May 22, 2013
Italian League quarterfinals, Game 4: May 23-24, 2012
David Andersen - Montepaschi Siena_37979Montepaschi Siena moved on to the Italian League semifinals on Wednesday and Scavolini Siviglia Pesaro forced a fifth-and-deciding game in its series against Bennet Cantu on Thursday. Siena routed Cimberio Varese 75-91 to win that series 3-1 and set up a semifinals duel with Banco di Sardegna Sassari. Pesaro downed Cantu 80-68 and they will meet for the series on Saturday. The winner get EA7 Emporio Armani in the semis. Siena won thanks to an amazing shooting performance. The defending champs made 11 of 19 attempts from long distance and 24 of 37 two-pointers. David Andersen led the way with 19 points, Bo McCalebb and Ksistof Lavrinovic bagged 15 apiece and Pietro Aradori 11. Yakhoba Diawara drilled 26 and Phil Goss 20 for Varese. Lavrinovic scored in the paint for a 21-30 lead early in the second quarter. Nikos Zisis stretched the lead to it 33-45, but Diego Fajardo scored for a 35-45 halftime score. Aradori nailed a shot from behind the arc to make it 42-63 midway through the third quarter and Lavrinovic extended the lead further to 54-77 early in the last quarter as Siena coasted to victory. Pesaro started on fire against Cantu by taking a 20-6 margin late in the first quarter on a three-point-play completed by Daniel Hackett. The home team enlarged the difference at halftime to 40-21 and reached a bigger cushion, 63-38, on a three-point shot by Daniele Cavaliero late in the third quarter. An 18-4 Cantu run in the first part of the last quarter made it 67-55 on a layup from Manuchar Markoishvili, but 7 unanswered points by Scavolini rejected the comeback attempt and the series is now tied at 2-2. Richard Hickman contributed with 20 points for Scavolini, James White bagged 15, Marco Cusin 12 and Daniel Hackett drilled 11. Markohisvili and Gianluca Basile posted 11 for Cantru, while Nicolas Mazzarino and Doron Perkins added 10 each.

Record Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
3 Montepaschi Siena (1) 92 88 70 91 x
1 Cimberio Varese (8) 57 72 73 75 x
3 Banco di Sardegna (4) 81 88 72 x x
0 Canadian Solar (5) 72 86 71 x x
3 EA7 Emporio Armani (2) 92 89 82 x x
0 Umana Venezia (7) 63 83 80 x x
2 Bennet Cantù (3) 78 74 78 68 May 26
2 Scavolini Siviglia (6) 72 47 91 80 -

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 88-72 May 19
Game 2 EA7 Emporio Armani vs. Umana Venezia 89-83 May 20
Game 2 Bennet Cantù vs. Scavolini Siviglia 74-47 May 20
Game 2 Banco di Sardegna vs. Canadian Solar 88-86 May 19
Game 3 Cimberio Varese vs. Montepaschi Siena 73-70 May 21
Game 3 Umana Venezia vs. EA7 Emporio Armani 80-82 May 22
Game 3 Scavolini Siviglia vs. Bennet Cantù 91-78 May 22
Game 3 Canadian Solar vs. Banco di Sardegna 71-72 May 21
Game 4 Cimberio Varese vs. Montepaschi Siena 75-91 May 23
Game 4 Scavolini Siviglia vs. Bennet Cantù 80-68 May 24
Game 5 Bennet Cantù vs. Scavolini Siviglia 0-0 May 26
Thursday, May 24, 2012
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