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GROUP A

Alba Berlin 141-127 KK Bosna after 5 overtimes!

Guilford Heat 67 - 107 Turk Telekom

DKV Joventut 90 - 65 Å iauliai



GROUP B

FMP 70 - 76 BK Ventspils

Elan Chalon 64 - 73 Besiktas

Ovarense Aerosoles 78 - 81 Köln 99ers

GROUP C

Galatasaray 86 - 71 Hemofarm

Hanzevast Capitals 79 - 73 Spirou Basket

Akasvayu Girona 73 - 65 CSU Asesoft

GROUP D

Azovmash 84 - 80 D. Bank Skyliners

Khimki 81 - 78 Pamesa Valencia

SLUC Nancy 92 - 66 Anwil Wloclawek

GROUP E

Triumph Lyubertsy 88 - 67 Antwerp Giants

H. Galil Elyon 65 - 85 Benetton Fribourg

Swans Gmunden 72 - 79 KK Buducnost

GROUP F

Dynamo Moscow 94 - 83 CEZ Nymburk

Beghelli Bologna 83 - 59 Panellinios GS

Telindus Oostende 72 - 73 Red Star

GROUP G

BC Kalev/Cramo 61 - 79 Asco Slask

Asvel Basket 94 - 86 G. Canaria G. Dunas

Ludwigsburg vs Panionios - Dec. 5 20:00 CET

GROUP H

BC Kyiv 87 - 66 Artland Dragons

Benetton Tamoil 73 - 63 ASK Riga

Pau-Orthez vs Lukoil A. - Dec. 5 20:30 CET

GROUP I

PGE Turow 78 - 68 Hapoel Jerusalem

Zadar 94 - 65 Strasbourg

EiffelTowers 79 - 108 Unics Kazan

An amazing Week 5 that marked the halfway point in the ULEB Cup regular season reached historic proportions on Tuesday with the longest and highest-scoring game ever played in the competition. Alba Berlin defeated visiting KK Bosna 141-127 after five overtimes and 65 minutes of action in the German capital. The Alba-Bosna show beat records for both minutes played and points scored that had belonged to Lukoil Academic's triple-overtime 116-115 victory against KK Zagreb on November 11, 2003. Both Alba and Bosna surpassed the previous single-game scoring record by one team, 121 points. Alba hero Bobby Brown finished with 44 points, the second-most by any player in a ULEB Cup game, while Goran Nikolic played 63 minutes, 40 seconds! It was a night made for records, in fact, starting with Ruben Douglas of Pamesa, who buried the 9 three-point shots, the most ever made in a single ULEB Cup game, although his team lost a battle for first place in Group D by 81-78 at Khimki as Anton Ponkrashov's triple won the game. In Group E, Pascal Perrier-David of Benetton Olympic Fribourg registered the fourth-ever ULEB Cup triple-double and became the first visiting player to do so in his team's 65-85 victory at Hapoel Galil Lyon. In addition to Khimki, DKV Joventut and Besiktas Cola Turka remained undefeated atop Group A and Group B, respectively. Asco Slask took over first place in Group G, while BC Kyiv did the same in Group H and PGE Turow Zgorzelec did so in Group I. In three groups, co-leaders now share first place: Dynamo Moscow and Red Star in Group F, Triumph Lyubertsy and KK Buducnost in Group E, and Akasvayu Girona and Galatasaray Cafe Crown in Group C.

A record-breaking five-overtime classic - the longest and highest-scoring game ULEB Cup history - not surprisingly produced the regular season Week 5 MVP, too. Goran Nikolic of Alba Berlin recorded the top performance index rating of the week, 45, in a game that will be talked about for a long time, his team's epic 141-127 overtime victory Tuesday against KK Bosna. While staying on court for a record 63 minutes, 40 seconds, Nikolic scored 31 points on 3-for-6 two-point, 6-for-8 three-point and 7-for-7 free-throw shooting, while also collecting 14 rebounds, 4 assists, a steal and 7 fouls drawn, amassing an index rating of 45. Tariq Kirksay of Unics Kazan followed him with a 42 index based on 26 points 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals in his team's road win against EiffelTowers. Lance Williams of Bosna had 34 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks on his way to a 40 index in the five-overtime classic in Berlin. Khalid El-Amin of Turk Telekom (index 39) and Bobby Brown of Alba (35) completed the top individual performances of Week 5.



Individual highs: Bobby Brown, Alba Berlin, 44 points



The Week 5 top scorer also came from the game in Berlin. Alba rookie Bobby Brown, who forced the first, fourth and fifth overtimes, finished with 44 points, the second-most by any player ever in a ULEB Cup game. The record still belongs to Randy Duck, who had 49 points when his team, the Brighton Bears, beat Cholet Basket 112-103 in double overtime on January 27, 2004. Brown has climbed to the 12th place on this season's overall scoring leaders' list (19.4 ppg.), as Michael Wright (24.4 ppg.) of Turk Telekom remains ahead everyone else. Brown's teammate Patrick Femerling and Pero Antic of Lukoil Academic grabbed 16 rebounds apiece to lead the weekly standings. James Thomas of Beghelli Bologna (10.6 rpg.) is the top rebounder of the competition, Femerling ties for ninth place (8 rpg.) and Antic for 12th (7.8 rpg.). Pascal Perrier-David of Benetton Olympic Fribourg not only dished 10 assists to lead the weekly standings, but also became the fourth player to register a triple-double by adding 13 points and 10 rebounds. Todor Stoykov, Meir Tapiro and Elvir Ovcina had registered respective triple-doubles before him. Perrier-David ranks second in assists (6.4 apg.) right behind Willie Deane of Lukoil (6.5 apg.). Michael Bauer of SLUC Nancy, Ken Johnson of Fribourg and Williams of Bosna each had 4 blocks this week. Johnson continues first overall among shot-blockers (4.6 bpg.), Bauer ties for the eighth place (1.8 bpg.) and Wiliams joins a six-way tie for the 10th spot (1.6 bpg.). Xavier Corosine of Elan Chalon collected 5 steals this week. Corosine ranks 117th in the steals list (1.2 spg.), as he had collected 2 in 4 previous ULEB Cup games this season. Brandon Gay of the Antwerp Giants leads all stealers with 3.8 per game. The this was indeed a ULEB Cup week to remember is proven by the fact that 18 players from 15 different teams registered respective double-doubles.