International guard Darko Jukic (198-G-90) put on an amazing game in the last round for Horsens IC, receiving a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 17. The 22-year old player was the main contributor (30 points, seven rebounds and five assists) to his team's victory, helping them to beat Aalborg (#10, 1-13) 85-71. Horsens IC maintains the 3rd position in Danish Ligaen. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Horsens IC will need more victories to improve their 10-4 record. In the team's last game Jukic had a remarkable 57.9% from 2-point range. He turned to be Horsens IC's top player in his first season with the team. Darko Jukic has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (6th best: 20.2ppg), rebounds (3rd best: 9.6rpg) and averages impressive 1.1bpg,2.2spg and 55.6% FGP.
The second best player in last round's games was 30-year old American Bonell Colas (205-F-82) of Randers. Colas had a very good evening with a double-double of 22 points and 14 rebounds. Of course he lead Randers to another comfortable win outscoring the higher-ranked Bakken (#2, 12-2) 111-81. Randers' 8th position in the standings has not changed. 10 lost games are too many comparing to just four victories Randers managed to get this year. Colas is a newcomer at Randers, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 24.6ppg (#2). He also registered 14.7 boards per game.
Third on the list of top players last round was American forward Justin Baker (203-F-89) of Vaerlose (#9). Baker got into 30-points club by scoring 31 points in the last round. He went also for nineteen rebounds . He was a key player of Vaerlose, leading his team to a 104-97overtime win against the higher-ranked Aarhus BC (#6, 5-9). Vaerlose can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 3-11 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Too bad for Baker he does not play for a better team. But maybe if he did, his season stats would not be that high. Baker has individually a great season in Denmark. After 13 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 7.5rpg (9th best). Baker attended one of camps at Eurobasket Summer League on his way to pro basketball.
Other top performing players last week: 4. Damian Ocana (198-F-86) of Randers - 32 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists 5. Bojan Marinkovic (209-C-84) of Horsholm - 23 points and 6 rebounds 6. Richard Delk (193-G-86) of Vaerlose - 31 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists 7. Christian Nielsen (201-F-86) of Randers - 23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists 8. Caleb Walker (193-G-89) of Naestved - 23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists 9. Adama Darboe (190-G-86) of Svendborg - 17 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists 10. Alexander Murphy (183-G-88) of Naestved - 19 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists
The Player of the week is chosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc. The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy. The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3* (REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4* (2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3* (2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3* (3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)
Bakken Bears keep Chris Christoffersen - May 22, 2013
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The newly crowned Ligaen champions Bakken Bears have ensured the services of Chris Christoffersen (218-C-79, college: Oregon) for one more season. The centre will enter his seventh straight season with the Bears. Last season Chris Christoffersen averaged 10.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.4 blocks and 1.1 assists per game in Ligaen. He earned All-Danish Ligaen Honourable Mention. Chris Christoffersen previously played in Italy, NBDL, Finland and Sweden [read more]
The newly crowned Ligaen champions Bakken Bears have ensured the services of Chris Christoffersen (218-C-79, college: Oregon) for one more season. The centre will enter his seventh straight season with the Bears. Last season Chris Christoffersen averaged 10.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.4 blocks and 1.1 assists per game in Ligaen. He earned All-Danish Ligaen Honourable Mention. Chris Christoffersen previously played in Italy, NBDL, Finland and Sweden. He was named All-Danish Ligaen Defensive Player of the Year in 2008. He made it onto All-Domestic Players Team in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013. Chris Christoffersen was the member of the Danish National Team in 2004-2011 seasons.
Denmark wins Nordic Championship Men U16 - May 16, 2013
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Denmark wins Nordic Championship Men U16.
Denmark U16 closed the first day with the win over Finland U16 68:61. The latter dominated the majority of the game and led 7 points after 30 minutes of the game. Denmark however needed a 24-10 surge to seal the victory. August Emil Haas stepped up wit18 points for the winners, while Jacob Larsen (204-PF-97) collected massive 15 points and 16 rebounds. Matias Suvanto produced 12 Riku Laine had 11.
In Day 2 Denmark U16 beat Sweden U16 88:61 [read more]
Denmark wins Nordic Championship Men U16. Denmark U16 closed the first day with the win over Finland U16 68:61. The latter dominated the majority of the game and led 7 points after 30 minutes of the game. Denmark however needed a 24-10 surge to seal the victory. August Emil Haas stepped up wit18 points for the winners, while Jacob Larsen (204-PF-97) collected massive 15 points and 16 rebounds. Matias Suvanto produced 12 Riku Laine had 11. In Day 2 Denmark U16 beat Sweden U16 88:61. The favorites grabbed a 29-13 lead in the first period and never looked behind after. Jacob Larsen led the way with 17 points as five players scored in double digits for the winners. Theodore Ovrebo replied with 12 and Tobias Sjoberg had 10. Denmark U16 posted a defensive 55:38 win against Norway U16. In the second half the Danish side allowed the opponents to score only 7 points in the third and then the last quarters. Kasper Victor Christiansen was the only player to score in double digits as he posted 10 points. Sindre Jensen and August Volckmar had 6 points each in defeat. In Day 4 Denmark U16 overcame Estonia U16 90:66. The winners took 28-12 lead after the first period and continued their dominance in the rest of the game. Jacob Larsen paced all the winners with 20 points and 9 rebounds, while Kasper Christiansen (203-F-97) delivered 13. Robert Valge (187-SF-97) replied with 22 points in defeat. Denmark U16 finished the campaign with 5-0 record beating Iceland U16 88:69 in the last game. The winners of the tournament started with 31-16 lead and never looked behind after. Tage Amadou Lihn Dembele and Jacob Larsen posted 21 points each for the winners. Kari Jonsson top-scored in the game with 24 points for the opponents.
Denmark U18 clinched third place at the Nordic Championship. The team finished with 2-3 record.
Finland M18 started the campaign with the win over Denmark M18 81:74. The Finnish side won all the quarters except the second one and it was enough for the win. Alexander Madsen (199-F/C-95) top-scored for the winners with 28 points, while Shawn Hopkins (194-G/F-95) nailed 10. Rasmus Hansen (203-PF-95) answered with 26 points in defeat and Sebastian Aris Petersen produced 21 [read more]
Denmark U18 clinched third place at the Nordic Championship. The team finished with 2-3 record. Finland M18 started the campaign with the win over Denmark M18 81:74. The Finnish side won all the quarters except the second one and it was enough for the win. Alexander Madsen (199-F/C-95) top-scored for the winners with 28 points, while Shawn Hopkins (194-G/F-95) nailed 10. Rasmus Hansen (203-PF-95) answered with 26 points in defeat and Sebastian Aris Petersen produced 21. In Day 2 Denmark M18 edged Sweden M18 86:54. The Danish side won the first three quarters of the game and reached the necessary deficit to win the game. Rasmus Hansen stepped up with 22 points for the winners and Tobias Tita Christensen brought 17. Sebastian Aris Petersen had 16 and Mathias James Kelly ended up with 11 points. In Day 3 Norway M18 beat Denmark M18 66:57. The teams exchnaged th eelad several times before 18-11 rally in the last quarter from Norway. Sjur Dyb-Berg top-scored for the winners with 17 points and Mikkel Bedason Kolstad added 14. Rasmus Hansen poured in 16 points in defeat and Mathias James Kelly scored 15. In Day 4 Denmark M18 pip Estonia M18 68:57. The last quarter was decisive in the game when the Danish side produced a 17-6 rally to seal the victory. Rasmus Hansen erupted with 31 point and 13 rebounds, while Jakob Lund Ravn and Simon Neidhardt (193-G/F-95) followed him with 9 each. Saimon Sutt finished the game with 22 points in the losing case. Iceland M18 overcame Denmark M18 78:53 in the last game of the competition. Dagur Kar Jonsson and Maciej Baginski combined for 52 points to lead the charge. Johannes Leth Nielsen posted 16 points for Denmark and Mathias James Kelly netted 12.
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