EuroCup Women

Als we naar buiten kijken is het nog steeds donker en graauw en
koud he  ........

Dan zoeken we allen de warmte op van een gezellie en warmpjes sporthal op
ergens in Europa op de velden nie waar.
Waar de kwart finales de tweede en de beslissende wedstrijden op woensdag
en op donderdag gespeeld gaat worden en zo wie de Top 4 van
EuroCup Women toe behoort ........... vraag ik me af
waarom er geen Nederlandse dames teams zijn die niet europees spelen

Wat nou .... geen geld ... wat nou ... niet investeren ..
als ik zie van de 8 ploegen zijn er drie uit Rusland ...... drie uit
la France .... en daar staan twee ploegen ... zeg maar de leeeelekeee eendjes
van de dames basketball er tussen MKB Ruzemberok en de team van
Kayseri Kaski Spor.
De team van een bijzonder geweldigge coach Ayhan Avci ...
waar ik paar jaar terug lief en leed mee deelde hier in onze kleine
kikkerlandje en kris kras door heeeeeeeel Nederland reeden samen en met
12 jonge meiden achter op.

Tjaaaaaaaaa .. was het niet zo dat er twee turken busjes waren .....
en ikke The cappitain der race mobieltjes  met imperial er boven op
en de gordijntjessss .... die waren in de uitverkoop,

De vriendschap is gebleven en die ervaring was er iets van ....
jeugd sentiment van vroege naar mijn geboorte land rijden met mijn pa en
onze Ford Transit me gordijntjes en imperial ... hutje mutje vol  .....
Ach ..... ik word oud en grijzzzzzzzz ... nie waar en
waar coach Avci ... voorige jaar de finale speelde tegen die angst gegner  ....
Dynamo Kursk ... uit die plaats en thuis hun met de grond gelijk maakte
maar week later .. daar in modertje Kursk .... verwegistan der vergeteldheid
der 14 uur rijden en vliegen en zo ..... dan krijg  je een dikke klop en je verliest
de finale.

Deze keer heeft de lot bestemd ... en ook FIBA  ... dat deze twee ploegen
weer tegen elkaar staan , maar dan in de kwart finale en weer heeft Kayseri Kaski
thuis alle hoeken laten zien aan Dynamo .... en won met 15 p. verschil.
dag later dan deze schrijven is een soort van  .... deeee jeeeuu vooouuu ......
of zo iets toch en kijken welke van de twee tittel kandidaten over blijven.

Ik klets weer een raak en op de web site van fibaeurop stond er een
uitgebreide samenwatting van alle treffen en wou dat ook met jullie samen delen
en mijn dank is groot voor de vrienden van de fiba.com site.

zou zeggen zie ook
www.fibaeurope.com

Zie het maar als betere journalistiek werk.


Quarter Finals: Game Two Previews22.01.2013


EUROCUP WOMEN

Zoi Dimitrakou has made up one half of a succesful Greek pairing for Bourges Basket, alongside Evanthia Maltsi
Three teams take huge leads into the return legs of the EuroCup Women quarter-finals, but nobody can take anything for granted in a competition synonymous for upsets and dramatic comebacks.


Dynamo Kursk v Kayseri Kaski spor
The sense of déjà vu was indeed overpowering last week in Turkey as Kayseri Kaski spor repeated the scale of their first-leg success in last seasons' Final against Dynamo Kursk, by securing a 101-86 victory. This was actually a one-point improvement on the damage they managed to inflict in the Final, so they will be hoping that this time they can actually go and finish the job on the road.
Kayseri arguably produced their best basketball of the season, led by a duel Greek spearhead of Evanthia Maltsi and Zoi Dimitrakou who combined for 44 points, whilst Lara Sanders weighed in with 22 points. The team shot the lights out and managed to chalk-up 60.3% from the floor to highlight their dominance.

One player who did a great job but didn't grab the headlines was Spanish guard Nuria Martinez. She was outstanding at both ends of the court. She drew nine fouls and was a constant threat with 14 points and six assists, but also did the defensive dirty work too.
As for Kursk, they have a real challenge ahead. The margin is not insurmountable as they proved in the Eighth Finals last year, but this looks like a much improved Kayseri team. Aside from Epiphanny Prince, nobody else is in red-hot form and they must do a much better job on the glass to get themselves back into this tie and continue on their quest to defend their title.


Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomeration v Dynamo Moscow
A home-floor victory for Dynamo Moscow in game one was not exactly a surprise, although the margin of success against the French League leaders certainly was, as the Russian club posted a convincing 73-51 win to put one foot into the last four.
BLMA are most definitely now odds on to crash out of the competition, one they were favoured by many to win at the start of the season. They will be ruing a shocking second quarter when Dynamo outscored them 22-8 and basically took control of the tie with real authority.

It's essential that BLMA do a better job defensively on both Crystal Langhorne and Tatiana Vidmer who were dominant inside. Indeed Svetlana Abrosimova stated after the game that Dynamo are stronger in the paint and it's tough to make an argument against this, so expect more of the same approach in this game from the visitors.
Equally, the 17 turnovers BLMA gave up also proved to be costly in what was a terrible day at the office.
It looks to be a mountain far too high to climb for the French club, but such leads have been overturned in the past and the key will be trying to erase the deficit in small chunks and appreciating they can't get it all back at once.

Hainaut Basket v Chevakata
The team who can almost reach out and taste semi-final action are Chevakata after they destroyed Hainaut Basket 79-51 in the first game.
Whilst not a foregone conclusion, it's as close as you can get to it and the Russian club should make it to the last four of the competition with a significant advantage behind them.
Additionally, Hainaut Basket are also weighed down considerably by domestic troubles since they are languishing joint bottom of the French League and flirting with relegation. In the wake of their first-leg defeat, head coach Corinne Benintendi spoke of being short-handed, but even with a full roster this time around, it's hard to see how they could, for example, hold Chevakata to forty to fifty points and somehow score seventy or eighty themselves to progress.
Worryingly for Hainaut Basket, the first game didn't particularly impress Chevakata play-caller Dimitry Donskov who said, "In many moments we could have played much better."

Nantes Reze v MBK Ruzomberok
This was the one quarter-final match-up which proved to be relatively tight as Nantes escaped from Slovakia with a precious 56-51 success and so will consequently be narrow favourites to advance.
However, MBK Ruzomberok have an excellent record on the road this season with wins at Vilnius Kibirkstis, Antakya and Dynamo-GUVD under their belts, so certainly can't be discounted.
The players will be eager to progress to reward the excellent support they received in the first game from the 2000-strong crowd, by making sure fans get to put another EuroCup Women game date into their diaries.

One positive for Stefan Svitek was that Ruzomberok have looked after the ball much better after being plagued by turnovers for the majority of the season. Unfortunately their three-point shooting deserted them in game one as they continued to jack up triple attempts, resulting in a costly 3-of-17 from downtown. This will need to be an area of improvement for the second leg.
As for Nantes, they just need to focus and remind themselves that the only time they have lost at home so far was in their last game against Olimpia Grodno in the sixteenth finals. Meanwhile if Caroline Aubert can return to form and post the kind of game-winning performance she is capable of, it would be a big bonus.
This could certainly prove to be the most fascinating and nerve-wracking match-up of this quarter-final round.



Door LuluHoops