German League, Game 15: December 26-30, 2006
Sharrod Ford - Alba Berlin There was a change atop the German League standings right before the end of year 2006, as Alba Berlin is once agin the exclusive leader with a 12-2 record by edging the Deutsche Bank Skyliners 82-86 on the road on Saturday. Sharrod Ford paced the winners with 19 points on 8-of-10 two-pointers and 11 rebounds. Julius Jenkins added 18 points, Chris Owens had 17 and 13 rebounds for another double-double while Koko Archibong scored 10 points for Alba. Eric Chatfield had 20 points to lead the Skyliners, who were outrebounded by 26-55. Alba led 19-26 after 10 minutes and managed to keep a slim margin all the way. The Skyliners did not give up and got within 82-85, but Jenkins sealed the win with a free throw. RheinEnergie dropped to 11-3 and is third in the league board due to a 70-76 road loss against the Artland Dragons. Newcomer Devin Green had 23 points for RheinEnergie while Demond Mallet and Marcin Gortat each added 12. Filiberto Rivera had 24 points for the Dragons, who used a 9-23 run in the second quarter to get full control of the game for good. EnBW Ludwigsburg dropped to 12-3 due to a 76-87 home loss against Bayer Giants Leverkusen. In other games, Sellbytel Baskets Nurnberg edged the Giessen 46ers 68-67, Eisbaren Bremerhaven topped Paderborn Baskets 75-77 in overtime, EWE Baskets Oldenburg downed Walter Tigers Tubingen 92-73, Ratiopharm Ulm beat TBB Trier 85-82 while Telekom Baskets Bonn downed New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig 66-73. Brose Baskets postponed its home game against BG Karlsruhe to February 14.


LAST GAME GAME 15 - December 21-30, 2006
DayMatchResult
Dec. 21sellbytel Baskets vs. Giessen46ers68-67
Dec. 22Paderborn Baskets vs. Eisbären B'haven75-77
Dec. 22EnBW L'burg vs. Giants L'kusen76-87
Dec. 29RheinEnergie Köln vs. Artland Dragons70-76
Dec. 29EWE Baskets vs. WALTER Tigers92-73
Dec. 30Dt. Bank SKY. vs. ALBA BERLIN82-86
Dec. 30ratiopharm Ulm vs. TBB Trier85-82
Dec. 30NY'er Phantoms vs. Telekom Baskets66-73
Feb. 14Brose Baskets vs. BG Karlsruhe-
NEXT GAME GAME 16 - January 6-7, 2007
DayMatch
Jan. 6TBB Trier vs. ALBA BERLIN
Jan. 6ratiopharm Ulm vs. Artland Dragons
Jan. 6sellbytel Baskets vs. Giants L'kusen
Jan. 7Dt. Bank SKY. vs. WALTER Tigers
Jan. 7RheinEnergie Köln vs. Giessen46ers
Jan. 7EWE Baskets vs. Eisbären B'haven
Jan. 10Paderborn Baskets vs. BG Karlsruhe
Jan. 17EnBW L'burg vs. NY'er Phantoms
Apr. 18Brose Baskets vs. Telekom Baskets


STANDINGSTGWLP+P-
1ALBA BERLIN1412211301009
2EnBW Ludwigsburg1512312211099
3RheinEnergie Köln141131070992
4Telekom Baskets Bonn1510511091060
5Artland Dragons1510511801142
6Eisbären Bremerhaven14951099974
7TBB Trier158711151091
8Deutsche Bank SKYLINERS158710371075
9WALTER TIGERS Tübingen147710081034
10EWE Baskets Oldenburg157811381107
11New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig157811111138
12Brose Baskets1165806774
13ratiopharm Ulm156912121241
14Paderborn Baskets1551010841105
15Bayer Giants Leverkusen1551011901220
16Giessen46ers1531210001138
17sellbytel Baskets Nürnberg142129701103
18BG Karlsruhe142129441122

Saturday, December 30, 2006
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