Portuguese League Finals, Game 2: June 4, 2009 - PORTUGAL

May 21, 2013

Portuguese League Finals, Game 2: June 4, 2009

Sport Lisboa Benfica got a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Portuguese League finals by edging Ovarense Dolce Vita 70-62 at Imperio Bonanca Arena in Lisbon on Tuesday. Ovarense hosts Games 3 and 4 on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Antonio Tavares, Sergio Ramos and Seth Doliboa paced the winners each with 13 points. Elvis Evora added 12 for Benfica. John Waller led Ovarense with 15 points. Nuno Manarte added 12 and 9 assists while Rolan Roberts had 10 points for the guests, that played without Ben Reed. Benfica led 18-12 after 10 minutes and kept a six-point lead, 38-32, at halftime. The hosts boosted their margin to 52-44 after 30 minutes and cruised to a pivotal win in this series.

Finals Playoffs, best of 7 games

Record	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
2	Lisboa Benfica (1)	77	70	June 5	June 6	*June10	*June13	*June17
0	Ovarense D. Vita (3)	61	62	-	-	-	-	-

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	70-62	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