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It was the exact time difference that separated Good Angels Košice from "meeting" Yekaterinburg in the first round of Play-Offs. The same time separated Han Horáková from hope to play in the Play-Offs. If the above mentioned time sequence never happened, her teammates wouldn’t have to trudge very long journey – destination Ural mountains.
Eight seconds divided players of French Montpelier from victory in duel against Russian Sparta&K Moscow Region. If so, the previous paragraph would have never been written. But, four times winner of FIBA EuroLeague has Seimone Augustus, who 8 seconds before the end turn the result in favor of team from Vidnoje (72:71).
"It is really unbelievable that yet last match in group stage Sparta&K won so luckily," stated moodily general manager of Good Angels Daniel Jendrichovský. "If they have won by 20 points difference, it would be pointless to discuss it, but after such a game course and final result it is great disappointment for us."
When we were talking about the "sweet and sour" feelings after the triumph of Good Angels in the last game against Montpelier 70:61, after the game of Week 14. in group stage on the court of Frisco Brno "intermingled" feelings of our players became "bitter".
"Sometimes are the events decided at the end, we hope to try everything for doing so," says Daniel Jendrichovský, on the other hand he points out: "Yekaterinburg has aspirations to reach Final 4 this season. Its position after basic group is influenced by group quality where UMMC played, while it doesn’t show the real team strength and abilities."
Team standings for play-off deployment:
1. Fenerbahce Istanbul (Tur.) 8/0 1,190
2. Ros Casares Valencia (Šp.) 7/1 1,227
3. Wisla Can-Pack Krakov (Poľ.) 6/2 1,089
4. Rivas Ecopolis (Šp.) 5/3 1,042
5. Galatasaray Istanbul (Tur.) 5/3 0,983 - final 8 host (doesn’t play in play-off)
6. Sparta&K M. oblasť (Rus.) 5/3 0,975
7. Avenida Salamanca (Šp.) 4/4 1,030
8. UMMC Jekaterinburg (Rus.) 4/4 1,011
9. GOOD ANGELS KOŠICE 3/5 0,981
10. Beretta Famila Schio (Tal.) 3/5 0,972
11. Nadežda Orenburg (Rus.) 3/5 0,948
12. Bourges Basket (Fr.) 2/6 0,916
13. ZVVZ USK Praha (ČR) 2/6 0,898
14. CCC Polkowice (Poľ.) 2/6 0,882
15. Lattes Montpellier (Fr.) 1/7 0,926
Note: after team standing and the name there are stated the wins and losses transferred from basic group, that means just those against the advancing teams and scored/gained points percentage from those duels.
EuroLeague Women playoffs pairings set:
Fenerbahce Istanbul – Lattes Montpellier
Ros Casares Valencia – CCC Polkowice
Wisla Can-Pack Krakov – ZVVZ USK Prague
Rivas Ecopolis – Bourges Basket
Sparta&K Moskovská oblasť – Nadežda Orenburg
Perfumerias Avenida Salamanca – Beretta Famila Schio
UMMC Yekaterinburg – Good Angels Košice
Fixtures of 1. play off round (played on two winning games):
1. game: February 21. 2012 (Tuesday)
2. game: February 24. 2012 (Friday, Good Angels – Yekaterinburg is going to take place at 6 pm.)
Possible decisive third game will be played on: February 29. 2012 (Wednesday)
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