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Regular Season Game 3 - November 09, 2006 CET: 18:15 Local time: 18:15 - BASKETBALL CENTER DRAZEN PETROVIC

Cibona 87 - 83 Unicaja

REGULAR SEASON, GAME 3

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
0-0	Regular Season	0-0
1-1	Overall	0-2

Referees

Crew Chief

ZAVLANOS, NIKOLAOS, Greece

Referee

RYZHYK, BORYS, Ukraine

Umpire

TOLA, LUCIANO, Italy

Team Stats

Ave.		Ave.
73.0	Points	83.5
36.0	Rebounds	34.0
13.0	O. Rebounds	6.0
23.0	D. Rebounds	28.0
9.0	Assists	13.0
5.0	Steals	7.0
0.5	Blocks	3.0
13.5	Turnovers	14.0
46.6 %	2PT	54.7 %
36.4 %	3PT	40.4 %
88.2 %	FT	75.5 %
69.0	Index	93.0

Team Stats - Cibona

Team Stats - Unicaja

Player Stats

Ave.		Ave.
17.5 / WARREN, CHRIS	Points	19.0 / Cabezas
5.5 / BADER, MARTON	Rebounds	6.0 / Pietrus
2.5 / BADER, MARTON	OR	1.5 / JIMENEZ, CARLOS
3.0 / BADER, MARTON	DR	4.5 / Pietrus
3.5 / Kus	Assists	4.0 / RODRIGUEZ, BERNI
1.5 / Wright	Steals	1.0 / JIMENEZ, CARLOS
0.5 / BADER, MARTON	Blocks	2.0 / Pietrus
3.5 / Kus	Turnovers	4.0 / SANTIAGO, DANIEL
75.0 % / VRBANC, GORAN	2PT	100.0 % / Vasileiadis
66.7 % / MANCE, MARIJAN	3PT	66.7 % / Welsch
100.0 % / WARREN, CHRIS	FT	100.0 % / JIMENEZ, CARLOS
16.0 / Kus	Index	24.5 / Cabezas

Team Roster - Cibona

Team Roster - Unicaja

THE TAKE

Cibona will look to protect its home court when it welcomes sleeping giant Unicaja for a Group B clash at the Drazen Petrovic Center in Zagreb, Croatia, on Thursday. Cibona started the season with a win against Union Olimpija, but suffered a tough loss at Panathinaikos. Meanwhile, Unicaja has suffered a pair of heart-breakers, losing in overtime at Maccabi Tel Aviv in Week 1 and then falling at home to Joventut on a buzzer-beating tip-in with one-tenth of a second remaining. Unicaja lost only two games during the entire regular season last year, so coach Sergio Scariolo will surely have his troops fired up before they fall even further behind the Group B leaders. Despite its record, Unicaja has played well this season, especially considering that the all-time Euroleague leading scorer, Marcus Brown, has yet to suit up do to injury. Now, however, the team must overcome injury to Week 1 MVP Carlos Cabezas, who will miss three weeks with a muscle tear. Center Daniel Santiago, who was a late arrival to the club, has worked his way back into playing shape, while swingman Jiri Welsch has sculpted himself a key role alongside the returning guards. The team ranks among the better teams in the league in nearly all offensive categories, though it is second-last in offensive rebounds (6 orpg.). Meanwhile, Cibona has been one of the better rebounding teams this year, ranks second in fouls committed with 25.5 per game and leads the league in free throw percentage at 88.2%. One of the biggest differences between the team's two games was power forward Brent Wright, who had 13 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals in the opener, but was scoreless before fouling out in 15+ minutes against Panathinaikos. Wright will face a challenge against the physical Florent Pietrus and Kostas Vasiliadis this week that he must win for his team's sake. In the paint, the time-share of Marton Bader and Jurica Zuza will need to stand up to Santiago and Erazem Lorbek. Bader missed a domestic game but hopes to play on Thursday. Unicaja was deepest at the perimeter, but now Pepe Sanchez, Berni Rodriguez and Welsch have to make up for absences of their teammates. Cibona playmakers Davor Kus and Jamal McCullough, plus leading scorer Chris Warren, will have to hold their own on both ends against the Unicaja rotation. Cibona has yet to be tested in a close game this season, while Unicaja has been there, but come up short. This game could go down to the wire, leaving the question of which will be ready to decide the outcome in its favor.

Cibona will look to protect its home court when it welcomes sleeping giant Unicaja for a Group B clash at the Drazen Petrovic Center in Zagreb, Croatia, on Thursday. Cibona started the season with a win against Union Olimpija, but suffered a tough loss at Panathinaikos. Meanwhile, Unicaja has suffered a pair of heart-breakers, losing in overtime at Maccabi Tel Aviv in Week 1 and then falling at home to Joventut on a buzzer-beating tip-in with one-tenth of a second remaining. Unicaja lost only two games during the entire regular season last year, so coach Sergio Scariolo will surely have his troops fired up before they fall even further behind the Group B leaders. Despite its record, Unicaja has played well this season, especially considering that the all-time Euroleague leading scorer, Marcus Brown, has yet to suit up do to injury. Now, however, the team must overcome injury to Week 1 MVP Carlos Cabezas, who will miss three weeks with a muscle tear. Center Daniel Santiago, who was a late arrival to the club, has worked his way back into playing shape, while swingman Jiri Welsch has sculpted himself a key role alongside the returning guards. The team ranks among the better teams in the league in nearly all offensive categories, though it is second-last in offensive rebounds (6 orpg.). Meanwhile, Cibona has been one of the better rebounding teams this year, ranks second in fouls committed with 25.5 per game and leads the league in free throw percentage at 88.2%. One of the biggest differences between the team's two games was power forward Brent Wright, who had 13 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals in the opener, but was scoreless before fouling out in 15+ minutes against Panathinaikos. Wright will face a challenge against the physical Florent Pietrus and Kostas Vasiliadis this week that he must win for his team's sake. In the paint, the time-share of Marton Bader and Jurica Zuza will need to stand up to Santiago and Erazem Lorbek. Bader missed a domestic game but hopes to play on Thursday. Unicaja was deepest at the perimeter, but now Pepe Sanchez, Berni Rodriguez and Welsch have to make up for absences of their teammates. Cibona playmakers Davor Kus and Jamal McCullough, plus leading scorer Chris Warren, will have to hold their own on both ends against the Unicaja rotation. Cibona has yet to be tested in a close game this season, while Unicaja has been there, but come up short. This game could go down to the wire, leaving the question of which will be ready to decide the outcome in its favor.

Quotes Head Coaches

ANZULOVIC, DRAZEN Cibona "Every time we get four days between games, I use it to prepare my team physically. I don't have need to say much about Unicaja. They are the champions of the strongest national league in Europe and they have made their goals clear by bringing in Jiri Welsch. Naturally after Garbajosa has left, they have changed their system, but they are still really strong. Our goal is to try to play each Euroleague game the way we played the first half in Athens against Panathinaikos. We need each player to play responsible. Morovic is practicing with the team after a three-week absence and I hope he will be able to play on Thursday, as well as Bader who missed Sunday's game."

ANZULOVIC, DRAZEN

Cibona

"Every time we get four days between games, I use it to prepare my team physically. I don't have need to say much about Unicaja. They are the champions of the strongest national league in Europe and they have made their goals clear by bringing in Jiri Welsch. Naturally after Garbajosa has left, they have changed their system, but they are still really strong. Our goal is to try to play each Euroleague game the way we played the first half in Athens against Panathinaikos. We need each player to play responsible. Morovic is practicing with the team after a three-week absence and I hope he will be able to play on Thursday, as well as Bader who missed Sunday's game."

SCARIOLO, SERGIO Unicaja "Cibona is a team that not only has a great tradition in the Euroleague, having reached the Top 16 consistently in recent years, which few teams can claim, but also because they have a real good roster and play basketball well. It's an intense, aggresive team with many players capable of scoring. Especially on its own court, in a special way, Cibona is able to take advantage of its good physical capacities. So it's clear that we cannot think negatively about our injuries, but rather use them in an intelligent way, to inspire motivation and responsiblity. We need to not only play a good game, but try to notch our first victory in the Euroleague, which has escaped us in the first two weeks due to tiny details at the ends of the games."

SCARIOLO, SERGIO

Unicaja

"Cibona is a team that not only has a great tradition in the Euroleague, having reached the Top 16 consistently in recent years, which few teams can claim, but also because they have a real good roster and play basketball well. It's an intense, aggresive team with many players capable of scoring. Especially on its own court, in a special way, Cibona is able to take advantage of its good physical capacities. So it's clear that we cannot think negatively about our injuries, but rather use them in an intelligent way, to inspire motivation and responsiblity. We need to not only play a good game, but try to notch our first victory in the Euroleague, which has escaped us in the first two weeks due to tiny details at the ends of the games."

Players

ROZIC, MARIN Cibona "If you look at their roster and the quality of their players, Unicaja is one of the top European teams at the moment. However we must not be intimidated, but rather highly motivated. If we want to reach our goal this season, which is the Top 16, we must win almost all our home games. We just have to keep winning at home. I hope that our fans also recognize that, so we can make our arena a tough place to play in."

ROZIC, MARIN

Cibona

"If you look at their roster and the quality of their players, Unicaja is one of the top European teams at the moment. However we must not be intimidated, but rather highly motivated. If we want to reach our goal this season, which is the Top 16, we must win almost all our home games. We just have to keep winning at home. I hope that our fans also recognize that, so we can make our arena a tough place to play in."

RODRIGUEZ, BERNI Unicaja "When you lose a home game that you could have won, you have to make up for it by winning away from hope, and in this case we hope the firstone comes on the court of Cibona, a team that is always tough and difficult, so we have to be well prepared for this game. In a competition as beautiful and hard as the Euroleague, any team can beat any other - as we've seen proven in the last game - and especially so with these kinds of teams that seem much stronger on their own court. That tells us that this won't be an easy game at all. Some better defensive balance will help our team funciton better. The defensive aspct is important, but our offense has to be more fluid, too. Cibona has shown its team play, with a high rhythm on defense and a good fastbreak. It's a unified team."

RODRIGUEZ, BERNI

Unicaja

"When you lose a home game that you could have won, you have to make up for it by winning away from hope, and in this case we hope the firstone comes on the court of Cibona, a team that is always tough and difficult, so we have to be well prepared for this game. In a competition as beautiful and hard as the Euroleague, any team can beat any other - as we've seen proven in the last game - and especially so with these kinds of teams that seem much stronger on their own court. That tells us that this won't be an easy game at all. Some better defensive balance will help our team funciton better. The defensive aspct is important, but our offense has to be more fluid, too. Cibona has shown its team play, with a high rhythm on defense and a good fastbreak. It's a unified team."

Cibona survived a huge comeback on Thursday to defeat visiting Unicaja by 87-83 after overtime in Group B. Cibona led by 20 points, 67-47, in minute 27, but Unicaja rallied with a 5-20 fourth-quarter run that sent the game to OT. There, Jerry McCullough scored 9 straight points to seal the victory and boost Cibona's record to 2-1 while Unicaja dropped to 0-3. Unicaja has lost twice in overtime and the third game at home on a buzzer-beater. Davor Kus led Cibona scorers with 20 points. McCullough added 19 and Brent Wright 16. For Unicaja, Berni Rodriguez had 20 points, Florent Pietrus and Carlos Jimenez posted 18 apiece, while Jiri Welsch added 15. Kus opened the game with a jumper for Cibona, but the effort of Jimenez and an unsportsmanlike foul called on Kus helped Unicaja to pull away by 7-12 after Rodriguez's three-pointer. Consecutive bombs by Kus and Goran Vrbanc tied for Cibona, 13-13. Kus kept dominating for Cibona, while Jimenez and Rodriguez did so for Unicaja, even though the visitors tried to look inside for Daniel Santiago repeatedly. Wright added inside to Cibona's 4-for-4 shooting from the arc to keep the hosts in front by 27-24 after 10 minutes. Unicaja youngster Michal Chilinksi opened the second quarter with a triple to tie the score, but Wright was still strong underneath and Levour Warren joined him with an aggressive penetration to lift Cibona up by 33-27. Rodriguez made a three-point play for Unicaja, whose defense tightened noticeably now. However, the reserves of Unicaja were not too accurate in offense, and Barisa Krasic's put-back of an offensive rebound made it 40-33, forcing visiting coach Sergio Scariolo to call timeout. After that, Jiri Welsch scored for the guests, but Unicaja's zone defense gave up back-to-back triples for Krasic, lifting the difference to 48-39. There was only time for one more jumper by Pepe Sanchez of Unicaja, who sent the game to the break with Cibona up 48-41. Wright sent Cibona higher with the second half's first points, and even though Welsch replied with a three-pointer, Cibona played fast and smart as McCullough converted a three-point to make it 53-45. Unicaja went cold for several minutes and Cibona pulled away slow but steady. Kus and Warren lifted the hosts to a 16-point lead, 61-45 after 27 minutes. Cibona dominated at ease, as Unicaja struggled in both ends of the court, and Wright reached the 14 points to close the third period with a 69-54 Cibona edge. Jimenez came to the rescue for Unicaja with a triple to start the fourth quarter. Pietrus and Jimenez again cut the deficit, to 69-61, as the hosts struggled offensively now. Welsch punished Cibona a little more with free throws as the Unicaja run escalated to 0-10. McCullough stopped his team's scoring drought after 4 minutes, 40 seconds with an agonizing layup, but Unijaca stood strong as Rodriguez and Pietrus made it a three-point game, 71-68. Kus found a way for the layup to give Cibona some air. Nervousness set in as Sanchez, McCullough and Welsch hit only 1 of 2 free throws each as the score stood at 74-70 going into the last minute. That's when, Pietrus was providential, making a tip-in with 50 seconds left. Kus missed a layup and then Wright fouled Rodriguez, who hit both from the line to tie it up, 74-74, with 42 seconds left. Turnovers by McCullough and Rodriguez sent the game to the extra session after a 5-20 Unicaja run in the fourth quarter. Jimenez scored to open overtime, too, as Unicaja jumped ahead for the first time since the first quarter, but McCullough tied fast, 76-76. Sanchez also found the bottom of the net with 2:45 left, but 2 free throws by McCullough cooled off Unicaja. Both teams were really tired and that showed when Welsch only hit 1 of 2 from the line to make it 78-79. McCullough was there again for his team with a three-point play, while Rodriguez turned the ball over driving in the last minute. Cibona lost the ball, too, but Welsch missed a three, allowing McCullough to find the clinching layup at 83-79 with 24 seconds to play. Pietrus slammed the ball, but Kus and Wright were sure enough from the foul line for Cibona to walk away overtime winners at 87-83. Thursday, November 09, 2006 Euroleague.net

Cibona survived a huge comeback on Thursday to defeat visiting Unicaja by 87-83 after overtime in Group B. Cibona led by 20 points, 67-47, in minute 27, but Unicaja rallied with a 5-20 fourth-quarter run that sent the game to OT. There, Jerry McCullough scored 9 straight points to seal the victory and boost Cibona's record to 2-1 while Unicaja dropped to 0-3. Unicaja has lost twice in overtime and the third game at home on a buzzer-beater. Davor Kus led Cibona scorers with 20 points. McCullough added 19 and Brent Wright 16. For Unicaja, Berni Rodriguez had 20 points, Florent Pietrus and Carlos Jimenez posted 18 apiece, while Jiri Welsch added 15.

Kus opened the game with a jumper for Cibona, but the effort of Jimenez and an unsportsmanlike foul called on Kus helped Unicaja to pull away by 7-12 after Rodriguez's three-pointer. Consecutive bombs by Kus and Goran Vrbanc tied for Cibona, 13-13. Kus kept dominating for Cibona, while Jimenez and Rodriguez did so for Unicaja, even though the visitors tried to look inside for Daniel Santiago repeatedly. Wright added inside to Cibona's 4-for-4 shooting from the arc to keep the hosts in front by 27-24 after 10 minutes.

Unicaja youngster Michal Chilinksi opened the second quarter with a triple to tie the score, but Wright was still strong underneath and Levour Warren joined him with an aggressive penetration to lift Cibona up by 33-27. Rodriguez made a three-point play for Unicaja, whose defense tightened noticeably now. However, the reserves of Unicaja were not too accurate in offense, and Barisa Krasic's put-back of an offensive rebound made it 40-33, forcing visiting coach Sergio Scariolo to call timeout. After that, Jiri Welsch scored for the guests, but Unicaja's zone defense gave up back-to-back triples for Krasic, lifting the difference to 48-39. There was only time for one more jumper by Pepe Sanchez of Unicaja, who sent the game to the break with Cibona up 48-41.

Berni Rodriguez - Unicaja

Wright sent Cibona higher with the second half's first points, and even though Welsch replied with a three-pointer, Cibona played fast and smart as McCullough converted a three-point to make it 53-45. Unicaja went cold for several minutes and Cibona pulled away slow but steady. Kus and Warren lifted the hosts to a 16-point lead, 61-45 after 27 minutes. Cibona dominated at ease, as Unicaja struggled in both ends of the court, and Wright reached the 14 points to close the third period with a 69-54 Cibona edge.

Jimenez came to the rescue for Unicaja with a triple to start the fourth quarter. Pietrus and Jimenez again cut the deficit, to 69-61, as the hosts struggled offensively now. Welsch punished Cibona a little more with free throws as the Unicaja run escalated to 0-10. McCullough stopped his team's scoring drought after 4 minutes, 40 seconds with an agonizing layup, but Unijaca stood strong as Rodriguez and Pietrus made it a three-point game, 71-68. Kus found a way for the layup to give Cibona some air. Nervousness set in as Sanchez, McCullough and Welsch hit only 1 of 2 free throws each as the score stood at 74-70 going into the last minute. That's when, Pietrus was providential, making a tip-in with 50 seconds left. Kus missed a layup and then Wright fouled Rodriguez, who hit both from the line to tie it up, 74-74, with 42 seconds left. Turnovers by McCullough and Rodriguez sent the game to the extra session after a 5-20 Unicaja run in the fourth quarter.

Jimenez scored to open overtime, too, as Unicaja jumped ahead for the first time since the first quarter, but McCullough tied fast, 76-76. Sanchez also found the bottom of the net with 2:45 left, but 2 free throws by McCullough cooled off Unicaja. Both teams were really tired and that showed when Welsch only hit 1 of 2 from the line to make it 78-79. McCullough was there again for his team with a three-point play, while Rodriguez turned the ball over driving in the last minute. Cibona lost the ball, too, but Welsch missed a three, allowing McCullough to find the clinching layup at 83-79 with 24 seconds to play. Pietrus slammed the ball, but Kus and Wright were sure enough from the foul line for Cibona to walk away overtime winners at 87-83.

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Euroleague.net

Referees: ZAVLANOS, NIKOLAOS (GRE), RYZHYK, BORYS (UKR), TOLA, LUCIANO (ITA)

Attendance: 3000

By Quarter	1	2	3	4	Extra 1
Cibona	27	21	21	5	13
Unicaja	24	17	13	20	9

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4	Extra 1
Cibona	27	48	69	74	87
Unicaja	24	41	54	74	83

Head coach: ANZULOVIC, DRAZEN

Cibona
#	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
00	WRIGHT, BRENT	34:30	16	4/8		8/8	2	4	6		1	2	1		4	5	19
4	WARREN, CHRIS	31:45	6	1/7		4/4		4	4	1	4	1			3	2	7
5	KUS, DAVOR	36:15	20	5/9	2/6	4/4		2	2	1	1	3	1		1	7	20
7	KRASIC, BARISA	16:45	8	1/4	2/2		2	2	4		1				4		6
8	ANDRIC, LUKSA	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	MCCULLOUGH, JERRY	34:00	19	6/10	0/2	7/8	1	2	3	3	2	4			3	5	18
14	BADER, MARTON	16:45		0/1			4	1	5	3		2		1	3	1	2
16	ZUZA, JURICA	17:45	5	2/3		1/2		1	1	1	1	3			4	1
20	ROZIC, MARIN	16:45	5	1/2		3/4	1	3	4	2				1	3	2	7
21	MANCE, MARIJAN	10:45	2	1/3			1	1	2	1					1		2
24	VRBANC, GORAN	9:45	6		2/2						1				3		4
	Team
	Totals	225:00	87	21/47	6/12	27/30	11	20	31	12	11	15	2	2	29	23	85
				44.7%	50%	90%

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: SCARIOLO, SERGIO

Unicaja
#	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	SANCHEZ, PEPE	38:00	5	2/3	0/3	1/2	1	3	4	4	4	3			3	1	7
5	RODRIGUEZ, BERNI	40:00	20	4/6	2/5	6/7	1	3	4	3	2	5		2	4	8	20
7	VASILEIADIS, KOSTAS	13:15		0/3	0/2	0/2	2	1	3						1	2	-3
8	CHYLINSKI, MICHAL	8:15	3		1/2										1		1
9	WELSCH, JIRI	30:45	15	2/2	1/4	8/12	1	2	3	2	2	3			3	7	16
11	PIETRUS, FLORENT	31:30	18	7/7	0/1	4/6	4	3	7			2	1		4	4	21
15	DE MIGUEL, IGNACIO	4:00
20	JIMENEZ, CARLOS	26:45	18	3/6	2/2	6/8	2	3	5	2		2			5	4	17
21	LORBEK, ERAZEM	14:15		0/2	0/1		2	6	8	1			1				7
22	SANCHEZ, ALFONSO	5:00										2					-2
25	SANTIAGO, DANIEL	13:15	4	1/4		2/4	2	2	4	2					2	3	6
	Team
	Totals	225:00	83	19/33	6/20	27/41	15	23	38	14	8	17	2	2	23	29	90
				57.6%	30%	65.9%

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Head Coaches

ANZULOVIC, DRAZEN Cibona "I don't know what to say after a win like this one. We have defeated a great team and with that part I am very satisfied, because games like this one are usually lost by the team that had 20 points lead. I am also satisfied with 28 minutes of our play. Then, we almost spilled everything we have done. We stopped with the physical game, we lost concentration and this team cannot play against anyone based on individual quality. I warned my players we must not forget that and this game must be a great way to learn things, because this evening at the end we weren't punished. I must congratulate Jerry (McCullough) for finding the way to concentrate in the overtime."

ANZULOVIC, DRAZEN

Cibona

"I don't know what to say after a win like this one. We have defeated a great team and with that part I am very satisfied, because games like this one are usually lost by the team that had 20 points lead. I am also satisfied with 28 minutes of our play. Then, we almost spilled everything we have done. We stopped with the physical game, we lost concentration and this team cannot play against anyone based on individual quality. I warned my players we must not forget that and this game must be a great way to learn things, because this evening at the end we weren't punished. I must congratulate Jerry (McCullough) for finding the way to concentrate in the overtime."

SCARIOLO, SERGIO Unicaja "I congratulate Cibona on a great game. They won tonight because they did not lose their concentration after losing a 20-point margin in 12 minutes. They kept their concentration in overtime and finished it with an important win. We played a really terrible third quarter, but we found the way to come back in the last moments of the game. Jerry McCullough surprised us with his solutions in offense, because we were expecting these moves form Kus. It is a pity that we have lost 2 games in OT and one in the last tenth of a second but I hope we can keep up a good work and start winning."

SCARIOLO, SERGIO

Unicaja

"I congratulate Cibona on a great game. They won tonight because they did not lose their concentration after losing a 20-point margin in 12 minutes. They kept their concentration in overtime and finished it with an important win. We played a really terrible third quarter, but we found the way to come back in the last moments of the game. Jerry McCullough surprised us with his solutions in offense, because we were expecting these moves form Kus. It is a pity that we have lost 2 games in OT and one in the last tenth of a second but I hope we can keep up a good work and start winning."

Players

KUS, DAVOR Cibona "We played a great 28 minutes, but then we inexplicably stopped. We lost our concentration, stopped playing as a team and everything started to fall apart. I want to apologize to my teammates because I almost compromised the victory with some mistakes in the final minutes of the game. But that is why basketball is played with 12 players on a team."
MCCULLOUGH, JERRY Cibona "We played well for three quarters of the game but that was almost not enough. I am glad that coach believed in me and that I have finally paid him back with the last few baskets."

KUS, DAVOR

Cibona

"We played a great 28 minutes, but then we inexplicably stopped. We lost our concentration, stopped playing as a team and everything started to fall apart. I want to apologize to my teammates because I almost compromised the victory with some mistakes in the final minutes of the game. But that is why basketball is played with 12 players on a team."

MCCULLOUGH, JERRY

Cibona

"We played well for three quarters of the game but that was almost not enough. I am glad that coach believed in me and that I have finally paid him back with the last few baskets."

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