| September 30 |
Details from Irkutsk... |
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Vladimir Poluyanov comments:
Ural Great was leading first six minutes of the game, then the score was 17:17 and after that "swinging" began. When there was just one minute to play Ural Great made the score 83:83, but Pacesas' pass 36 seconds before the signal for the end of the game turned to jump ball won by Shakhter. And the host team got four points.
Ural Great: Pacesas (24 points, 6 assists), Chikalkin (18), Smiljanic (10 points, 5 fouls), Bashminov (8 points, 9 rebounds, 5 fouls), Pegushin (8). Igor Kurashov was playing just 8 minutes and got 5 personal fouls.
Shakhter: Boidakov (23), Grezin (19), Kuzmin (14), Matveev (12).
In his report about the game Sergei Belov pointed out that at the end of the game our team had a real chance to win, but they lost it. |
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| September 29 |
Top Five of the Week |
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Sport Express included Ural Great center Alexander Bashminov in its Top Five basketball players of the week.Congatulations! :-) |
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| September 29 |
Alexander Rybalko Needs Operation |
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Ural Great forward Alexander Rybalko is leaving Perm soon.His knee injury got in the exhibition game vs Samara needs surgical treatment that should not be delayed. Perhaps Alexander will be operated abroad.
As for his joining the team, it should take place in a month. |
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| September 22 |
Sergei Chikalkin is Ours! |
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We've just got the information that ex-player of Avtodor (Saratov) guard Sergei Chikalkin (23 y.o, 196 cm) signed a contract with Ural Great. Perm fans could see him playing even today. |
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| September 22 |
This Week TOP 5 |
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Ural Great forward Dragan Smiljanic is in TOP 5 of Russian Superleague basketball players published every week in Sports Express newspaper. Congratulations! |
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| September 12 |
Happy Birthday! |
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Ural Great Basketball Club congratulates Gennadiy E. Kuzmitskiy with his 50th birthday! And his great contribution to basketball promotion in the Perm Region.
Representatives of the club are going to wish him well in person :-) |
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| September 11 |
Tom-Universal vs Ural Great: 69:91 |
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Information from Vladimir Poluyanov:
Fans from Tomsk were happy to see their team leading from the very start. But it lasted for about three minutes and since the middle of the first halftime our team was leading the game. And up to the end Ural Great did not give its opponents a chance to improve the situation.
Pegushin (23 points), Pacesas (22 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals), Smiljanic (14 points, 5 rebounds in defence and 2 steals), Dvinyaninov (10 points), Kurashov (9 points), Sheiko (7 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals).
The best in the host team were Zubko (21), Pertsev (20) and Dubko (17).
Box Score |
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| September 10 |
Lokomotiv vs Ural Great 84:82 (43:55) |
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Information from Vladimir Poluyanov of Novosibirsk:
During 5 minutes in the second half the team from Novosibirsk managed to get the lowest possible difference in score, but then they started leading with 10 points. Ural Great did their best and 19 seconds before the end of the game we had 81:82. Raiskiy made a three-point shot aimed at foul and he got it. 4 seconds were left when he hit the basket three times and added three points 84:82. Final attack of Ural Great and steal at the second pass...
The best in our team were Pacesas and Kurashov (16 points each). Andrei Sheiko left the court having five fouls. The best in Lokomotiv was ex-Shakhter Alexander Chernov (22points), while Andrei Yurtaev (now in Novosibirsk) got only 8 points.
Box Score |
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| September 8 |
Ural Great = Sakha + 31... |
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Information from Vladimir Poluyanov:
The starters were Pacesas (10 points and 4 steals), Dvinyaninov (16 points), Pegushin (15), Shieko (12) and Kurashov (12 points and 8 rebounds). The first two points for the team scored Andrei Shieko.
Smiljanic had 14 points, Chadov 10 points.
Box Score
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| September 6 |
Bezukladnikov will play for Nizhniy Tagil... |
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According to the latest information Yuri Bezukladnikov, Center of Ural Great, is rented by Stary Sobol.
Sergei Kushchenko, General Director of Ural Great Basketball Club, after his talk to Sergei Yezhov, General Director of Staryi Sobol, broke the news of a very interesting project of forming an Association of Urals Basketball. The future members of the Association are supposed to be Perm, Nizhniy Tagil, Yekaterinburg, Izhevsk and Magnitogorsk. The aim of the new organisation is promotion of basketball in the Urals and creating the system of selecting and training young basketball players.
The first meeting of the Association will be at Prikamje Christmas Cup in December. |
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| September 4 |
First but not least? :-) |
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Today after the game at the Club meeting it was announced about signing one year contract with Yugoslavian forward Dragan Smiljanic. Tomorrow he will join the team in its first Sibirean tour (Yakutsk - Novosibirsk -Tomsk).
Bashminov and injured in the last game Rybalko may not go. Valdemaras Chomicius will meet Ural Great in Moscow with new uniform he is carrying from Lithuania. |
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| September 4 |
Samara is different now... |
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The second friendly game Ural Great vs Samara proved there is a vivid difference of present condition of former quarter-finals opponents. Samara was able to resist only first twelve minutes of the game, then the difference in score was growing very fast. Perm made them play speedy basketball and the result was that Samara totalled 26 turnovers.
Box Score |
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| September 3 |
Against Samara 91 again... |
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In the first friendly game Ural Great easily beat its former hard opponent - 91:68.
Box Score |
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| August 31 |
Meeting with Governor |
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Today Ural Great basketball team has been invited to Regional Administration to a meeting with Governor.
Gennadiy V. Igumnov, Governor of Perm Region appreciated the work of the Club and said he was very sorry about the game lost to Arsenal (Tula) in the Finals. He also spoke about Ural Great Junior and great number of children they train and silver medals of the vet team at the 5th Maxibasketball Championship in Montevideo.
Gennadiy Igumnov wished the Club great wins next season. |
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| August 31 |
Ural Great moves North... |
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Here are the details about the trip to Berzniki
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| August 31 |
Stavropol in East Division? |
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One of the questions discussed on August 26 at the General Assembly of Russian Basketball Federation was to add Stavropol Pogranichnik to East Division of Russian Superleague.
At present Russian Basketball Federation is asking for Clubs' opinion about possibility of it. There is a vacant place in East Division left by Siberia (Omsk). |
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| August 27 |
Team Roster: Position 4. |
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Today Dragan Smiljanic (29 y.o, 210 cm, 107 kg) comes to Perm for try-out. He joins Ural Great in Moscow on board the plain taking the team back to Perm after the tournament in Kazan. Dragan's agent introduces him as an experienced player, great scorer with very good shot (4-5 metres and 6.25 shots). |
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| August 27 |
Tournament in Kazan: something to think about... |
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As a year ago Ural Great could not win the game against the home team of the tournament, so we will wait for the regular championship which starts in 9 days hoping for revenge.
Unics (Kazan) vs Ural Great: 80:62 (47:36)
Box Score...
Samara vs Spartak (St.Petersburg): 102:101 (in overtime)
Special thanks from Ural Great press centre to Igor Gerasimov (Uniks BC) for sending box scores.
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| August 27 |
Conference of General Assembly of RBF |
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Yesterday there was conference of General Assembly of Russian Basketball Federation. Sergei Belov, head coach of Ural Great reported on the results of the European Championship and asked to let him leave the post of National Team head coach.
Another news was that now Sergei Kushchenko, General Director of Ural Great Basketball Club is member of General Assembly. |
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| August 27 |
Game vs Spartak viewed by General Director... |
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Ural Great was defeated by Spartak (St. Petersburg) and it caused a shock of Perm fans. And we asked Sergei Kushchenko General Director of Ural Great Basketball Club to comment the game on the phone. (Administration and head coach participated at the conference of General Assembly of Russian Basketball Federation and had to miss the last game against Uniks, Kazan):
"In my opinion first of all the players were rather tired, they had 9 games in 11 days. And second, team administration is worried about playing condition of Igor Kurashov who did not take the leadership .
So speaking about readiness of the team for the next season I can say it is only 30 per cent, especially offence. I mean not physical condition, but team roster.
Coaching staff has decided Konstantin Tarasenko does not suit us. And we are signing Sergei Toporov for two years..." |
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| August 26 |
First defeat... |
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Despite highly competitive trio Pegushin - Bashminov - Sheiko Ural Great lost the game to Spartak (St. Petersburg) 90:104 (41:51).
Perm team seemed to lack long-distance shots of injured Roman Dvinyaninov and stable offence.
Home team of the tournament won the game against Samara (86:43), in the second half their opponents managed to score only 18 points...
Box Score...
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| August 25 |
First victory in Kazan |
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Perm team won the first game against Samara BC 91:72 (43:41) at the tournament in Kazan.
The best player in Ural Great was Alexander Bashminov (23 points and 8 rebounds). Chadov (14 points, 4 of 7 three-point shots) and Pegushin (17 points, 3 of 5 three-point shots) were as good as usual. Tomas Pacesas (16 points and 10 assists) was great, too. Dvinyaninov, Dmitriev, Tarasenko and Chizhov did not play.
Unics (Kazan) defeated Spartak (St. Petersburg) 94:80, the latter played without injured Antipov. People say there was no drive in the game, the home team was much ber and decided not to do their best. Yudin scored 25 points, Avleev 14 points for 18 minutes, Sljivancanin 11 points.
Box Score |
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| August - 24 |
Looking for new players: position 4/5... |
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Konstantin Tarasenko (29 y.o., 212 cm, 106 kg) who played for Staryi Sobol last season is coming to Ural Great for try-out.
We remind you that our team has gone to Kazan without Yuri Bezukladnikov who is playing for University (Izhevsk) at the tournament in Magnitogorsk... |
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| August - 24 |
Sports & Nations Tournament |
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With five victories in five games Ural Great is the first winner of Sports and Nations International Tournament. The final standings of the tournament is the following:
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ODT |
PT |
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Ural Great |
5 |
5 |
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500-363 |
10 |
100 |
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USA |
5 |
3 |
2 |
436-381 |
8 |
60 |
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Danon Honved |
5 |
3 |
2 |
363-366 |
8 |
60 |
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OKK Beograd |
5 |
2 |
3 |
426-400 |
7 |
40 |
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Iranian NT |
5 |
2 |
3 |
409-404 |
7 |
40 |
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U22 Iranian NT |
5 |
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5 |
259-453 |
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0 |
Ural Great at the tournament in details...
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| August 19 |
Korac Cup - changing the date |
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FIBA confirmed changing the date of the home game Ural Great vs Sema (ex-Kalnapilis) from November 17 to October 28 (Thursday). |
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| August 13 |
Bashminov is coming to Perm ... for long!!! |
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Yesterday late in the evening it was announced that Alexander Bashminov was not going to Slovenia to preseason training with CSKA. Ural Great Administration managed to come to agreement with the Moscow Club and they let him go. The contract Alexander has singed for two years is possible to prolong for a year more.
In the nearest future lexander is leaving Moscow for Tehran. |
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Yesterday Sergei Toporov, a forward from U22 National Team, joined Ural Great. He is not contracted by the Perm Club yet, but he is going to participate in both planned tournaments (in Tehran and Kazan).
Short information about him:
- height: 197 cm
- weight: 100 kg
- date of birth: January 3, 1981
- place of birth: Sovetsk, Kirov Region |
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