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Bulgarian League, Game 14: December 21-22, 2006 |
Defending champion Lukoil Academic Sofia returned to the top of the Bulgarian League Saturday by topping rival CSKA 87-79. The loss was CSKA's first of the season and brought both teams to 13-1 in the table, but Academic holds the top spot thanks to a better head-to-head points difference between the teams. After a balanced first quarter ended at 14-14, Academic took a 44-30 margin at halftime. CSKA came back in the second half and climbed within 74-73 with 3 minutes left in the match. But Academic's free-throw shooting combined with some easy points in the open court from Georgi Davidov made the difference in the end. Academic's Todor Stoykov had a game-high 24 points, including 16 in the second half, while Lamont Jones finished with 19 points and 6 assists and Boyko Mladenov came off the bench to post 14 with 6 rebounds. Brad Traina led CSKA with 18 and Adrian Pledger added 17. In other games on Friday, Stanislav Govedarov had 33 points in leading Yambol over Dunav 88-72, Levski scored a 65-77 away win at Cherno More IG, Spartak Pleven outlasted Spartak MVR 80-66, and Balkan edged Rilski Sportist 91-87.
| LAST GAME GAME 14 - December 21-22, 2006 | | Day | Match | Result | | Dec. 21 | Balkan vs. Rilski Sportist | 91-87 | | Dec. 21 | Spartak Pleven vs. Spartak MVR | 80-66 | | Dec. 21 | Yambol vs. Dunav | 88-72 | | Dec. 22 | Lukoil Academic vs. CSKA Sofia | 87-78 | | Dec. 21 | Cherno More IG vs. Levski | 65-77 |
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| NEXT GAME GAME 15 - January 6, 2007 | | Day | Match | | Jan. 6 | CSKA Sofia vs. Yambol | | Jan. 6 | Levski vs. Lukoil Academic | | Jan. 6 | Cherno More IG vs. Spartak Pleven | | Jan. 6 | Dunav vs. Balkan | | Jan. 6 | Rilski Sportist vs. Spartak MVR |
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| STANDINGS | TG | W | L | P+ | P- | | 1 | Lukoil Academic | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1382 | 1020 | | 2 | CSKA | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1320 | 1050 | | 3 | Levski | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1186 | 1114 | | 4 | Spartak Pleven | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1163 | 1118 | | 5 | Cherno More IG | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1147 | 1131 | | 6 | Balkan | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1053 | 1082 | | 7 | Yambol | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1068 | 1158 | | 8 | Rilski Sportist | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1096 | 1171 | | 9 | Dunav | 14 | 2 | 12 | 943 | 1179 | | 10 | Spartak MVR | 14 | 0 | 14 | 864 | 1199 |
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