Plannja Basket Lulea 2005-06
Visscher	Drains	Mitchell	Enbom	Larsson	Rosendahl

  Plannja Basket are the Champions!
Plannja Basket Lulea have won the gold of the swedish playoffs, beating Solna in the Final series by 4-1.
The 5th game was played in Pontushallen in Lulea
 yesterday, and Plannja was able to get away with a comfortable win in front of their homecrowd. Yesterday, Carlos Wheeler, Andrew Mitchell (181-G-79, college: Kent St.) and Fred Drains was the main players for Plannja. Plannja has showed in the playoffs that they really are the best team in Sweden, and will with this win aim on playing a European Competition next year.
Solna put up a good fight, they struggled at the late part of the playoffs, but have this season played some really good basketball, but when it got important Plannja was simply the better team. With the exit of Solna in the playoffs, Swedish basketball have now seen the last of both Mattias Sahlstrom and Derrick Tarver. Swedish veteran Sahlstrom retires, while Derrick Tarver immediatley moves to Montepaschi Siena, where it will be really interesting to see how this years MVP of Basketligan will perform. We wish him all luck there, and also thank him and Mattias Sahlstrom for the contribution for Swedish basketball.

Game 5.
Plannja Basket  - Solna Vikings 97-81
Plannja Basket  wins the series 4-1, and are 2005-2006 Swedish Champions!
Pla: Carlos Wheeler 27 (15 rebounds), Andrew Mitchell 25, Fred Drains 19 (12 rebounds), John Rosendahl 10 (12 rebounds), Ha
kan Larsson 8, Jim Enbom 6, Erik Westin 2, Serabilo Boucari, Joakim Eriksson, Mats Ohlsson, Stefan Hellgren, Jonas Hallberg.
Sol: Charles Thomas 29 (8/12 3PT), Derrick Tarver 18, Thomas Massamba 10, Lesli Myrthil 8, Martin Palmblad 4, Borislav Djordjic 4, Nils Hedstrom 3, Jim Nystrom 3, Mattias Sahlstrom 2, Kamran Alemdar, Calle Arnold.

  All-Star Game
First of all, some last minute changes were announced in the All-Star Teams;
Team USA lost Andrew Mitchell, Gee Gervin and Gerald Riley to injuries, so they did not participate.
New in team USA was instead Quinnel Brown from Sundsvall and Charles Thomas from Solna.
Team Europe lost Michael Bree to injury, and Hakan Larsson from Plannja replaced.
The game started out with Derrick Tarver, off course, shooting the ball like crazy, he had 11 points the first 2 minutes and finally stopped at 41. Team USA took a early lead (winning the first quarter 37-22), but the game ending much closer with a final score 114-112 to Team USA after Andrew Pleick for team Europe almsot got them the win. However, biggest in the game was Charles Thomas who was named All-Star Game MVP as he had 25 points, 8 assists and 8 rebounds.

Team Europa - Team USA 112-114
(22-37, 28-29, 35-22, 27-26)
Europe: Andrew Pleick 23, Fred Drains 16, John P Rosendahl 14, Mikael Lindqvist 12, Michael Palm 11, Stefan Grundstrom 11, David Bergstrom 6, Lesli Myrthil 7, Jens Tillman 5, Ha
kan Larsson 5.
USA: Derrick Tarver 41, Charles Thomas 25, Zach Williams 15, Quinnel Brown 12, Emmanuel Dies 6, Orlando Lightfoot 5, James Williams 4, Whitney Robinson 4, RT Guinn 2.
In the 3-point shotout, the semifinals was Derrick Tarver vs. Orlando Lightfoot, and Bo Eriksson vs. David Bergstrom. Lightfoot won the first semifinal against Tarver, and Bergstrom advanced to the finals after beating Eriksson. Lightfoot proved he was the strongest shooter in the final, and won over Bergstrom. So, Orlando Lightfoot is this years threepoint champion in the league.
Semifinals
Orlando Lightfoot  - Derrick Tarver 16-10
David Bergstrom - Bosse Eriksson 21-16
Final
Orlando Lightfoot - David Bergstrom 16-13
The slam dunk event was won by James Williams, after a nice show of dunking between him, Whitney Robinson and Manny Dies. The 4th contestant, Quinnel Brown failed with his attempts and was the first one to get knocked out. Williams won with doing a "Vince-Carter-under-the-leg" dunk in the finals against Manny Dies.
Dunkcompetition
1.) James Williams
2.) Emmanuel Dies
3.) Whitney Robinson
4.) Quinnel Brown

Team Europe:
Michael Bree, Akropol Basket
Stefan Grundberg, Norrkoping Dolphins
Lesli Myrthil, Solna Vikings
Mike Palm, Sundsvall Dragons
Andrew Pleick, Sodertalje Kings

John Rosendahl, Plannja Basket

Jens Stalhaandske, Helsingborg Pearls

Jens Tillman, Sallen Basket
Wildcard: Mikael Lindqvist, 08 Stockholm

Wildcard: Fred Drains, Plannja Basket

Coach: Jonte Karlsson, 08 Stockholm

In team Europe, Plannjas Swedish-American Fred Drains steps in as one of the wildcards, 2nd wildcard comes from 08 Stockholm and is Shooting Guard Mikael Lindqvist.

Team USA:

Tommy Adams, 08 Stockholm (Will not participate)

Manny Dies, 08 Stockholm

Gee Gervin, Norrkoping Dolphins

R.T. Guinn, Sodertalje Kings

Orlando Lightfoot, Jamtland Basket

Gerald Riley, Akropol Basket

Derrick Tarver, Solna Vikings

Zach Williams, Ockelbo Basket

Andrew Mitchell, Plannja Basket

Wildcard: Whitney Robinson, Sallen Basket

Wildcard: James Williams, Sallen Basket

Coach: Eric Elliott, Sallen Basket

Bigger changes in Team USA, Wildcards is american duo from Sallen, Robinson and Williams, but Andrew Mitchell from Plannja Basket is also added to the roster of the team, Mitchell will replace Tommy Adams who will not participate in the All-Star Game because of family reasons in the USA.