Regular Season Game 4 - December 15, 2009 CET: 20:45 Local time: 20:45 - PABELLON FUENTE DE SAN LUIS

Records

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

Referees

Crew Chief
BACHAR, SHMUEL, Israel
Referee
LATISEVS, OLEGS, Latvia
Umpire
RUTESIC, ZDRAVKO, Montenegro

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
72.0 Points 73.0
31.0 Rebounds 34.0
7.0 O. Rebounds 11.0
24.0 D. Rebounds 23.0
12.0 Assists 18.3
8.0 Steals 6.7
3.7 Blocks 3.3
13.0 Turnovers 14.0
63.3 % 2PT 52.5 %
27.7 % 3PT 35.5 %
72.7 % FT 72.3 %
85.0 Index 81.7

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
15.0 / DE COLO, NANDO Points 19.3 / Rush
6.0 / Nielsen Rebounds 6.3 / Likhodey
1.3 / Kelati OR 2.0 / VARLAMOV, SERGEY
5.3 / Nielsen DR 4.7 / Rush
3.3 / MARINOVIC, MARKO Assists 5.7 / Sergeev
2.0 / Nielsen Steals 2.3 / Sergeev
2.0 / Perovic Blocks 1.0 / Likhodey
2.7 / DE COLO, NANDO Turnovers 4.3 / Rush
100.0 % / Pietrus 2PT 100.0 % / OSIPOV, TARAS
100.0 % / Lishchuk 3PT 60.0 % / NESTEROV, KONSTANTIN
100.0 % / DE COLO, NANDO FT 100.0 % / Sergeev
18.0 / Nielsen Index 22.3 / Likhodey

THE TAKE

In a repeat of one of the most exciting, back-and-forth clashes from Week 3, Power Electronics Valencia welcomes BC Triumph to its home court with first place in Group B on the line. Just last week, Valencia pulled off a 59-67 victory in Moscow against the very same Triumph squad. The game was actually closer than the score indicates. Tied at 56-56, Valencia’s young shooting sensation Nando De Colo caught fire and scored 9 points before the final buzzer to give his team the huge road win. The 2-1 Triumph now heads to Spain with plans for revenge and knows that it has a chance to leapfrog Valencia and move into the top position in the group if it wins by more than 8 points. In order to pull off that tough task, Triumph will do all it can to make sure De Colo does not explode again to break the game open. Charged with that challenge will be Triumph’s leading scorer Brion Rush, who is notching 19 points to go with 5 boards and 4 assists a game so far in the Eurocup. Rush’s backcourt partner, Pavel Sergeev, will have to try and keep Valencia’s Rafa Martinez from bullying his way to the glass. In the frontcourt, Triumph’s Valery Likhodey, who had 14 points last week versus Valencia, teams up with Konstantin Nesterov, while centers Paul Miller and newcomer Alexandr Bashminov anchor the middle. The four will have their hands full with Valencia’s huge front line. In these two teams’ first meeting, Valencia started the game with two centers in Kosta Perovic and Matt Nielsen. This lineup gave even more freedom to their young star Victor Claver, who can play either at the 3 or 4 spot, to roam. Triumph will have to get more help for Rush if it hopes to head back to Moscow with the mission accomplished. One candidate for Valencia to be weary of is Bashminov. Last week, in his Eurocup debut with Triumph, the big man started the game strong and ended with 9 points. If he can prove to be equally effective, but for the entire game, Triumph’s chances for victory greatly increase.

REFEREES: Shmuel Bachar, Olegs Latisevs, Zdravko Rutesic
Monday, December 14, 2009
Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

SPAHIJA, NEVEN
Power Electronics
"We all know that this game is very important because if we win, we will advance. I think we need to take advantage of this situation, as we are in good shape now. Plus we play at home. We know that in important moments, you can't let anybody beat you. BC Triumph is a good team, with talent and which managed to win in Le Mans. Of course they are a quality team. We are in a good moment and play good ball right now, so we must keep up that way also in this game."
EREMIN, STANISLAV
BC Triumph
"We had a very hard home game against Valencia a week ago, so I think tomorrow it'll be a very tough play. Now we've got some information about our opponents, because we've played against them, so we'll try to use their weaknesses in the upcoming game and play very strong defense."

Players

SERGEEV, PAVEL
BC Triumph
"Our defense will be the key moment for us in the game against Valencia. We'll try to show our best game in all components, but the most important for us - to play good in defense, try to stop the snipers of Valencia. When we play good defense, we can do fast runs and improve the offense. We'll play without our injured players Panin and Shabalkin, but they've been out for more than 5 games, so we know how to play with the short bench. Of course, it's more pleasant to play on the home court when fans support you, but I think that the road atmosphere will make us angrier and we'll play aggressive basketball."
Serhiy Lishchuk - Power Electronics ValenciaPower Electric Valencia cruised into the Last 16 on Tuesday after crushing BC Triumph 85-60 to improve to 4-0 in Group B. Serhiy Lishchuk scored 18 and Victor Claver added 17 points and 11 rebounds as Valencia outscored Triumph in every quarter. The keys to the game were forcing Triumph into 22 turnovers and drawing 28 fouls, going 28 for 36 from the line. Triumph was just 8 for 13 on free throws. The hosts had their first double-digit lead in the first quarter and used an 11-0 run in the second to get to 48-33 at halftime. Then a 23-4 surge that bridged the third and fourth quarters erased any double and allowed Valencia to celebrate at Last 16 spot. Kosta Perovic added 13 points and Rafa Martinez 12 for the winners, who face Hemofarm Stada after the winter break. Triumph, which dropped to 2-2, remains in the thick of the Last 16 hunt and face Le Mans in a crucial encounter in Week 5. Pavel Sergeev and Konstantin Nesterov scored 15 points each for Triumph. Nesterov also grabbed 11 rebounds. Valery Likhodey added 10 points in defeat.

Matt Nielsen opened the coring for Valencia before Nesterov countered for downtown for Triumph. The game was close early as Nesterov followed a Nielsen three with a layup to make it 5-5. Claver and Nando De Colo put the hosts on top, but Paul Miller kept Triumph close at 12-9. Claver and De Colo fueled the Valencia attack as the lead jumped to 19-9. Triumph heated up and three-pointers from Nesterov, Sergeev and Brion Rush led a charge that brought the visitors with 2. De Colo finished the opening quarter with a basket that put Valencia up 24-20. Lishchuk made his presence felt earl yin the second half with a triple and a slam to put the hosts comfortably ahead. Sergey Varlamov and Egor Vyaltsev helped bring Triumph within 30-26. Florent Pietrus shined with a steal, basket and foul and Lishchuk followed with a basket and a triple as Valencia roared again. Martinez connected on a triple that capped an 11-0 run as the crowd cheered on. Sergeev ended the Triumph drought with a triple and would later add another to cut the gap to 41-33, but Martinez added another basket and a three to make it 48-33 at halftime.

The second half started quietly with neither team scoring for two-and-a-half minutes before a De Colo steal led to a Claver basket and an 18-point lead. Sergeev connected from downtown and that soon sparked his team’s attack. Rush and Nesterov both hit three-pointers and Likhodey added a three-point play as Triumph stormed to within 52-46. Martinez scored from the line on consecutive possessions and Perovic added points in the paint as Valencia regained control. A Thomas Kelati triple kept the momentum going and the hosts extended the run to 13-2 for a 65-48 lead by the end of the third quarter. Vyaltsev scored a basket to start the fourth quarter, but Valencia moved to kill the game off quickly. Perovic and Claver each had 3 points in a 10-0 surge that made it 76-50 as the local fans began to celebrate a berth in the Last 16. Head coach Neven Spahija was able to give reserves Ivan Garcia, Bozhidar Avramov and Tornike Shengelia minutes down the stretch of the big win.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: BACHAR, SHMUEL (ISR), LATISEVS, OLEGS (LAT), RUTESIC, ZDRAVKO (MNE)
Attendance: 5350
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Head coach: SPAHIJA, NEVEN
Power Electronics
# 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
7 PEROVIC, KOSTA 18:04 13 3/5   7/10 2 3 5 1   2     1 6 17
9 CLAVER, VICTOR 27:50 17 2/7 3/4 4/6 5 6 11 2 3 4   2 2 4 21
12 LISHCHUK, SERHIY 21:56 18 4/4 2/3 4/7 1 1 2 1 1   2   2 4 22
13 AVRAMOV, BOZHIDAR 2:40   0/1           1       1     -1
14 MARINOVIC, MARKO 20:22 4 1/2   2/2 1 1 2 3 2 2     1 1 8
16 GARCIA, IVAN 3:28   0/1                         -1
17 MARTINEZ, RAFA 26:13 12 1/2 2/7 4/4   1 1 4 1     1 3 3 11
20 PIETRUS, FLORENT 22:16 5 1/3 0/1 3/3   4 4 3 1 1   1 2 5 11
22 DE COLO, NANDO 19:52 6 2/4 0/3 2/2   3 3 3 3 2     2 1 7
23 SHENGELIA, TORNIKE 1:22                     1     1 2
24 KELATI, THOMAS 21:55 3 0/1 1/4   2 1 3 3 3 2 1   1   6
44 NIELSEN, MATT 14:02 7 1/2 1/3 2/2   3 3 4 1   1   3 3 13
Team             3 3               3
Totals 200:00 85 15/32 9/25 28/36 11 26 37 25 15 13 5 5 17 28 119
46.9% 36% 77.8%
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: EREMIN, STANISLAV
BC Triumph
# 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 RUSH, BRION 32:23 8 1/6 2/7   1 1 2 1 1 7   1 3 2 -7
5 MATEYUNAS, ANDREY 8:09 1     1/2 1 1 2 3 1 1     2 2 5
8 BASHMINOV, ALEXANDR 3:19 1 0/1   1/2   1 1         1   1  
9 VYALTSEV, EGOR 19:37 4 2/4 0/1     1 1   2 2     5   -3
10 SERGEEV, PAVEL 33:58 15 1/2 4/7 1/2   1 1 3 4 7     3 1 9
11 LIKHODEY, VALERY 30:10 10 3/7 1/2 1/3 1 3 4 3 1 1     2 5 13
14 VARLAMOV, SERGEY 15:58 4 2/2     1 4 5   1 1 1   3 1 8
15 VALIEV, EVGENY 8:22   0/1 0/2     2 2       1 1 2   -3
21 NESTEROV, KONSTANTIN 27:43 15 2/6 3/4 2/2 6 5 11 3   2 2 1 5 1 19
45 MILLER, PAUL 20:21 2 0/3 0/2 2/2 1 5 6       1 1 3 4 4
Team             3 3     1         2
Totals 200:00 60 11/32 10/25 8/13 11 27 38 13 10 22 5 5 28 17 47
34.4% 40% 61.5%
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Head Coaches

SPAHIJA, NEVEN
Power Electronics
"We have done a good job. We won our regular season group and are qualified for the next round. However, we could have had a better game in offense and want to do more. When our team feels strong, we sometimes start to do crazy things - and have to stop it. We are happy because everybody is involved. We will use our next two games to test new things for the upcoming Last 16."
EREMIN, STANISLAV
BC Triumph
"It is hard to play against Power Electronics Valencia because they are a hard team to beat, especially when you accumulate 22 turnovers. We had a chance to return to the game in the second half, when we cut their lead to just six points. We have to congratulate Valencia because they are one of the top teams in this competition."

Players

PEROVIC, KOSTA
Power Electronics
"It is always good to win by a nice margin. We played well and had the chance to clinch first place in this group. We obviously want to win the Eurocup but must carry on playing good defense. It is the key to get good results. We had to play really well to beat Triumph in the second place because it is a great team."
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