Portuguese League Quarterfinals, Game 4: May 10, 2009 - PORTUGAL

May 21, 2013

Portuguese League Quarterfinals, Game 4: May 10, 2009

Regular season champion Sport Lisboa Benfica became the last team to make it to the Portuguese League semifinals by downing archrivals FC Porto Ferpinta 60-72 on the road in Game 4 on Sunday. Benfica won the best-of-five series 3-1 and faces Academica in the semifinals. Meanwhile, CAB Madeira is ready to face Ovarense Dolce Vita in the other semifinal. Antonio Tavares led the winners with 17 points in just 19 minutes. Migual Minhava added 16 while Seth Doliboa had 14 for Benfica. Playmaker Joao Figueiredo led Porto with 20 points. Christian Burns added 16, Paulo Cunha had 10 while Kevin Martin pulled down 16 rebounds for the hosts, that already trailed 10-15 after 10 minutes. Benfica boosted its margin to 20-39 at halftime and did not find major problems to keep full control of the game until the final buzzer. Benfica registered its 33rd win in 34 Portuguese League games so far this season.

Quarterfinals Playoffs, best of 5 games

Record	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
3	Sport Lisboa Benfica (1)	83	54	70	72	x
1	FC Porto Ferpinta (8)	64	58	64	60	x
0	Vagos NorbainLusavouga (4)	66	76	70	x	x
3	Académica (5)	83	82	86	x	x
3	CAB Madeira SAD (2)	84	86	87	x	x
0	VSC (7)	64	65	45	x	x
3	Ovarense Dolce Vita (3)	91	80	71	x	x
0	Barreirense/UNILOGOS (6)	81	76	66	x	x

Quarterfinals Playoffs round games
Game 1	Sport Lisboa Benfica vs. FC Porto Ferpinta	83-64	May 2
Game 1	CAB Madeira SAD vs. VSC	84-64	May 2
Game 1	Ovarense Dolce Vita vs. Barreirense/UNILOGOS	92-81	May 2
Game 1	Vagos NorbainLusavouga vs. Académica	66-83	May 2
Game 2	Sport Lisboa Benfica vs. FC Porto Ferpinta	54-58	May 3
Game 2	CAB Madeira SAD vs. VSC	86-65	May 3
Game 2	Ovarense Dolce Vita vs. Barreirense/UNILOGOS	80-76	May 3
Game 2	Vagos NorbainLusavouga vs. Académica	76-82	May 3
Game 3	FC Porto Ferpinta vs. Sport Lisboa Benfica	64-70	May 9
Game 3	VSC vs. CAB Madeira SAD	45-87	May 9
Game 3	Barreirense/UNILOGOS vs. Ovarense Dolce Vita	66-71	May 9
Game 3	Académica vs. Vagos NorbainLusavouga	86-70	May 9
Game 4	FC Porto Ferpinta vs. Sport Lisboa Benfica	60-72	May 10