Yambol finished fourth

Yambol won in Samokov (photo: Dimitar Abrashev)

29-04-2010 20:00

The team of Yambol took a very important away win and finished 4th the regular season in NBL. They defeated Rilski Sportist 84-77 in a direct battle for the 4th place. This means that the two teams will meet again in three days team as on Monday will start the playoffs. Yambol will have the home court advantage in the best-of-three quarterfinal series that will begin on May 3rd.

The first half of the game was very even as Rilski managed to built a 7-point lead twice. Yambol though bounced back and in the middle of the third quarter took the lead for good. The visitors managed to keep up their pace and eventually won this game.

Yulian Radionov paced the winners with 19 points and Pavel Marinov had 18. Top scorer in the game was Simeon Naydenov with 29 points but it wasn't enough for the hosts.

Here is the list of the quarterfinal series that start on Monday. It's a best-of-three series.
Lukoil Academic - Chernomorets
Levski - Spartak Pleven
Balkan - Euroins Cherno more
Yambol - Rilski Sportist

FULL STATS FROM RILSKI SPORTIST - YAMBOL GAME