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 [read more]
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.
Levski through to the final as expected - Mar 12, 2010 (by Valentin Anguelov)
The Cup of Bulgaria holders Levski will have the chance to win the trophy for second year in a row after defeating today Euroins Cherno more 95-76 in the second semifinal. The players of Konstantin Papazov used a 14-0 run in the first quarter after which there was no comeback for the team from Varna. In the final on sunday Levski will meet Rilski Sportist who will have its first chance ever to win the Cup [read more]
The Cup of Bulgaria holders Levski will have the chance to win the trophy for second year in a row after defeating today Euroins Cherno more 95-76 in the second semifinal. The players of Konstantin Papazov used a 14-0 run in the first quarter after which there was no comeback for the team from Varna. In the final on sunday Levski will meet Rilski Sportist who will have its first chance ever to win the Cup. Euroins Cherno more had a 10-9 lead behind 7 points from Aleksandar Yanev but then the team went ice cold with its shooting and Levski used a 14-0 run to built a big lead and then to have 27-13 advantage after the first quarter. In the second the Cup holders managed to increase the lead. First Cherno more had it down to 12 points and then missed the chance to cut it down further and Levski used an 8-0 run to make the score 44-24 and the difference 20 points. Until the end of the first half it remained pretty much the same as it finished 47-28. Euroins Cherno more started the second half with players who are a product of the team's youth system as the more expereinced players played bad in the first half. That didn't help the team reduce the deficit but it didn't went up either. The youngsters showed a lot of desire and matched every basket by their opponents. Despite that Levski won the third quarter 32-27 and was up 79-55 before the last ten minutes. Euroins Cherno more continued to play with the youngsters in the last quarter and with less than 5 minutes to go in the game the difference went below 20 points, 86-68. Then Stanislav Slaveykov (198-F-86) scored a three pointer for Levski to restore the lead over 20 and in the final minutes all that was left was to find out the final difference in points. At the end it was 19 points and Levski qualified with ease for the final. Aaron Harper was the top scorer in the game for the winners with 21 points. Stanislav Slaveykov had a good game with 16 while Donald Cole added 15 points. For Euroins Cherno more 16 points had Aleksandar Yanev, Simeon Iliev had 12 and 10 scored Vasil Kyosev.
Levski - Euroins Cherno more - the second 1/2 final - Mar 11, 2010 (by Valentin Anguelov)
The Cup of Bulgaria holders Levski started successfully the challenge to retain the trophy. 'The Blues' defeated the hosts of the Cup Finals Yambol and will meet Euroins Cherno more in the second semifinal. The team from Varna won against Spartak Pleven 76-68 in the last quarterfinal.
Levski started good and never trailed in the first quarter. The team had the lead all the time and was in front 24-17 after ten minutes [read more]
The Cup of Bulgaria holders Levski started successfully the challenge to retain the trophy. 'The Blues' defeated the hosts of the Cup Finals Yambol and will meet Euroins Cherno more in the second semifinal. The team from Varna won against Spartak Pleven 76-68 in the last quarterfinal. Levski started good and never trailed in the first quarter. The team had the lead all the time and was in front 24-17 after ten minutes. In the second quarter Yambol improved the defense and took the lead for first time at 31-29. This though was the only one time in the game the team was in front. Levski restored the advantage and had a 4-point lead before the hosts tied the game at 37 after the first 20 minutes. After the break 'The Blues' started very strong and after 13-2 run in the first five minutes had its first double digit lead. The lead went up to 14 but Yambol scored 5 points to cut it to 9, 54-45 after three quarters. In the last quarter the hosts never really threatened the lead of Levski. The difference was cut to 6 with not long to go but Yambol just could'n do more and Levski progressed forward. Aaron Harper (199-G/F-81, agency: Strategic Sports, college: Mississippi) was the top player in the game with 20 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds. Gjiorgi Cekovski had 14 points and 9 rebounds while Stefan Georgiev had 12 and 9 for the winners. Dimitar Anguelov had 20 points for Yambol, but none in the third quarter, when Levski took the big lead. Pavel Marinov added 12 but the rest of their teammates didn't play well today. In the last quarterfinal Euroins Cherno more defeated Spartak Pleven. Spartak played better in the first half but the team from Varna improved in the second and won the game. Euroins Cherno more started strong the game but Spartak turned the score and took a 22-18 lead after the first ten minutes. The team from Pleven increased the lead to 7 in the second quarter and later even to 8. Until the end of the half Cherno more played good and cut the deficit to only 2 points, 41-39 for Spartak. After the break Cherno more took a 50-44 lead but Spartak cut the lead to 1, 52-51 with a minute to play in the third quarter. The team from Varna scored the next 4 points and entered the last ten minutes with 5 point lead. The first double digit lead of the game was registered with the score 64-53 for Euroins Cherno more. Until the end of the game the team managed to held on to its lead and qualified for the semifinal. 18 points for the winners scored Dimitar Mirakovski and Aleksandar Yanev. The former Spartak captain Hrisimir Dimitrov had 13. For the team from Pleven Iliya Stankov finished with 17 points, Joe Kennerly had 16 and Tsvetoslav Ostrev added 12 points.
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