by using twin playmakers – Rashad Wright and Penn - in a starting lineup that also featured Ermal Kuqo instead of Week 11 MVP Woods. Chuck Eidson opened the scoring with a five-meter jumper and Petravicius added an uncontested layup for a 0-4 L. Rytas lead. Wright stepped up with a baseline jumper, which Penn followed with a driving layup in a 6-0 Efes run that Hutson capped with free throws. Nielsen shined with a driving layup, but Penn answered from downtown and added a driving basket for an 11-6 Efes edge. Price scored in penetration and then fed Petravicius for back-to-back layups to put Rytas back ahead, 11-13, after a 0-7 run. Hutson sank a close jumper that Petravicius matched with a layup off another pick-and-roll. Hutson scored again, but Mindaugas Lukauskis hit from downtown for a 15-18 L. Rytas edge. Price took over with a put-back layup that Nicholas erased with an acrobatic jumper. Efes kept rotating players to keep its high intensity going. Joao Batista sank an open jumper and then followed Woods's power layup with free throws to give the guests a 20-24 edge after 10 minutes. Penn beat the shot clock with a corner three-pointer and Woods added a wild dunk to put Efes back ahead, 25-24, early in the second quarter. Eidson sank a four-meter shot that Woods bettered with a left-handed layup – and the free throw that came with it. Kerem Gonlum picked up a loose ball and turned into a power layup, good for a 30-26 Efes lead. Kenan Bajramovic stepped up with 3 free throws, which Gregory erased with a triple. An unstoppable Hutson soon added free throws for a 6-point Efes edge. L. Rytas called timeout and Jomantas stepped up with a power basket followed by Petravicius free throws to get the guests within 35-33. He soon added a tip-in off a midcourt steal by Eidson that forced Efes to stop the game to rethink. Gregory took over with a floating layup, but Bajramovic nailed one from downtown to complete the guests' comeback, 37-38. Nicholas sank his trademark mid-range jumper, but Arturas Jomantas copied him at the other end. Kuqo fed Hutson for a two-handed dunk, but free throws by Jomantas and a triple by Price helped L. Rytas regain the lead, 41-45. Nicholas followed another mid-range shot with a buzzer-beating step-back triple for a 46-46 tie at halftime. Petravicius scored after the break, but Penn answered to tie the game again, 48-48. L. Rytas had returned to the game with improved aggressiveness, more focused at both ends. Lukauskis made free throws and Nielsen took over with an alley-oop dunk, good for a 48-52 L. Rytas edge. Kuqo found his first points on an easy layup and Hutson provided a highlight with a wild power dunk that tied the game again. Lukauskis silenced a still-excited crowd with a long two-pointer, but Kuqo matched with another basket. L. Rytas kept its momentum going, however, with improved defense and patient offense run by a fully-focused Price. Petravicius made free throws and Price buried one from downtown for a 54-59 L. Rytas margin. Penn tried to change things with an off-balanced driving layup and Hutson added a power basket to keep the crowd involved, 58-59. Petravicius shined with a reverse layup in a 0-6 L. Rytas run that Price capped with another three-pointer, causing Efes to call timeout at 58-65. Woods stepped up with a second-chance basket before free throws by Eidson and another buzzer-beating jumper by Nicholas fixed the score at 62-67 after 30 minutes. Hutson tried to get Efes going early in the fourth quarter, but L. Rytas had improved its defense against Nicholas right when it mattered. Efes found new alternatives, however, as Hutson banked in a jump hook for a 65-67 deficit. L. Rytas had been scoreless for more than two minutes already, but Nielsen stepped up with free throws. Gregory answered from downtown and Penn buried another three-pointer to put Efes back ahead, 71-70. Eidson fed Jomantas for an easy basket before Price added a driving layup to make it 71-74 for L. Rytas. Hutson paced Efes with a power layup and Nicholas stepped up with a big triple for a 76-75 Efes edge. Nicholas and Woods shined with consecutive blocks on Petravicius, while once again Woods took over with a wild two-handed dunk, good for a 78-85 Efes lead. L. Rytas called timeout, but Gregory scored in transition for an 80-76 score with three minutes remaining. Nielsen sank a jump hook and soon added free throws to tie things at 80-80 tie. But Penn nailed a six-meter jumper and Gregory added a fade-away shot to make L. Rytas call timeout at 84-80 with 41 seconds to go. Gregory came up with a big time block at the other end and Penn sealed the outcome from the free throw line, enough for Efes to add a big win. Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Euroleague.net

Efes Pilsen took a major step to rejoining the race to win Group B by edging Lietuvos Rytas 90-84 in Istanbul, Turkey on Wednesday. Efes improved to 8-4 and is now one win behind L. Rytas, which leads the standings at 9-3. Maccabi Elite and Unicaja, who are tied for second place at 8-3, can also get a share of the Group B lead if they win their respective games against Le Mans and Cibona on Thursday. Scoonie Penn led the winners with 21 points. Andre Hutson added 20 points on 7-for-9 shooting and 8 rebounds, Drew Nicholas had 16 points, Kenny Gregory got 12 while Loren Woods posted a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds off the Efes bench. Marijonas Petravicius led L. Rytas with 22 points, Hollis Price added 19 while Matt Nielsen scored 10 for the guests. Petravicius and Arturas Jomantas helped the visitors to tie the game at 46-46 at the end of a close first half. Consecutive triples by Price gave the guests their biggest lead, 58-65, late in the third quarter. Nicholas, Woods and an outstanding Penn allowed Efes to regain the lead at 71-70. It all came down to the final two minutes, as Nielsen tied the game at 80-80. Penn sank a jumper and followed Gregory's fade-away shot with free throws to seal the outcome down the stretch.

Efes coach David Blatt surprised everyone by using twin playmakers – Rashad Wright and Penn - in a starting lineup that also featured Ermal Kuqo instead of Week 11 MVP Woods. Chuck Eidson opened the scoring with a five-meter jumper and Petravicius added an uncontested layup for a 0-4 L. Rytas lead. Wright stepped up with a baseline jumper, which Penn followed with a driving layup in a 6-0 Efes run that Hutson capped with free throws. Nielsen shined with a driving layup, but Penn answered from downtown and added a driving basket for an 11-6 Efes edge. Price scored in penetration and then fed Petravicius for back-to-back layups to put Rytas back ahead, 11-13, after a 0-7 run. Hutson sank a close jumper that Petravicius matched with a layup off another pick-and-roll. Hutson scored again, but Mindaugas Lukauskis hit from downtown for a 15-18 L. Rytas edge. Price took over with a put-back layup that Nicholas erased with an acrobatic jumper. Efes kept rotating players to keep its high intensity going. Joao Batista sank an open jumper and then followed Woods's power layup with free throws to give the guests a 20-24 edge after 10 minutes.

Marijonas Petravicius - Lietuvos Rytas

Penn beat the shot clock with a corner three-pointer and Woods added a wild dunk to put Efes back ahead, 25-24, early in the second quarter. Eidson sank a four-meter shot that Woods bettered with a left-handed layup – and the free throw that came with it. Kerem Gonlum picked up a loose ball and turned into a power layup, good for a 30-26 Efes lead. Kenan Bajramovic stepped up with 3 free throws, which Gregory erased with a triple. An unstoppable Hutson soon added free throws for a 6-point Efes edge. L. Rytas called timeout and Jomantas stepped up with a power basket followed by Petravicius free throws to get the guests within 35-33. He soon added a tip-in off a midcourt steal by Eidson that forced Efes to stop the game to rethink. Gregory took over with a floating layup, but Bajramovic nailed one from downtown to complete the guests' comeback, 37-38. Nicholas sank his trademark mid-range jumper, but Arturas Jomantas copied him at the other end. Kuqo fed Hutson for a two-handed dunk, but free throws by Jomantas and a triple by Price helped L. Rytas regain the lead, 41-45. Nicholas followed another mid-range shot with a buzzer-beating step-back triple for a 46-46 tie at halftime.

Petravicius scored after the break, but Penn answered to tie the game again, 48-48. L. Rytas had returned to the game with improved aggressiveness, more focused at both ends. Lukauskis made free throws and Nielsen took over with an alley-oop dunk, good for a 48-52 L. Rytas edge. Kuqo found his first points on an easy layup and Hutson provided a highlight with a wild power dunk that tied the game again. Lukauskis silenced a still-excited crowd with a long two-pointer, but Kuqo matched with another basket. L. Rytas kept its momentum going, however, with improved defense and patient offense run by a fully-focused Price. Petravicius made free throws and Price buried one from downtown for a 54-59 L. Rytas margin. Penn tried to change things with an off-balanced driving layup and Hutson added a power basket to keep the crowd involved, 58-59. Petravicius shined with a reverse layup in a 0-6 L. Rytas run that Price capped with another three-pointer, causing Efes to call timeout at 58-65. Woods stepped up with a second-chance basket before free throws by Eidson and another buzzer-beating jumper by Nicholas fixed the score at 62-67 after 30 minutes.

James Penn - Efes Pilsen

Hutson tried to get Efes going early in the fourth quarter, but L. Rytas had improved its defense against Nicholas right when it mattered. Efes found new alternatives, however, as Hutson banked in a jump hook for a 65-67 deficit. L. Rytas had been scoreless for more than two minutes already, but Nielsen stepped up with free throws. Gregory answered from downtown and Penn buried another three-pointer to put Efes back ahead, 71-70. Eidson fed Jomantas for an easy basket before Price added a driving layup to make it 71-74 for L. Rytas. Hutson paced Efes with a power layup and Nicholas stepped up with a big triple for a 76-75 Efes edge. Nicholas and Woods shined with consecutive blocks on Petravicius, while once again Woods took over with a wild two-handed dunk, good for a 78-85 Efes lead. L. Rytas called timeout, but Gregory scored in transition for an 80-76 score with three minutes remaining. Nielsen sank a jump hook and soon added free throws to tie things at 80-80 tie. But Penn nailed a six-meter jumper and Gregory added a fade-away shot to make L. Rytas call timeout at 84-80 with 41 seconds to go. Gregory came up with a big time block at the other end and Penn sealed the outcome from the free throw line, enough for Efes to add a big win.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Euroleague.net

Referees: JUNGEBRAND, CARL (FIN), BELOSEVIC, ILIJA (SRB), PATERNICO, CARMELO (ITA)

Attendance: 4500

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Efes Pilsen	20	26	16	28
Lietuvos Rytas	24	22	21	17

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Efes Pilsen	20	46	62	90
Lietuvos Rytas	24	46	67	84

Head coach: BLATT, DAVID

Efes Pilsen
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	Rebounds			As	St	To	Bl		Fouls		PIR
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
4	NICHOLAS, DREW	26:21	16	4/7	2/8	2/3		3	3	1	1		1		2	4	14
5	PENN, SCOONIE	36:51	21	5/8	3/5	2/5		3	3	2	1	2			2	7	22
6	WOODS, LOREN	24:49	11	5/7		1/2	4	6	10	1	1	1	1		4	3	19
9	GREGORY, KENNY	31:36	12	3/6	2/3			2	2	2		2	1	1	1		9
10	ABI, MUSTAFA	1:38													2		-2
11	PACUN, BORA HUN	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	GONLUM, KEREM	1:43	2	1/1		0/1	1		1						2	1	1
13	WRIGHT, RASHAD	12:55	4	1/2	0/1	2/2		1	1		1				1	1	4
23	KUQO, ERMAL	15:04	4	2/4			1	2	3	1					3		3
32	HERSEK, BARIS	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	ARSLAN, ENDER	10:46		0/1				1	1	1							1
34	HUTSON, ANDRE	38:17	20	7/9		6/8	3	5	8	3		3	3		3	6	30
	Team											1					-1
	Totals	200:00	90	28/45	7/17	13/21	9	23	32	11	4	9	6	1	20	22	100
				62.2%	41.2%	61.9%

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

Lietuvos Rytas
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	Rebounds			As	St	To	Bl		Fouls		PIR
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
5	SLEZAS, ANDRIUS	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	STELMAHERS, ROBERTS	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	LUKAUSKIS, MINDAUGAS	20:20	7	1/2	1/3	2/4		4	4	3					4	2	7
10	PRICE, HOLLIS	37:45	19	5/7	3/7		1	1	2	4		2		1	3	1	14
13	BATISTA, JOAO PAULO	5:15	4	1/3		2/2						1		1	2	1	-1
15	PETRAVICIUS, MARIUS	32:24	22	7/10		8/11	2	4	6					3	3	6	22
21	JOMANTAS, ARTURAS	23:06	9	3/4		3/5	1		1	2					3	2	8
25	JORDAN, JARED	5:09			0/1												-1
31	GECEVICIUS, MARTYNAS	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	EIDSON, CHUCK	33:46	7	2/6	0/1	3/4	2	5	7	2	4		1		2	4	17
44	NIELSEN, MATT	25:16	10	3/4	0/3	4/4	1	5	6			1			4	2	9
51	BAJRAMOVIC, KENAN	16:59	6	0/3	1/2	3/4		5	5	1	1	1		1	1	2	7
	Team
	Totals	200:00	84	22/39	5/17	25/34	7	24	31	12	5	5	1	6	22	20	82
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Head Coaches

BLATT, DAVID Efes Pilsen "I hope you all enjoyed the game. Lietuvos Rytas is a great basketball team and they have showed it throughout the year. They played wonderful basketball and we have to play great to beat them, just as we did tonight. We didn't had any excuses in the last weeks, when we were missing key players. We struggled and had some difficulties. Obviously Drew Nicholas' comeback tonight and made us a different team. The other day, Ermal Kuqo and Ender Arslan played well in the game against Kepez Belediyesi in Turkish League. Tonight, Andre Hutson, Drew Nicholas and Scoonie Penn did a great job, but that's what a good team is all about. One day you get a contribution from a group of guys, the other day, from a different group of players. It is only about what the team is doing to win. We are a good team and did our job in the best way to beat the best team in our group twice. Of course, we still have a lot to work to do."

BLATT, DAVID

Efes Pilsen

"I hope you all enjoyed the game. Lietuvos Rytas is a great basketball team and they have showed it throughout the year. They played wonderful basketball and we have to play great to beat them, just as we did tonight. We didn't had any excuses in the last weeks, when we were missing key players. We struggled and had some difficulties. Obviously Drew Nicholas' comeback tonight and made us a different team. The other day, Ermal Kuqo and Ender Arslan played well in the game against Kepez Belediyesi in Turkish League. Tonight, Andre Hutson, Drew Nicholas and Scoonie Penn did a great job, but that's what a good team is all about. One day you get a contribution from a group of guys, the other day, from a different group of players. It is only about what the team is doing to win. We are a good team and did our job in the best way to beat the best team in our group twice. Of course, we still have a lot to work to do."

TRIFUNOVIC, ALEKSANDAR Lietuvos Rytas "Congratulations to Efes Pilsen for its win. We played a game we are not used to play. We played on a big number of points. We allowed 90 points and this is not usual. This is the thing I'm not satisfied with in this game, but I have to give credit to my players. They did what we needed to do for almost 30 minutes. We also had a good start in the fourth quarter, too. The thing that I'm angry about and that, from my point of view, decided the game, is that we were not able to reach the foul bonus before we started to change things in the final minutes. We were not focused on this issue. The lack of concentration was one of the reasons of this loss. We were outrebounding Efes in the first half and at the beginning of the third quarter, but this is basketball. However, we still feel that we can reach to the top in our group."

TRIFUNOVIC, ALEKSANDAR

Lietuvos Rytas

"Congratulations to Efes Pilsen for its win. We played a game we are not used to play. We played on a big number of points. We allowed 90 points and this is not usual. This is the thing I'm not satisfied with in this game, but I have to give credit to my players. They did what we needed to do for almost 30 minutes. We also had a good start in the fourth quarter, too. The thing that I'm angry about and that, from my point of view, decided the game, is that we were not able to reach the foul bonus before we started to change things in the final minutes. We were not focused on this issue. The lack of concentration was one of the reasons of this loss. We were outrebounding Efes in the first half and at the beginning of the third quarter, but this is basketball. However, we still feel that we can reach to the top in our group."

Players

PENN, SCOONIE Efes Pilsen "We had a great support from our fans tonight. They were the key of our comeback in the last quarter. We played the hardest game at home against the team which we also had the hardest one on the road. Without a doubt, they are a very hard opponent for any team. They are tough from the first second until the last. We proved once again that we are a good team, too. We respond much better that in other games when the going gets tough for us. It is good to see ourselves playing much better as a team in every coming game."

PENN, SCOONIE

Efes Pilsen

"We had a great support from our fans tonight. They were the key of our comeback in the last quarter. We played the hardest game at home against the team which we also had the hardest one on the road. Without a doubt, they are a very hard opponent for any team. They are tough from the first second until the last. We proved once again that we are a good team, too. We respond much better that in other games when the going gets tough for us. It is good to see ourselves playing much better as a team in every coming game."

PRICE, HOLLIS Lietuvos Rytas "We knew that it was going to be a very tough game here in Istanbul. We came here to try to get a win. We played hard for 30 minutes but in the end Efes did better than us. Efes has so many weapons that can hit shots. Drew Nicholas came back from injury and played great in this game. Scoonie Penn started well and kept it up. They have a lot of guys that can make shots, but they hit the top shots. That's what it is."

PRICE, HOLLIS

Lietuvos Rytas

"We knew that it was going to be a very tough game here in Istanbul. We came here to try to get a win. We played hard for 30 minutes but in the end Efes did better than us. Efes has so many weapons that can hit shots. Drew Nicholas came back from injury and played great in this game. Scoonie Penn started well and kept it up. They have a lot of guys that can make shots, but they hit the top shots. That's what it is."

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