German League finals, Game 4: June 23, 2009 - GERMANY

May 26, 2013

German League finals, Game 4: June 23, 2009

Ricky Paulding - EWE Baskets Oldenburg (Photo: ewe-baskets.de)

EWE Baskets Oldenburg forced a fifth and deciding game in the German League finals by pounding Telekom Baskets Bonn 66-82 on the road Tuesday to even the best-of-five series at 2-2. Rickey Paulding recorded 21 points and 8 rebounds and Je’Kel Foster added 20 points for Oldenburg, which hosts Game 5 on Thursday evening. EWE Baskets never trailed, scoring three quick baskets to take a 0-6 lead after two minutes and eventually taking a double-digit lead when Foster beat the first-quarter buzzer to make it 13-23 after 10 minutes. The lead reached 16 in the second period and sat at 33-46 at halftime. Paulding made it an 18-point game early in the third quarter and Bonn never got closer then 12 after that. EWE Baskets’ biggest advantage was 53-73 following a pair of fourth-quarter Paulding threes that iced the game with plenty of time to go. Three-point shooting proved to be a big difference between the sides as Bonn made just 1 of 12 (8.3%) while Oldenburg drilled 7 of 16 (48.2%). Marko Scekic added 14 points and Jason Gardner had 10 for Oldenburg. E.J. Rowland paced Bonn with 20 points and John Bowler added 16.

Finals Playoffs, best of 5 games

Record	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
2	EWE Baskets Oldenburg (3)	72	79	78	66	June 25
2	Telekom Baskets Bonn (4)	74	70	81	82	-

Finals Playoffs round games
Game 1	EWE B. Oldenburg vs. Telekom Baskets Bonn	72-74	June 14
Game 2	Telekom Baskets Bonn vs. EWE B. Oldenburg	70-79	June 18
Game 3	EWE B. Oldenburg vs. Telekom Baskets Bonn	78-81	June 21
Game 4	Telekom Baskets Bonn vs. EWE B. Oldenburg	66-82	June 23
Game 5	EWE B. Oldenburg vs. Telekom Baskets Bonn	-	June 25