Spuerkeess controlled this Bascol Division 1 championship-round game in Clausen and beat Amazon 62-32, taking sole possession of 1st place while Amazon is 4th after the opening result.
The game started slowly. Spuerkeess moved in front 3-0, but Amazon answered well with a 5-0 push, sparked by Balsa Knezevic (AMZ) from long range and Riccardo Visone (AMZ) inside, to lead 5-3. That was Amazon's best moment early. Spuerkeess then closed the first quarter on a 4-0 run for a 7-5 edge.
The second quarter created the first real separation. Spuerkeess opened it with an 8-0 burst, from 7-5 to 15-5, through Thierry Abdiu (CEE), Pitt Koster (CEE) and Claude Bemtgen (CEE). Amazon stayed alive mainly through Filippo Mancini (AMZ), who scored 6 points in the period and gave his team some interior rhythm, but Spuerkeess still won the quarter 19-8 and reached halftime up 26-13.
Amazon came out well after the break. Erik Jenchenne (AMZ) and Francesco Cecchetto (AMZ) combined for a 5-0 run to cut it to 26-20. That was the key turning point: Spuerkeess immediately answered with 19 unanswered points. Abdiu, Pierre Hoffmann (CEE), Patrick Weis (CEE), Bemtgen and Koster all scored in that sequence, stretching the margin to 45-20.
From there, Spuerkeess never lost control. Koster finished as top scorer with 18 points, including four 3-pointers. Abdiu added 13, Hoffmann 8, while Dentzer and Bemtgen scored 7 each. For Amazon, Mancini led with 6 points, while Cecchetto and Salvatore Garofalo (AMZ) had 5 apiece. Spuerkeess' biggest lead reached 35 points at 62-27 before Amazon scored the last five points.
(AI generated)