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A1 - Bulgaria
Bulgarian League, Regular Season, Game 11: December 20-21, 2008
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 Lukoil Academic keeps leading the Bulgarian League standings with a 10-1 record, with Levski right behind at 8-3. Spartak Pleven and Euroins Cherno More tie for third place at 7-4. Lukoil reached the holiday break in good form by thrashing Yambol 99-64 in Sofia on Saturday. Riste Stefanov led the winners with 23 points. Leemire Goldwire added 16, Chavdar Kostov had 15, Dimitar Anguelov got 11 while Todor Stoykov and Veselin Veselinov each contributed 10 for Lukoil, that buried 14-for-29 three-pointers in this game. Lukoil led 63-55 after 30 minutes but rolled in the fourth quarter to register a 35-point win. Levski confirmed its good moment by downing Cherno More 56-78 on the road also on Saturday. Asen Velikov led Levski with 20 points off the bench. Marcus Hall and Zlatin Georgiev each added 13 for Levski. In other games, Rilski Sportist topped CSKA Sofia 83-100, as Travis Peterson took over with 38 points on 13-for-16 two-pointers, 3-for-4 three-pointers and 16 rebounds. Last but not least, Spartak Pleven beat Sliven 57-94 on the road on Sunday. MORE |
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LAST GAME GAME 11
December 20-21, 2008 |
| Day |
Match |
Result |
| Dec. 20 |
Euroins vs. Levski |
56-78 |
| Dec. 20 |
CSKA Sofia vs. Rilski |
83-100 |
| Dec. 21 |
Sliven vs. Spartak Pleven |
57-94 |
| Dec. 20 |
Lukoil Acad. vs. Yambol |
99-64 |
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NEXT GAME GAME 12
January 9-10, 2009 |
| Day |
Match |
| Jan. 9 |
Rilski Sportist vs. Euroins |
| Jan. 9 |
Pleven vs.Lukoil Academic |
| Jan. 10 |
Levski vs. Sliven |
| Jan. 10 |
Yambol vs. CSKA Sofia |
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STANDINGS A-1, PHASE 1 |
TG |
W |
L |
P+ |
P- |
| 1 |
Lukoil Academic |
11 |
10 |
1 |
1114 |
840 |
| 2 |
Levski |
11 |
8 |
3 |
1045 |
911 |
| 3 |
Spartak Pleven |
11 |
7 |
4 |
984 |
897 |
| 4 |
Euroins Cherno More |
11 |
7 |
4 |
916 |
896 |
| 5 |
Rilski Sportist |
11 |
6 |
5 |
938 |
940 |
| 6 |
Yambol |
11 |
3 |
8 |
898 |
959 |
| 7 |
CSKA |
11 |
3 |
8 |
882 |
994 |
| 8 |
Sliven |
11 |
0 |
11 |
728 |
1068 |
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| Lukoil Academic stays as the team to beat in the Bulgarian League, as it has dominated its domestic competitions for six years. Lukoil finished the 2007-08 season unbeaten, winning 40 consecutive games to lift its sixth Bulgarian League trophy. On fact, Lukoil lost its last Bulgarian League game on October 28, 2006 and registered 71 consecutive wins before the start of the 2008-09 season. It comes as no surprise that Lukoil will be the top - and possible only - candidate to win another league title. Todor Stoykov, Riste Stefanov, Chavdar Kostov, Nenad Canak, Tim Pickett and Antonio Burks should lead Academic to win yet another league title. Euroins Cherno More reach the title series last season and is set to challenge Lukoil with Corey McIntosh, Michael Earl or Zeljko Bojovic. Levski reached the semifinals last season, as Marcus Hall and Yuliyan Radionov will try to lead the team to at least match that result. Spartak Pleven, featuring Hrisimir Dimitrov and Rob Preston, and CSKA Sofia, with Milos Sakota or Toni Dechev, will fight to make it to the semifinals. |
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