May 25, 2013
Last 16 Game 2 - January 16, 2013 CET: 16:30 Local time: 19:30 - BASKET-HALL
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar 96 - 87 Stelmet Zielona Gora

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final 0-0
0-0 Semi-Final 0-0
0-0 Quarter Final 0-0
1-0 Last 16 1-0
4-2 Regular Season 3-3
5-2 Overall 4-3

Referees

Crew Chief
HERCEG, SINISA, Croatia
Referee
KALPAKAS, APOSTOLOS, Sweden
Umpire
REITER, MORITZ, Germany

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
79.3 Points 79.0
32.1 Rebounds 31.1
7.6 O. Rebounds 10.6
24.6 D. Rebounds 20.6
15.1 Assists 15.6
4.7 Steals 8.4
1.1 Blocks 2.3
11.9 Turnovers 13.3
56.2 % 2PT 55.0 %
42.6 % 3PT 35.4 %
67.0 % FT 75.8 %
86.0 Index 85.7

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
15.6 / Baron Points 22.7 / Hodge
8.4 / Maric Rebounds 8.1 / Stevic
2.1 / Maric OR 3.4 / Stevic
6.3 / Maric DR 4.7 / Stevic
6.6 / Calathes Assists 5.0 / Hodge
1.1 / Calathes Steals 1.9 / Hosley
0.4 / Savrasenko Blocks 1.5 / Lapeta
2.6 / Maric Turnovers 3.6 / Hosley
77.8 % / Jasaitis 2PT 72.2 % / Jones
75.0 % / Brown 3PT 53.3 % / Hodge
100.0 % / Baron FT 100.0 % / Sroka
19.0 / Calathes Index 23.0 / Hodge
Team Roster - Stelmet Zielona Gora

THE TAKE

Group K’s opening week saw Lokomotiv Kuban start in style with an impressive road win in St. Petersburg over Spartak, while Stelmet Zielona Gora was the other Week 1 winner. Now the two face one another in a tough Eurocup clash. Lokomotiv has used a team oriented game to great success this season and last week claimed 23 assists -most than any other team in the competition. Its talent in the paint is also notable, featuring former All-Euroleague First Teamer Aleks Maric and Eurocup Week 6 MVP Derrick Brown. Stelmet’s pairing of Oliver Stevic and Dejan Borovnjak are rebounders to watch inside, with the latter having a solid game in his debut with the Polish side last week. Big match ups are expected in the frontcourt, where Regular Season scoring leader Walter Hodge (22.7 points per game) will try to push Stelmet’s tempo and get the better of former Euroleague champion Nick Calathes, while Quinton Hosley and Kamil Chanas will engage in a shootout with Lokomotiv’s Simas Jasaitis and Jimmy Baron from outside.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

PASHUTIN, EVGENY
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
"We are waiting for the next game in the Eurocup. Zielona Gora has proven itself as a dangerous team, managing to beat Unics and Cajasol. We need to approach this game with the responsibility to prepare for this match, as the main one. It is necessary to neutralize the opponent, showing the game that we have demonstrated in the last two games, including aggressive defense and give everything for the maximum."

Players

BYKOV, SERGEY
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
"It’s a very decent opponent, which was shown that it can outperform the major teams. Nowdays Lokomotiv picked up steam after two confident victories. We must keep up the pace to raise the morale of the team. We need to play from the defense especially at home, where we can do it very good. It’s no doubt, the victory over Zielona Gora would give us confidence in the next Eurocup matches."
Mantas Kalnietis - Lokomotiv Kuban - EC12 (photo lokobasket.com)Lokomotiv Kuban defeated Stelmet Zielona Gora 96-87 in Group K to improve to 2-0 and take over as the group’s exclusive leader. Zielona Gora dropped to 1-1 with the loss. Lokomotiv used a 17-2 run that bridged halftime to take a 62-51 lead and Mantas Kalnietis extended it to 71-58 before Quinton Hosley led the visitors within 91-85 late in the game, but Lokomotiv never flinched. Simas Jasaitis led the winners with 21 points and 6 rebounds, Nick Calathes amassed 21 with 12 assists, Mantas Kanietis produced 20 points and 9 assists and Derrick Brown netted 12. Hosley posted 22 for Zielona Gora, Oliver Stevic added 15, while Walter Hodge and Dejan Borovniak chipped in 13 apiece.

Stevic opened the scoring with a huge dunk for the visitors before Aleks Maric and Calathes gave the first advantage to Lokomotiv, 4-2. Kamil Chanas answered from downtown, but a Maric slam assisted by Kalnietis made it 8-5. Hodge scored his first basket of the night to make it 8-9, then a quick 6-0 run for the home team with 5 points from Kalnietis increased the cushion to 16-11. Mantas Cesnauskis tied things at 16-16 from the foul line, before a triple by Hodge put Zielona Gora in front again, 18-19. Jasaitis with a layup and Sergey Bykov form long distance finished the first quarter at 23-19. A three by Hodge gave another lead, 23-24 to Zielona Gora, which Hosley and Stevic extended to 28-33. Brown’s slam tie the game before another Hosley dunk made it 33-36. The lead changed six time and the score was tied twice more before Hosley and Cesnauskis with a three-pointer and a layup and Jasaitis from mid range, fixed the score at 47-49 for the guests at halftime.

Four consecutive points by Calathes gave again a 53-49 advantage to Lokomotiv, and after a layup by Dejan Borovniak, 9 unanswered points for the Russian side gave them the first comfortable margin of the game, 62-51. Stevic and Rob Jones tried to keep their side close, 64-57, but a three by Kalnietis gave a double digit cushion, 71-58, to Lokomotiv. Stevic connected with Marcin Sroka to finish 71-60 after 30 minutes. Cesnauskis, Jones and Borovnjak fueled Zielona Gora to 76-68. Alexey Savrasenko scored form the free throw line, but Hosley from long distance drained a basket for 78-71 at the midway point of the quarter. A Kalnietis triple and Brown jumper raised again the difference to 89-76. Stevic and a dunk by Hosley put the visitors closer, 91-85, with 1.22 left. However Calathes hit a layup to finish a break and Jasaitis was perfect from the foul line scoring on 3 attempts to seal the 96-87 win.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: HERCEG, SINISA (CRO), KALPAKAS, APOSTOLOS (SWE), REITER, MORITZ (GER)
Attendance: 0 (Tentative)
By Quarter1234
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar23242425
Stelmet Zielona Gora19301127
End of Quarter1234
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar23477196
Stelmet Zielona Gora19496087
Head coach: PASHUTIN, EVGENY
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
# 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 GRIGORYEV, MAXIM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 BROWN, DERRICK 36:26 12 5/9   2/4 2 3 5 2 3 5 3   2 3 15
8 SAVRASENKO, ALEKSEY 17:01 2 0/1   2/2 1 2 3     1     2 1 2
9 KALNIETIS, MANTAS 37:10 20 4/6 4/4 0/2   3 3 6 1 3     1 4 26
10 BYKOV, SERGEY 5:29 5 1/1 1/1             1     1 3 6
11 LIKHODEY, VALERY 2:45                              
12 ZUBKOV, ANDREY 10:34 7 2/3   3/4 1 1 2             4 11
13 JASAITIS, SIMAS 37:15 21 6/8 2/5 3/3   3 3 2 4 2     3 4 24
14 KOLYUSHKIN, MAXIM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22 MARIC, ALEKS 15:46 9 3/5   3/6   3 3 2   2     5 4 6
33 CALATHES, NICK 37:34 20 9/12 0/1 2/4   6 6 11 1 3     4 2 27
45 SHELEKETO, MAXIM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           2 2 4     1         3
Totals 200:00 96 30/45 7/11 15/25 6 23 29 23 9 18 3 0 18 25 120
66.7% 63.6% 60%
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: UVALIN, MIHAILO
Stelmet Zielona Gora
# 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
6 JONES, ROB 16:17 8 3/4 0/1 2/2 2 1 3 1 1       3 1 9
7 STEVIC, OLIVER 33:59 14 5/9 0/1 4/5 2 4 6 2 1 1   2 4 5 15
12 LOPICIC, MILOS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 CHANAS, KAMIL 12:56 3   1/2           1       2   1
14 HOSLEY, QUINTON 26:26 22 7/11 2/3 2/2 1 2 3 1 1 5     4 1 14
15 HODGE, WALTER 32:00 14 3/10 2/4 2/2 2   2 4   3   1 2 3 8
22 CESNAUKIS, MANTAS 16:23 6 2/3 0/2 2/4   1 1 1   1     2 3 3
30 SEWERYN, LUKASZ 17:38 5 1/2 1/2         1         1   3
31 SROKA, MARCIN 16:03 2 1/1 0/1   2 2 4           4 1 2
41 BOROVNJAK, DEJAN 28:18 13 3/7   7/8   5 5 3   2     3 4 15
Team                                
Totals 200:00 87 25/47 6/16 19/23 9 15 24 13 4 12 0 3 25 18 70
53.2% 37.5% 82.6%
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Head Coaches

PASHUTIN, EVGENY
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
"As we expected, this team is with strong character. They beat Cajasol and Unics. They have good team chemistry and they know how to play well. There have fast guards. That's why they scored easy baskets. As a result our plan didn't work the first half. We managed to adapt to their basketball. We had mutual understanding in offense. I am satisfied with our defense; we improved game by game. But we have work to do elsewhere. "
UVALIN, MIHAILO
Stelmet Zielona Gora
"First of of all I would like to congratulate the home team. I think the part of the game where we played our game plan was very competitive. Lokomotiv increased its defense pressure in the third quarter. They played physically stronger and we couldn't resist their defense. We were not able adapt to the situation. "

Players

KALNIETIS, MANTAS
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
"It was a hard game and we are happy to have won. We had a good start and up to the second quarter nothing looked that dangerous. Unfortunately Zielona Gora isn't an easy team to play with. They played better in the second quarter and we couldnt even manage to get rebounds with centers like Alex and Alexey! I am happy that we managed to add more agression in the second half and get an advantage of 11 points - only this lead allowed us to win."
HODGE, WALTER
Stelmet Zielona Gora
"It was a big game for us. We are trying to become one of the best teams in Europe. But tonight we met with one of the strongest teams in the Eurocup. We failed in the third quarter because we didn't manage to do many things. Our opponent began to play faster and with better defense. And I missed many shots."
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