Bulgaria

Semi-Finals Game 4: Levski Sofia - Balkan 88-84

Date: May 16, 2014
Levski Sofia edged Balkan at home court to even the semifinal series at 2-2. Balkan was trailing by 7 points at halftime but managed to get 13-point lead after three quarters before a 26-9 charge of Levski Sofia, which allowed them to win the game. 29 personal fouls committed by Balkan helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. American guard Lionel Chalmers (184-80, college: Xavier) fired 28 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists for the winners. The former international center Nikolay Varbanov (209-85, agency: Interperformances) chipped in 15 points and 9 rebounds. American forward Noah Dahlman (200-89, college: Wofford) produced 19 points and 9 rebounds (made all of his seven free throws) and the former international guard Stanimir Marinov (192-91) added 19 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 6 steals respectively for lost side. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Balkan's coach Aleksandar Todorov rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help.
Top scorers:
Balkan: N.Dahlman 19+9reb+2ast, S.Marinov 19+5reb+5ast, P.Marinov 13+8reb+6ast, P.Sedmak 10+5reb+1ast, M.Marinov 9+4reb+2ast, T.Tenchev 9
Levski Sofia: L.Chalmers 28+8reb+6ast, B.Heath 17+3reb+3ast, N.Varbanov 15+9reb+1ast, M.Wilkinson 13+10reb+2ast, H.Zahariev 8+2reb+1ast, D.Anguelov 4+3reb
gschID: 319259

  BALKAN (coach: Vasil Hristov)84
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
65 biQajIL, OiLRl 41 3-65 (35%) 5-3 (5%) 0-1 (24.4%) 5 2 2 1 4 5 6 5 5 0 64 7 5
84 biQajIL, AUijaBaQ 43 9-65 (95%) 6-1 (61.9%) 8-8 (655%) 5 0 0 0 8 5 1 5 5 3 67 86 5
38 gihlBij, XIih 43 1-7 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 9-9 (655%) 0 3 7 8 6 5 5 5 5 4 67 84 5
83 biQajIL, biQUaj 48 5-5 (5%) 8-9 (82.1%) 4-4 (655%) 6 4 3 8 0 5 5 5 5 5 7 0 5
3 ARdBiV, ORURQ 83 6-6 (655%) 8-9 (82.1%) 8-8 (655%) 8 4 0 6 0 5 5 6 5 6 65 1 5
86 GQuRL, SlRVsijdiQ 64 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 6 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 -3 5
0 AUuUJ, vIDij 65 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 8 8 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5
85 wRjZhRL, wRjZhI 7 5-5 (5%) 4-4 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 8 5 5 5 5 5 7 9 5
68 mIJILaZ, AlIMIdij 9 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 3 5 5 5 5 8 8 -3 5
66 valIL, oLij 6 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 -8 5
wIUil   67-43 (00.7%) 7-87 (46.5%) 67-85 (70.5%) 65 81 41 69 87 5 9 6 5 61 23 13  


  LEVSKI SOFIA (coach: Konstantin Papazov)88
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
2 ChilBRQs, vaIjRl 42 9-64 (04.2%) 4-7 (44.4%) 0-9 (96.3%) 5 2 2 1 8 5 8 5 5 4 82 80 5
3 HRiUh, mQijdIj 41 8-9 (82.1%) 8-3 (05%) 9-2 (29.0%) 6 8 4 4 6 5 8 5 5 6 69 60 5
0 WalVajsIj, baZhiRl 40 1-2 (90%) 5-3 (5%) 6-4 (44.4%) 1 3 65 8 6 5 4 6 5 3 64 61 5
48 cihiQaRL, HQasUI 81 4-0 (15%) 5-6 (5%) 8-1 (44.4%) 8 5 8 6 3 5 8 6 5 6 2 8 5
86 kiQMijIL, XaVIliF 83 4-1 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 7-65 (75%) 1 4 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 60 85 5
9 SjDuRlIL, gaBaUiQ 64 5-6 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6-8 (05%) 6 8 4 5 8 5 6 5 5 6 3 8 5
60 zIjRs, zuBiajR 66 5-5 (5%) 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5 0 0 5 0 5 5 6 5 6 4 6 5
1 baZaZ, gnIQdnR 66 5-5 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 6 4 5 6 5 5 6 5 -4 5
66 oLijIL, OiLRl 1 5-6 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 -8 5
wIUil   86-36 (06.8%) 9-81 (81.7%) 80-41 (17.3%) 69 80 38 63 85 5 66 4 5 68 22 91  



Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)