PWC Luxembourg overturned a 4-point deficit after three quarters to beat KPMG 66-53 at lvauban, closing with a dominant 23-6 final period. KPMG dictated much of the first half behind the perimeter punch of Abdessamad Jamal (KPM, 13) and the steady scoring of player-coach Alexandre Weinand (KPM, 13), leading 20-18 after Q1 and 33-29 at halftime. Their cushion peaked at 33-26 in the second and rose again to 47-41 late in the third.
The game flipped early in the fourth: Georgios Toulias (PWC, 5) knocked down two free throws to trim it to 45-49, then PWC strung together an 11-0 run Davide Pochettino (PWC, 25) scored twice around an Ilija Delas (PWC, 14) equalizer and Mario Anic (PWC, 7) capped it with a three for a 54-49 lead they never relinquished. Pochettino took over down the stretch, pouring in 25 points, including a late burst of five straight that pushed the gap to double figures and a dagger three for 64-53. Delas added 14, while Anic chipped in 7 with a key long-range make.
KPMG couldn't answer in the final quarter despite Weinand's earlier third-quarter surge and Jamal's trio of first-half threes. Kharthik Kumar Chellappan (KPM, 8) contributed 8, and Asier Ugarte (KPM, 7) had 7. A second-quarter swing also included a tense stretch for Federico Bianchi (PWC, 4), who committed two personals and a technical in quick succession, but PWC's coach Carlos Alegret Ros steadied the rotation. The decisive storyline: PWC's late defensive stand and a clinical, team-wide 11-0 blast that turned a tight game firmly in their favor.
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