Games Notes UNICS KAZAN STEAUA CSM EXIMBANK BUCHAREST

Games Notes
UNICS KAZAN
vs.
STEAUA CSM EXIMBANK
BUCHAREST
Date: 14 October, 2015
Regular Season
Kazan
Round #1
CONTENTS
Part I
UNICS Kazan
Team focus
3
Roster
5
Part II
Steaua CSM Eximbank Bucharest
Team focus
7
Roster
8
Part III
Useful tips
Eurocup/format
10
Regulations for Media
13
Venue press facilities
16
News column
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Part I
UNICS Kazan
Russia
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Club info
Address
Postal address:
Basket-hall, Spartakovskaya Street, 1
Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia, 420107
Tel./Fax: (843) 292-16-55, 292-41-18
E-mail: [email protected]
Media contacts
Olga Kamardina
Mob./What’s up +79377729272
E-mail: [email protected]
History & achievements:
UNICS Kazan
Unics Kazan comes
off a great season that
Eurocup: 2010-11 NEBL: 2002-03
saw the team come
FIBA Europe League: 2003-04
within one result the
Russian National Cup: 2003,
Eurocup crown.
2009, 2014
This season the club
has a chance to do even more as it begins its campaign in
the Turkish Airlines Euroleague qualifying rounds. Unics
reached the Eurocup Finals sporting a 20-2 record, which
helped Andrew Goudelock earn Eurocup MVP honors and
Andrea Trinchieri to be chosen as the Eurocup Coach of the
Year. Valencia Basket Club stopped Unics’s march to the
title, but Unics bounced back by lifting the Russian Cup
trophy and reaching the VTB League semifinals. Founded in
1991, Unics soon became the perfect ambassador for the
sports-crazy Republic of Tatarstan in the Russian
Federation and within a decade was challenging for titles.
The club reached the Russian League finals in 2001
and 2002, the year in which it also made it to the Saporta
Cup semifinals. Its hard work paid off in 2003, when Unics
downed CSKA in overtime to lift the Russian Cup. In 2004,
Kazan was home to the FIBA Europe League final four and
Unics made the most of it by downing Maroussi to win its
first continental title. Unics made its ULEB Cup debut in the
2005-06 season and already reached the semifinals the
following year, before losing against Real Madrid. Unics also
reached the 2008 ULEB Cup Final Eight. Everything clicked
in the 2010-11 Eurocup as Unics won its regular season and
Last 16 groups and swept its quarterfinal series. Once in
the Finals, Unics thrashed Cedevita Zagreb in the semifinals
and bested Cajasol Sevilla in the championship game.
Marko Popovic amassed 18 points and 11 assists to
earn Finals MVP honors. Unics made its Euroleague debut a
successful one in 2011-12 season by going all the way to
the playoffs. No longer satisfied with being near the top,
expect Unics Kazan to challenge for plenty of silverware
this season and try to reach the Euroleague through the
qualifying rounds.
TROPHY CASE
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Team roster:
UNICS Kazan
#
Player
Position Height
5
Langford Keith
Guard
7
Ponkrashov Anton
Forward 2.00
9
Parakhouski Artem
Center
2.11
10
Colom Quino
Guard
1.88
11
Likhodey Valeriy
Forward 2.04
13
Banic Marko
Forward 2.05
15
Gubanov Petr
Forward 2.06
19
Fidii Evgeniy
Forward 2.05
20
Panin Vadim
Guard
21
Kaimakoglou Kostas
Forward 2.04
22
Latavious Williams
Forward 2.03
24
Milaknis Arturas
Guard
1.95
33
Khabirov Ruslan
Guard
1.92
55
Jerrells Curtis
Guard
1.85
70
Evstafiev Vladislav
Forward 2.02
99
Nezvankin Dmitriy
Guard
Head coach: Evgeny Pashutin
1.93
2.03
1.86
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Top managers
President
Evgeniy Bogachev
1st Vice-President
Robert
Minnegaliev
Vice-President
Supervisory
Board
Chair
Olga Askhanova
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General Director
Victoria Eremeeva
Part II
STEAUA
CSM Eximbank Bucharest
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Club info
Address: Bulevardul Vasile Milea nr 5-7,
Sector 6, Bucharest - Romania
Tel. +40 773.864.561
Arena: Sala Polivalenta
Media contacts
Tel.: +40 773.864.561
E-mail:
[email protected].
History & achievements:
STEAUA CSM Eximbank Bucharest
Steaua CSM EximBank Bucharest arrives to the
Eurocup for its debut season and will be bringing its long
and rich tradition plus 21 Romanian League titles with it.
Last season Steaua was in title contention in the Romanian
League, only two years after making its return to the elite
level. It finished the regular season in second place before
reaching the playoff semifinals. That marked a return to
prominence for a proud club founded in 1952, which won its
first league title back in 1956.
Two years later a squad led by Emil Nicolescu, Mihai
Nedef, Andrei Folbert and Alexandru Fodor started a run of
seven straight national championships. Steaua made its
European debut in 1957, and regularly appeared in the
European competitions for 40 years, including a trip to the
Euroleague semifinals in the 1960-61 season, where it was
ousted by eventual champion CSKA Moscow. The team’s
first Romanian League and Cup double came in 1966 and it
won its 10th league title in 1970. Steaua returned to
domestic dominance with another title in 1978, before
winning 10 championships between 1980 and 1991,
including a double in 1981. Steaua was still making Korac
Cup appearances in 1996 and 1997, but financial troubles
started the club’s collapse, and from 2003 the tradition of
Steaua continued only at the junior level.
The club was reestablished in 2008 by merging with
BC Targoviste, but it was in and out of first division. Steaua
reached the 2011 Romanian Cup final, but had to pull out
of the competition before the start of 2011-12 season.
Virgil Stanescu’s arrival as president gave the club a new
boost. Steaua returned to second division in 2012 and
immediately earned promotion to the top level. In 2013,
Steaua came together with CSM Bucharest and continued
its rise last season, which allows it to now face its biggest
challenge of the century when it makes its debut in the
Eurocup.
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Team roster:
STEAUA CSM Eximbank Bucharest
#
Player
Position Height
-
Lee Gerald
Center
2.08
-
Rasic Aleksandar
Guard
1.95
5
Paul Mihail
Guard
1.92
6
Szijarto Levente
Guard
1.92
7
Barac Pankracije
Guard
1.96
9
Rosu Adrian
Forward 1.98
13
Amis Bill
Forward 2.06
14
Nicoara Titus
Forward 2.03
20
Cooper Chris
Center
2.05
23
Popa Bogdan
Center
2.11
33
Ikovlev Denis
Forward 2.00
41
Marinovic Marko
Guard
1.83
55
Dragusin Ionut
Center
2.21
Head coach: Sapera Hristu
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Part III
EUROCUP FORMAT
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Regulations for Media
Article 70. Access to Team Locker Rooms for the
Media and Post-Game Press Conference
70.1. Five minutes after the final buzzer, the head
coach or media director will announce to the accredited
media that their team locker room is open. The team
manager, media director or other official from each club will
tell the players when the media are about to enter the
locker room, and also if any women are among the
accredited media. Then the locker room must be opened to
properly accredited media, with local security thoroughly
briefed to conform with the regulation and ensure
accreditation enforcement.
70.2. The locker room will remain open to the
accredited media for a minimum of 15 minutes, and the
players will have to attend to them during this entire period
at least.
70.3. If space allows, all accredited media – and only
accredited media – will be allowed to enter both locker
rooms. Due to, and only to, potential space problems, each
club may decide before the season on a minimum number
of accredited media – never less than 15 per locker room –
to be given special locker room accreditations for each
game. If the number does not meet the demand (16 or
more accredited media want to enter locker rooms), the
access will be awarded on a rotating game-to-game basis.
Those not in the rotation for the locker room of the home
team should be given accreditation to enter the locker room
of the visiting team.
Locker room accreditations will be distributed equally
to all media types, with at least the host broadcaster, the
international rights holder, one major daily newspaper, and
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one radio station allowed in the locker rooms of the
home and visiting team after each game. The
Eurocupbasketball.com correspondent of each club will
always be included in the rotation. The Company will
reserve the right to raise the minimum of 15 accredited
media per locker room for certain games.
All visiting media approved by the media director of
the visiting club will be given accreditation at least to the
locker room of the visiting team, and also to that of the
home team, if space allows.
70.4. The press conference room will be located in
proximity to the locker rooms and the media work room. A
press conference with the head coach of the visiting team
will begin within a maximum of 20 minutes following the
final buzzer.
Immediately following the conclusion of this a press
conference with the head coach of the home team will start
(the head coaches will attend to the media separately). The
press conference times will not affect the opening of the
team locker rooms.
70.5. Without prejudice to the head coaches’ and
players’ obligation to meet the media in the press
conference room and locker rooms, the head coaches and
players must also be available to talk to the rights holders
on the playing court, for flash interviews, immediately after
each game.
70.6. The coordination work for the correct
functioning of the press conference and locker room policy
will fall upon the media director of the home club.
70.7. The media director or a staff member of each
club will accompany their head coach and players to the
press
conference and will be responsible for the translation
from/into English of all questions and statements.
70.8. The media director of the home club will be
responsible for the translation of all questions and
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statements from/into English and the official language of
the home club’s country.
70.9. It is recommended that the post-game press
conferences are broadcast live on YouTube and on any
other platform that the club may decide. If the post-game
press conference is broadcast, the URL address of the press
conference will be sent to the Company’s Communication
Department no later than two days before the game. The
Company reserves the right to embed the press
conferences on eurocupbasketball.com and on the website
of the Company’s premium media partner from each
territory.
70.10. A statement of post-game media access rules
as provided by the Company will be posted, in English, on
locker room doors and in the media work room of each
arena before, during and after all games.
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Venue Press facilities
Basket-hall
Kazan, Russian Federation
Date of foundation: 2002
Capacity: Main venue: 7.000 spectators, small venue:
1500 spectators
"Basket-hall" is the home venue for all UNICS Kazan
games. It is the largest specialized basketball sport venue
in Russia, able to conduct team sport competitions as well
as individual sports tournaments. The President and the
Government of the Republic of Tatarstan contributed
greatly to the "Basket-hall" construction. It was Evgeny B.
Bogachev - the Chairman of the National Bank of the
Republic of Tatarstan, the President of the BC "UNICS",
who initiated the construction started.
Alongside basketball and volleyball Russian and
European competitions “Basket-hall” served as the venue
for the XXVII World Summer Universiade tournament in
basketball in 2013. It also hosted World and European
championships on fencing, boxing, chess and weightlifting.
Contact information & Address:
Russia, 420111, Kazan, Spartakovskaya St.1
Tel/fax: + 7 843 291-15-00
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Media entrance
Useful tips: Entrance#4 (Вход 4)
FOP Photo-positions
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Elevated photo-positions
Press tribune
Useful tips: Leaving the Media Entrance go straight, enter
the hall, go downstairs, go straight, go upstairs, sector 1Г
- 50 tabled + 50 non-tabled seats
- LAN ports for photographers
- ISND lines can be organized upon request
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Media Workroom
Useful tips: leaving mixed-zone, turn to the left, go to the
elevator, 3rd floor), room #611
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Press Conference Room
Useful tips: leaving mixed-zone, turn to the left, go to the
elevator, 3rd floor), room #605
News column
Chasing the Belarus Dragon
Source: www.unics.ru
Belarus dragon Tsmoki once again visited his brother
Zilant, symbol of Kazan, and defeated UNICS on the road
by 91:83.
UNICS has definitely underestimated his opponent.
There is hardly another reasons for this initial defeat.
Guests gave an excellent match. They had motivation and
courage, and did not get embarrassed on the road. And on
the other hand, it was the hosts, that gave them the
chance to do really well. UNICS substantially changed their
roster this midseason, and therefore experienced some
difficulties with their team chemistry. Tsmoki felt pretty
sure of themselves with their almost last-year-a fewchanges roster. The only signed two Americans: guard
Anthony Hilliard and center Garrett Stutz.
UNICS took a good start. Joaquin Colom and Valeriy
Likhodey scored two triples. Fans drove the home team
forward. Students, occupying the upper circle, were waving
the flags and did not cease shouting for a second.
Meanwhile, guests took the game’s strings in their hands.
They levelled the score by the mid-quarter – 10:10. UNICS
took “mal entendu” easy, though the way our opponents
started to do on court brought alacrity. Tsmoki played
secure defensively, and offensive efficiency looked pretty
impressive as the ones supposed to defend their floor were
not coping.
The second quarter started by the two-points jump
shot by Vitaliy Liutych, which lead Tsmoki forward for the
first time during this match – 22:24. 2 minutes later the
gap reached 5 points – 23:28. Guests took good advantage
of the tactic line chosen by “Laboral Kutxa” at the Gomelsky
Cup pillared on the fast ball passing to the opponents court
and occasional full court pressing. Hilliard shone brightly
with his lower deck combats.
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Securing the 8-points advantage at 23:31, the team
from Minsk started to play zone defense. Kazanians lacked
harassment and fire, though not everything looked that
black. Ponkrashov entered the game and did pretty well.
Colom productively dished to Parakhouski and even scored
from the downtown to make it – 32:34.
Tsmoki felt home in the third quarter. They shot out of
the arc to collect 4 out of 9 long shots, secured during the
match, dealt well with pick-n-rolls and one-on-one clashes.
As a result, we had 61:73 in their favor one quarter before
the buzzer.
Langford tried to take the game’s strings in his hands,
though often took too much. The hosts started to play more
actively, did better defensively, but they were pressed for
time. The final buzzer sealed 83:91 – in favor of “Tsmoki”.
Opponents have almost equal stats indicators as for 2points and 3-points shots. UNICS lost in free throws 15/19 comparing to 26/30, which turned to be one of the
key playing efficiency characteristics.
Postgame comments.
Igor
Griszczuk,
Tsmoki-Minsk
head
coach:
- We came into this game well prepared, watched a lot of
film of UNICS’ play in the Gomelsky Cup. I think we were
lucky to play them in this point of the season, because they
aren’t in their prime condition quite yet. We have managed
to win this game thanks to the team defense mainly.
Evgeny Pashutin,
UNICS
Kazan
head
coach:
- We were awful defensively, it’s unacceptable to let in 91
points. Minsk’s players scored from everywhere on the
court, slashed to the rim at will. We will draw conclusions
from this game and start working on our mistakes
tomorrow.
Statistics. 7 October 2015. United VTB League.
UNICS – Tsmoki-Minsk 83:91 (22:20, 16:22, 23:31,22:18)
Game leaders.
UNICS: Langford (24), Likhodey (15), Ponkrashov
(12), Colom (10), Milaknis (10);
Tsmoki-Minsk: Mirkovic (17), Maras (16), Stutz (16),
Gray (13), Kudrautsau (11), Hilliard (10)
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That toothy “Nymburk”
Source: www.unics.ru
UNICS celebrated their first home win in the new
season, defeating Czech side by 94:87.
Nymburk from the Czech Republic turned to be the
second opponent for UNICS Kazan in the United VTB
League. It goes without saying, that the match did not
promise an easy stroll. Opponents from Czech Republic
were pretty strong. They almost set a sensation,
celebrating two win to go at the start of the new season,
having Euroleague-residing “Lokomotive – Kuban” as one of
the teams conquered. The team has a trend-setting coach
Ronen Gunzburg, heading the National Czech team to the
Rio 2016 Olympic Qualification tournament. Apart from the
story we keep, the Czechs have always been a nut. They
respected their basketball routes and traditions, among
which was their win at the first European Championship
after the World War II.
UNICS stood this game much better comparing to the
first one. They did better both defensively and offensively.
Our guy did not escape physical contacts, on the contrary,
they went courageously forward setting the situation on
edge. They did not cease fighting till the very end, boxing
out and blocking out the banks to have the pleasant figures
of 14 defensive rebounds in the end.
What about Nymburk? It is a well-built team, which
managed to sign pretty good foreign players in the midseason. Among them, Americans Michael Dixon, Chasson
Randle and Julian Vaughn, Cuban Howard Sant-Roos and
Belgian National team member Maxime de Zeeuw. Anyway,
the man real story-making for the first quarter was a Czech
National team member Vijtech Hruban. He collected 11
points, realizing all his three-points chances - 3/3. He
scored 8 out of the first 10 points, setting the score at 5 –
10 after first 3 minutes of the game. Thanks to his energy
and efficiency, his team finished the 1st quarter leading at
27:24.
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“Nymburk”, like many modern basketball teams, tends
passing the ball to the opponent’s half-court as fast as
possible. Our players took up the glove, which made the
game dynamic and exciting.
Kazanians did not try to shoot out of the arc by all
means, they should better like dribbling and one-on-one
duels. Kaimakoglou often played downstairs, crabbing to
reach the basket. Our players have made a number of
effective breaks. Three times in the first quarter at the very
least they scored, making opponents commit personal
fouls. And what we really lacked was accuracy in defense.
For the first and the only time in the gap, UNICS went
ahead 2 minutes to the first break at 19:18 just to see the
first quarter finished at 24:27 in favor of the guests.
Arturas Milaknis levelled the chances, launching the
second period - 27:27. The game was even, which showed
the mid-quarter: 33:33. Whatever efforts Randle might
took to mark Colom, it was almost impossible to stop him:
he dished, he scored and he collected 12 points after the
first half.
Then, UNICS improved on defense. They started to
control both: the screens and the breaks inside. Guests
tried to change to zone defense, but that was of little
effect. Triples by Likhodey and Milaknis brought UNICS
forward to 41:37, and the halftime buzzer sealed 48:42 in
favor of the hosts.
The third quarter got started and who knows how, but
UNICS managed to collect 4 fouls to go during its first
minute. Guests did not hesitate to punish the hosts. They
shot free throws to collect 5 points out of 8.
Very soon, closer to the mid-time, the Czechs returned
to the zone defense. They reached UNICS at 56:56 just to
restart full court pressing. Opponents traded three points
shots – 2 by each side. Colom dished excellently to Banic,
having nothing to do but to jam the ball inside – 68:64.
Dixon committed his fifth foul. Kazan players doubled
their energy to reach their first win. Likhodey scored a
tomahawk at 77:70, Gubanov kept on the rhythm scoring
2-points and free throws to go – 84:72. Langford shot a
triple 2 minutes before the buzzer to leave no doubts of the
name of the winner – 87:74.
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The match ended at 94:87 in favor of UNICS.
Postgame comments
Ronen Ginzburg, Nymburk head coach
- If someone before the match told me, we should lose
just by 7 points, I would be very much surprised. We have
come to Kazan missing a number of top Czech National
team players. It is pretty difficult to do without them.
Today we played well offensively, but were not that good in
defense.
Evgeny Pashutin, UNICS Kazan head coach
- We have made serious conclusions after the first
game. Today we had better mood, and we played better
defensively. Colom did a good job. He scored himself and
he also conducted the game. Milaknis brought good use in
offense. Likhodey played very well, Gubanov ground for the
defense so that we could close the zone from inside. We
have coped with Dixon, the go-in guy of the Czech team,
making him leave the court beforehand. The way we did in
defense at the end of the third – beginning of the fourth is
exemplary. I am almost satisfied with the way my team
played today, but for we conceded too much. We shall look
to concede not more than 75 – 77 points in the future.
Statistics.
11 October, 2015. United VTB League
UNICS vs. Nymburk 94:87 (24:27, 24:15, 20:22, 26:23)
Game leaders.
UNICS: Colom (19), Langford (18), Milaknis (14),
Likhodey (12), Gubanov (10);
Nymburk: Hruban (24), De Zeeuw (19), Randle (13),
Vaughn (11).
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VTB League stats
UNICS Kazan schedule in the VTB League
http://www.vtb-league.com/en/widget/schedule.htm
Standings in the VTB League
http://www.vtbleague.com/en/standings/standings.htm
Players stats in the VTB League
http://www.vtb-league.com/en/widget/playersstatistics.htm
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