Regular Season Round 2: Giurgiu - Dinamo B. 91-86 OT (21-20, 24-18, 19-22, 14-18, 13-8)

Date: October 8, 2011
CS Dinamo Bucuresti (#12) forced the game against Giurgiu (#3) into an overtime, but lost by five points 86-91. The hosts took control from the first minutes by winning first half. But CS Dinamo Bucuresti won third quarter 22-19. However it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening, at least not yet. The game turned upside-down in the last quarter, where CS Dinamo Bucuresti used huge pressure winning it 18-14 getting a tie at the end of regular time. They lost eventually overtime period 8-13. Giurgiu made 18-of-22 charity shots (81.8 percent) during the game. American players dominated the game. point guard Chauncey Hardy (183-88, college: Sacred Heart) scored 22 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists (was perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line !!!) to lead the charge for the winners and guard LeVar Seals (195-82, college: De Paul) chipped in 18 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists during the contest. Five Giurgiu players scored in double figures. Giurgiu's coach Theo Evans allowed to play the deep bench players in such tough game. Guard Joshua Brown (187-88, college: Towson) responded with 34 points (!!!) and 5 rebounds and forward Allen Durham (198-88, college: Grace Bible) produced a double-double by scoring 21 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists. Giurgiu (2-0) keeps a position of league leader, which they share with 4 other teams. CS Dinamo Bucuresti at the other side, also newcomer in the league, still closes the standings with two games lost. They share the position with 4 other teams. Giurgiu will play against CSU Sibiu (#6) on the road in the next round where they are favorite. CS Dinamo Bucuresti will play against Pitesti (#10) and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Giurgiu: C.Hardy 22+6reb+9ast, L.Seals 18+8reb+4ast, J.Eller 16+8reb+1ast, R.Kraemer 16+3reb+3ast, B.Grubisic 10+4reb+1ast, C.Vlaicu 7+6reb+1ast
Dinamo B.: J.Brown 34+5reb+1ast, A.Durham 21+13reb+4ast, J.McCulloch 14+8reb+2ast, E.Watson 7+2reb+1ast, B.Aktas 6+3reb, A.Badila 2+1reb
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DINAMO B. (Coach: Pogonaru, Valentin)
  Field Goals Rebounds   Fouls   Blocks  
# Name min 2pm-a 3pm-a ftm-a off def tot ast cm rv st fv ag to pts rnk
7 Durham, Allen 45 8-16 0-1 5-10 7 6 13 4 4 0 0 2 0 1 21 21
14 Brown, Joshua 41 10-15 2-5 8-12 0 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 34 22
32 McCulloch, Jeremy 40 3-6 2-5 2-2 1 7 8 2 5 0 1 0 0 3 14 11
25 Badila, Andrei 17 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 -4
12 Haymon, Antonio 16 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 -4
10 Aktas, Baris 31 3-4 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 5
8 Watson, Eryk 28 0-1 2-8 1-2 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
21 Toader, Nicolae 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
6 Musledin, Oynur  DNP - Coach's Decision
15 Ioan, Dan  DNP - Coach's Decision
11 Sandu, Bogdan  DNP - Coach's Decision
Total   26-49 6-20 16-26 10 25 35 8 20 0 2 2 2 11 86 0


GIURGIU (Coach: Evans, Theo)
  Field Goals Rebounds   Fouls   Blocks  
# Name min 2pm-a 3pm-a ftm-a off def tot ast cm rv st fv ag to pts rnk
22 Hardy, Chauncey 45 3-10 2-8 10-10 0 6 6 9 2 0 2 0 1 2 22 21
7 Seals, LeVar 42 5-10 2-6 2-2 1 7 8 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 18 19
40 Eller, Justin 31 5-8 1-1 3-4 3 5 8 1 3 0 1 1 1 2 16 17
25 Kraemer, Raymond 30 2-3 4-10 0-0 3 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 16 14
13 Mihai, Ciprian 9 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
24 Vlaicu, Catalin 25 3-4 0-0 1-2 4 2 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 5 7 2
15 Grubisic, Bojan 21 4-6 0-0 2-4 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 8
20 Corneanu, Iulian 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Guta, Alin 6 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
12 Bivolaru, Daniel 3 1-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
6 Nicolae, Cristian  DNP - Coach's Decision
23 Stanescu, Cezar  DNP - Coach's Decision
Total   23-45 9-27 18-22 13 24 37 20 20 0 6 2 2 12 91 0



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)