Levski won the derby of fourth round in NBL - Nov 6, 2009 (by Valentin Anguelov)
Levski defeated Rilski Sportist in the derby game of the 4th round in Men NBL. The players of Titi Papazov won a difficult game by 92-87 and recorded their third straight win.
In the first six minutes the game was even but then Levski pulled away and took a 22-15 lead after the first quarter. In the second one there was a lot of scoring as the teams scored a total of 31 points [read more]
Levski defeated Rilski Sportist in the derby game of the 4th round in Men NBL. The players of Titi Papazov won a difficult game by 92-87 and recorded their third straight win.
In the first six minutes the game was even but then Levski pulled away and took a 22-15 lead after the first quarter. In the second one there was a lot of scoring as the teams scored a total of 31 points. In the middle of it Levski was up by 8 but after a triple by Simeon Naydenov with 11 seconds to go in the half the score was tied. Zlatin Georgiev then scored with the buzzer to make the score 51-49 at the break.
With 5.19 to play in the third quarter 'The Blues' were up 61-58 but a 10-0 run by the visitors gave them a 61-68 lead. Quickly though Levski tied the game at 68 but the third quarter finished with Rilski ahead - 70-72.
The last quarter was very interesting as the winner was unknown until the final moments. Rilski took an 80-83 lead after Aleksandar Gruev triple but Aaron Harper scored 8 straight points and Levski was up 88-83. With 8 seconds to go Levski was up 90-87 and Rilski had a chance to tie the game. Aleksandar Ugrinoski made a bad pass and Stanislav Slaveykov took the ball and after he made two free throws the game was over.
Aaron Harper was the top scorer in the game with 30 points adding also 2 assists and 2 steals. Donald Cole (204-C-81, agency: Edge Sports, college: Sam Houston St.) had very good game with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists as Stefan Georgiev made a double double - 10 points and 11 rebounds.
For the visitors top scorers was Aleksandar Gruev with 23 points while Aleksandar Ugrinoski had very good game with 17 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. FULL STATS OF THE LEVSKI - RILSKI SPORTIST GAME
Ivan Lilov suffers injury (broken nose), will miss 10 days - Nov 5, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
BC Balkan faced with a blow as their guard Ivan Lilov (196-F/G-88) is set to miss the game against Spartak due to injury. Lilov suffered broken nose and is scheduled to undergo surgery. He is expected to miss at least 10 days before he can be cleared for practice again. His absence will probably be felt in the scoring department, since Lilov has so far averaged 11.7 points in 36 minutes per game. Head Coach of Balkan, Petar Klechkov stated for Bulgarianbasket [read more]
BC Balkan faced with a blow as their guard Ivan Lilov (196-F/G-88) is set to miss the game against Spartak due to injury. Lilov suffered broken nose and is scheduled to undergo surgery. He is expected to miss at least 10 days before he can be cleared for practice again. His absence will probably be felt in the scoring department, since Lilov has so far averaged 11.7 points in 36 minutes per game. Head Coach of Balkan, Petar Klechkov stated for Bulgarianbasket.com that even though his team will definitely miss Lilov, he still has faith in his players. Klechov further stated that the back up players should get their chance to prove they can be capable replacements and that Lilov absence will be compensated by good bench play. Ivan Lilov is a product of Yambol youth academy. In 2003 he signed his first professional deal with Balkan 2000. After a season in Bulgarian A-2 league, Lilov moved to Lukoil Akademik Sophia in 2005. In his first season at Lukoil, he appeared in 12 league games and averaged 3 points per game and has won the National title. Next two seasons, Lilov played as loaned player at Balkan Botevgrad where he appeared in 43 games and posted averages of 17.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. Good games did not go unnoticed, and last season Lilov moved to Rilski Sportist. At Rilski, Lilov papered in 11 BIBL games and averaged 14.3 points and 2.8 rebounds per game helping them win the league in the end. In Bulgarian league, Lilov averaged 14.5 points and 3.5 rebounds in 30 matches.
NBL: Summary of Round 3 - Oct 31, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Chernomorets - Lukoil A. 74-85
The reigning champion cruised past the newcomer Chernomorets remaining the only perfect team after 3 rounds in NBL. Walker Russell (183-G-82, college: Jacksonville St.) and Ernest Brown (213-C-79, agency: Court Side, college: Indian Hills CC) were the key players in victory with 20 and 19 pts respectively. Brown grabbed 10 rebounds beside that. The hosts (1-2) got 25 points from Martin Durchev [read more]
Chernomorets - Lukoil A. 74-85 The reigning champion cruised past the newcomer Chernomorets remaining the only perfect team after 3 rounds in NBL. Walker Russell (183-G-82, college: Jacksonville St.) and Ernest Brown (213-C-79, agency: Court Side, college: Indian Hills CC) were the key players in victory with 20 and 19 pts respectively. Brown grabbed 10 rebounds beside that. The hosts (1-2) got 25 points from Martin Durchev.
Levski - Balkan 83-70 2-1 for Levski and 1-2 for Balkan after this game. Aaron Harper (199-G/F-81, agency: Strategic Sports, college: Mississippi) paced the hosts to victory with 28 points and 6 rebounds. Donald Cole (204-C-81, agency: Edge Sports, college: Sam Houston St.) followed him with 24 pts and 9 rebs. In Balkan, Jordan Bozov and Marko Janjusevic combined 44 pts and 14 rebounds.
Rilski Sport - Cherno More 85-83 The players of Rilski Sportist had something to prove to their president and head coach after the heavy loss last saturday against Lukoil Academic. They did it in the best way - with a win. Today in 'Arena Samokov' in a dramatic and interesting game Rilski Sportist defeated Euroins Cherno more 85-83 and took second win of the season. (Game report already posted before by Valentin Anguelov)
Yambol - Spartak P. 93-81 First victory of the season for Yambol, who got 25 points and 10 rebounds from Zlatko Gocevski (206-C-82, agency: Interperformances). Dimitar Angelov (202-G/F-79, agency: Interperformances) was second scorer of the team with 18 pts. On the other side, Rob Preston collected 26 pts and 9 rebounds for Spartak (1-2).
Dramatic win for Rilski Sportist - Oct 31, 2009 [read more]
Rilski Sport agrees with Dejan Dunovic - Oct 31, 2009 [read more]
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