BBC Dikrich, first in the Phase finale standings, controlled the return game against third-placed Racing Luxembourg B and won 88-39, confirming the earlier 64-59 away success in this matchup. Coach Laszlo Jozsef Hartl's side is now 8-0 and has stretched its winning run to 12 games.
Racing Luxembourg B started well enough and led 5-2 after early scores from Doruk Ege Kurtes (Season PPG: 8.62) and Paul Bruno Egret (Season PPG: 9.33). Dikrich then changed the rhythm quickly. An 8-0 run turned the score to 12-7, and the home team closed the first quarter strongly. The key sequence came from 16-11 to 27-11, an 11-0 run across the end of the first quarter and start of the second.
At halftime, Dikrich was already clear at 39-23. Racing stayed alive for a while through Bartosz Jan Olejnik (Season PPG: 11.36), Egret and Shining Li (Season PPG: 4.83), but the third quarter broke the game open. From 39-25, Dikrich produced another 11 unanswered points to reach 50-25. Farih Nurkovic, the 15-year-old captain, was decisive all evening and finished with 41 points, far above his already remarkable Season PPG of 36.94. Mil Neyens (Season PPG: 6.38) added 14, Mimballa Erwan-Scott Owoutou Monty (Season PPG: 12.60) scored 12 despite later fouling out, and Lou Tock (Season PPG: 8.50) had 10. Portuguese guard Braima Barreto Vieira Djau (Season PPG: 4.92) contributed a third-quarter three.
The last quarter was one-sided. Racing scored only 4 points, while Dikrich finished on a 14-0 run from 74-39 to 88-39. Inside that stretch, Nurkovic scored 10 points in a row by himself. The highest lead reached 49 points. Coach Ilija Kalajdzic's team had Kurtes on 11 points, while Egret, Olejnik and Li each finished with 8.
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