Euroleague LIVE: Real Madrid - Chorale Roanne

November 29, 2007

Recap of the Euroleague Live blog from Madrid.

9:07	🙂 So, this is what happens when you are missing a “6” .. I will explain later – This is the whole BallinEurope crew FINALLY online from Madrid with the start of the second quarter – yeah!

9:08	[Comment From Christophe] Hi guys

9:09	So what did we so far in the first quarter: We got Roanne playing with Real in the first quarter – until the got away with two three’s

9:10	[Comment From Chris] Does Marc Salyers still play for Chorale Roanne?

9:10	Yes he is still here – top player for Roanne can’t be off the court – but actually during this game he is not dominating so far

9:11	[Comment From Julien] I’m in the building too 😉

9:11	[Comment From Julien] 1 foul on Papadopoulos, 1 fantasy point for Julien 🙂

9:12	It is kind of sad Real only can fill the stands with games against Panathinaikos or Barcelona – it is really a nice gym and we got nice seats also – so enough to enjoy Papadopoulos running on the floor like an elephant

9:14	For our Americans – and especially our Denver Nuggets fans – we got Axel Hervelle on the court for Real Madrid, who’s rights belong to the Nuggets – Belgium guy by the way

9:14	[Comment From Julien] Bullock is hurt. He’s holding his hand all the way to the bench.

9:14	[Comment From Christophe] Reyes 10 fantasy points in the first Q, thats good for me

9:15	[Comment From Julien] Raul Lopez has got to respect the little man

9:16	[Comment From Julien] That’s 2 three pointers in a row for Roanne, they’re back in the game. The 30 something Roanne fans are standing on their feet.

9:17	Adam Hess is guarding Reyes in the post – that kind of looks too easy for Reyes that is why Marc Salyers is back on Reyes but can stop him only with a foul

9:17	[Comment From Christophe] Brion Rush is in one of his hot hands today, he has already 12 points at nearly 100%

9:19	[Comment From Julien] Is it just me or it’s funny to see Papadopoulos has got metro written on his chest. With that kind of speed, tricycle would be more suited…

9:20	Interesting matchup – Marc-Antoine Pellin on Kerem Tunceri

9:20	[Comment From Christophe] As always, Roanne is playing a very offensive ball, But Real can handle this and they know how to score too

9:20	[Comment From Julien] I have a new nickname for Big Papa : Missedlayupopoulos.

9:21	Can’t give that nickname to the Real guards though – they are killing Roanne from the three point line right now

9:21	[Comment From Christophe] Charles Smith is remembering the days of last season’s ULEB Cup final where he was really going crazy on the jumpers

9:21	[Comment From Christophe] And there they are again, the Pelekanos chants

9:22	[Comment From Julien] Pellin took a hard hit on a screen by Reyes. He’s still shaking his head 2 possessions later.

9:23	[Comment From Christophe] Brion Rush coming back as Adam Hess got his third foul on another missed shot rebound.

9:23	[Comment From Christophe] all these calls go for Real today

9:24	Now it is SERRRRRRRGIO again on Pellin – now Pellin might be one head smaller – but let me tell you – you do get scared of these small players – cause the are FAST and quick with stealing the ball

9:24	[Comment From Christophe] and yet another press break by Pellin who split the whole defense and dished a nice one for Badiane who got fouled on the dunk

9:24	[Comment From Christophe] fast break execution at its best right now by Real as Roanne continues to miss shots in the offense

9:25	[Comment From Julien] If his players keep on missing shots and defending like the Phoenix Suns, Roanne head coach is gonna break his jaw chewing the gum like a mad man.

9:25	Yeah – 50 points is def too much 🙂

9:27	[Comment From Julien] Oh the Real fans are showing posters of Herreros. There was a time when good players played in the French League…

9:27

[Be Right Back Countdown]

10 minutes

9:28	[Comment From Julien] Kids playing on the court during half time. Mullets all around the court !

9:28	[Comment From Christophe] Zan Tabak is looking good in his grey suit. But he also looks like still being able to be a huge wall in the paint

9:31	So you want to know what BallinEurope is like when they meet? I will tell you – Cursing about people that did not announce that Siskauskas is injured – This is what I call Euroleague Fantasy pashion 😉

9:31	well let’s call it passion 😉

9:34

We still got the half time break going on – so I will finally tell you what is going on here in Madrid and why we started like 10 minutes late: Of course the WiFi in the gym is secured with a password – I am wondering why – do they think a guy might pull up in front of the gym and surf on Real Madrid’s expense? Well the nice media officer of Real Madrid forgot a “6” in the password he gave us and it took him 10 minutes to figure that out ..

9:36

[Be Right Back Countdown]

5 minutes

9:41	[Comment From Christophe] Concerning the young prospects here present, you can note on both sides the PG’s, Pellin is already a well know face for most of the Euroleague fans as he is starting every game for the French.

9:42	[Comment From Christophe] By the way, the French newspaper L’Equipe was announcing that Roanne is in the recruiting prospect of a “big man prospect” from Cibona. It is probably Franko Kastropil that they were thinking on. But this is not yet confirmed

9:42	an we are back wih live action and a NICE slam by Marc Salyers

9:43	[Comment From Christophe] it was the classic Roanne setup which we saw some times already in previous EL games with a backdoor screen fror Salyers who catches the alley-oop pass in traffic

9:45	[Comment From Julien] Come on refs, it’s not youth basketball anymore. You can whistle a palming violation on every possession…

9:45	[Comment From Christophe] The “Wrestler” Salyers with a huge dive to grab the loose ball

9:46	[Comment From Christophe] which was followed by an airball

9:46	[Comment From Christophe] We still have the 10 point game but Pape Badiane is muscling another one in to bring it back to 8

9:47	[Comment From Julien] Those Roanne players are not good but man do they hustle

9:47	[Comment From Christophe] Roanne does not look like having any chance to win this one though as the individual talent is way bigger on the Merengue tem

9:48	[Comment From Christophe] Pelekanos is bringing the lead back to 13 and the Pelekanos chants restart

9:48	[Comment From Guest] hey people do you know a sopcastlink to see this match???

9:49	(this is inofficial: myp2p2.eu ) 🙂 check this site

9:49	[Comment From Christophe] Whats the relation between Pelekanos and the Berserkers fans? has he done anything special that makes them love him like that?

9:50	[Comment From dziuby] any stream for this game?

9:50	[Comment From Christophe] OHNO, Avril Lavigne is singing, what is this? I prefer then even the Scooter songs in Charleroi

9:50	[Comment From Christophe] By the way, no dance team here in MAdrid?

9:50	I saw them – I will post the pictures later 😉

9:51	dziuby – check the comments before – you might find some help and also check el.tv 🙂

9:51	[Comment From Christophe] Rush is still having his day and lets Roanne still hope to loose this one by less than 10

9:52	[Comment From Julien] I like the Brion Rush vs Louis Bullock match-up, wild shots and no defense at all

9:52	[Comment From Christophe] What are these foul calls? Salyers getting whistled for a bad defense on a post up when Pelekanos is holding Hess’s jersey like he would want to take it home and wear it during the night as Hess is the best blogger of EL.net

9:53	[Comment From Christophe] Rush is a pure shooter, but he is not the person to bring up the ball as he showed with a nice pass to Joan Plaza

9:53	[Comment From Christophe] I think it is already over here now, Bullock puts the score to 69-51 and 2 minutes to go in Q3

9:54	[Comment From Julien] And somewhere on the court Adam Hess is asking for the ball.

9:54	I ll let my friend on the left and right comment on this one 😉

9:54	[Comment From Julien] Brion RUsh wants to break a new Euroleague record

9:55	[Comment From Julien] For turnovers made

9:55	[Comment From Christophe] and another huge pass from Rush to Pelekanos who finishes the present with a monster one hand dunk

9:55	[Comment From Christophe] Pelekanos is leaving the court and he is accalimed like the new King

9:57	Did you see that last Adam Hess dunk? 3 on 0? It looked almost like the too Roanne guys next to him – EY give me the ball – I need the points – but now Adam needed some points too 😀

9:57	[Comment From Christophe] Choulet discussing with the ref about holding and grabbing on screens. I must say, he is right as the Spanish players are always bringing up the shoulder or the holding arm and it never gets called. But it is the EL and not a child competition as Julien would say

9:58	actually did say 😀

9:59	[Comment From Christophe] The Bersekrers even have the Pelekanos Flag. Can somebody of our Greek friends explain this to me