Latvian League, Game 13: April 1-5, 2008
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With one week left in the regular season, Ventspils took the big showdown in the Latvian League this week by downing archrivals ASK Riga 86-74 at home on Wednesday. Ventspils improved to 12-2 and leads the standings while ASK dropped to 9-3 and is third. Aigars Vitols paced the winners with 14 points. Raimonds Gabrans added 13, Uvis Helmanis had 12 while Akinlolu Akingbala and Akselis Vairogs each got 11 points for Ventspils. Dwayne Broyles had 18 points for ASK, Gatis Jahovics added 12 and Sandis Valters had 10 for the guests, that led 20-21 after 10 minutes. Ventspils rolled in the second quarter to get a 49-38 halftime edge. The hosts boosted their margin to 67-51 after 30 minutes and did not find much trouble to add an easy win. VEF improved to 11-9 by thrashing Bumerangs / Gulbene / ASK 71-95 behind 23 points from Evgeniy Kolesnikov. In other games, Liepaja downed Keizarmezs 97-73 but registered a 99-67 road loss against Valmiera, that rounded a perfect week with a 91-75 win against Bumerangs behind 15 points from Curtis Nash. Last but not least, Ventspils augstskola topped LU/Ridzene 105-86.
LAST GAME GAME 13
April 1-5, 2008 | | Day | Match | Result | | Apr. 1 | Liepāja vs. Ķeizarmežs | 97-73 | | Apr. 2 | Valmiera vs. Bumerangs | 91-75 | | Apr. 2 | Ventspils vs. ASK Rīga | 86-74 | | Apr. 4 | Bumerangs vs. VEF | 71-95 | | Apr. 5 | Valmiera vs. Liepāja | 99-67 |
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NEXT GAME GAME 14
April 7-12, 2008 | | Day | Match | | Apr. 7 | ASK Rīga vs. Ķeizarmežs | | Apr. 8 | Valmiera vs. VEF | | Apr. 9 | Barons/LMT vs.Ķeizarmežs | | Apr. 11 | Ķeizarmežs vs. VEF | | Apr. 12 | Liepāja vs. ASK Rīga |
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| STANDINGS | TG | W | L | P+ | P- | | 1 | Ventspils | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1168 | 961 | | 2 | Barons/LMT | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1214 | 972 | | 3 | ASK Rīga | 12 | 9 | 3 | 980 | 876 | | 4 | Valmiera | 21 | 13 | 8 | 1751 | 1617 | | 5 | VEF | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1594 | 1501 | | 6 | Liepāja | 21 | 10 | 11 | 1651 | 1697 | | 7 | Bumerangs | 22 | 3 | 19 | 1554 | 1948 | | 8 | Ķeizarmežs | 19 | 2 | 17 | 1267 | 1607 |
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