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NBL: Season 2009-2010
Eurobasket.com All-Bulgarian League Awards 2009-10 - May 24, 2010
Player of the Year: Pero Antic (210-F-82) of Lukoil A. Guard of the Year: Aaron Harper (199-G/F-81) of Levski * plays at both shooting guard and small forward positions Forward of the Year: Pero Antic (210-F-82) of Lukoil A. Center of the Year: Donald Cole (204-C-81) of Levski Bosman Player of the Year: Pero Antic (210-F-82) of Lukoil A. * naturalized Macedonian Import Player of the Year: Aaron Harper (199-G/F-81) of Levski Domestic Player of the Year: Jordan Bozov (191-G-79) of Balkan Defensive Player of the Year: Bruce Brown (213-C-83) of Chernomorets Coach of the Year: Petar Klechkov of Balkan 1st Team G/F: Aaron Harper (199-81) of Levski G: Jordan Bozov (191-79) of Balkan F: Pero Antic (210-82) of Lukoil A. C: Donald Cole (204-81) of Levski C: Bruce Brown (213-83) of Chernomorets 2nd Team G: Willie Deane (186-80) of Lukoil A. G: Aleksandar Gruev (187-83) of Rilski Sport C/F: Stefan Georgiev (206-78) of Levski C: Travis Peterson (208-85) of Rilski Sport C: Slavko Stefanovic (206-81) of Lukoil A. Honorable Mention Atanas Radev (200-F-81) of Balkan Eric Webb (188-G-84) of Cherno More Hrisimir Dimitrov (197-G/F-74) of Cherno More Dwayne Morton (200-F-71) of Chernomorets Ivan Lilov (196-F/G-88) of Balkan Chavdar Kostov (196-G-88) of Lukoil A. Todor Stoykov (198-G/F-77) of Lukoil A. Bobby Frasor (191-G-86) of Levski All-Domestic Players Team G: Jordan Bozov (191-79) of Balkan G: Aleksandar Gruev (187-83) of Rilski Sport G/F: Hrisimir Dimitrov (197-74) of Cherno More F: Atanas Radev (200-81) of Balkan C/F: Stefan Georgiev (206-78) of Levski All-Imports Team G/F: Aaron Harper (199-81) of Levski G: Willie Deane (186-80) of Lukoil A. * American, in May 2010 received Bulgarian citizenship C: Bruce Brown (213-83) of Chernomorets C: Donald Cole (204-81) of Levski C: Travis Peterson (208-85) of Rilski Sport All-Bosmans Team G: Branko Mirkovic (185-82) of Lukoil A. G: Dimitar Mirakovski (180-81) of Cherno More F: Pero Antic (210-82) of Lukoil A. F/C: Gjorgji Cekovski (202-81) of Levski C: Slavko Stefanovic (206-81) of Lukoil A. Lukoil Academic - champion again - May 27, 2010 Lukoil Academic is once again champion of Bulgaria. Today the team defeated Levski away 89-71 and won the Series 3-1. This result meant 8th straight title for Lukoil Academic. The first quarter was very even but Levski started with 0/10 shooting from the three point line that helped Lukoil Academic take a 16-22 lead after ten minutes. The games was decided in the second quarter. The visitors played very good defense and that helped them built a very big lead at the end of the first half, 31-54. After the break Levski tried to make a comeback but managed to cut the deficit only to 15 points. Lukoil restored its big advantage that went up to 30 points early in the fourth quarter. Until the end Levski managed to cut a little bit of the deficit and the game finished with 18 points in favour of Lukoil. Pero Antic (210-F-82, agency: Interperformances) had double double for the winners with 19 points and 14 rebounds. Branko Mirkovic (185-G-82, agency: Global Sports Plaza) and Slavko Stefanovic (206-C-81, agency: BeoExcell) had 15 points apiece. For the hosts Aaron Harper (199-G/F-81, agency: Strategic Sports, college: Mississippi) had 21 points as Stefan Georgiev (206-C/F-78) added 12. No other player from the team though scored in double digits. Levski won the Cup again - Mar 14, 2010 Levski defeated Rilski Sportist in the Final of this year Cup of Bulgaria and retained the trophy from the last year. The Blues won against its opponent 81-78, having control on the game for the whole time, but despite that the final minutes were very dramatic. At the end a turnaround didnt happen and Levski won the Cup for 14th time in the history. For Rilski Sportist this was a historic moment as the team reached the final for first time but unfortunately for the Samokov team and its fans that came to Diana Hall in Yambol the team finished second. On Saturday Euroins Cherno more won the bronze medals defeating Balkan. Levski started better the game and led 4-0 and 10-5. Rilski cut it to 9 but Levski made an 11-1 run and went up 21-10 and then 31-22 after the first quarter. In the second one Rilski Sportist managed to cut the deficit down to 4 points, 40-36. Levski answered with a three-pointer but Aleksandar Gruev scored and made the score 43-38 in favour of Levski after the first half. In the third quarter Levski once again managed to pull away in a double digit lead, 55-45. The difference continued to be in this region in the next minutes and later it went up to 14, 69-55. In the closing seconds of the quarter Gruev scored a basket and was fouled making the free throw to make the score 69-58. In the last quarter Rilski started closing the gap. It came down to three points with six minutes to go and later in the game with 88 seconds to play the gap was just a point, 77-76. Then Levski missed and Gruev scored a lay up to put Rilski ahead for first time in the game. Gjorgji Cekovski (202-F/C-81, agency: Arik Krayn Services) answered to put Levski ahead once again and in the next possession Simeon Naydenov missed a three-pointer. Bobby Frasor scored for Levski to make it a 3-point game and in the last second Travis Peterson missed the chance to tie the game and The Blues started celebrating. For the winners very good game had Cekovski. He scored a lot of important baskets and finished with 22 points and 6 rebounds. Stanislav Slaveykov also played very good and added 15 points in 20 minutes as Aaron Harper and Donald Cole added 13 points apiece. For Rilski Sportist the best player was the captain Aleksandar Gruev with 24 points and 7 assists. 14 points scored Rob Preston., 13 Bogdan Boev and 12 points Simeon Naydenov and Travis Peterson |
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Lukoil 2009-10
Levski defend Cup title (Photo:levskibasket.com)
Lukoil Academic is Champion of Bulgaria(photo:bulgarianbasket.com)
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