May 24, 2012
Polish League Playoffs, Semifinals, Game 1: April 21-22, 2007
Christian Dalmau - Prokom Trefl Prokom Trefl Sopot and Turow Zgorzelec opened their respective best-of-seven Polish League playoff semifinals series with a victories over the weekend. Defending champion Prokom topped Anwil Wloclawek 90-83 on Sunday, while Turow crushed ASCO Slask Wroclaw 74-51 the day before. Meanwhile, Six teams are still fighting to avoid relegation to the lower division. Brandon Spann had 21 points and Denis Korszuk added 19 points and 10 rebounds for AZS in a 94-72 vitory over Znicz Jaroslaw. Courtney Daniels posted a double-double of 15 points and 15 rebounds for Kotwica, which beat Kager 77-91 and Polonia Warsaw easily beat Unia Tarnow 71-100.

Prokom led for most of the game, but wasn’t able to escape. Finally in the middle of the fourth quarter with the score tied at 70-70, the hosts went on a 9-0 run, which proved to be decisive. Anwil got back within 4, but could get no closer. Christian Dalmau scored 16 of his game-high 23 in the first half to lead Prokom. He also made all of his 5 attempts from beyond the arc and added 5 assists. Huseyin Besok finished with 19 points and 5 rebounds, while Adam Wojcik added 10 points. Zbigniew Bialek scored 16 to lead five Anwil scorers in double figures. Andrzej Pluta added 14 and Otis Hill 12 for the visitors, who made just 10 of 19 attempts from the line.

Turow dominated its opening game, although at the beginning of the second quarter Slask still lead 19-20. But then hosts used a 17-6 run to close the first half and 21-4 surge to open the second one. Slask couldn’t find a way to stop Thomas Kelati, who scored 16 of his 19 points before the break. Krzysztof Roszyk added 13 for Turow. Dominik Tomczyk scored 12 points for Slask in defeat.


POLISH LEAGUE: Semifinal Playoffs, best of 7 games
RecordTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
1Prokom Trefl Sopot (1)90April 24April 28April 30   
0Anwil Wloclawek (4)83      
1BOT Turów (2)74April 23April 27April 29   
0ASCO Slask (3)51      

Semifinal Playoffs Games
Game 1BOT Turów vs. ASCO Slask74-51April 21
Game 1Prokom Trefl Sopot vs. Anwil Wloclawek90-83April 22
Game 2BOT Turów vs. ASCO Slask-April 23
Game 2Prokom Trefl Sopot vs. Anwil Wloclawek-April 24
Game 3ASCO Slask vs. BOT Turów-April 27
Game 3Anwil Wloclawek vs. Prokom Trefl Sopot-April 28
Game 4ASCO Slask vs. BOT Turów-April 29
Game 4Anwil Wloclawek vs. Prokom Trefl Sopot-April 30
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Andrzej Jaworski, Euroleague.net

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