First-placed Racing Luxembourg edged fifth-placed Entente RES AMI 100-97 in a high-level phase finale game and completed the season sweep after the earlier 87-85 win.
ERA had the better opening. Reuter and Noah Terence Stansbury Daleiden (Season PPG: 20.00) set the tone early, and ERA moved from 16-15 to 27-15 with an 11-0 run. Racing still stayed close at 29-33 after one quarter, largely because Louis Cocard, the 1.89m guard (Season PPG: 15.70), kept answering from long range.
The visitors remained in control in the second period. They led 39-29 and later 55-45, their biggest advantage of the night. Tim Geisen (Season PPG: 10.74) punished defensive gaps, while Riley Wohl (Season PPG: 10.24) was efficient around the basket. Racing coach Hristo Stoykov saw his team react through Oskar Berger (Season PPG: 11.89), who scored 9 important points in the quarter, but ERA still held a 56-50 lead at halftime.
Racing changed the rhythm after the break. Sulcas and captain Stefan Stoykov, the 17-year-old Bulgarian (Season PPG: 22.47), helped erase the gap, and after trailing 68-64, Racing produced a 10-2 push to go up 74-70. ERA answered immediately with 8 straight points, including Geisen and Wohl baskets, to restore a 78-74 edge before Racing closed the third at 77-78.
The last quarter stayed tense. Racing took the lead at 79-78, but ERA responded and went back in front 91-86, with Elvio Alissoutin and Geisen making key plays. Racing then answered with a decisive 10-3 run: Stoykov hit a three, Cocard added another, and Yair Portal Levav (Season PPG: 11.75) scored twice inside for 96-94. After 96-96, Cocard and Sarunas Sulcas, the 17-year-old Lithuanian (Season PPG: 16.41), delivered the final baskets for Racing.
Cocard finished with 28, Stoykov had 21, Berger 16 and Sulcas 15. For ERA, Geisen and Stansbury Daleiden both scored 25, Reuter added 15 and Wohl 18. Racing's current winning streak is now at seven games.
(AI generated)