Levski Lukoil holds on to finish third
BC Levski Lukoil finished third in the Regular season of SIGAL-UNIQA Balkan League. In the decisive game The Blues defeated BC Akademik Bultex 99 89-81 at home to finish with 7-5 record. The Plovdiv side ended the season with 5 wins and 7 defeats and could′ve finish third with a victory in Sofia tonight. The game was really open and close from start to finish but in the end the hosts held on.
Both teams scored a lot in the first minutes but then at one moment the hosts made an 11-0 run to go up by 10 points. Akademik answered with 7 in a row to cut the gap which after ten minutes was 5. The visitors defense improved in the second period and they also started hitting three-pointers. Thanks to that they made a 22-4 run to take a 9-point lead and they kept it until the break which came at 8.
A 12-3 run to start the second half gave The Blues the lead once again. After that the teams continued to be really close and exchanged points as at the end of the third quarter Akademik led by 1 after a Gruev triple with the buzzer. With a 5-0 run in the middle of the fourth period Levski managed to pull away by 4 points. The team managed to keep that advantage in the next few minutes before the visitors cut it to 1. However the hosts responded and after the visitors missed some chances Marinov scored with 35 seconds to go and that decided the outcome.
Darryl Bryant played his best game since his arrival and scored 6 three-pointers on his way to 24 points. Nemanja Milosevic had 17 points as Stanimir Marinov added 13. The hosts shot very well from long distance hitting 15 from 30 three-pointers.
The top scorer for Akademik was Martin Durchev with 18 points. Aleksandar Gruev also did well with 16 points and 4 assists as Vasil Bachev scored 12 points.
FULL STATS FROM BC LEVSKI LUKOIL - BC AKADEMIK BULTEX 99 GAME
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Delasport Balkan League 2023/2024 Regular Season | |||
1 | KB Sigal Prishtina | 8 - 2 | 18 |
2 | PAYABL EKA AEL | 6 - 4 | 16 |
3 | KB Peja | 6 - 4 | 16 |
4 | KK Lovcen 1947 | 4 - 6 | 14 |
5 | KK Plevlja | 0 - 8 | 8 |