Amicale Steesel opened the Phase finale with a convincing 81-54 home win over T71 Dudelange B, completing a season sweep after the 65-46 away result earlier in Phase 1. The game flipped quickly after T71's 0-4 start: Amicale replied with a 15-2 surge to close the first quarter at 17-8, fueled by Charel Patz's hot hand (11 points in the opening period, including back-to-back threes).
T71 reacted well in the second quarter, stringing an 8-0 run to pull within 17-16 on baskets by Sami Dzinic and Adriano Coelho Gomes, and took the period 16-10 to trail just 27-24 at halftime. Despite early foul trouble (two quick personals) for Lucas Mutambayi, he kept T71 in touch with inside scoring.
After the break, Danièle Stoffel-Adam's team broke the game open with a 28-14 third quarter. Phil Linckels hit a timely three, Maxime Kapgen added another from deep, and Raphael Boreiko found rhythm in mid-range. A timeout mid-quarter did not slow Amicale, who pushed to 55-38. The fourth started with Aiden Riley Smith (13, CAN) scoring back-to-back baskets as the hosts stretched the lead to a game-high +29 (81-52) before the final 81-54. T71 had a brief spark when Dzinic scored four in a row, but the gap was already decisive.
Balanced scoring defined Amicale: captain Harons Rafaels Faduls 14, Smith 14, Patz 14, Kapgen 13, with support from Levi Lepage Post (8), Boreiko (7) and Linckels (7). T71's leaders were Mutambayi (14), Coelho Gomes (10) and Dzinic (9), while Nikola Bugarski and Dany Teixeira Mendes added 6 each.
In the new standings, Amicale jump to 2nd (+4), T71 sit 5th. After a difficult stretch earlier in the season, Steesel start the final phase on the front foot under coach Stoffel-Adam, while Carlo Müller's side could not sustain their good second quarter over 40 minutes.
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Amicale Steesel 
T71 Dudelange B 
