Bulgarian League finals, Game 3: May 27, 2012 - Bulgaria

May 22, 2013

Bulgarian League finals, Game 3: May 27, 2012

Lukoil Academic used a high-scoring fourth-quarter rally to put its stamp on another Bulgarian League title by defeating host Levski 82-87 on the road Sunday. The victory gave Lukoil a 3-0 sweep in the best-of-five series and its 10th consecutive national crown, but it took a 30-point outburst in fourth-quarter scoring to get it done. The back-and-forth game featured many changes on the scoreboard, with Levski holding a seven-point lead, 70-63, with 8 minutes left to play. That's when back-to-back baskets by Brandon Heath sparked a 0-12 run that lasted 4 minutes and turned the game in Lukoil's favor at 70-75. Levski responded, however, with an 8-0 run featuring 2 baskets by Anguelov Dmitrov. Levski still led 81-80 on a free throw by Marcus Hall with 53 seconds left, but a three-pointer by Lamont Mack and free throws from Heath and Todor Stoykov finished the job on Lukoil's10th national title in a row. Heath led the winners with 25 points and 5 assists. Damjan Stojanovski added 13 points while Andre Owens had 12 points, Mack 11 and Bozhidar Avramov 10. Levski got 22 points from Aaron Harper, 13 from Chavdar Kostov and 11 from Vassil Evtimov.

Record	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
3	Lukoil Academic (1)	87	80	87	x	x
0	Levski Sofia (2)	80	76	82	x	x
Bulgarian League Champion 2011-12: Lukoil Academic

Finals Playoffs round games
Game 1	Lukoil Academic vs. Levski Sofia	87-80	May 22
Game 2	Lukoil Academic vs. Levski Sofia	80-76	May 24
Game 3	Levski Sofia vs. Lukoil Academic	82-87	May 27