May 24, 2012
Quarterfinal analysis: Gran Canaria 2014 vs. Panellinios BC
Gran Canaria 2014
One of the most interesting Eurocup Quarterfinals matchups pits two teams against each other that already squared off in the Regular Season: Gran Canaria 2014 vs. Panellinios BC. The two previous meetings were both lopsided affairs with the home teams winning in blowout fashion. After they both survived Group G, one of only two Regular Season groups to provide two quarterfinalists, they surely hoped that it would be the last they'd seen of one another. However now they go at it again in a win-or-go-home situation. Both teams have already produced their best results ever in this competition simply by reaching the Quarterfinals. Now the question is: Whose fans will celebrate club history with a trip to the Eurocup Finals?
Panellinios BC
Marcus Norris - Gran Canaria 2014 (photo Gran Canaria)
Veteran floor leader Marcus Norris has seen plenty over four Eurocup seasons with Gran Canaria, but the Quarterfinals are uncharted waters for both. To make the Eurocup Finals, Granca once again meets Panellinios, with whom it split a pair of regular season games. "We played them twice and already know what they do," Norris explained, "but at the same time they know us."
Pedro Martinez - Gran Canaria 2014 (photo cbgrancanaria.net)
Pedro Martinez
G. Canaria 2014
Head Coach
Elias Zouros
Ilias Zouros
Panellinios BC
Head Coach
Kostas Charalampidis - Panellinios BC (photo Panellinios)
Arguably the Eurocup's top sixth man this season, veteran guard Kostas Charalampidis, who ranks 14th in scoring, second in points-per-minute. His lowest point total: at Gran Canaria, whom Panellinios  meets again now in the quarterfinals. "Their main strength is that they play as a team," said Charalampidis. "It is quite difficult to beat a team that plays together like they do."
STATS BY POSITION
POINT GUARDS
Pts.
Rebs.
Ass.
Ste.
NAME
   
NAME
Pts.
Rebs.
Ass.
Ste.
7.3
2.5
3.5
1.8
Marcus Norris
Roderick Blakney
9.7
2.3
3.1
1.7
3.1
1.4
2.3
0.5
Tomas Bellas
Georgios Kalaitzis
2.2
1.8
1.4
1.0
SHOOTING GUARDS AND SMALL FORWARDS
Pts.
Rebs.
Ass.
Ste.
NAME
   
NAME
Pts.
Rebs.
Ass.
Ste.
14.3
3.4
2.3
0.8
Jaycee Carroll
Devin Smith
15.4
4.2
1.3
0.9
5.7
2.9
1.7
1.2
Jim Moran
Manolis Papamakarios
8.5
1.9
1.7
0.9
6.3
2.4
0.5
0.7
Melvin Sanders
Kostas Charalampidis
14.2
3.0
2.1
0.6
4.3
1.3
1.8
1.5
Josh Fisher
Vasilis Xanthopoulos
1.2
0.9
1.7
0.9
POWER FORWARDS AND CENTERS
Pts.
Rebs.
Ass.
Ste.
NAME
   
NAME
Pts.
Rebs.
Ass.
Ste.
6.4
3.6
1.6
0.7
Sitapha Savane
Chris Owens
5.7
2.0
3.0
0.3
9.8
7.6
0.8
0.9
James Augustine
Ian Vougioukas
11.4
4.2
1.2
0.4
11.6
4.7
1.0
0.3
Will McDonald
Djuro Ostojic
4.3
3.3
0.7
0.8
5.0
2.5
0.3
0.2
Daniel Kickert
Alekos Petroulas
0.4
0.9
0.5
0.1
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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