Portuguese League playoffs, semifinals, Game 4: May 24, 2009 - PORTUGAL

May 18, 2013

Portuguese League playoffs, semifinals, Game 4: May 24, 2009

It will all go down to the wire in one of the most exciting playoff series in Portuguese League history. Academica edged regular season winners Sport Lisboa Benfica 90-87 in triple overtime in Game 4 on Sunday to tie the best-of-five series at 2-2. Benfica hosts Game 5 on Wednesday. It was the second triple-overtime thriller in this series. Karlton Mims led the winners with 29 points. Fernando Sousa added 23, Diogo Simoes had 16 while Manuel Johnson got 13 for Academica. Sergio Ramos led Benfica with 35 points. Seth Doliboa played all 55 minutes and added 17 points while Elvis Evora got 13 for the guests. Both teams tied at 57-57 at the end of regulation. Sousa missed free throws late in the first overtime for a 66-66 tie after 45 minutes. Incredibly enough, a missed free throw by Santos allowed Sousa to bury an unbelievable buzzer-beating midcourt shot to take the game to a third overtime, 76-76. Mims and Johnson sealed the outcome with free throws in the final 13 seconds.

Semifinals Playoffs, best of 5 games

Record	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
2	Sport Lisboa Benfica (1)	78	105	54	87	May 27
2	Académica (5)	54	103	64	90	-
0	CAB Madeira SAD (2)	75	82	71	x	x
3	Ovarense Dolce Vita (3)	89	84	75	x	x

Semifinals Playoffs round games
Game 1	Sport Lisboa Benfica vs. Académica	78-54	May 15
Game 1	CAB Madeira SAD vs. Ovarense Dolce Vita	75-89	May 16
Game 2	Sport Lisboa Benfica vs. Académica	105-103	May 17
Game 2	CAB Madeira SAD vs. Ovarense Dolce Vita	82-84	May 17
Game 3	Académica vs. Sport Lisboa Benfica	64-54	May 23
Game 3	Ovarense Dolce Vita vs. CAB Madeira SAD	75-71	May 23
Game 4	Académica vs. Sport Lisboa Benfica	90-87	May 24
Game 5	Sport Lisboa Benfica vs. Académica	-	May 27