Telstar Hesperange E won a very tight game at T71 Dudelange C, 84-83 after two overtimes, and moved up to 3rd place in M-Division 4, just ahead of 4th-placed T71C. TELE now has two wins in a row, while T71C is on a four-game losing streak.
The game was driven by TELE for long stretches. Coach Gilbert Pividor's team led 23-15 after the first quarter and built the biggest gap at 29-17 in the second. T71C reacted well before halftime, cutting it to 36-33, but TELE still carried a 49-44 advantage into the fourth.
The key swing came late in regulation. Trailing 57-53, T71C produced a 7-0 run to go ahead 60-57, with Nevzat Dzudzevic (Season PPG: 19.83) taking over. TELE answered through Sylvain Felten (44), whose late three made it 64-64 and extended the game.
In the first overtime, T71C reached 72-68 and 73-70, but Jordan Kaboth (Season PPG: 11.83) answered with five straight points, then added a three for 75-75. In the second overtime, T71C still led 83-82, yet Felten scored the decisive basket for the 84-83 final.
Dzudzevic was outstanding with 36 points, well above his season average, and he scored 21 of them from the fourth quarter onward. Karim Chakir (Season PPG: 19.88) added 15, while Ruben Melanda reached 9. For TELE, Felten finished with 22, Kaboth had 20, David Parisi (Season PPG: 10.73) scored 12, and Denis Pleimling (Season PPG: 12.60) added 11.
Aldin Kocan became an important foul-story for T71C: he picked up three fouls in the second quarter, was already on four by the end of the third, and later fouled out in the fourth.
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