May 23, 2013
Regular Season Game 10 - January 16, 2007 CET: 18:30 Local time: 20:30 - BASKET-HALL
Unics Kazan 85 - 57 PAOK

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final 0-0
0-0 Semi-Final 0-0
0-0 Quarter Final 0-0
0-0 Eighthfinals 0-0
1-0 Regular Season 0-0
6-3 Overall 6-3

Referees

Crew Chief
HERCEG, SINISA, Croatia
Referee
BRZIAK, MILAN, Slovakia
Umpire
CUKALOVIC, CASLAV, Serbia

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
90.1 Points 74.2
32.4 Rebounds 31.1
8.2 O. Rebounds 7.7
24.2 D. Rebounds 23.4
15.8 Assists 10.9
10.0 Steals 8.9
4.8 Blocks 1.8
15.1 Turnovers 13.1
62.0 % 2PT 52.9 %
45.0 % 3PT 37.5 %
76.1 % FT 78.0 %
105.9 Index 81.7
Team Stats - Unics Kazan
Team Stats - PAOK

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
16.6 / STOMBERGAS, SAULIUS Points 11.9 / PASALIC, DRAGO
6.8 / Lavrinovic, K. Rebounds 7.5 / SEKULIC, BLAGOTA
1.7 / Lavrinovic, K. OR 1.9 / SEKULIC, BLAGOTA
5.1 / Lavrinovic, K. DR 5.6 / SEKULIC, BLAGOTA
3.0 / CLEAVES, MATEEN AHMAD Assists 2.5 / SCEPANOVIC, VLADO
1.6 / Lavrinovic, K. Steals 2.6 / WASHINGTON, DARIUS
2.4 / Lavrinovic, K. Blocks 0.6 / SEKULIC, BLAGOTA
2.2 / STOMBERGAS, SAULIUS Turnovers 2.1 / KALAMPOKIS, IOANNIS
78.7 % / STOMBERGAS, SAULIUS 2PT 100.0 % / VERGINIS, DIMITRIOS
75.0 % / STOMBERGAS, SAULIUS 3PT 53.8 % / WASHINGTON, DARIUS
85.7 % / MESHCHARAKOU, YAHOR FT 100.0 % / KOUVELAS, N.
21.3 / Lavrinovic, K. Index 17.9 / SEKULIC, BLAGOTA
Team Roster - Unics Kazan
Team Roster - PAOK

THE TAKE

Unics Kazan hosts PAOK Thessaloniki on Tuesday in Russia in a big Group D showdown. The two teams are locked in a four way tie with Real Madrid and Crvena Zvezda for first place in the group and must win to have a chance to finish as high as possible in the hunt for home court advantage in the elimination rounds. Both teams need Madrid to lose at Dexia Mons to have a shot at first and can finish anywhere from first to fourth in the complicated group depending upon other results. Kazan can finish first only if it wins and Madrid loses. In that event, PAOK would be fourth. PAOK can only win the group if it wins and both Madrid and Crvena Zvezda lose. That would leave PAOK first and Kazan third. PAOK won an 84-81 thriller when these teams met in November in Greece, with Vlado Scepanovic peppering the nets for a season-high 23 points. PAOK has undergone some changes in recent weeks, losing Darius Washington to injury, but signing J.R. Bremer to take his place. The team attacks with a balanced squad that features as many as four legitimate scoring options, not to mention Bremer, who will become dangerous as he learn his new teammates. Center Blagota Sekulic (12.5 ppg., 7.5 rpg.) and power forward Drago Pasalic (11.9 ppg., 5.9 rpg.) are the main men inside, but they will have a severe challenge this week in the form of Kazan's twin brothers and twin towers, Ksysof (13 ppg., 6.8 rpg., 2.4 bpg.) and Darjus (14.5 ppg., 5 rpg., 1.8 bpg.). The Lavrinovics are second and third, respectively, in the ULEB Cup in blocked shots. At forward, Kazan's shooting king is Saulius Stombergas (16.6 ppg.), who has proven to be virtually unstoppable with the ball, having made 37-of-47 two pointers (78.7%) and 21-of-28 from beyond the arc (75%). Forward Egor Meshcheryakov (9.2 ppg.), swingman Jarod Stevenson (12.9 ppg.) and point guard Mateen Cleaves (9.2 ppg., 3 apg.) are more strengths on the highest scoring side in the ULEB Cup (90.1 ppg.). PAOK on the other hand, is a more defensive minded side, averaging just 74.2 points per game. Jason Parker (12.5 ppg., 2.5apg.) and Scepanovic (10 ppg., 2.5 apg.) share ball-handling duties, making the PAOK backcourt as dangerous as it gets. Despite the abundance of star big men in this game, the guards figure to be the difference makers as Scepanovic will try to slow the pace for the visitors, while Cleaves looks to push the ball for Kazan. Whichever player manages to impose his will could end up leading his team to the win.

Monday, January 15, 2007
ULEBCup.com

Quotes Head Coaches

Players

Jarod Stevenson Unics Kazan Unics Kazan clinched second place in Group D with an 85-57 win over PAOK Thessaloniki on Tuesday night in Russia. Kazan trounced PAOK 48-22 in the second half after a close opening 20 minutes to put the game away. Both teams entered the game with a chance to finish in first place, but Kazan needed to settle for being the runner-up after hearing that Real Madrid won its game to grab first. Jarod Stevenson scored 15 to lead Unics, while Darjus Lavrinovic and Egor Meshcheryakov added 14 each, Sergey Chikalkin scored 12 and Saulius Stombergas 10. Blagota Sekulic came up big with 24 points and 14 rebounds for PAOK, but he was alone as the highlight for the visitors. PAOK led early and tied the score at 20-20 at the end of the first period and trailed only 38-36 at halftime, but Kazan raised its level in the second half, PAOK did not, and the hosts quickly put the game away.

PAOK came out firing and scored the game's first points as Feliks Kojadinovic drilled a three only to see Mateen Cleaves answer the same way for the hosts. The pace remained high as the teams traded baskets with PAOK grabbing an early 6-9 lead on Sekulic's layup. As quick as the game began, both teams also slowed down at the same time. JR Bremer came off the bench to keep PAOK ahead, and Ioannis Kalampokis made it 12-16 after two minutes. The lead swelled to 6 on Sekulic's next basket, but Kazan's Meshcheryakov and Stevenson came through from downtown to tie the score at 20-20 after 10 minutes. Darjus Lavrinovic capped an 8-0 Unics run that spanned the first two quarters with a layup at the start of the second period, but Drago Pasalic bettered him with a three-point play to put the visitors back on top. The lead changed hands on nearly every basket as the tension was felt on each possession. Jason Parker tied the game at 30-30 midway through the period, but Darjus Lavrinovic answered with three made free throws and Dusko Savanovic added a layup to give Kazan its biggest lead yet. However Sekulic wasn't done and his three-point play carried PAOK within 37-35 at halftime.

Blagota Sekulic PAOKSekulic started the second half in style with a pair of buckets to put PAOK on top, however Stombergas drilled a three to show who was in charge. Parker was responsible for another PAOK score, but that would be the visitors' last for some time. Meshcheryakov and Stevenson were the main guns in an 11-2 Kazan run that started to break PAOK's spirit. Even after a Sekulic layup and a Bremer triple brought the visitors within 54-48, Kazan scored the game's next 5 points to rebuild a double-digit lead, which stood at 61-50 after 30 minutes. Nine unanswered points at the start of the fourth quarter signaled victory for the hosts, who began to care more about what was happening in the group's other games. The final minutes became a celebration for the fans, as the score continued to rise and Vadim Panin sealed the result with his first 5 points of the game in the final minute.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Euroleague.net
Referees: HERCEG, SINISA (CRO), BRZIAK, MILAN (SVK), CUKALOVIC, CASLAV (SRB)
Attendance: 3500
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PAOK20355057
Head coach: SIREIKA, ANTANAS
Unics Kazan
# 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 STEVENSON, JAROD 32:45 15 2/5 3/3 2/2   4 4   1 2     3 1 13
7 LAVRINOVIC, DARJUS 27:45 14 3/4   8/9 2 3 5 1 2 2     2 4 20
8 STOMBERGAS, SAULIUS 23:30 10 2/3 2/4   1 1 2 2   1   1 1 1 9
9 SAMOYLENKO, PETR 22:15 8 1/1 2/3     3 3 1 1 1         11
10 PANIN, VADIM 8:15 5 1/3 1/3   1 1 2 1 1       1 1 5
14 CLEAVES, MATEEN 17:45 5 1/3 1/2   1   1           2 3 4
15 CHIKALKIN, SERGEI 25:30 12 3/5 2/4     5 5     2     3   8
20 SOKOLOV, DMITRY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 NESTEROV, KONSTANTIN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 KHAMITOV, ROMAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
30 SAVANOVIC, DUSKO 16:15 2 1/2   0/1 2 2 4 3 1     1   2 9
55 MESHCHARAKOU, YAHOR 26:00 14 3/10 1/1 5/6 2 3 5 1 1 1     3 4 13
Team                   3           3
Totals 200:00 85 17/36 12/20 15/18 9 22 31 9 10 9 0 2 15 16 95
47.2% 60% 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: PILAFIDIS, KONSTANTINOS
PAOK
# 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 PARKER, JASON LASHAUN 30:15 7 2/9 1/2           2 3     2   -4
6 VERGINIS, DIMITRIOS 7:15 2 1/1                         2
8 SEKULIC, BLAGOTA 33:45 24 10/13   4/5 8 6 14     3 1   1 6 37
9 HARITOPOULOS, DIMITRIOS 7:15 2 1/1               1     3   -2
10 KALAMPOKIS, IOANNIS 27:45 5 2/4 0/1 1/2   2 2   1 2     3 3 2
11 KOJADINOVIC, FELIKS 33:45 5 1/3 1/4     1 1 2 1 2     2 1 1
12 KOUVELAS, NIKOLAOS 6:15                   1     2 1 -2
13 BREMER,J.R. 26:00 5 1/3 1/4     2 2 1 1 3       2 3
15 PASALIC, DRAGO 27:45 7 3/6 0/3 1/1 2 8 10 1 1 1 1   2 2 13
16 VASILEIOU, IOANNIS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team             1 1   1 1         1
Totals 200:00 57 21/40 3/14 6/8 10 20 30 4 7 17 2 0 15 15 51
52.5% 21.4% 75%
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Head Coaches

SIREIKA, ANTANAS
Unics Kazan
"My team has won today and I should be pleased with the resulting score, but I'm not pretty sure my team has played the best possible way they could. In the beginning of the game my players seemed to act too cautiously – they had to get rid of the thoughts concerning the previous defeats. So I have made some changes in the line-up. My team began to play faster and faster thus one could notice in the end that the players enjoyed the game. The defense was quite different from the one we had in the first half."
PILAFIDIS, KONSTANTINOS
PAOK
"At first, I would like to congratulate our opponent for the victory. We must confess, we were able to compete with Unics in the first half, while the second turned out to be for us very hard – the lack of strength lead us to the final gap. One of the reasons for our defeat is that I consider the fact that the team was really tired. We had a tough match 48 hours before the game in Kazan, then a 12-hour flight to the capital of Tatarstan and, by the way, three of our players stayed at home due to some reasons, they couldn't help their team to show its best today. We tried to win, but failed. So I wish Unics good luck and to win many games in the National Championship!"
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