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May 22, 2013

Regular Season Game 8 - December 14, 2006 CET: 20:45 Local time: 20:45 - PIONIR

Partizan 73 - 63 Lottomatica Roma

REGULAR SEASON, GAME 8

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
1-0	Regular Season	0-0
3-4	Overall	2-5

Referees

Crew Chief

ARTEAGA, JUAN CARLOS, Spain

Referee

MASTRAFTSIS, CHRISTOS, Greece

Umpire

LEFWERTH, OSCAR, Sweden

Team Stats

Ave.		Ave.
72.7	Points	70.4
36.3	Rebounds	31.9
12.3	O. Rebounds	11.7
24.0	D. Rebounds	20.1
10.4	Assists	10.7
12.6	Steals	16.1
3.1	Blocks	2.4
16.6	Turnovers	12.9
44.0 %	2PT	43.0 %
31.5 %	3PT	30.4 %
73.9 %	FT	75.0 %
69.0	Index	70.1

Team Stats - Partizan

Team Stats - Lottomatica Roma

Player Stats

Ave.		Ave.
15.9 / DROBNJAK, PREDRAG	Points	15.9 / BODIROGA, DEJAN
7.9 / Perovic	Rebounds	5.7 / Mavrokefalides
3.6 / Perovic	OR	2.7 / Mavrokefalides
4.4 / DROBNJAK, PREDRAG	DR	3.4 / BODIROGA, DEJAN
3.3 / CUMMINGS, V.	Assists	3.0 / BODIROGA, DEJAN
1.9 / KECMAN, DUSAN	Steals	3.0 / Hawkins
1.9 / Perovic	Blocks	0.7 / ASKRABIC, O.
3.3 / Perovic	Turnovers	2.5 / Ilievski
70.0 % / VELICKOVIC, NOVICA	2PT	100.0 % / MARMARINOS, D.
55.6 % / Bogdanovic	3PT	42.9 % / Ilievski
88.6 % / CUMMINGS, V.	FT	100.0 % / RIGHETTI, A.
17.0 / DROBNJAK, PREDRAG	Index	18.0 / BODIROGA, DEJAN

Team Roster - Partizan

Team Roster - Lottomatica Roma

THE TAKE

Partizan hosts Lottomatica Roma on Thursday at Pionir Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, in a Group B clash with plenty of potential implications for the race to the Top 16. Partizan (3-4) is tied for the fifth and final spot that grants automatic qualification to the Top 16, while Lottomatica (2-5), with one fewer victory, is out to gain ground. Partizan is coming off back-to-back defeats. Last week the team slumped to a 66-58 loss at Unicaja in which twin towers Predrag Drobnjak and Kosta Perovic were held to season-lows of 6 and 2 points, respectively. Lottomatica lost at Cibona 91-84 in overtime despite a 27-point performance by Dejan Bodiroga. Lottomatica held on for a 65-60 home win when these teams met in October, as Bodiroga led the way with 14 points. Drobnjak paced Partizan with 17 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals. The game will feature an interesting reunion as Bodiroga returns to play in Belgrade, where he is a hero, to face former national teammate Drobnjak, with whom he won a world championship. With Perovic (11 ppg., 7.9 rpg., 1.9 bpg.), who is second in the league with 3.6 offensive rebounds per game, leading the way, Partizan tops the league with 12.3 offensive boards and is second with 36.3 total rebounds per game. Partizan does not allow easy baskets either, as it is second in fouls committed (26.7). Lottomatica leads the league with 16.1 steals per game and its halfcourt style also sees it foul early and often (26.3). Surprisingly, the teams are among the poorest in two-point shooting with Lottomatica (43.0%) second-to-last and Partizan (44.0%) third-to-last. Drobnjak (15.9 ppg., 7 rpg.), Perovic and reserve Nikola Pekovic lead Partizan inside, and they will be crucial to this game, as Lottomatica center Ognjen Askrabic is questionable again with injury, leaving Loukas Mavrokefalides (6.9 ppg., 5.9 rpg.) as the team's only true center. Partizan forward Luka Bogdanovic (7.4 ppg.) will play a key defensive role against Bodiroga (15.9 ppg., 3 apg.) and an equally important matchup will be at point guard, where Vonteego Cummings (12.9 ppg., 3.3 apg.) will try to steer his team past Mire Chatman (8.3 ppg., 2.3 spg.) and Lottomatica. The game should be a careful, tactical encounter, with the veterans Drobnjak and Bodiroga playing the most important roles. However it could be players like Lottomatica's sharp-shooting reserve Alex Righetti (10.1 ppg.) or Partizan's struggling swingman Uros Tripkovic that fly under the radar to make the difference. Wednesday, December 13, 2006 Euroleague.net, Aca Ostojic (Belgrade)

Partizan hosts Lottomatica Roma on Thursday at Pionir Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, in a Group B clash with plenty of potential implications for the race to the Top 16. Partizan (3-4) is tied for the fifth and final spot that grants automatic qualification to the Top 16, while Lottomatica (2-5), with one fewer victory, is out to gain ground. Partizan is coming off back-to-back defeats. Last week the team slumped to a 66-58 loss at Unicaja in which twin towers Predrag Drobnjak and Kosta Perovic were held to season-lows of 6 and 2 points, respectively. Lottomatica lost at Cibona 91-84 in overtime despite a 27-point performance by Dejan Bodiroga. Lottomatica held on for a 65-60 home win when these teams met in October, as Bodiroga led the way with 14 points. Drobnjak paced Partizan with 17 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals. The game will feature an interesting reunion as Bodiroga returns to play in Belgrade, where he is a hero, to face former national teammate Drobnjak, with whom he won a world championship. With Perovic (11 ppg., 7.9 rpg., 1.9 bpg.), who is second in the league with 3.6 offensive rebounds per game, leading the way, Partizan tops the league with 12.3 offensive boards and is second with 36.3 total rebounds per game. Partizan does not allow easy baskets either, as it is second in fouls committed (26.7). Lottomatica leads the league with 16.1 steals per game and its halfcourt style also sees it foul early and often (26.3). Surprisingly, the teams are among the poorest in two-point shooting with Lottomatica (43.0%) second-to-last and Partizan (44.0%) third-to-last. Drobnjak (15.9 ppg., 7 rpg.), Perovic and reserve Nikola Pekovic lead Partizan inside, and they will be crucial to this game, as Lottomatica center Ognjen Askrabic is questionable again with injury, leaving Loukas Mavrokefalides (6.9 ppg., 5.9 rpg.) as the team's only true center. Partizan forward Luka Bogdanovic (7.4 ppg.) will play a key defensive role against Bodiroga (15.9 ppg., 3 apg.) and an equally important matchup will be at point guard, where Vonteego Cummings (12.9 ppg., 3.3 apg.) will try to steer his team past Mire Chatman (8.3 ppg., 2.3 spg.) and Lottomatica. The game should be a careful, tactical encounter, with the veterans Drobnjak and Bodiroga playing the most important roles. However it could be players like Lottomatica's sharp-shooting reserve Alex Righetti (10.1 ppg.) or Partizan's struggling swingman Uros Tripkovic that fly under the radar to make the difference.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Euroleague.net, Aca Ostojic (Belgrade)

Quotes Head Coaches

VUJOSEVIC, DUSKO Partizan "Adding Mire Chatman to its team made Lottomatica a more competitive squad than it was. It is not necessary to talk about the qualities of Dejan Bodiroga. He is the player we all admire. Lottomatica is a quality team loaded with motivations to beat us and keep a connection with other teams in our group fighting for Top 16 positions. We are motivated for the same goal and I expect it shall be an extremely interesting game. I believe we can beat our guests."

VUJOSEVIC, DUSKO

Partizan

"Adding Mire Chatman to its team made Lottomatica a more competitive squad than it was. It is not necessary to talk about the qualities of Dejan Bodiroga. He is the player we all admire. Lottomatica is a quality team loaded with motivations to beat us and keep a connection with other teams in our group fighting for Top 16 positions. We are motivated for the same goal and I expect it shall be an extremely interesting game. I believe we can beat our guests."

REPESA, JASMIN Lottomatica Roma “Partizan is a good team that has improved since the game in Rome at the end of October. They have young player with great talents. This time we play in Pioner Arena, where it is very difficult to win for anyone. We need to be very concentrated, tough and play hard for 40 minutes.”

REPESA, JASMIN

Lottomatica Roma

“Partizan is a good team that has improved since the game in Rome at the end of October. They have young player with great talents. This time we play in Pioner Arena, where it is very difficult to win for anyone. We need to be very concentrated, tough and play hard for 40 minutes.”

Players

PEROVIC, KOSTA Partizan "We all know very well how important this game is to us. To beat Lottomatica, to return a favor to them and to get better chances for the Top 16 all are part of this outcome. We are preparing for the key game and I think with help from our great fans we could beat Lottomatica."

PEROVIC, KOSTA

Partizan

"We all know very well how important this game is to us. To beat Lottomatica, to return a favor to them and to get better chances for the Top 16 all are part of this outcome. We are preparing for the key game and I think with help from our great fans we could beat Lottomatica."

BODIROGA, DEJAN Lottomatica Roma “This is going to be a difficult match for us, in an very 'hot' arena. Maccabi has lost on that court and Panathinaikos won the game with certain difficulties. It is a good team that has a lot of experience in the Euroleague. But we need to win to go on in this competition."

BODIROGA, DEJAN

Lottomatica Roma

“This is going to be a difficult match for us, in an very 'hot' arena. Maccabi has lost on that court and Panathinaikos won the game with certain difficulties. It is a good team that has a lot of experience in the Euroleague. But we need to win to go on in this competition."

Partizan Belgrade recorded a crucial 73-63 home win over Lottomatica Roma to get a leg up in the race for the Top 16 from Group B. Partizan raised its record to 4-4, joining a three-team tie for third place in the group. Equally as important, The Serbian champs erased the 5-poit deficit from their opening night loss in Rome, giving the team the lead in any potential tiebreaker. Lottomatica, which dropped to 2-6, now sits in last place together with Union Olimpija. Partizan made a crucial 10-2 run early in the third quarter to take a 41-32 advantage. An 8-3 spurt at the beginning of the last quarter raised the lead to 59-46. A 2-9 Lottomatica run re-opened the game, at the midway point of the last quarter, but Partizan´s accurate free-throw shooting saw the home team ice the game down the stretch. Predrag Drobnjak scored 10 of his team-high 15 in the final period. Uros Tripkovic added 14 on 4 for 7 three-point shooting, while Dusan Kecman had 10 points and 5 rebounds and Vonteego Cummings dished 8 assists. Loukas Mavrokefalidis tallied 16 points, David Hawkins 12 and Dejan Bodiroga 11 with 5 rebounds for Roma. Hawkins opened the scoring after few seconds for Roma, while Nikola Pekovic got Partizan on the board from the line. Cumings beat Roma´s 2-3 zone from downtown to put his side in front, 5-2. Hawkins added another score, but Novica Velickovic gave a 7-4 cushion to the hosts at the midway point of the quarter. Mavrokefalidis stopped the scoreless period for Roma and Mire Chatman´s basket made it 9-8. Tripkovic and Kecman fueled Partizan with back-to-back triples to take a 15-7 margin. Hawkins drained a mid-range jumper after a timeout and Roma switched defenses to man to man, before Drobnjak´s free throw capped the first quarter with Partizan ahead 17-10. Alex Righetti converted a three-point-play early in the second quarter and Mavrokefalidis added a bucket to put Roma right back in the game. Cummings´s mid-range jumper extended the gap to 19-15. Bodiroga scored his first two points from the line, but Kosta Peorvic answered with a big dunk. Luca Garri tied the score at 23-23 with 5 straight points only to see Luka Bogdanovic explode with a three to fuel Partizan. Garri missed one of two free throws, but Bodiroga tied the score again. Jacopo Giachetti stole the ball for easy points in the open court, putting Roma ahead with two minutes left to halftime. Hawkins blocked a dunk attempt by Pekovic and Giachetti drove to the basket for Lottomatica´s biggest lead, 26-30. Bogdanovic found space to tie it one more time before Drobnjak scored a free throw to give Partizan a slim 31-30 margin at halftime. Tripkovic beat the shot clock from downtown to start the second half. Alessandro Tonolli found room in the paint to score a short jumper, before Tripkovic replied to raise the difference to 37-32. Perovic capped a 10-2 run to take the hosts to 41-32. Mavrokefalidis kept Roma in the picture, answering a red-hot Tripkovic from the foul line and keeping Lottomatica in the game. Bodiroga beat the 24-seconds clock with a triple from the corner, but Bogdanovic boosted Partizan and Cummings gave the hosts their first double digit cushion, 51-41, with another mid-range jumper from the corner. Bodiroga scored two free throws to fix the scoreboard at 51-43 at the end of the third quarter. Hawkins ended a two-and-a-half minute scoreless stretch by bagging one of his two attempts from the foul line, but Drobnjak beat the Roma zone with a three from the corner to make it 54-44. Righetti tired to cut it with a layup, but Drobnjak chipped in his second consecutive shot from beyond the arc and scored two more underneath for a comfortable 59-46 advantage. Mavrokefalidis seemed to be the only man for Roma, converting a three-point-play to fuel the Lottomatica hopes. However Drobnjak nailed his 10th point of the period for Partizan. Bodiroga and Hawkins amassed six points and the guests climbed back to 61-54. Tripkovic hit another bomb, answered by Chatman´s jumper and free throw to make it 64-57 with two minutes left. Two free throws from Perovic and a triple by Kecman sealed the game with Partizan on top 69-57 with a minute to play. Hawkins and Mavrokefalidis scored again for Lottomatica, but Cummings was perfect from the foul line and the last basket tallied by Chatman only cut the cushion to 73-63 for Partizan. Thursday, December 14, 2006 Aca Ostojic, Belgrade

Partizan Belgrade recorded a crucial 73-63 home win over Lottomatica Roma to get a leg up in the race for the Top 16 from Group B. Partizan raised its record to 4-4, joining a three-team tie for third place in the group. Equally as important, The Serbian champs erased the 5-poit deficit from their opening night loss in Rome, giving the team the lead in any potential tiebreaker. Lottomatica, which dropped to 2-6, now sits in last place together with Union Olimpija. Partizan made a crucial 10-2 run early in the third quarter to take a 41-32 advantage. An 8-3 spurt at the beginning of the last quarter raised the lead to 59-46. A 2-9 Lottomatica run re-opened the game, at the midway point of the last quarter, but Partizan´s accurate free-throw shooting saw the home team ice the game down the stretch. Predrag Drobnjak scored 10 of his team-high 15 in the final period. Uros Tripkovic added 14 on 4 for 7 three-point shooting, while Dusan Kecman had 10 points and 5 rebounds and Vonteego Cummings dished 8 assists. Loukas Mavrokefalidis tallied 16 points, David Hawkins 12 and Dejan Bodiroga 11 with 5 rebounds for Roma.

Hawkins opened the scoring after few seconds for Roma, while Nikola Pekovic got Partizan on the board from the line. Cumings beat Roma´s 2-3 zone from downtown to put his side in front, 5-2. Hawkins added another score, but Novica Velickovic gave a 7-4 cushion to the hosts at the midway point of the quarter. Mavrokefalidis stopped the scoreless period for Roma and Mire Chatman´s basket made it 9-8. Tripkovic and Kecman fueled Partizan with back-to-back triples to take a 15-7 margin. Hawkins drained a mid-range jumper after a timeout and Roma switched defenses to man to man, before Drobnjak´s free throw capped the first quarter with Partizan ahead 17-10.

Loukas Mavrokefalides - Lottomatica Roma

Loukas Mavrokefalides - Lottomatica Roma

Alex Righetti converted a three-point-play early in the second quarter and Mavrokefalidis added a bucket to put Roma right back in the game. Cummings´s mid-range jumper extended the gap to 19-15. Bodiroga scored his first two points from the line, but Kosta Peorvic answered with a big dunk. Luca Garri tied the score at 23-23 with 5 straight points only to see Luka Bogdanovic explode with a three to fuel Partizan. Garri missed one of two free throws, but Bodiroga tied the score again. Jacopo Giachetti stole the ball for easy points in the open court, putting Roma ahead with two minutes left to halftime. Hawkins blocked a dunk attempt by Pekovic and Giachetti drove to the basket for Lottomatica´s biggest lead, 26-30. Bogdanovic found space to tie it one more time before Drobnjak scored a free throw to give Partizan a slim 31-30 margin at halftime.

Tripkovic beat the shot clock from downtown to start the second half. Alessandro Tonolli found room in the paint to score a short jumper, before Tripkovic replied to raise the difference to 37-32. Perovic capped a 10-2 run to take the hosts to 41-32. Mavrokefalidis kept Roma in the picture, answering a red-hot Tripkovic from the foul line and keeping Lottomatica in the game. Bodiroga beat the 24-seconds clock with a triple from the corner, but Bogdanovic boosted Partizan and Cummings gave the hosts their first double digit cushion, 51-41, with another mid-range jumper from the corner. Bodiroga scored two free throws to fix the scoreboard at 51-43 at the end of the third quarter.

Hawkins ended a two-and-a-half minute scoreless stretch by bagging one of his two attempts from the foul line, but Drobnjak beat the Roma zone with a three from the corner to make it 54-44. Righetti tired to cut it with a layup, but Drobnjak chipped in his second consecutive shot from beyond the arc and scored two more underneath for a comfortable 59-46 advantage. Mavrokefalidis seemed to be the only man for Roma, converting a three-point-play to fuel the Lottomatica hopes. However Drobnjak nailed his 10th point of the period for Partizan. Bodiroga and Hawkins amassed six points and the guests climbed back to 61-54. Tripkovic hit another bomb, answered by Chatman´s jumper and free throw to make it 64-57 with two minutes left. Two free throws from Perovic and a triple by Kecman sealed the game with Partizan on top 69-57 with a minute to play. Hawkins and Mavrokefalidis scored again for Lottomatica, but Cummings was perfect from the foul line and the last basket tallied by Chatman only cut the cushion to 73-63 for Partizan.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Aca Ostojic, Belgrade

Referees: ARTEAGA, JUAN CARLOS (ESP), MASTRAFTSIS, CHRISTOS (GRE), LEFWERTH, OSCAR (SWE)

Attendance: 6743

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Partizan	17	14	20	22
Lottomatica Roma	10	20	13	20

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Partizan	17	31	51	73
Lottomatica Roma	10	30	43	63

Head coach: VUJOSEVIC, DUSKO

Partizan
#	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	TEPIC, MILENKO	15:15	1	0/2	0/2	1/2		1	1	1	1	3			2	3	-3
5	BOGDANOVIC, LUKA	15:45	7	2/2	1/4		1	1	2	1		1			1	1	6
7	KECMAN, DUSAN	25:30	10	1/3	2/3	2/2	1	4	5	3	3	1		1	4	3	15
10	BOROVNJAK, DEJAN	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	TRIPKOVIC, UROS	23:15	14		4/7	2/2		3	3	1					5	2	12
12	VELICKOVIC, NOVICA	10:00	2	1/2	0/1		1	1	2	2	1				2		3
13	PEROVIC, KOSTA	20:45	8	2/3		4/4	1	1	2	1	1				2	3	12
14	PEKOVIC, NIKOLA	19:15	5	1/3		3/6	1		1		1	1		1		3	3
15	DJURKOVIC, MARKO	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18	DROBNJAK, PREDRAG	25:30	15	2/2	2/4	5/6		3	3	2		4			1	3	15
20	BOZIC, PETAR	7:45	2	1/1	0/1			1	1								2
25	CUMMINGS, VONTEEGO	37:00	9	2/2	1/5	2/2		5	5	8		1			2	4	19
	Team										1						1
	Totals	200:00	73	12/20	10/27	19/24	5	20	25	19	8	11	0	2	19	22	85
				60%	37%	79.2%

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: REPESA, JASMIN

Lottomatica Roma
#	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	GIACHETTI, JACOPO	13:00	4	2/3	0/1			2	2	1	3				3	1	6
8	TONOLLI, ALESSANDRO	19:00	2	1/1	0/1		1	2	3	1	1		1		3	2	6
9	RIGHETTI, ALEX	22:15	5	2/3	0/2	1/1	1	2	3						3	3	5
10	BODIROGA, DEJAN	33:00	11	2/5	1/3	4/4	2	3	5	1	2	4			4	4	10
11	MAVROKEFALIDES, LOUKAS	29:30	16	6/7		4/5		4	4			1			3	4	18
13	GARRI, LUCA	20:30	6	1/3	1/4	1/2	3	2	5			2			1	1	3
14	CINCIARINI, DANIELE	2:30										1					-1
20	ASKRABIC, OGNJEN	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
32	CHATMAN, MIRE	27:00	7	3/6	0/3	1/2		2	2	3	1	2			2	1	3
34	HAWKINS, DAVID	33:15	12	5/8	0/3	2/3		1	1	2	3		1		3	3	12
	Team										1	1
	Totals	200:00	63	22/36	2/17	13/17	7	18	25	8	11	11	2	0	22	19	62
				61.1%	11.8%	76.5%

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Head Coaches

VUJOSEVIC, DUSKO Partizan "We had two goals before that game. First, to beat Lottomatica, and second to beat them with more than five points' difference to have better position in the case of same score at the end of competition in our group. We did it all. Lottomatica played zone defense, trying to load our young guards with pressure, but we managed to neutralize it with our own defense. Congratulation to all my players and to our supporters. They were part of that big basketball performance."

VUJOSEVIC, DUSKO

Partizan

"We had two goals before that game. First, to beat Lottomatica, and second to beat them with more than five points' difference to have better position in the case of same score at the end of competition in our group. We did it all. Lottomatica played zone defense, trying to load our young guards with pressure, but we managed to neutralize it with our own defense. Congratulation to all my players and to our supporters. They were part of that big basketball performance."

REPESA, JASMIN Lottomatica Roma "We have too many problems with injuries. Considering that, I am satisfied with our play tonigh. The keys for Partizan's win were two shots from Uros Tripkovic in the third quarter. Congratulations to Partizan. We can play better."

REPESA, JASMIN

Lottomatica Roma

"We have too many problems with injuries. Considering that, I am satisfied with our play tonigh. The keys for Partizan's win were two shots from Uros Tripkovic in the third quarter. Congratulations to Partizan. We can play better."

Players

DROBNJAK, PREDRAG Partizan "It was a very, very important win for us. I think we have a more quality team than Lottomatica. They tried to surprise us with a type of gambling defense. We were confused only in the second period. The most important thing is that we won at the end. We need one more road win to be secure for the Top 16."

DROBNJAK, PREDRAG

Partizan

"It was a very, very important win for us. I think we have a more quality team than Lottomatica. They tried to surprise us with a type of gambling defense. We were confused only in the second period. The most important thing is that we won at the end. We need one more road win to be secure for the Top 16."

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