Telstar Hesperange D won a close game against T71 Dudelange C, 55-47, ending a two-game losing run. After the result, TELD moved up two places to 8th, while T71C dropped one spot to 5th.
Game evolution was clear: T71C controlled the first half, TELD the second. The visitors led 10-6 after the opening quarter and 24-22 at halftime. Karim Chakir (T71C) set that tone early, scoring 8 consecutive points in the first quarter and 11 of T71C's first 13 points. That gave T71C its best lead at 13-6 early in the second period.
TELD stayed in contact and changed the rhythm after the break. David Parisi (TELD) tied the score at 24-24 at the start of the third quarter, and the home team gradually turned the game into a possession-by-possession battle. TELD edged the third quarter 14-10 to go in front 36-34.
The decisive stretch came in the fourth. T71C came back to 36-36, but TELD answered with a 9-2 run to 45-38. When T71C reduced the gap to 45-41, the Telstar coach used a timeout, and the home side regained control. Later, after Ruben Melanda (T71C) hit a three to make it 50-46, TELD responded with 5 straight points for its biggest lead, 55-46.
Parisi (TELD), Steve Kaboth (TELD) and Mike Bausch (TELD) each scored 10, while Christophe Thil (TELD) added 9. Norman Aust (TELD) had 8 and was active early, though foul trouble followed him through the second half and he fouled out. For T71C, Chakir finished with 18, Almir Subasic (T71C) added 14, Noé Schroeder (T71C) 7, and the 32-year-old Charles-André Lys (T71C) scored 5.
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