Rock started the game with a 11:2 run and was leading in the middle of the quarter 14:7. Two minutes later Janar Talts and Scott Morrison both dunked the ball and the score was already 22:7. And Rock's dominance grew, as they finally were able to end the quarter with a 17:7 run and were ahead by 19.

The second quarter started scrappy from both sides, as neither team allowed more than two points in the first three minutes. Finally, some shots started to fall. With six minutes to go, Rock was ahead 37:19 and Talts had already 14 points. Both teams were getting baskets the rest of the quarter. And seemed like Tartu just would not miss, but Valmiera was able to close the half with a 9-2 run (made all three threes) and was trailing before second half 52:37.

Rock was brilliant from two-point range - 80% and Janar Talts had already 18 points and 5 rebounds. Davis was Valmiera's leading scorer with 15 at that point.

Basically the same game continued in the third quarter. Both teams were making shots, but Janar Talts was unstoppable, as he scored already his 21st point in the third minute of the second half. Rock was ahead 60:44 at that point. Shortly after, both Tanel Tein and Silver Leppik connected on threes and with three and a half to go in the third Rock had already built their lead to 22. Valmiera was in trouble, as they were heading to the last period, trailing 74:50.

Still, Valmiera was not done. They started the last quarter with three straight threes and were down 77:59 with 8 minutes to go. But they simply could not stop Rock getting to the free-throw line. With 6 minutes to go Valmiera made already their fifth three-pointer in the quarter, but were still down by 17. And after few made free-throws and another three-pointer the deficit was only 11. With 3 minutes to go, another three from Bedritis made it 86:76. But that was it. Valmiera ran out of steem and Rock won the game 94:80.

Janar Talts was the leading scorer of the game with 21 points, but played only 24 minutes. Timo Eichfuss had 14, Abernethy 13, Tein 11, Allingu 10 and Kitsing 9 points. Rock shot 72 percent from two-point range and connected 7 three-pointers (of 15).

Davis was Valmiera's leading scorer with 19 points. Graudins had 13, Anzdejevskis 12. Valmiera made 15 three-pointers (out of 33), 7 of them came in fourth quarter.

Rock finished the regular season with 9 wins and 9 losses, which places them in the 5th spot. Valmera finished in eigth place (5 wins, 13 losses).

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