Etzella Ettelbruck controlled this Phase finale return game from the opening minutes and beat T71 Dudelange B 82-53, completing a 2-0 season sweep after the earlier 74-70 road win. The result lifts ETZ one place to 2nd in the classification, while T71B remains 4th.
Coach Dragana Zoric's team recovered quickly from an early 0-2 deficit. ETZ answered with a 7-0 burst, and 13-year-old captain Jahleeon Nascimento Rocha Carvalho (Season PPG: 29.57) scored seven consecutive points in that first push. Ettelbruck led 17-8 after the first quarter and built the decisive gap in the second. From 19-10, the home side accelerated to 34-12, with Rocha Carvalho again at the center of the run, and reached halftime in front 40-23.
T71B tried to stay in contact through Lucas Mutambayi Tshibambi (Season PPG: 7.27) and 12-year-old Serbian captain Nikola Bugarski (Season PPG: 7.32). Mutambayi Tshibambi had a productive spell in the third quarter with six points in a row, but ETZ answered every time. Mustafa Yakta Inal (Season PPG: 14.93), Lenny Weber (Season PPG: 17.32) and Rocha Carvalho kept the rhythm high, and the lead grew to 63-37 by the end of the third.
The biggest margin came in the fourth quarter at 78-43. Rocha Carvalho finished with 38 points, well above his already strong season average. Inal added 13, Weber 12 and Lenn Dos Santos (Season PPG: 8.53) scored 9. For T71B, Mutambayi Tshibambi led with 19 points, Bugarski scored 13 and Dany Franklim Teixeira Mendes (Season PPG: 6.33) added 8. ETZ's current form is notable, with six wins in a row.
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