The team of The Rila athlete played a completely impersonal match and suffered a heavy defeat with 61:87 (9:17, 16:17, 20:29, 16:24) from the Estonian champion Kalev/Kramo in a meeting of the second round of the FIBA Cup tournament, reported Sportal. bg.
This is the second loss in a row for the Bulgarian leader in group "F", after a week ago the team lost to the Hungarian Alba Fehervar with 88:100.
Thus, Rilski slipped to the last fourth place in the standings in its group with a balance of 0-2, while Kalev came out on top with 2-0. Between them are Le Portel and Alba Fehervar with 1-1 each.
FIRST QUARTER:
The match began unpleasantly for the Bulgarian champion, who did nothing in his first three possessions, and at the same time allowed himself to fall behind by 0:6 after a three-pointer by Kregor Horvath and a basket and a foul by Tanel Kurbas. Rilski was already more than three minutes without a basket in the match, and after a lack of communication in defense, Kurbas got a free way to the basket for 0:8 and a timeout for the home team. The uncertain actions of the Samokov players' basketball players continued after the break, with the series reaching 0:10 in favor of Kalev/Kramo. In the middle of the quarter, Jure Planinich appeared on the floor for the first time, but he was also stopped several times by the strong defense under the guests' basket. The Rileco teenager Hristo Bachkov was the first person to register his name among the scorers for the home team - 2:12. The first basket of the game for Rilski was scored by Deyan Karamfilov in 5:12, and then Planinich reminded of himself with a good performance in 7:14. However, the Estonian team managed to open a double-digit lead after a three-pointer by Kasper Suurorg in 7:17. After that, Planinich became the most successful so far for Rilski and made the result 9:17 after the end of the first part.
SECOND QUARTER:
Kalev's team reached their points quite easily, while things were not so for Rilski. Planinic scored again after a miss and controlled his fight, but either way the Estonians maintained a ten-point lead at 11:21. The graduates of Lyubomir Kirov showed will, and after another basket by their leader, the result was already 16:24 in favor of Kalev. However, the Bosnian got a break and the problems for Rilski in both phases of the game resumed - 16:30 for the Estonian team. Immediately after that, Alex Simeonov scored the first three-pointer for Rilski in the match, and Deyan Karamfilov added two more points to the account of the Bulgarian champion, after an unsportsmanlike foul was committed against him - 21:30. An umbrella by Planinich led to a dunk on a rush by Backkov with 25:33 left in the half. The first 20 minutes ended with a nine lead in favor of Kalev - 25:34.
THIRD QUARTER:
The Kalev/Kramo team got off to a strong start in the second half and after a 2-7 run to start the third quarter, pushed the lead to 14 at 27:41. Planinic again became the main suspect in the offensive plan for Riletso, as he scored four straight points in 31:43. Immediately after that, he was unsportsmanlike fouled, and subsequently made a block for Chavdar Kostov's three-pointer at 35:43. However, the guests did not give up and again increased the distance to double digits at 37:50. Alex Simeonov hit a three-pointer to cut the gap to nine at 42:51, but Severi Kaukiainen immediately returned the gesture in 42:54. However, the Bulgarian champion seemed to surrender at the end of the third quarter, when he allowed the team of Kalev/Kramo to take an 18-point lead at 45:63.
LAST THURSDAY:
The game seemed to be playing out, as Kalev increased its lead to 21 points at 49:70, two minutes after the start of the last quarter. Things were clearly heading for a second straight loss for Samokov in the tournament, and in the middle of the quarter the difference was 25 - 53:78. Everything ended at 61:87 in favor of Kalev/Kramo.
Kasper Suurorg and Severi Kaukiainen each finished with 13 points for the Estonians. Hugo Toom added 12 points, and Patrick Tappe and Leemet Beauclair each scored 11.
Jure Planinich was above everyone for Rilski with a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds. Alex Simeonov scored another 10 points.
TITLE FIVE:
RIL ATHLETE: Laquincy Ridow, Alan Arnett, Jordan Session, Chavdar Kostov, Alex Simeon
KALEV/KRAMO: Tanel Kurbas, Patrick Tappe, Leemet Beauclair, Cregor Hermet, Martin Dorbeck