Ukrainian League Quarterfinals, Game 1: April 16-17, 2008 - UKRAINE

May 21, 2013

Ukrainian League Quarterfinals, Game 1: April 16-17, 2008

The Ukrainian League playoff started with no surprises, as all home teams registered respective wins in Game 1. BC Kyiv got a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five quarterfinals by downing Dnipro 82-66 at home on Thursday. Pooh Jeter paced the winners with 16 points. Marko Maravic and Marcus Faison each added 13 while Josh Davis had 10 for Kyiv, that led 41-31 at halftime. Jeter and Faison boosted the hosts' lead to 62-42 after 30 minutes, enough to keep full control of the game until the final buzzer. Azovmash Mariupol also got a 1-0 lead by beating Cherkasy Monkeys 93-80 in Mariupol also on Thursday. Robert Archibald led the winners with 20 points on 8-for-10 two-pointers. Panos Liadelis added 19, Tyus Edney had 16, Yahor Meshcharakou got 14 while Rodney Buford contributed 11 for Azovmash, that led 29-19 after 10 minutes and kept a safe lead to seal the outcome long before the final buzzer. In other playoff games, Khimik beat Mykolaiv 71-63 behind 16 points from Sasa Bratic while Politekhnika Lvovskaya topped Sumihimprom 92-85 with 22 points from Yaroslav Zubrytskyi.

Quarterfinal Playoffs, best of 5 games

Record	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
1	BC Kyiv (1)	82	April 19	April 22	*April24	*April28
0	Dnipro (8)	66	-	-	-	-
1	Politekhnika (4)	92	April 18	April 21	*April23	*April26
0	Sumykhimprom (5)	85	-	-	-	-
1	Azovmash (2)	93	April 19	April 22	*April24	*April28
0	Cherkasy Monkeys (7)	80	-	-	-	-
1	Khimik (3)	71	April 18	April 21	*April23	*April26
0	MBC Mykolayiv (6)	63	-	-	-	-

Quarterfinal games
Game 1	BC Kyiv vs. Dnipro	82-66	April 17
Game 1	Azovmash vs. Cherkasy Monkeys	93-80	April 17
Game 1	Khimik vs. MBC Mykolayiv	71-63	April 16
Game 1	Politekhnika vs. Sumykhimprom	72-85	April 16
Game 2	BC Kyiv vs. Dnipro	-	April 19
Game 2	Azovmash vs. Cherkasy Monkeys	-	April 19
Game 2	Khimik vs. MBC Mykolayiv	-	April 18
Game 2	Politekhnika vs. Sumykhimprom	-	April 18
Game 3	Dnipro vs. BC Kyiv	-	April 22
Game 3	Cherkasy Monkeys vs. Azovmash	-	April 22
Game 3	MBC Mykolayiv vs. Khimik	-	April 21
Game 3	Sumykhimprom vs. Politekhnika	-	April 21
Game 4	Dnipro vs. BC Kyiv	-	*April 24
Game 4	Cherkasy Monkeys vs. Azovmash	-	*April 24
Game 4	MBC Mykolayiv vs. Khimik	-	*April 23
Game 4	Sumykhimprom vs. Politekhnika	-	*April 23
Game 5	BC Kyiv vs. Dnipro	-	*April 28
Game 5	Azovmash vs. Cherkasy Monkeys	-	*April 28
Game 5	Khimik vs. MBC Mykolayiv	-	*April 26
Game 5	Politekhnika vs. Sumykhimprom	-	*April 26