Polish League, Game 26: April 4-5, 2007
Andrew Pluta - Anwil The Polish League regular season drew to a close on Thursday as the pairings for the best-of-three quarterfinals were set. Defending champion Prokom Trefl Sopot finished first in the regular season – despite losing its finale to Anwil Wloclawek 100-68 – with a 21-4 record and will meet Polpharma Starogard Gdanski in the first round of the playoffs for the third year in a row. The other quarterfinal pairings feature Turow vs. Stal, Asco vs. Polpak, and Anwil vs. Czarni. Heading into the final games, only the fifth, sixth and seventh places were in question. Energa Czarni finished fifth thanks to an 86-74 home win over Turow Zgorzelec. Omar Barlett led five Czarni scorers in double figures with 19 points and 8 rebounds. Lance Williams had 20 and 7 for Turow. Polpak Swiecie came back to beat Stal Ostrow 72-51 after trailing by double figures early on. Haris Nana finished with 26 points and 9 rebounds for Stal. In other games, Asco Slask took an 82-67 decision over Sokolow Znicz Jaroslaw. Kager Gdynia beat Kotwica Kolobrzeg behind Kordian Korytek’s 16 points and 9 rebounds, David Witos scored a season-high 29 points to help AZS Koszalin beat Unia Tarnow 114-82, and Patrick Okafor had a double-double of 24 points and 10 rebounds and Ivo Kitzinger added 23 in Polpharma’s 98-87 victory over Polonia.

Anwil played without Otis Hill and Gatis Jahovics, while Prokom missed Rashid Atkins and Jeff Nordgaard. The game was even till the third quarter. Then Anwil stepped up its defense and Prokom could not answer. Andrzej Pluta led the way with 25 points including 3 triples. Seid Hajric finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Former Prokom Player Goran Jagodnik added 21 points. Christian Dalmau led Prokom with 14 points, Donatas Slanina added 12 and Michael Andersen 10.


LAST GAME GAME 26 - April 4-5, 2007
DayMatchResult
Apr. 4Polpharma Starogard vs. Polonia SPEC98-87
Apr. 4AZS Koszalin vs. Unia Tarnów114-82
Apr. 4Polpak S.A. vs. Gipsar Stal Ostrów72-51
Apr. 4Kager Gdynia vs. SKK Kotwica91-86
Apr. 4Energa Czarni vs. BOT Turów86-74
Apr. 4ASCO Slask Wroclaw vs. MKS Sokolów82-67
Apr. 5Anwil Wloclawek vs. Prokom Trefl Sopot100-68
NEXT GAME Quarterfinal Playoffs
Match
Prokom Trefl (1) vs. Polpharma (8)
BOT Turów (2) vs. Gipsar Stal (7)
ASCO Slask (3) vs. Polpak S.A. (6)
Anwil Wloclawek (4) vs. Energa Czarni (5)
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STANDINGSTGWLP+P-
1Prokom Trefl262152152 1857
2BOT Turów261971898 1690
3ASCO Śląsk261881936 1749
4Anwil261792090 1928
5Energa Czarni2616101976 1834
6Polpak S.A.2615111782 1677
7Gipsar Stal2614122108 2044
8Polpharma2613132078 2026
9Kager2612141957 1980
10AZS2611151902 2039
11Sokołów Znicz269171890 2082
12Kotwica268182010 2137
13Polonia SPEC267191895 1970
14Unia262241579 2240

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