German League, Game 31: April 14-17, 2007
Casey Jacobsen EnBW Ludwigsburg showed its power and improved to 23-8 in the German League standings by thrashing Alba Berlin 84-62 at home on Sunday. Michel Ferreira led the winners with 16 points while Pavelas Cukinas added 15 for Ludwigsburg. Sharrod Ford had 22 points for Alba, that stays first with a 25-6 record. It was a balanced game for three quarters, but a 31-14 partial in the final period allowed the hosts to cruise to an important home win with just 5 games to go in the regular season. Brose Baskets improved to 22-9 by beating Braunschweig 79-64 in Bamberg also on Sunday. Casey Jacobsen led the winners with 19 points. Chris Ensminger added 15, Darren Fenn had 12 while Zelly Wesson and Steffen Hamann each bagged 11 for Brose Baskets, 65-55 after 30 minutes and limited its opponents to just nine fourth-quarter points to seal the win. RheinEnergie improved to 21-10 by thrashing BG Karlsruhe 96-69 in Cologne. Ronnie Burrell led the way for RheinEnergie with 14 points. Aleksandar Nadjfeji and Marcin Gortat each added 12 while Devin Green and Johannes Strasser had 10 apiece for the winners. In other games, Telekom Baskets Bonn edged Nurnberg 76-80 in triple overtime, Artland Dragons beat Deutsche Bank Skyliners 69-77, Bayer Giants Leverkusen bested Paderborn Baskets 72-85, Eisbaren Bremerhaven topped ratiopharm Ulm 72-85 while Tubingen downed TBB Trier 77-78.


LAST GAME GAME 31 - April 15-17, 2007
DayMatchResult
-sellbytel Baskets vs. Bonn76-80
Apr. 15Frankfurt vs. Artland Dragons69-77
Apr. 15Paderborn Baskets vs. Giants L'kusen72-85
Apr. 15ratiopharm Ulm vs. Bremerhaven74-84
Apr. 15Bamberg vs. NY'er Phantoms79-64
Apr. 15Köln vs. BG Karlsruhe96-69
Apr. 15TBB Trier vs. WALTER Tigers77-78
Apr. 15EnBW L'burg vs. ALBA BERLIN84-62
Apr. 17EWE Baskets vs. Giessen46ers-
NEXT GAME GAME 32 - April 21-22, 2007
DayMatch
Apr. 21BG Karlsruhe vs. Bamberg
Apr. 21Bonn vs. NY'er Phantoms
Apr. 21TBB Trier vs. ratiopharm Ulm
Apr. 21WALTER Tigers vs. EWE Baskets
Apr. 21Giessen46ers vs. sellbytel Baskets
Apr. 22Bremerhaven vs. Paderborn Baskets
Apr. 22Giants L'kusen vs. EnBW L'burg
Apr. 22ALBA BERLIN vs. Frankfurt
Apr. 22Artland Dragons vs. Köln


STANDINGSTGWLP+P-
1ALBA BERLIN3125624752250
2EnBW Ludwigsburg3123826042351
3Brose Baskets3122922842026
4RheinEnergie Köln31211022882190
5Eisbären Bremerhaven31201124102158
6Telekom Baskets Bonn31191222762220
7Bayer Giants Leverkusen31171425562461
8Artland Dragons31171423352339
9EWE Baskets Oldenburg30161423392213
10ratiopharm Ulm31151624912488
11WALTER TIGERS Tübingen31151622402288
12Deutsche Bank SKYLINERS31141722032345
13New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig30131722062318
14Paderborn Baskets30131722372199
15Giessen 46ers30102020462234
16TBB Trier31102123632456
17sellbytel Baskets Nürnberg3152621902570
18BG Karlsruhe3122921922629

Sunday, April 15, 2007
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