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Lukoil beat Varna in a repeat of the cup final
Antic once again was the best player for Lukoil
05-04-2008 20:19
Lukoil Academic reached for the win in their last away game from the regular season, after beating 111-93 Cherno More Eurohold in a repeat of the final of the bulgarian cup from 10 days ago.
After missing the home win against Yambol, Zeljko Lukajic could count on three valuable players - Pero Antic, Riste Stefanov and Tencho Banev. Lukajic also was on the bench again.
The begining was for the home side, as they lead it 10-2 after 3 minutes, but the champions quickly striked back with a 9-0 run and were ahead 10-11 after 6 minutes of play. In the end of the quarter American Willie Deane scored 7 points in a row, and made them 10 after a buzzer-beater from three-point territory - 21-33 for Lukoil, after no defense at all for the home team.
In the first five minutes of the second quarter the macedonian star Pero Antic was on fire and the score was 27-44, and minute and a half later they had a 18-point advantage - 30-48. Here the home side woke up, and Tencho Banev got a technical foul and the difference went down to 38-48. It remained like that until halftime - 45-55.
After a very high-scoring third quarter, in which both teams managed to score a total of 63 points (32-31 for Varna). Lukoil Academic didn't managed to get a bigger lead, which was a sign for a interesting final of the game.
Two consecutive long shots by Larry O'Bannon and Chavdar Kostov made the score 77-93, and a little later the champions were leading with 22 (77-99) after 13-0 run early in the fourth. At this stage the winner was clear and the game was just being played. Both coaches gave a chance to all of their players.
Pero Antic showed that he is in shape with 26 points and 15 rebounds. Willie Deane and Larry O'Bannon had 17 points each, and Nenad Canak finished with 14. Lukoil shot good from long range - 13 out of 28 attempts, which means 46.4%.
For Cherno More Todd Galloway had 24 points and 5 assists.
This was 29th win in a row for the students, and Cherno More only has 13 wins and 16, which gives them the sixth position. That's what they should prefer, because they are playing third-seeded Balkan.
FULL STATS FROM THE GAME CHERNO MORE - LUKOIL ACADEMIC
After missing the home win against Yambol, Zeljko Lukajic could count on three valuable players - Pero Antic, Riste Stefanov and Tencho Banev. Lukajic also was on the bench again.
The begining was for the home side, as they lead it 10-2 after 3 minutes, but the champions quickly striked back with a 9-0 run and were ahead 10-11 after 6 minutes of play. In the end of the quarter American Willie Deane scored 7 points in a row, and made them 10 after a buzzer-beater from three-point territory - 21-33 for Lukoil, after no defense at all for the home team.
In the first five minutes of the second quarter the macedonian star Pero Antic was on fire and the score was 27-44, and minute and a half later they had a 18-point advantage - 30-48. Here the home side woke up, and Tencho Banev got a technical foul and the difference went down to 38-48. It remained like that until halftime - 45-55.
After a very high-scoring third quarter, in which both teams managed to score a total of 63 points (32-31 for Varna). Lukoil Academic didn't managed to get a bigger lead, which was a sign for a interesting final of the game.
Two consecutive long shots by Larry O'Bannon and Chavdar Kostov made the score 77-93, and a little later the champions were leading with 22 (77-99) after 13-0 run early in the fourth. At this stage the winner was clear and the game was just being played. Both coaches gave a chance to all of their players.
Pero Antic showed that he is in shape with 26 points and 15 rebounds. Willie Deane and Larry O'Bannon had 17 points each, and Nenad Canak finished with 14. Lukoil shot good from long range - 13 out of 28 attempts, which means 46.4%.
For Cherno More Todd Galloway had 24 points and 5 assists.
This was 29th win in a row for the students, and Cherno More only has 13 wins and 16, which gives them the sixth position. That's what they should prefer, because they are playing third-seeded Balkan.
FULL STATS FROM THE GAME CHERNO MORE - LUKOIL ACADEMIC
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