Austrian League playoffs, Finals, Game 2: June 1, 2009
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Kraftwerk Wels evened up the Austrian League finals on Monday night with a commanding 71-91 road win over defending champion Allianz Swans in Gmunden. Wels used great defense during a 2-15 start to the second half to break open what had been a close Game 2. The best-of-seven series is now tied 1-1 as it heads to Wels for the next two games. Brandon Thomas was star for Wels, dropping 28 points to go with 5 rebounds and 3 assists. ArminWoschank followed with 17 points and Davor Lamesic with 12, while Tilo Klette had a double-double of 10 points, 11 rebounds. Wels outrebounded Gmunden by a total of 48-34. Gmunden got 18 points from Deteri Mayes, but he and the team's second best scorer, Elijah Palmer with 15 points, both went out of the game early with 5 fouls each. Gmunden got behind its leader, Mayes, throughout the first half, during which time he carved up the Wels defense for 13 points and 4 assists. Wels had its own big gun, however, in Thomas, who poured in 16 points from all over the floor to put the visitors in front, 44-46, at the break. The takeover by Wels continued with a 2-15 start to the third quarter, with Thomas getting scoring help now from Bruce Fields, Ricky Moore and Lamesic. Palmer finally came to Gmunden's rescue but it was not enough to keep Wels from taking a 56-68 lead into the final quarter. The visitors weren't going to stop then, either, so as Woschank and others got into the scoring fun, Wels rolled to a blowout road win that could change the momentum in the series.
| Finals Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record |
Team |
Game 1 |
Game 2 |
Game 3 |
Game 4 |
Game 5 |
| 1 |
Allianz Swans (1) |
86 |
71 |
June 4 |
June 7 |
*June 11 |
| 1 |
Kraftwerk Wels (3) |
82 |
91 |
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- |
- |
| Finals Playoffs round games |
| Game 1 |
Allianz Swans vs. Kraftwerk Wels |
86-82 |
May 28 |
| Game 2 |
Allianz Swans vs. Kraftwerk Wels |
71-91 |
June 1 |
| Game 3 |
Kraftwerk Wels vs. Allianz Swans |
- |
June 4 |
| Game 4 |
Kraftwerk Wels vs. Allianz Swans |
- |
June 7 |
| Game 5 |
Allianz Swans vs. Kraftwerk Wels |
- |
*June 11 |
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