Italian League quarterfinals, Game 1: May 17-18, 2012
Leon Radosevic - EA7 Emporio Armani MilanThe top two seeds in the Italian League playoffs marched to comfortable wins in their quarterfinals openers, while the three and four seeds also won with a bit more effort. Defending champion Montepaschi Siena demolished Cimberio Varese 92-57, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan blasted Umana Venezia 92-63, Bennet Cantu topped Scavolini Siviglia Pesaro 78-72 and Banco di Sardegna Sassari defeated Canadian Solar Bologna 81-72. Siena made quick work of Varese with a 25-0 first-quarter run. David Andersen led the way with 17 points, Rimas Kaukenas added 14, Ksistof Lavrinovic 12, Marco Carraretto 11 and Bo McCalebb 10. Yakhouba Diawara tallied 11 points and 8 rebounds for Varese in defeat. After a close first quarter, Armani dominated Venice 50-28 in the middle two quarters to cruise to a comfortable win. Leon Radosevic scored 18 points, Stefano Mancineli added 16 and Alessandro Gentile 15 to lead the Milano scorers. Guido Rosselli paced Venezia with 13 points. Cantu took charge with a 17-2 start and led by 17 after 10 minutes. Pesaro rallied back to within 4 in the closing minutes, but a pair of Gianluca Basile free throws sealed the Cantu victory. Manu Markoishvili scored 20 and Nicolas Mazzarino 15 for the winners. Daniel Hackett led Pesaro with 20. Drake Diener led Sassari to its Game 1 win with 26 points on 5-of-11 three-point shooting.

Record Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
1 Montepaschi Siena (1) 92 May 19 May 21 *May 23 *May 25
0 Cimberio Varese (8) 57 - - - -
1 Banco di Sardegna (4) 81 May 19 May 22 *May 24 *May 26
0 Canadian Solar (5) 72 - - - -
1 EA7 Emporio Armani (2) 92 May 20 May 22 *May 24 *May 26
0 Umana Venezia (7) 63 - - - -
1 Bennet Cantù (3) 78 May 20 May 21 *May 23 *May 25
0 Scavolini Siviglia (6) 72 - - - -

Quarterfinals Playoffs round games
Game 1 Montepaschi Siena vs. Cimberio Varese 92-57 May 17
Game 1 EA7 Emporio Armani vs. Umana Venezia 92-63 May 18
Game 1 Bennet Cantù vs. Scavolini Siviglia 78-72 May 18
Game 1 Banco di Sardegna vs. Canadian Solar 81-72 May 17
Game 2 Montepaschi Siena vs. Cimberio Varese 0-0 May 19
Game 2 EA7 Emporio Armani vs. Umana Venezia 0-0 May 20
Game 2 Bennet Cantù vs. Scavolini Siviglia 0-0 May 20
Game 2 Banco di Sardegna vs. Canadian Solar 0-0 May 19
Game 3 Cimberio Varese vs. Montepaschi Siena 0-0 May 21
Game 3 Umana Venezia vs. EA7 Emporio Armani 0-0 May 22
Game 3 Scavolini Siviglia vs. Bennet Cantù 0-0 May 22
Game 3 Canadian Solar vs. Banco di Sardegna 0-0 May 21
Game 4 Cimberio Varese vs. Montepaschi Siena 0-0 *May 23
Game 4 EA7 Emporio Armani vs. Umana Venezia 0-0 *May 24
Game 4 Scavolini Siviglia vs. Bennet Cantù 0-0 *May 24
Game 4 Canadian Solar vs. Banco di Sardegna 0-0 *May 23
Game 5 Montepaschi Siena vs. Cimberio Varese 0-0 *May 25
Game 5 EA7 Emporio Armani vs. Umana Venezia 0-0 *May 26
Game 5 Bennet Cantù vs. Scavolini Siviglia 0-0 *May 26
Game 5 Banco di Sardegna vs. Canadian Solar 0-0 *May 25
Friday, May 18, 2012
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