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Latvian League finals, Game 6: May 20, 2007
Sandis Valters - ASK Riga ASK Riga are the new Latvian League champions after beating BK Ventspils 91-77 at home in Game 6 on Sunday. ASK, the first great team of Latvian basketball with won three consecutive European crowns in 1958, '59 and '60, put the boot to the Ventpils dynasty. Ventsils had won the Latvian League every season since 1999. Raimonds Gabrans gave a slim 22-24 cushion to Ventspils at the end of the first quarter, but early in the second the hosts used an 8-0 spurt to take a 30-24 lead. Ventspils regained the lead, but a triple from Steponas Babrauskas allowed Riga to lead 41-39 at halftime. The hosts got their first double-digit cushion, 61-51, through Martynas Andriukaitis with 2:19 left in the third quarter to finish it in front 65-54. The last 10 minutes saw ASK nurse a safe margin as the advantage rose to 82-64 with 2 minutes left. Babrauskas hit from mid range to seal the scoring at 91-77 as the hosts celebrated a monumental win. Babrauskas led the way with 17 points, Curtis Millage had 16, Torraye Braggs posted 15 points and 7 rebounds, Raitis Grafs 13 points and Sandis Buskevics 12 points and 6 assists. Raimonds Vaikulis led Ventspils with 15, Dusan Jelic added 10 and Eddie Shannon posted 10 points and 5 assists. MORE

LATVIAN LEAGUE: Final Playoffs, best of 7 games
Record Team Finals, Game 1: More Info! Game 1 Finals, Game 2: More Info! Game 2 Finals, Game 3: More Info! Game 3 Finals, Game 4: More Info! Game 4 Finals, Game 5: More Info! Game 5 Finals, Game 6: More Info! Game 6 Game 7
2 Ventspils (1) - Final 94 71 90 60 86 77 x
4 ASK Riga (2) -Final- Champion 99 76 64 76 83 91 x
3 Barons/LMT (3) - 3rd place 88 97 104 105 x x x
1 Valmiera (4) - 3rd place 91 64 66 99 x x x
Latvian League Champion 2006-07: ASK Riga

Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games
Record Team Semifinals, Game 1: More Info! Game 1 Semifinals, Game 2: More Info! Game 2 Semifinals, Game 3: More Info! Game 3 Semifinals, Game 4: More Info! Game 4 Semifinals, Game 5: More Info! Game 5
3 Ventspils (1) 90 97 106 x x
0 Valmiera (4) 53 54 74 x x
3 ASK Riga (2) 94 72 68 78 79
2 Barons/LMT (3) 93 73 66 80 74

Quarterfinal Playoffs, best of 3 games
Record Team Game 1 Quarterfinals, Game 2: More Info! Game 2 Quarterfinals, Game 3: More Info! Game 3
2 Barons/LMT (3) 108 81 102
1 Bumerangs (6) 73 82 69
1 Valmiera (4) 92 88 95
2 Liepaja (5) 93 84 97

Final Playoffs Games
Game 1 Ventspils vs. ASK Riga 94-99 May 9
Game 2 ASK Riga vs. Ventspils 76-71 May 11
Game 3 Ventspils vs. ASK Riga 90-64 May 14
Game 4 ASK Riga vs. Ventspils 76-60 May 16
Game 5 Ventspils vs. ASK Riga 86-83 May 18
Game 6 ASK Riga vs. Ventspils 91-77 May 20

Semifinal Playoffs Games
Game 1 Ventspils vs. Valmiera 90-53 April 25
Game 1 ASK Riga vs. Barons/LMT 94-93 April 25
Game 2 Valmiera vs. Ventspils 54-97 April 28
Game 2 Barons/LMT vs. ASK Riga 73-72 April 27
Game 3 Ventspils vs. Valmiera 106-74 May 3
Game 3 ASK Riga vs. Barons/LMT 68-66 April 29
Game 4 Barons/LMT vs. ASK Riga 80-78 May 1
Game 5 ASK Riga vs. Barons/LMT 79-74 May 4

Quarterfinal Playoffs Games
Game 1 Barons/LMT vs. Bumerangs 108-73 April 14
Game 1 Valmiera vs. Liepaja 92-93 April 16
Game 2 Bumerangs vs. Barons/LMT 82-81 April 16
Game 2 Liepaja vs. Valmiera 84-88 April 19
Game 3 Barons/LMT vs. Bumerangs 102-69 April 19
Game 3 Valmiera vs. Liepaja 95-97 April 22


STANDINGS TG W L P+ P-
1 Ventspils 14 13 1 1231 903
2 ASK Riga 14 12 2 1199 991
3 Barons/LMT 14 9 5 1097 974
4 Valmiera 14 8 6 1210 1144
5 Liepaja 14 6 8 1089 1112
6 Bumerangs 14 4 10 1067 1228
7 ASK/Jun. 14 4 10 1047 1189
8 Falco/Kei 14 0 14 856 1255
Latvian League 2006-07
PLAYOFFS
Finals Game 1, Game 2, Game 3,
Game 4, Game 5 Game 6
Semifinals Game 1, Game 2, Game 3-4-5
Quarterfinals Game 2, Game 3,
REGULAR SEASON Phase 2
Game 3, 4, 5, 6-7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
REGULAR SEASON Phase 1
Game 1, 2-3, 3, 4-5, 6, 8-9, 10, 12-13, 14, 15-16, 17, 18-19, 20-21, 22,

STANDINGS PHASE 1 TG W L P+ P-
1 Liepaja 22 21 1 1894 1425
2 Gulbene 22 18 4 1942 1694
3 ASK/Jun. 22 15 7 1815 1600
4 Falco/Kei 22 15 7 1584 1448
5 VA 22 14 8 1839 1675
6 LU 22 13 9 1720 1696
7 Roja 22 9 13 1752 1791
8 Cesis 22 8 14 1861 1850
9 Jurmala 22 8 14 1683 1891
10 Zemgale 22 5 17 1505 1853
11 Livani 22 3 19 1519 1809
12 LSPA/VEF 22 3 19 1473 1855
 


2006-07 LATVIAN LEAGUE PREVIEW
Few teams have dominated its domestic competition the way Ventspils did in the last years as BK Ventspils did in the Latvian League. Ventspils has not only won the last seven editions of the league, but its last domestic loss came late in 2003! Nothing seems to indicate that this year will be any different, since Ventspils put together a very good team featuring Dalron Johnson, Maris Laksa, Ivars Timermanis, Uvis Helmanis, Eddie Shannon or the return of Justin Love and Aigars Vitols. Anything but seeing Ventspils winning yet another Latvian League title would arguably become the biggest surprise of the year in all European domestic competitions. As usual, Barons/LU will be its biggest opponent with players like Steve Rich, Armands Skele, Martin Skirmants or Kaspars Berzins. ASK RIga can count on A.J. Bramlett, Curtis Millage, Sandis Valters, Raitis Grafs and Ugis Vilums to challenge Ventspils for the Latvian League title, while Valmiera-Lacplesa alus features Girts Ledins, Martins Berkis and Sandis Amolins. These four teams will join the league in the playoffs, as they will all take part in the Baltic League. As many as 12 teams will fight for the other four playoff spots in a round-robin regular season.

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