Round 9 offered again some important and interesting games/results.
SUM-EOS 85-94:
Quite possibly (at least one of the) biggest win of EOS in it's HGL history, beating high quality opponent SUM by 9 (and leading no less than 30 before 4th quarter). At least for me this counts as a surprise win (at least to some extent), but being as clear win as it was (especially considering situation after 3 quarters of play), it's a great proof of strengthening of EOS team. Box score wise, no huge differences between these two teams, but EOS shot slightly better from the field, and was able to guess SUM's tactics perfectly.
LMS-VIV 129-114:
Both teams at 4W-4L before this important match, that almost turned into a free throw contest (25 and 38 attermpts) both teams took care of the ball well (4 and 5 TO's). LMS though shot bit better from the field (48 to 42%), and had an advantage of 9 rebounds in a match.
VPO-ED 102-82:
Had to include this match to report, as someone finally was able to score a three pointer against ED; they had a two game streak of 0 allowed 3 pointers! This was also a match of clinical free throw shooting: VPO 17/17 and ED 19/20.
HAD-LGM 93-81:
LGM was able to put up a very respectable fight against always strong HAD, and this was the smallest winning margin of the season for HAD. While it wasn't a tight match in terms of winning, we all know how strong team HAD is so these kind of performances also are worth noting sometimes. HAD was again very strong in rebounds (53-29 advantage) and in blocks (6-0), so even mishandling the ball 13 times (against 8 by LGM) and shooting worse behind the 3 point arc didn't cause HAD a loss.
KKS-TRO 109-82:
This was an offensive rebound show: 22-15 to TRO! Offensive flow was much higher on KKS's side though (ratings KKS's 9 to TRO's 5) and KKS had 37-11 assist to turnover ratio, while TRO's numbers were 17-17. KKS was also dominating in blocks (13 to 2) and in FG% (53 to 35%).
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