Portuguese League Finals, Game 1: May 30, 2009 - PORTUGAL

May 21, 2013

Portuguese League Finals, Game 1: May 30, 2009

Sport Lisboa Benfica hit first in the best-of-seven Portuguese League finals by downing Ovarense Dolce Vita 77-61 in Game 1 in Lisbon on Saturday. Elvis Evora led the winners with 15 points. Diogo Carreira and Seth Doliboa each added 14, Antonio Tavares had 12 while Sergio Ramos got 10 for Benfica, that also hosts Game 2 on Tuesday. Doliboa added 13 rebounds while Evora had 10 for respective double-doubles. Nuno Cortez led Ovarense with 14 points. Rolan Roberts, Miguel Miranda and John Waller each added 11 while Greg Stempin had 10 for the guests. Evora had 9 early points to give Benfica a 18-11 lead right at the start of the second quarter. Three-pointers by Tavares and Carreira, as well as a layup-plus-foul by Doliboa allowed Benfica to stay ahead, 32-24, at halftime. Ovarense improved its defense after the game and managed to get as close as 38-36 but an 11-3 run that Joao Santos capped with a triple made it a double-digit game, 49-39. Benfica improved its margin to 57-45 after 30 minutes and then again to 68-54 midway through the fourth quarter, enough to cruise to a well-deserved win.

Finals Playoffs, best of 7 games

Record	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
1	Lisboa Benfica (1)	77	June 2	June 5	June 6	*June10	*June13	*June17
0	Ovarense D. Vita (3)	61	-	-	-	-	-	-

Finals Playoffs round games
Game 1	Sport Lisboa Benfica vs. Ovarense Dolce Vita	77-61	May 30
Game 2	Sport Lisboa Benfica vs. Ovarense Dolce Vita	-	June 2
Game 3	Ovarense Dolce Vita vs. Sport Lisboa Benfica	-	June 5
Game 4	Ovarense Dolce Vita vs. Sport Lisboa Benfica	-	June 6
Game 5	Sport Lisboa Benfica vs. Ovarense Dolce Vita	-	*June 10
Game 6	Ovarense Dolce Vita vs. Sport Lisboa Benfica	-	*June 13
Game 7	Sport Lisboa Benfica vs. Ovarense Dolce Vita	-	*June 17