May 18, 2013
Regular Season Game 9 - January 05, 2006 CET: 20:45 Local time: 20:45 - PALAVERDE
Benetton Basket 83 - 78 Strasbourg

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final Four 0-0
0-0 Playoffs 0-0
0-0 Top 16 0-0
0-0 Regular Season 0-0
5-3 Overall 3-5

Referees

Crew Chief
JUNGEBRAND, CARL, Finland
Referee
JOVCIC, MILIVOJE, Serbia
Umpire
LOVSIN, ANDREJ, Slovenia

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
82.4 Points 73.6
32.0 Rebounds 36.5
8.9 O. Rebounds 11.3
23.1 D. Rebounds 25.3
14.0 Assists 14.4
10.6 Steals 8.9
2.6 Blocks 2.6
10.3 Turnovers 14.0
50.9 % 2PT 53.3 %
42.0 % 3PT 32.3 %
75.8 % FT 65.3 %
96.9 Index 85.5
Team Stats - Benetton Basket
Team Stats - Strasbourg

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
18.3 / Nicholas Points 13.5 / YOUNG, A.
7.1 / Goree Rebounds 7.0 / WESSON, K.
2.3 / Goree OR 1.9 / STAROSTA, O.
4.9 / Goree DR 5.1 / WESSON, K.
4.9 / Zisis Assists 4.1 / JEANNEAU, AYMERIC
1.8 / Goree Steals 2.4 / GREER, RICARDO
1.6 / Goree Blocks 1.0 / WESSON, K.
2.1 / Goree Turnovers 2.1 / WESSON, K.
57.7 % / Popovic 2PT 66.7 % / JEANNEAU, AYMERIC
66.7 % / SLOKAR, UROS 3PT 50.0 % / GREER, RICARDO
89.7 % / Nicholas FT 90.0 % / GIFFA, S.
18.0 / Goree Index 18.9 / GREER, RICARDO
Team Roster - Benetton Basket
Team Roster - Strasbourg

THE TAKE

Two teams who battled into overtime to settle their first Group A encounter meet again with plenty at stake when Benetton hosts Strasbourg in Treviso, Italy on Thursday. Benetton (5-3) could find itself in the middle of the Group A pack if it doesn't win this home game. Strasbourg (3-5) can send a signal with a first road victory that it is going to contend seriously for the Top 16. Strasbourg is also seeking revenge for a 76-78 overtime home loss to Benetton in Week 2. The French champs thought they should have won that game despite missing 15 of 29 free throws. In Treviso, they will have it tougher, however, with the last-minute news that leading scorer Alvin Young (13.5 ppg.) has left the team after problems concerning his late return from the holidays. That will put pressure on Ricardo Greer (11.8 ppg., 4.8 rpg.) to bounce back from his worst effort of the season, a scoreless game that Strasbourg nonetheless won against AEK before the break. Benetton knows about missing players, too, having lost its first game without injured point guard Nikos Zisis, on the road against another Euroleague newcomer, Bamberg, in Week 8. Ramunas Siskauskas (8.7 ppg., 2.2 rpg.) did most of the passing for Benetton in that loss, while Drew Nicholas (18.2 ppg.) continued scoring in bunches, with 28 points. The battle on the inside will revolve around the Benetton duo of Marcus Goree (12.1 ppg., 7.1 rpg., 1.6 bpg.) and Petar Popovic (13.1 ppg., 4.6 rpg.) against Strasbourg big man K'Zell Wesson (12.2 ppg., 7 rpg.), who had a double-double of 20 points and 12 rebounds in the first meeting. Wesson will need help, however, from people like Sacha Giffa (13 points agains AEK), Crawford Palmer and Ondrej Starosta. On the ball, watch out for who between Strasbourg's Aymeric Jeanneau (7 ppg., 4.1 apg.) and Benetton backup Marco Mordente (8.8 ppg.) can keep up with the other. Benetton has the deeper bench on paper and homecourt advantage, but Strasbourg has made a living so far beating low expectations.
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Euroleague.net

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One more time, the fight between Benetton Treviso and visiting Strasbourg was solved in the final moments as the hosts survived by 83-78 to share a piece of first place in Group A once again. The game entered the last two minutes with Benetton only leading by a single point, 73-72, until a triple by Andrea Bargnani broke the game open for Benetton. The win allows Benetton to share the first place with Zalgiris and Tau, all with 6-3 records after the Lithuanians lost to Spaniards on Thursday. Strasbourg drops to 3-6, tied with AEK Athens for sixth place. Drew Nicholas led the way for Benetton with 23 points, including 6 of 10 triples. Bargnani added 20 points and Ramunas Siskauskas posted 16. For Strasbourg, the Greer brothers, Ricardo and Jeff, led the way with 16 points apiece, while K'Zell Wesson and Ondrej Starosta nailed 10 each.

The Greer brothers got Strasbourg started with a 4-10 lead to open the game and force a Benetton timeout after 2 minutes. Later, Jeff Greer added a triple for a 4-13 score, but Benetton's Petar Popovic soon reacted with back-to-back baskets, pulling the hosts within 8-13. Starosta had his own reaction, a dunk-plus-free throw to make it 8-16 midway through the quarter. Oxygen for the hosts came with three-pointers by Nicholas and Siskauskas, as Benetton tied with an 8-0 run, 18-18, thanks to a drive from Bargnani. The run was enlarged to 13-1 as Nicholas found another triple and Bargnani a jumper from the corner, making it 24-19. John McCord broke a three-minute scoring silence for Strasbourg but Bargnani hit the fourth Benetton shot from downtown to make it 27-21 after 10 minutes.

Strasbourg grabbed offensive boards to stay alive in the second quarter as Sacha Giffa and Aymeric Jeanneau scored back-to-back baskets to reduce gap to 27-25. Benetton answered with a quick 5-0 run – a triple from Bargnani, a dunk from Popovic – but Strasbourg went inside to stay as close as 33-29 at minute 13. Uros Slokar and Nicholas pushed the lead to 8 points, 37-29, with a dunk and free throws, but Ricardo Greer led a 0-7 response for the guests. Greer shot over Benetton's big men, dunked on a fastbreak and Strasbourg came within 37-36 when Starosta added a foul shot. As in the first quarter, Benetton found big shots to revive. Siskauskas and Nicholas landed three-pointers, then a Siskauskas drive capped a 8-0 burst to push Benetton ahead by 45-36 at halftime.

Jeff Greer nailed a corner triple early in the third quarter and Strasbourg starter feeding Starosta, whose free throws cut the lead to 4 points, 47-43. Nicholas shocked everyone with 3 consecutive three-pointers as Benetton tried to run away at 56-45. After McCord and Wesson got 4 points back for Strasbourg, Nicholas fed Marcus Goree for a low-post basket and a jumper to make it 60-51. Strasbourg kept fighting as consecutive free throws by Jeff Greer and Stanley Jackson got the visitors back to within 60-55. To block the rally, Benetton found an unpredictable three-pointer by youngster Luca Sottana before a couple of free throws by Bargnani fixed a 65-57 score at the end of three quarters.

Strasbourg followed Ricardo Greer to get back on track as his energy produced enough points for the guests to draw within 65-61 after a minute in the fourth quarter. Bargnani and Jackson traded jumpers before Siskauskas scored from inside to make Benetton breathe and Mordente scored a difficult jumper making it 71-64 with 4 minutes to play. Just when Benetton looked in control, Strasbourg got the momentum again with a 0-6 run as Jeff Greer hit a jumper over Slokar and McCord finished a fastbreak that made it 73-72. After a Benetton timeout, Siskauskas found room to drive and make it 75-72. Later, Goree replied to Wesson’s layup to make it 77-74. With 1 minute to play, Wesson saw his shot spitted out by the rim and Bargnani made Strasbourg pay with a clutch triple, pushing Benetton up by 6 points, 80-74, with 33 seconds left. Bargnani then secured the win with free throws to ice Benetton's sixth triumph in Group A.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Marco Martelli, Treviso
Referees: JUNGEBRAND, CARL (FIN), JOVCIC, MILIVOJE (SRB), LOVSIN, ANDREJ (SLO), TEOFILI, ALESSANDRO (ITA)
Attendance: 0
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Head coach: BLATT, DAVID
Benetton Basket
# 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 MONZARDO, CESARE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 KALVE, ERNESTS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8 SISKAUSKAS, RAMUNAS 36:15 16 5/11 2/5 0/1 2 3 5 1 2 1 1   2 2 14
9 MORDENTE, MARCO 32:30 2 1/1 0/2     4 4 4 1       3   6
10 SLOKAR, UROS 11:00 2 1/2     1 3 4 2         1 1 7
11 BARGNANI, ANDREA 32:15 20 3/6 3/4 5/8 2 3 5 1 4 2 2   3 10 30
12 NICHOLAS, DREW 37:00 23 1/3 6/10 3/4   3 3 2 2 1   1 4 4 21
16 SOTTANA, LUCA 4:30 3   1/1             1     1   1
18 GOREE, MARCUS 29:00 8 4/10 0/2 0/2 2 4 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5
19 POPOVIC, PETAR 17:30 9 4/6   1/2   1 1 1         2 1 7
Team             1 1   5           6
Totals 200:00 83 19/39 12/24 9/17 7 22 29 12 15 6 4 2 17 19 97
48.7% 50% 52.9%
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: GIRARD, ERIC
Strasbourg
# 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 WESSON, K´ZELL 29:45 10 3/7   4/4 3 5 8 2   5   1 3 3 10
6 YAICI, BOUDJI DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 GREER, RICARDO 35:00 16 8/13 0/3   2 4 6 2   2   1 2   11
8 GREER, JEFF 31:15 16 3/5 2/5 4/4 1 5 6 1   2     1 2 17
9 JEANNEAU, AYMERIC 31:30 8 3/3 0/2 2/3   5 5 6   2     3 4 15
12 McCORD, JOHN 21:00 9 4/4   1/2   1 1 1   1     2 1 8
14 PALMER, CRAWFORD 8:00 1 0/2   1/2 2 4 6 1       1 3 2 3
23 JACKSON, STANLEY 16:15 6 2/4 0/1 2/2         2   1 1 2 1 4
31 GIFFA, SANYA 6:45 2 1/3 0/1     1 1   1 1     1   -1
33 STAROSTA, ONDREJ 20:30 10 2/5   6/7 2 4 6   1   1   2 4 16
Team           2 1 3   2 1         4
Totals 200:00 78 26/46 2/12 20/24 12 30 42 13 6 14 2 4 19 17 87
56.5% 16.7% 83.3%
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Head Coaches

BLATT, DAVID
Benetton Basket
"We came from a difficult period. We played last two games without two starting five players and it hasn’t been easy. Tonight we fought and didn’t think to injuries. My team played with character and ability, skills which make a coach proud. Thanks to my players, again. There are moments in which you have to overcome injuries and problems, we did it great tonight. It’s difficult to execute well without good ballhandlers and I want to underline we won in defense too. That’s a good signal."
GIRARD, ERIC
Strasbourg
"To win in Treviso, against a great team which is first in the Italian championship, we had to shot better from three-point line. Moreover, we had to play a better defense but it’s very difficult to do it against a team with good inside players and great shooters. They shot 50 percent from outside in the first half and that was a key. Except for the three-point shooting, we won in rebounds and assists. Yes, we played a good game but probably it was enough to win here."

Players

NICHOLAS, DREW
Benetton Basket
"It’s been one of those nights in which you have to do everything possible in order to win. Tonight, our shooting helped us. I was the main character in the third, but my mates helped me a lot. But the biggest key was our defense and our rebounding control. We struggled in the past, less tonight. Strasbourg is a tough team, they forced us to an overtime in the first leg and have been tough tonight too. Ricardo Greer and Wesson are the leaders and can be important players in this Euroleague. I didn’t expect Climamio's loss and I don’t know if this helps us or not, but definitely next week we will play a great matchup in Bologna. We have to prepare us very well."
JACKSON, STANLEY
Strasbourg
"We played two balanced games against Treviso but we didn’t win. The key to play good here is defense, is putting pressure, is making their guards work. If you don’t, they kill you. They had a great shooting tonight and played good against the zone. Their big shots made the difference. We look forward to play our chances in the Euroleague. The level of big men is very high and every game is like a championship game."
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