German League, Regular Season, Game 32: April 23, 2008
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Alba Berlin defended its lead atop the German League by grabbing a 73-74 road victory at EnBW Ludwigsburg thanks to a last-second winner by Aleksandar Nadjfeji. Berlin's leader once again was the freshly-crown league MVP Julius Jenkins, who tallied 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists as well as two big three-pointers late in the game. Berlin moved to 25-7 and remained one win ahead of Bayer Giants Leverkusen, which grabbed a comfortable 89-69 home victory over LTi Giessen 46ers behind 20 points from Brendan Winters and a triple-double by Zach Whiting (13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists). Artland Dragons remained just two wins behind Alba thanks to an 85-72 win at home against BG 74 Gottingen. EJ Rowland's 17 points paced five players in double figures. Reigning champion Brose Baskets improved to 22-10 by beating already-relegated Science City Jena 77-61 in Bamberg. Robert Garrett tallied 25 points while Steffen Hamann added 14. Eisbaren Bremerhaven locked up the eighth and final playoffs spot thanks to a thrilling 81-82 road win at Deutsche Bank Skyliners. In other games, Telekom Baskets Bonn used strong defense to clinch a 75-59 home win over already-relegated TBB Trier with Artur Kolodziejski's 14 points leading four players in double figures and Dru Joyce collect 17 points and 9 assists in a 70-78 victory for ratiopharm Ulm at Walter Tigers Tubingen. Sixth-placed EWE Oldenburg was idle and next travels to digibu Baskets, while 2006 champion Koln 99ers was also idle, but was eliminated from the playoffs ahead of its game at New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig.
Alba Berlin defended its lead atop the German League by grabbing a 73-74 road victory at EnBW Ludwigsburg thanks to a last-second winner by Aleksandar Nadjfeji. Berlin's leader once again was the freshly-crown league MVP Julius Jenkins, who tallied 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists as well as two big three-pointers late in the game. Berlin moved to 25-7 and remained one win ahead of Bayer Giants Leverkusen. Nadjfeji chipped in 13 points as did Goran Nikolic. For Ludwigsburg, which has been eliminated from the playoffs hunt, Ronald Ross had 17 points, Coleman Collins 16 and Brandon Woudstra 13. Artland Dragons remained just two wins behind Alba thanks to an 85-72 win at home against BG 74 Gottingen. EJ Rowland's 17 points paced five players in double figures. Lamont McIntosh and Chad Prewitt both added 14, Leon Rodgers 11 and Adam Chubb 10.
Reigning champion Brose Baskets improved to 22-10 by beating already-relegated Science City Jena 77-61 in Bamberg. Robert Garrett tallied 25 points while Steffen Hamann added 14 and Darren Fenn had 12 for the winners. Eisbaren Bremerhaven locked up the eighth and final playoffs spot thanks to a thrilling 81-82 road win at Deutsche Bank Skyliners. Bremerhaven knocked down 16 three-pointers and Matt Haryasz's foul shots with 9 seconds clinched the win. Tony Bobbitt paced Bremerhaven with 16 points and Anthony Tolliver collected 13 points and 11 rebounds. Pascal Roller led Skyliners with 19 points, Derrick Allen posted 17, Ilian Evtimov 14 and Jimmy McKinney 11.
LAST GAME GAME 32
April 23, 2008 | | Day | Match | Result | | Apr. 23 | Brose Baskets vs. City Jena | 77-61 | | Apr. 23 | Dt. Bank SKY. vs. Bremer. | 81-82 | | Apr. 23 | Telekom vs. TBB Trier | 75-59 | | Apr. 23 | EnBW L'b. vs. ALBA BERLIN | 73-74 | | Apr. 23 | Artland Dragons vs. BG 74 | 85-72 | | Apr. 23 | Giants L'kusen vs. LTi 46ers | 89-69 | | Apr. 23 | WALTER Tigers vs. Ulm | 70-78 | | Apr. 30 | NY'er Ph. vs. Köln 99ers | - | | Apr. 30 | digibu Baskets vs. EWE | - |
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NEXT GAME GAME 33
April 26-27, 2008 | | Day | Match | | - | Dt. Bank SKY. vs.Ulm 82-69 | | Apr. 26 | L'kusen vs. Artland D. | | Apr. 26 | digibu vs. Bremerhaven | | Apr. 26 | Telekom vs. Köln 99ers | | Apr. 26 | EnBW L'burg vs. LTi 46ers | | Apr. 26 | BG 74 Göttingen vs. NY'er | | Apr. 26 | WALTER vs. ALBA BERLIN | | Apr. 27 | EWE Baskets vs. City Jena | | Apr. 27 | Brose Baskets vs.TBB Trier |
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| STANDINGS | TG | W | L | P+ | P- | | 1 | ALBA BERLIN | 32 | 25 | 7 | 2619 | 2420 | | 2 | Bayer Giants Leverkusen | 32 | 24 | 8 | 2667 | 2508 | | 3 | Artland Dragons | 32 | 23 | 9 | 2534 | 2325 | | 4 | Brose Baskets | 32 | 22 | 10 | 2378 | 2114 | | 5 | Deutsche Bank SKYLINERS | 33 | 21 | 12 | 2498 | 2406 | | 6 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 31 | 20 | 11 | 2390 | 2285 | | 7 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 32 | 20 | 12 | 2413 | 2341 | | 8 | Eisbären Bremerhaven | 32 | 18 | 14 | 2529 | 2498 | | 9 | Köln 99ers | 31 | 15 | 16 | 2408 | 2444 | | 10 | New Yorker Phantoms B. | 31 | 15 | 16 | 2321 | 2342 | | 11 | ratiopharm Ulm | 33 | 15 | 18 | 2720 | 2738 | | 12 | EnBW Ludwigsburg | 32 | 14 | 18 | 2628 | 2631 | | 13 | digibu Baskets | 31 | 13 | 18 | 2469 | 2491 | | 14 | BG 74 Göttingen | 32 | 12 | 20 | 2516 | 2604 | | 15 | WALTER Tigers Tübingen | 32 | 10 | 22 | 2257 | 2453 | | 16 | LTi Giessen 46ers | 32 | 9 | 23 | 2421 | 2621 | | 17 | TBB Trier | 32 | 6 | 26 | 2412 | 2655 | | 18 | Science City Jena | 32 | 5 | 27 | 2247 | 2551 |
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