Ratiopharm Ulm vs. KK Cibona Zagreb - ShowGame

May 23, 2013

Regular Season Game 2 - November 14, 2012 CET: 20:00 Local time: 20:00 - RATIOPHARM ARENA

Ratiopharm Ulm 83 - 68 KK Cibona Zagreb

REGULAR SEASON, GAME 2

GROUP A

GROUP B

GROUP C

GROUP D

GROUP E

GROUP F

GROUP G

GROUP H

Records

Ave.		Ave.
0-0	Final	0-0
0-0	Semi-Final	0-0
0-0	Quarter Final	0-0
0-0	Last 16	0-0
1-0	Regular Season	0-1
1-0	Overall	0-1

Referees

Crew Chief

ZIEMBLICKI, GRZEGORZ, Poland

Referee

MAESTRE, NICOLA, France

Umpire

PAPAPETROU, PETROS, Greece

Team Stats

Ave.		Ave.
93.0	Points	56.0
47.0	Rebounds	23.0
12.0	O. Rebounds	8.0
35.0	D. Rebounds	15.0
21.0	Assists	9.0
6.0	Steals	6.0
2.0	Blocks	0.0
10.0	Turnovers	12.0
60.8 %	2PT	40.7 %
38.9 %	3PT	22.7 %
71.4 %	FT	73.1 %
123.0	Index	42.0

Team Stats - Ratiopharm Ulm

Team Stats - KK Cibona Zagreb

Player Stats

Ave.		Ave.
25.0 / Ray	Points	13.0 / Strawberry
12.0 / Bryant	Rebounds	7.0 / Zizic
2.0 / Bryant	OR	3.0 / Zizic
10.0 / Bryant	DR	5.0 / Marcinkovic
5.0 / Guenther	Assists	3.0 / Kovacevic
2.0 / Betz	Steals	2.0 / Marcinkovic
1.0 / Bryant	Blocks	0.0 / Marcinkovic
3.0 / Bryant	Turnovers	2.0 / Strawberry
100.0 % / Betz	2PT	100.0 % / Rozic
100.0 % / Bryant	3PT	50.0 % / Strawberry
100.0 % / Watts	FT	100.0 % / Kus
33.0 / Ray	Index	12.0 / Marcinkovic

Team Roster - Ratiopharm Ulm

Team Roster - KK Cibona Zagreb

THE TAKE

Ratiopharm Ulm have the opportunity to make good on its big road win to open the season and stay atop the group standings. They do so at home against a Cibona Zagreb team that is in the opposite situation, after losing on its home court. The German side was the second most prolific in the opening round, scoring 93 points and using its speed and open-court skills to take the win. Allan Ray was unstoppable with his fastbreaks on that occasion, and Zagreb’s DJ Strawberry will be the man who will have to face him in a matchup of scoring aces. Cibona had the lowest score of any team last week and will have to contain the offensive ability of Ulm while improving shooting percentages. Monday, November 12, 2012 Eurocupbasketball.com

Ratiopharm Ulm have the opportunity to make good on its big road win to open the season and stay atop the group standings. They do so at home against a Cibona Zagreb team that is in the opposite situation, after losing on its home court. The German side was the second most prolific in the opening round, scoring 93 points and using its speed and open-court skills to take the win. Allan Ray was unstoppable with his fastbreaks on that occasion, and Zagreb’s DJ Strawberry will be the man who will have to face him in a matchup of scoring aces. Cibona had the lowest score of any team last week and will have to contain the offensive ability of Ulm while improving shooting percentages.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

LEIBENATH, THORSTEN Ratiopharm Ulm "We are very proud to welcome such a high caliber team like Cibona Zagreb in Ulm. I expect a hard-nosed opponent with excellent passers and deadly shooters from outside. We have to make sure that we take away these qualities as good as possible. Our game is at its best, when we push the tempo – that is what we want to do against Zagreb as well. Since Cibona has such a deep roster, it is hard for us to prepare for special math ups. But shooting guard Darryl Strawberry, big man Andrija Zizic and veteran Davor Kus are obviously one of their strengths. We respect the great tradition of Cibona Zagreb and looking forward to host a Eurocup home game after 13 years of absence."

LEIBENATH, THORSTEN

Ratiopharm Ulm

"We are very proud to welcome such a high caliber team like Cibona Zagreb in Ulm. I expect a hard-nosed opponent with excellent passers and deadly shooters from outside. We have to make sure that we take away these qualities as good as possible. Our game is at its best, when we push the tempo – that is what we want to do against Zagreb as well. Since Cibona has such a deep roster, it is hard for us to prepare for special math ups. But shooting guard Darryl Strawberry, big man Andrija Zizic and veteran Davor Kus are obviously one of their strengths. We respect the great tradition of Cibona Zagreb and looking forward to host a Eurocup home game after 13 years of absence."

MRSIC, VELJKO KK Cibona Zagreb "Ahead of us is a challenging game, a hard guest match, mainly because we are going on a long trip, ten hours by bus. It will be interesting and intriguing to see how the team will react in a hot atmosphere. In fact we will play first time this season in such an atmosphere. For sure it will be a very difficult game for us."

MRSIC, VELJKO

KK Cibona Zagreb

"Ahead of us is a challenging game, a hard guest match, mainly because we are going on a long trip, ten hours by bus. It will be interesting and intriguing to see how the team will react in a hot atmosphere. In fact we will play first time this season in such an atmosphere. For sure it will be a very difficult game for us."

Players

NANKIVIL, KEATON Ratiopharm Ulm "To play in a Eurocup home game is a big thing for us – and obviously for our fans. After losing on the weekend against Bonn it is good to play within the week to get back on track as fast as possible. To play two games a week should not be any excuse – at least not at the beginning of the Eurocup regular season. We know that not a lot of people expected ratiopharm ulm to win its international games. We want to prove these people wrong. The win in Cholet was big and we want to continue where we started."

NANKIVIL, KEATON

Ratiopharm Ulm

"To play in a Eurocup home game is a big thing for us – and obviously for our fans. After losing on the weekend against Bonn it is good to play within the week to get back on track as fast as possible. To play two games a week should not be any excuse – at least not at the beginning of the Eurocup regular season. We know that not a lot of people expected ratiopharm ulm to win its international games. We want to prove these people wrong. The win in Cholet was big and we want to continue where we started."

KUS, DAVOR KK Cibona Zagreb "We are facing a difficult match against Ulm, moreover the fact that we lost the first game at home. This is a short contest with only four teams in the group and every glitch at home we must try to correct in a visit. Ulm is a team that, like most of the German teams, plays very strong basketball on hot ground, meaning hard work awaits us."

KUS, DAVOR

KK Cibona Zagreb

"We are facing a difficult match against Ulm, moreover the fact that we lost the first game at home. This is a short contest with only four teams in the group and every glitch at home we must try to correct in a visit. Ulm is a team that, like most of the German teams, plays very strong basketball on hot ground, meaning hard work awaits us."

Despite missing its starting center and point guard, Ratiopharm Ulm knocked off KK Cibona Zagreb 83-68 at home to improve to 2-0 in Group G of the Eurocup. Center John Bryant and playmaker Per Guenther both missed the game with ankle injuries, but the rest of the team picked up the slack. Philipp Schwethelm scored a game-high 22 points while Dane Watts had 17 points, Keaton Nankivil and Daniel Theis 13 each and Lance Jeter 10 points. Zagreb dropped to 0-2 in the group, wasting an 18-point showing by D.J. Strawberry, while Davor Kus tallied 14 points and Andrija Zizic added 13. Zizic and Masic combined for 12 points in giving the guests a 7-12 lead early. But Watts scored six of his 12 first quarter points in a 10-0 run and Schwethelm added seven of Ulm’s final eight points in the period as the hosts opened a 28-19 lead after one quarter. A triple by Sebastian Betz and a three-point play by Watts pushed the advantage to 38-25. And then Theis and Schwethelm combined for 10 points in a 10-2 surge to increase the margin to 50-31. Strawberry’s three-pointer made it 50-34 at the break. The cushion bulged to 20 points, 54-34, early in the second half but two three-pointers from Strawberry and one from Masic cut that margin to 11 points – 54-43 – in a three-minute Ulm scoring drought. Schwethelm snapped the run with a triple but Strawberry’s long ball brought Zagreb to within 60-52. But then it was Jeter’s turn to take over with three straight baskets to close the quarter for a 66-52 Ulm lead. Pavle Marcinkovic and Kus nailed threes in the fourth to cut the deficit to 70-63 with five minutes to play. Nankivil and Kus swapped three before Nankivil started the knock-out punch, a 10-2 run to finish the game. Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Eurocupbasketball.com

Despite missing its starting center and point guard, Ratiopharm Ulm knocked off KK Cibona Zagreb 83-68 at home to improve to 2-0 in Group G of the Eurocup. Center John Bryant and playmaker Per Guenther both missed the game with ankle injuries, but the rest of the team picked up the slack. Philipp Schwethelm scored a game-high 22 points while Dane Watts had 17 points, Keaton Nankivil and Daniel Theis 13 each and Lance Jeter 10 points. Zagreb dropped to 0-2 in the group, wasting an 18-point showing by D.J. Strawberry, while Davor Kus tallied 14 points and Andrija Zizic added 13.

Zizic and Masic combined for 12 points in giving the guests a 7-12 lead early. But Watts scored six of his 12 first quarter points in a 10-0 run and Schwethelm added seven of Ulm’s final eight points in the period as the hosts opened a 28-19 lead after one quarter. A triple by Sebastian Betz and a three-point play by Watts pushed the advantage to 38-25. And then Theis and Schwethelm combined for 10 points in a 10-2 surge to increase the margin to 50-31. Strawberry’s three-pointer made it 50-34 at the break.

The cushion bulged to 20 points, 54-34, early in the second half but two three-pointers from Strawberry and one from Masic cut that margin to 11 points – 54-43 – in a three-minute Ulm scoring drought. Schwethelm snapped the run with a triple but Strawberry’s long ball brought Zagreb to within 60-52. But then it was Jeter’s turn to take over with three straight baskets to close the quarter for a 66-52 Ulm lead. Pavle Marcinkovic and Kus nailed threes in the fourth to cut the deficit to 70-63 with five minutes to play. Nankivil and Kus swapped three before Nankivil started the knock-out punch, a 10-2 run to finish the game.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Eurocupbasketball.com

Referees: ZIEMBLICKI, GRZEGORZ (POL), MAESTRE, NICOLA (FRA), PAPAPETROU, PETROS (GRE)

Attendance: 5600 (Tentative)

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Ratiopharm Ulm	28	22	16	17
KK Cibona Zagreb	19	15	18	16

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Ratiopharm Ulm	28	50	66	83
KK Cibona Zagreb	19	34	52	68

Head coach: LEIBENATH, THORSTEN

Ratiopharm Ulm
#	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
6	GUENTHER, PER	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	BETZ, SEBASTIAN	16:01	3	0/1	1/2			2	2		1				2	2	4
8	GAUSA, KAY	2:22
9	JOENKE, TILL	12:19					1		1	2		1			3		-1
10	THEIS, DANIEL	27:09	13	6/7	0/1	1/2	4	3	7	2		2			1	2	18
20	HEBERLEIN, MARCEL	0:34
25	ESTERKAMP, STEVEN	28:07	5	1/3	1/6		1	3	4	2		1		2	3	3	1
32	WATTS, DANE	30:40	17	8/19	0/2	1/1	4	3	7		2	2	1	3	2	5	12
33	SCHWETHELM, PHILIPP	32:56	22	4/4	3/5	5/9	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	6	25
34	JETER, LANCE	27:41	10	5/7	0/4			3	3	2	1	3	1		3	1	6
52	NANKIVIL, KEATON	22:11	13	5/8	1/3		3	3	6	1			3		2	2	18
54	BRYANT, JOHN	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Team						1	2	3			1					2
	Totals	200:00	83	29/49	6/23	7/12	15	21	36	11	5	11	6	6	18	21	85
				59.2%	26.1%	58.3%

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: MRSIC, VELJKO

KK Cibona Zagreb
#	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	KUS, DAVOR	25:18	14	3/5	2/3	2/2	1	1	2	2		3		2	3	4	11
8	MASIC, ANTE	25:06	8	1/4	2/2		2	1	3	2		3			3		4
9	CARTER, DEMOND	28:19	3	1/3	0/3	1/2		1	1	3	1			1	1	2	2
12	MARCINKOVIC, PAVLE	19:18	6		2/5						1	2	2		1		3
15	WARE, DUSTIN	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	ROZIC, MARIN	22:24	2	1/5	0/1		1	2	3		1	1	2	1	3	2
21	JAGODIK, MARKO	13:56	2	1/1	0/1			3	3		1	2			2		1
24	STRAWBERRY, DARRYL	32:48	18	1/3	4/5	4/5	1	6	7	1		3	1	1	2	4	21
31	ZIZIC, ANDRIJA	22:14	13	4/10	0/1	5/5	2		2	1		4		1	5	4	3
41	HAMILTON, JUSTIN	10:37	2	1/4			2	1	3				1		1	2	4
55	KOVACEVIC, HRVOJE	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Team						3	5	8			1					7
	Totals	200:00	68	13/35	10/21	12/14	12	20	32	9	4	19	6	6	21	18	56
				37.1%	47.6%	85.7%

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Head Coaches

LEIBENATH, THORSTEN Ratiopharm Ulm "I'm very proud and happy that we won and about the way we did that. It was not easy for us because we had to leave out John Bryant, Per Gunther and Allan Ray due to injuries. The team believed in itself for the entire 40 minutes. I’m not only happy about the result, but also about the fact that we achieved this with our minimized team. Our defensive performance was just outstanding."

LEIBENATH, THORSTEN

Ratiopharm Ulm

"I'm very proud and happy that we won and about the way we did that. It was not easy for us because we had to leave out John Bryant, Per Gunther and Allan Ray due to injuries. The team believed in itself for the entire 40 minutes. I’m not only happy about the result, but also about the fact that we achieved this with our minimized team. Our defensive performance was just outstanding."

MRSIC, VELJKO KK Cibona Zagreb "Congratulations to the home team. They deserved this win because they played much better than we did. We wanted to stop their fast game at the beginning, but during the first two quarters we did not succeed. We allowed them a lot of open shots and this was the main problem. Even though we had a good percentage of three-point shots, we could not win the game. In the second half we put much more aggressiveness into the game. In those moments when we had the chance to get completely back into the game, we made mistakes in our offense and had turnovers."

MRSIC, VELJKO

KK Cibona Zagreb

"Congratulations to the home team. They deserved this win because they played much better than we did. We wanted to stop their fast game at the beginning, but during the first two quarters we did not succeed. We allowed them a lot of open shots and this was the main problem. Even though we had a good percentage of three-point shots, we could not win the game. In the second half we put much more aggressiveness into the game. In those moments when we had the chance to get completely back into the game, we made mistakes in our offense and had turnovers."

Players

SCHWETHELM, PHILIPP Ratiopharm Ulm "It was a special game for us because three of our most important scorers were injured and Cibona Zagreb is an absolute top team in Europe. Everybody in the team was extremely motivated and we wanted to put some extra effort on the court. It is an incredible feeling to have won this game tonight. "

SCHWETHELM, PHILIPP

Ratiopharm Ulm

"It was a special game for us because three of our most important scorers were injured and Cibona Zagreb is an absolute top team in Europe. Everybody in the team was extremely motivated and we wanted to put some extra effort on the court. It is an incredible feeling to have won this game tonight. "

KUS, DAVOR KK Cibona Zagreb "Especially in an away game, we can’t show a defense performance like we did tonight. Additionally, we had 19 turnovers. We should not have these kind of statistics in a Eurocup game. This is the main reason why we lost. In the second half we started to play much harder. This gave us some easy points in the offense. We put more power on the court. But as I said, the first half was the key because we just lost too many points the."

KUS, DAVOR

KK Cibona Zagreb

"Especially in an away game, we can’t show a defense performance like we did tonight. Additionally, we had 19 turnovers. We should not have these kind of statistics in a Eurocup game. This is the main reason why we lost. In the second half we started to play much harder. This gave us some easy points in the offense. We put more power on the court. But as I said, the first half was the key because we just lost too many points the."

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