POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
Lennart Litera
Leverkusen – Hamburg 79-71
Leverkusen forced 22 Piraten turnovers and outrebounded them 45-28 including 17 on the offensive glass. Piraten was plagued by 28 personal fouls down the stretch. Worth to mention a quality performance of Lennart Litera (191-2004) who helped to win the game recording 26 points and 6 rebounds. Dutch center Stef Van Bussel (208-2004) helped adding 12 points and 8 rebounds. The best for the losing side was guard Nelson Martin (186-2006) with 22 points and 4 steals and Lithuanian Simonas Paukste (201-2004) scored 15 points and 7 rebounds. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games.
Top scorers:
Leverkusen: L.Lennart 26+6reb+3ast, V.Bussel Stef 12+8reb, N.Calin 11+3reb+4ast, H.Fotis 7+7reb+1ast, C.Leon 7+5reb+1ast, O.Aime 7+6reb+4ast
Hamburg: M.Nelson 22+3reb+2ast, P.Simonas 15+7reb+3ast, B.Noe 10+4reb+3ast, J.Benjamin 8, B.Jules 6+1reb, T.Mika 5+1reb+1ast
gschID: 1071074
Bamberg/Breit. – Jena 83-75
Bamberg/Breit. made 28-of-35 free shots (80.0 percent) during the game, while Jena only scored twelve points from the stripe. Bamberg/Breit. forced 26 Jena turnovers. 24 personal fouls committed by Jena helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. It was a good game for Jonas Zilinskas (205-2006) who led his team to a victory with 28 points. Point guard Adrian Petkovic (188-2004) contributed with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists for the winners. Point guard Raphael Falkenthal (191-2005) answered with 20 points and 6 assists and point guard Ben Koehler (184-2004) added 16 points and 9 rebounds in the effort for Jena. Four Jena players scored in double figures. Jena’s coach rotated eleven players in this game, but that didn’t help.
Top scorers:
Bamberg/Breit.: Z.Jonas 28+4reb+3ast, L.Dejan 17+5reb, P.Adrian 15+5reb+7ast, K.Danas 8+14reb+1ast, G.David 6+6reb, O.Noah-Oliver 5+1ast
Jena: F.Raphael 20+3reb+6ast, N.Max 17+1reb+1ast, K.Ben 16+9reb+3ast, P.Lukas 11+12reb, O.Tim 6+4reb, G.Martin 2+2reb+1ast
gschID: 1071075
Tags : LENNART LITERA, BAYER GIANTS LEVERKUSEN, GERMAN BASKETBALL
