Regular Season Game 3 - October 24, 2001 CET: 18:00 Local time: 18:00 - BASKETBALL CENTER DRAZEN PETROVIC

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final Four 0-0
0-0 Top 16 0-0
0-0 Regular Season 0-0
1-1 Overall 0-2

Referees

Crew Chief
TSANIDIS, STAVROS, Greece
Referee
SHULGA, BORIS, Ukraine
Umpire
CHIARI, ROBERTO, Italy

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
85.5 Points 78.0
34.5 Rebounds 25.5
10.0 O. Rebounds 9.0
24.5 D. Rebounds 16.5
11.5 Assists 9.5
6.5 Steals 6.5
3.0 Blocks 0.0
16.5 Turnovers 11.5
52.4 % 2PT 53.8 %
31.3 % 3PT 34.8 %
67.9 % FT 69.6 %
86.0 Index 70.5

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
19.0 / FREEMAN, REGGIE Points 17.0 / BIGGS, RALPH
8.5 / BOWMAN, CALVIN Rebounds 5.5 / PRASKEVICIUS, V.
2.0 / FREEMAN, REGGIE OR 2.5 / PRASKEVICIUS, V.
7.0 / BOWMAN, CALVIN DR 4.0 / VAN PAASSEN, PETER
3.0 / PRKACIN, NIKOLA Assists 4.0 / BIGGS, RALPH
1.5 / Planinic Steals 2.0 / Beghin
1.5 / PRKACIN, NIKOLA Blocks 0.0 / MAJOR, GERRIT
3.5 / PRKACIN, NIKOLA Turnovers 2.5 / GIEDRAITIS, A.
72.7 % / FREEMAN, REGGIE 2PT 68.8 % / PRASKEVICIUS, V.
57.1 % / MANCE, MARIJAN 3PT 50.0 % / CIZMIC, TEO
100.0 % / OKUNSKYY, ALEKSANDAR FT 100.0 % / VAN PAASSEN, PETER
21.0 / FREEMAN, REGGIE Index 21.5 / BIGGS, RALPH

Quotes Head Coaches

Players

Cibona Zagreb has shaken off an early challenge from Telindus Oostende of Belgium and registered its second victory in Group C, 85-76. Cibona is now 2-1 in the group while Oostende drops to 0-3. Reggie Freeman was the big gun for Cibona tonight, scoring 25 points and keying a 15-0 third-quarter run that broke the game open. It took Cibona VIP that long to figure out Oostende and another 5 minutes into the fourth to seal the deal. Zoran Planinic added 18 ponts for the winners, Niksa Prkacin 13, Calvin Bowman 12 and Aleksandar Olunskyy 10. Bowman led an incredible 48-26 rebounding advantage for Cibona with 14. Ralph Biggs had a big game for the visitors, 25 points, 8 rebounds, 5 steals, but it was never going to be enough against such a huge rebounding disadvantage.

The home team was never in the danger of losingthe game, but neither did Cibona look like the team thatrolled so many giants just a few weeks ago. Except for in the opening five minutes of the third quarter, of course. That's when Cibona did away with any ambition that Telindus Oostende came with to Zagreb. The decisive 15-0 break allowed the home team to lead by 19 points, 59-40. Freeman had 13 of those 15 points, including a trio of three-pointers.

It says something that Oostende was then able to race back with a 10-25 run of its own to within 69-65, with consecutive baskets by Adnrius Geidraitis and Ralph Biggs. But that would be the visitors' high point in the final quarter. By then the damage was done, and Cibona held firm in the last four minutes. A rebounding advantage of 48-26, with an incredible difference of 21-3 on offense, said it all. Few teams could withstand that difference home or away, and the result was Oostende's third loss.
Wednesday, October 24, 2001
Euroleague.net
Referees: TSANIDIS, STAVROS (GRE), SHULGA, BORIS (UKR), CHIARI, ROBERTO (ITA)
Attendance: 2500
By Quarter1234
Cibona VIP17232421
Telindus Oostende17191228
End of Quarter1234
Cibona VIP17406485
Telindus Oostende17364876
Head coach: SPAHIJA, NEVEN
Cibona VIP
# 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 LONGIN, BRANIMIR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 KUS, DAVOR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6 SESAR, JOSIP 13:14   0/2 0/4     1 1 1   1     1 1 -5
7 KRASIC, BARISA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8 PRKACIN, NIKOLA 17:12 13 4/8   5/7 3 3 6 3 1 1     2 5 19
9 BOWMAN, CALVIN 30:05 12 5/13   2/5 6 8 14 1   3 3   5 4 15
10 PLANINIC, ZORAN 32:57 18 5/8 0/2 8/11 2 2 4 5 1 4     3 7 20
12 MANCE, MARIJAN 5:39 2 1/1               2       1 1
13 MAMIC, MATEJ 36:38 5 1/3 1/5 0/2 3 2 5 4 2 2     4 2 4
14 FREEMAN, REGGIE 31:32 25 4/7 4/10 5/7 5 4 9 3 2 2     3 3 26
15 DZIDIC, BORIS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 OKUNSKYY, ALEKSANDAR 32:43 10 4/7   2/2 2 7 9 3   1   1 3 2 16
Team                                
Totals 200:00 85 24/49 5/21 22/34 21 27 48 20 6 16 3 1 21 25 96
49% 23.8% 64.7%
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: MCCARTHY, AARON
Telindus Oostende
# 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 MAJOR, GERRIT 17:23 2 1/2           1 1 1   1 4 1 -2
5 VAN PAASSEN, PETER 28:39 8 2/5   4/6   6 6 1   1   1 5 5 8
6 BEGHIN, CHRISTOPHE 26:32 4 1/1 0/1 2/2 1   1   2 2     4 3 3
7 CIZMIC, TEO 20:29 9 2/4 1/3 2/2   2 2   2         1 10
8 GIEDRAITIS, ANDRIUS 27:56 17 3/7 3/4 2/2   4 4 5   3     2 4 20
9 BIGGS, RALPH 39:47 25 8/12 2/6 3/4 1 7 8 2 5 1 1   2 5 34
10 ROTSAERT, SAM 1:38 2 1/1           1         1   2
11 MENAMA, BOB DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 WILMS, YANNICK DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 RAHIER, JULIEN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 ELLIOT, ERIC 14:25 2 1/4           2         2   -1
15 PRASKEVICIUS, VIRGINIJUS 23:11 7 3/7 0/3 1/3   3 3   2 4   1 5 2 -5
Team                                
Totals 200:00 76 22/43 6/17 14/19 2 22 24 12 12 12 1 3 25 21 69
51.2% 35.3% 73.7%
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Head Coaches

SPAHIJA, NEVEN
Cibona VIP
"You just cannot do this in Euroleague: We missed 8 free throws in the first half, and 11 layups. That was the game, right there. Very good 5 minutes in the third quarter, frustration in the fourth, we made numerous mistakes on their zone defense. Frankly, I'm a bit worried the way we play right now"
MCCARTHY, AARON
Telindus Oostende
"It would be easier to say we lost the match, but that was not the case. Cibona won the game. The difference was the rebounding, we knew, coming into the game that would be our bigest problem, but when you give anyone 21 second chances, you are going to pay the price. I liked the way we came back, but it took a lot of energy, and it was difficult to stay until the end, even though we were in postition to win the game. Cibona has the potential to win the group, with good, very good inside players, and some outstanding perimeter players."

Players

FREEMAN, REGGIE
Cibona VIP
"We did not finish the way we should. Their zone hurt us, but at the end of the day, the only thing that counts is a win. We got the win."
BIGGS, RALPH
Telindus Oostende
"It took a lot of energy to come back, we just did not have enough at the end. Cibona is a great team, inside and outside."
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