Basket Esch C won 64-53 away to Rebound Préizerdaul in the first return game of the final phase. PRE remained first in the classification despite the loss, while LALC climbed one place to third.
The game changed after PRE's 3-0 start. Basket Esch answered immediately and built the key first-quarter break. Gabriel Stefan Kühne Meza (Season PPG: 9.52) scored 8 points in a row during that early surge, and Alim Durovic (Season PPG: 13.20) kept the pressure on after that. LALC led 20-10 after one quarter, with their highest lead reaching 14 points in the opening period.
PRE had a better second quarter and cut the margin to 18-24 through Jaylen Joseph Simoes Marbes (Season PPG: 8.85) and Guilherme Filipe Marques Casqueira (Season PPG: 17.09). That was an important moment, but Basket Esch answered with an 8-0 run, with points from Théo Brohez (Season PPG: 2.50), Kühne Meza, Bryan Felipe Semedo Tavares (Season PPG: 5.00) and Durovic. That sequence restored control and sent LALC into halftime up 34-22.
PRE pushed again in the third quarter, first to 26-34 and later to 35-43. Marques Casqueira stayed productive, and Charel Wolsfeld (Season PPG: 2.58) added inside scoring. Still, Nikola Mander Tavan (Season PPG: 1.78) produced 4 points in a row for LALC, and Kühne Meza finished the period strongly for a 50-37 lead.
In the last quarter, PRE reduced the gap from 41-56 to 47-56, but Durovic answered at the right time and scored 6 important fourth-quarter points. He finished with a game-high 26 points, while Kühne Meza added 19. For PRE, Marques Casqueira scored 23, Simoes Marbes had 14, and Stella Fantini (Season PPG: 4.46) matched her season best with 8. Neither team made a 3-pointer.
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