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Bulgarian League, Game 3: October 20, 2006 |
Lamont Jones dished 10 assists and Riste Stefanov led six players in double figures in scoring with 25 points as Lukoil Academic trounced Rilski Sportist 73-110 to improve to 3-0 in the Bulgarian League on Friday. Lukoil is joined by CSKA Sofia, which topped Levski in the first Sofia derby of the season, Cherno More IG and Yambol in first place. Lukoil outscored Rilski 7-20 in the second period to open up a 32-49 halftime lead and continued to pour it on in the second half. Stefanov drilled six 3s and Lamont Barnes scored 16 and grabbed 14 boards to lead the rout. Georgi Davidov and Thomas Mobley added 16 apiece, Asen Velikov 14 and Boyko Mladenov 13 for Lukoil. Dusan Milicic and Ivan Jerenic scored 17 each for Rilski in defeat. CSKA rallied after falling behind 35-39 in the second half to take a 50-46 lead at the break and remained in control throughout the second half. Brad Traina was the star on the night, draining eight of 12 3-pointers on his way to 28 points and 7 rebounds. Adrian Pledger and Greg Danielson added 15 each, Dimitar Mirakovski 13 points and 5 assists and Jordan Bozov finished with 12. Nikolay Varbanov and Zlatin Georgiev led Levski with 19 points apiece. Yambol won every period on the way to a 57-62 road win at Spartak MVR. Ninoslav Tmuzic played all 40 minutes and wound up with 19 points and 18 boards for the winners. Milijan Vukotic scored 14 and hauled 16 rebounds for Yambol, while Ludmil Hadjisotirov led Spartak with 21. Cherno More IG defeated Dunav 64-80 behind 21 from Plamen Aleksiev. Also Friday, Spartak Pleven edged Balkan 75-76.
| LAST GAME GAME 3 - October 20, 2006 | | Day | Match | Result | | Oct. 20 | Dunav vs. Cherno More IG | 64-80 | | Oct. 20 | Spartak MVR vs. Yambol | 57-62 | | Oct. 20 | Riski Sportist vs. Lukoil Academic | 73-110 | | Oct. 20 | Balkan vs. Spartak Pleven | 75-76 | | Oct. 20 | CSKA Sofia vs. Levski | 102-85 |
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| NEXT GAME GAME 4 - October 25, 2006 | | Day | Match | | Oct. 28 | Lukoil Academic vs. Dunav | | Oct. 28 | Cherno More IG vs. CSKA Sofia | | Oct. 28 | Spartak Pleven vs. Levski | | Oct. 28 | Yambol vs. Rilski Sportist | | Oct. 28 | Balkan vs. Spartak MVR |
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| STANDINGS | TG | W | L | P+ | P- | | 1 | Lukoil Academic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 320 | 180 | | 2 | CSKA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 295 | 248 | | 3 | Cherno More IG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 272 | 228 | | 4 | Yambol | 3 | 3 | 0 | 230 | 214 | | 5 | Levski | 3 | 2 | 1 | 260 | 247 | | 6 | Spartak Pleven | 3 | 1 | 2 | 254 | 256 | | 7 | Balkan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 253 | | 8 | Rilski Sportist | 3 | 0 | 3 | 227 | 288 | | 9 | Dunav | 3 | 0 | 3 | 203 | 266 | | 10 | Spartak MVR | 3 | 0 | 3 | 191 | 278 |
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