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Bulgarian League Finals, Game 4: June 3, 2009
Lukoil champs Bulgaria 2008-09 (photo: lukoilacademic.net)Lukoil Academic has won yet another Bulgarian League title! Lukoil lifted its seventh consecutive Bulgarian League trophy by beating Euroins Cherno More 76-85 on the road in Game 4 to win the best-of-five playoff series 3-1. Lukoil completed yet another solid season in its domestic competition, where it has become the team to beat since 2003, losing just one playoff game this year. Willie Deane paced the winners with 28 points and 9 rebounds. Leemire Goldwire added 23 points on 10-for-11 free throws while Hristo Nikolov had 12, most of them in the final 5 minutes to seal the outcome down the stretch. Corey McIntosh had 25 points for Cherno More. Atila Dos Santos added 19 while Simeon Tsenov got 17 for the hosts. It was balanced game for 31 minutes, as a three-pointer by McIntosh tied it at 60-60. Nikolov had 8 points in a 2-10 run that broke the game open, 62-70, enough for Lukoil to keep full control of the game until the final buzzer. MORE

Finals Playoffs, best of 5 games
Record Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
3 Lukoil Academic (1) 92 93 88 85 x
1 Euroins Cherno More (3) 83 74 90 76 x
Bulgarian League Champion 2008-09: Lukoil Academic

Semifinals Playoffs, best of 5 games
Record Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
3 Lukoil Academic (1) 84 102 92 x x
0 Rilski Sportist (5) 62 70 87 x x
2 Levski (2) 94 76 74 87 70
3 Euroins Cherno More (3) 81 63 79 93 71

Quarterfinals Playoffs, best of 3 games
Record Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
- Lukoil Academic (1) x x x
- - (8) x x x
0 Spartak Pleven (4) 100 86 x
2 Rilski Sportist (5) 105 93 x
2 Levski (2) 123 107 x
0 Sliven (7) 65 69 x
2 Euroins Cherno More (3) 82 66 81
1 Yambol (6) 73 74 69

Finals Playoffs round games
Game 1 Lukoil Academic vs. Euroins Cherno More 92-83 May 28
Game 2 Lukoil Academic vs. Euroins Cherno More 93-74 May 29
Game 3 Euroins Cherno More vs. Lukoil Academic 90-88 June 2
Game 4 Euroins Cherno More vs. Lukoil Academic 76-85 June 3

Semifinals Playoffs round games
Game 1 Lukoil Academic vs. Rilski Sportist 84-62 May 16
Game 1 Levski vs. Euroins Cherno More 94-81 May 16
Game 2 Lukoil Academic vs. Rilski Sportist 102-70 May 17
Game 2 Levski vs. Euroins Cherno More 76-63 May 17
Game 3 Rilski Sportist vs. Lukoil Academic 87-92 May 20
Game 3 Euroins Cherno More vs. Levski 79-74 May 20
Game 4 Euroins Cherno More vs. Levski 93-87 May 21
Game 5 Levski vs. Euroins Cherno More 70-71 May 24

Quarterfinals Playoffs round games
Game 1 Sliven vs. Levski 65-123 May 8
Game 1 Euroins Cherno More vs. Yambol 82-73 May 8
Game 1 Spartak Pleven vs. Rilski Sportist 100-105 May 8
Game 2 Levski vs. Sliven 107-69 May 10
Game 2 Yambol vs. Euroins Cherno More 74-66 May 10
Game 2 Rilski Sportist vs. Spartak Pleven 93-86 May 10
Game 3 Euroins Cherno More vs. Yambol 81-69 May 13

LAST GAME GAME 28
May 2, 2009
Day Match Result
May 2 Euroins vs. Lukoil Academic 66-89
May 2 Spartak Pleven vs. Yambol 115-86
May 2 Rilski Sportist vs. Sliven 102-51
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STANDINGS A-1 TG W L P+ P-
1 Lukoil Academic 24 20 4 2254 1835
2 Levski 24 18 6 2218 1936
3 Euroins Cherno More 24 13 11 2040 1978
4 Spartak Pleven 24 13 11 2129 2048
5 Rilski Sportist 24 13 11 2149 2003
6 Yambol 24 7 17 2005 2183
7 Sliven 24 0 24 1580 2392


Lukoil Academic stays as the team to beat in the Bulgarian League, as it has dominated its domestic competitions for six years. Lukoil finished the 2007-08 season unbeaten, winning 40 consecutive games to lift its sixth Bulgarian League trophy. On fact, Lukoil lost its last Bulgarian League game on October 28, 2006 and registered 71 consecutive wins before the start of the 2008-09 season. It comes as no surprise that Lukoil will be the top - and possible only - candidate to win another league title. Todor Stoykov, Riste Stefanov, Chavdar Kostov, Nenad Canak, Tim Pickett and Antonio Burks should lead Academic to win yet another league title. Euroins Cherno More reach the title series last season and is set to challenge Lukoil with Corey McIntosh, Michael Earl or Zeljko Bojovic. Levski reached the semifinals last season, as Marcus Hall and Yuliyan Radionov will try to lead the team to at least match that result. Spartak Pleven, featuring Hrisimir Dimitrov and Rob Preston, and CSKA Sofia, with Milos Sakota or Toni Dechev, will fight to make it to the semifinals.


Bulgarian League
2008-09
Finals Playoffs:
Game 4
Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Semifinals Playoffs:
Game 4 | Game 5
Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Quarterfinals Playoffs:
Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Regular Season:
Game 28
Game 25 | Game 26 | Game 27
Game 22 | Game 23 | Game 24
Game 19 | Game 20 | Game 21
Game 16 | Game 17 | Game 18
Game 13 | Game 14 | Game 15
Game 10 | Game 11 | Game 12
Game 7 | Game 8 | Game 9
Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6
Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Cup:
Final Eight

Euroleague / EuroCup teams
Lukoil Academic

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