JWSport Jacek Waszak – Sport journalist
Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Góra – Polpharma Starogard Gdanski . 93:84 (23:19, 31:26, 20:19, 19:20)
Zielona Góra quickly took over the big lead and after the first minutes it was already leading, as much as 11 to 2 after excellent actions and throws by Marcel Ponitki , Drew Gordona.
In the 8th minute suddenly Polfarma led to a tie 15-15 after free Stokes. The end was minimal for the hosts and we had a result of 23 to 19 after the first quarter.
Polpharma caused them unexpected problems. The last team of the table did not give the hosts a safe advantage for a long time.
In the third quarter Stelmet escaped to 15 points but again somewhere escaped the effectiveness of Zielona Góra and guests from Gdańsk approached the hosts to seven points 60-67. In the final quarter there were many mistakes on both sides and the lead after 30 minutes of Stelmet Zielona Góra was only a ten-point advantage ended before the last quarter (74 to 64).
In the last quarter Zielona Gora unfortunately still played weaker, and above all did not hit the basket from the circuit and under the basket. In defense was a lot of mistakes of the hosts and Polpharma took advantage of it and more carried out compound actions in the attack and the result was 74-78 5:31 minutes before the end of the match. The much more experienced team of coach Tabak did not allow themselves to pull out the win and calmly brought the victory to the end.
After 11 games Stelmet has nine wins and two defeats. Polpharma won only once and lost ten games.
The last team that defeated Stelmet was Polish Sugar Toruń. On 11 October, the Polish vice-champions won 92:82. Since then, Zielona Góra has dominated the EBL and take second place in the table. Polpharma is the last one.
In Wednesday’s meeting on the dance floor Marcel Ponitka. threw 19 points and had 5 interceptions and Drew Gordon, who to 9 rebounds added another 18 points these players led the team Zielona Gora to the victory. Among the guests the best were Kamau Stokes (17 points) and Daniel Gołębiowski (16 points).
Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Góra – Polpharma Starogard Gdanski . 93:84 (23:19, 31:26, 20:19, 19:20)
Stelmet: Marcel Ponitka 19, Drew Gordon 18, Jarosław Zyskowski 17, Tony Meier 15, Ludwig Hakanson 12, Ivica Radic 8, Joe Thomasson 2, Łukasz Koszarek 2, Mikołaj Witliński 0, Przemysław Zamojski 0.
Polpharma: Kamau Stokes 17, Daniel Gołębiowski 16, Brett Prahl 15, Michał Kołodziej 15, Martynas Paliukenas 6, Isaiah Wilkins 6, Jonathan Williams 4, Aleksander Załucki 3, Paweł Dzierżak 2, Jakub Motylewski 0.
