AKASVAYU GIRONA VS. UNICS KAZAN
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GAME
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DATE
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TIME
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MORE INFO
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Akasvayu Girona vs. Unics Kazan
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Fri., April 11
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21:00 CET
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Few players meet the description "floor general" quite like Arriel McDonald, the veteran point guard from Akasvayu Girona. McDonald, 36, brings a rich resume with him to Turin, including four Final Four appearances and two continental trophies, the 2001 SuproLeague with Maccabi and the 2007 FIBA EuroCup with Akasvayu. On both occasions, the savvy playmaker was named title-game MVP. MORE |
Sergey Chilkalkin is one of the best three-point shooters in ULEB Cup history and an important piece of the Unics Kazan attack. Chilkalkin, 32, is in his third straight season and fourth overall with Unics and he's hoping that this will be the magic one that leads to ULEB Cup glory. The veteran shooting guard has an impressive history that has seen him play in many important arenas. MORE |
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STATS SUMMARY
Averages for 14 games/Rankings among 54 teams
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Rank=
Ave=
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8th
83.2
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73.6
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4th
58%
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12th
39%
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8th
77%
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22th
31
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31th
8
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23th
14
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Pts+
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Pts-
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2PT%
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3PT%
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FT
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Reb
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St
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TO
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Ave=
Rank=
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81.1
13th
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73.7
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56%
11th
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32%
45th
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68%
48th
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36
2nd
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11
10th
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13
9th
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- Darryl Middleton is the most veteran player in the Final Eight? Middleton was born in Queens, New York, on July 21, 1966, so he will turn 42 this year.
- Middleton can join a select group of players that have lifted both the Euroleague and the ULEB Cup trophies? That group currently includs Antonis Fotsis, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Robertas Javtokas and Dejan Tomasevic.
- Arriel McDonald has the chance to become the first player to win the SuproLeague and the ULEB Cup titles. McDonald won the only edition of the SuproLeague in 2001 with Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv.
- McDonald, Middleton, Fernando San Emeterio, Marc Gasol and Victor Sada helped Akasvayu win the FIBA EuroCup last season?
- Former Akasvayu coach Svetislav Pesic is also in the Final Eight, now coaching Dynamo Moscow?
- Head coach Pedro Martinez coached another Final Eight team, Joventut, to the 1990 Korac Cup title?
- Gasol has the chance to join an elite group of players that has won the World Championship and the ULEB Cup? Dejan Tomasevic (Yugoslavia 2002, Pamesa Valencia 2003), Felipe Reyes and Alex Mumbru (Spain 2006, Real Madrid 2007) have accomplished the feat in the past.
- Maurice Whitfeld played in the United States, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Russia and Greece before joining Akasvayu?
- It was been quite an eventful season for Tomas Nagys? He started the pre-season with Legea Scafati in Italy, joined Olimpias Patron in Greece in October and moved to Barons/LMT in Latvia in January before joining Akasvayu before the start of the elimination rounds?
- Along with PGE Turow and Galatasaray Cafe Crown, Akasvayu is one of the three ULEB Cup newcomers to reach the Final Eight this season?
- Gasol ranks fifth in blocks (1.43 bpg.) in the ULEB Cup this season?
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- Nikolai Padius helped the Russian national team to win EuroBasket 2007 in Spain last summer? He has the chance to join other reigning EuroBasket champions that have won the ULEB Cup title such as Tomasevic (Yugoslavia 2001, Pamesa 2003), Fotsis and Papadopoulos (Greece 2005, Dynamo 2006).
- Center Virgil Stanescu is the only Romanian player in the ULEB Cup Final Eight this season?
- At age 22, Nikita Kourbanov has the chance to become the fifth player to win both the Euroleague and the ULEB Cup titles? Kourbanov won the Euroleague with CSKA in 2006. The only four players that have won both titles are Antonis Fotsis, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Robertas Javtokas and Dejan Tomasevic.
- Jerry McCullough set the ULEB Cup's all-time single-game steals record? McCullough collected 11 steals to help Metis Varese beat Red Star 93-84 on December 2, 2003. Dror Hagag equalled the mark when he collected 11 steals playing for Hapoel Migdal in 2006. McCullough ranks third in the all-time steals list with 93 in 33 games.
- Tariq Kirksay has been the ULEB Cup's leading rebounder in each of the last two seasons? Kirksay averaged 9.58 rebounds in 2006-07 with Sluc Nancy and is posting an average of 9.14 with Unics this season.
- Kirksay ranks second in ULEB Cup career rebounding average (9.35 rpg.) behind only Zelly Wesson (9.59 rpg.). Kirksay, however, is first in defensive boards per game (7.38 rpg.).
- Padius is the only Unics player that has ever played in a ULEB Cup Final? He helped Aris BSA to reach the 2006 ULEB Cup Final but lost against Dynamo.
- Kourbanov helped CSKA to win the 2004 Euroleague International Junior Tournament? He had 17 points and 11 rebounds in the title game against Montepaschi Siena.
- Unics has players from six different nationalities: Serbia, France, the United States, Russia, Lithuania and Romania?
- Head coach Aco Petrovic also took a different team, FMP Zeleznik, to the ULEB Cup quarterfinals?
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008
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