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Bulgarian League Finals, Game 3: May 18, 2007

Lamont Jones - Lukoil Academic Lukoil Academic is once again the Bulgarian League champion! Lukoil swept the best-of-five title series by edging CSKA Sofia 97-99 in double overtime in Game 3 on Friday and clinched its fifth consecutive Bulgarian League title. Lamont Jones paced the winners with 26 points. Gjorgji Cekovski added 20 while Donta Smith posted a double-double of 17 points and 14 rebounds for Lukoil. Carlos Cherry had 22 points for CSKA. Free throws by Anguelov sent the game to overtime, 71-71. Cherry hit a six-meter shot, fed Anguelov for a triple and made free throws to give CSKA a 81-75 lead, but Jones singlehandedly led a 1-6 run that he capped with a driving basket that allowed Lukoil to force another overtime, 82-82. Back-to-back triples by Cherry seemed to break the game open, 91-85, but he fouled out and CSKA lost its momentum. Meanwhile, Jones and free throws by Smith and Georgi Davidov allowed Lukoil to get a 96-99 edge. Lukoil fouled on Dimitri Mirakovski with 4 seconds remaining, and he missed the second shot on purpose. Dimitar Anguelov missed the game-winning shot at the buzzer.  MORE

BULGARIAN LEAGUE: Final Playoffs, best of 5 games
Record Team Finals, Game 1: More Info! Game 1 Finals, Game 2: More Info! Game 2 Finals, Game 3: More Info! Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
3 Lukoil Academic (1) - Champion 92 82 99 x x
0 CSKA Sofia (2) 84 80 97 x x
Bulgarian League Champion 2006-07: Lukoil Academic

Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games
Record Semifinals: More Info! Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
3 Lukoil Academic (1) 96 88 87 x x
0 Cherno More IG (5) 71 72 85 - -
3 CSKA Sofia (2) 79 85 91 x x
0 Spartak Pleven (6) 71 76 80 - -
Quarterfinal Playoffs , best of 3 games
Record Quarterfinals: More Info! Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
2 Lukoil Academic (1) 103 110 x
0 Rilski Sportist (-) 70 75 x
1 Levski (4) 84 73 89
2 Cherno More IG (5) 70 80 91
2 CSKA Sofia (2) 109 93 x
0 Yambol (-) 72 80 x
0 Balkan (3) 74 72 x
2 Spartak Pleven (6) 82 92 x

Final Playoffs Games
Game 1 Lukoil Academic vs. CSKA Sofia 92-84 May 12
Game 2 Lukoil Academic vs. CSKA Sofia 82-80 May 15
Game 3 CSKA Sofia vs. Lukoil Academic 97-99 May 18

Semifinal Playoffs Games
Game 1 Lukoil Academic vs. Cherno More IG 96-71 May 3
Game 1 CSKA Sofia vs. Spartak Pleven 79-71 May 3
Game 2 Lukoil Academic vs. Cherno More IG 88-72 May 4
Game 2 CSKA Sofia vs. Spartak Pleven 85-76 May 4
Game 3 Cherno More IG vs. Lukoil Academic 85-87 May 7
Game 3 Spartak Pleven vs. CSKA Sofia 80-91 May 7

Quarterfinal Playoffs Games
Game 1 Lukoil Academic vs. Rilski Sportist 103-70 April 23
Game 1 CSKA Sofia vs. Yambol 109-72 April 23
Game 1 Balkan vs. Spartak Pleven 74-82 April 23
Game 1 Levski vs. Cherno More IG 84-70 April 23
Game 2 Rilski Sportist vs. Lukoil Academic 75-110 April 25
Game 2 Yambol vs. CSKA Sofia 80-93 April 25
Game 2 Spartak Pleven vs. Balkan 92-72 April 25
Game 2 Cherno More IG vs. Levski 80-73 April 25
Game 3 Levski vs. Cherno More IG 89-91 April 27

STANDINGS A-1, 2 Phase TG W L P+ P-
1 Lukoil Academic 28 27 1 - -
2 CSKA Sofia 28 24 4 - -
3 Balkan 28 14 14 - -
4 Levski 28 14 14 - -
5 Cherno More IG 28 13 15 - -
6 Spartak Pleven 28 12 16 - -


STANDINGS A-1, 1 Phase TG W L P+ P-
1 Lukoil Academic 18 17 1 1768 1307
2 CSKA Sofia 18 17 1 1718 1347
3 Levski 18 11 7 1538 1448
4 Spartak Pleven 18 10 8 1514 1459
5 Balkan 18 10 8 1374 1386
6 Cherno More IG 18 9 9 1479 1447
7 Yambol 18 7 11 1367 1530
8 Rilski Sportist 18 5 13 1410 1534
9 Dunav 18 3 15 1240 1528
10 Spartak MVR 18 1 17 1178 1600
Bulgarian League 2006-07
PLAYOFFS
Finals Game 1, Game 2, Game 3
Semifinals, Quarterfinals,
REGULAR SEASON Second Phase
Game 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
REGULAR SEASON First Phase
Game 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
BULGARIAN CUP
Game Quarterfinals, Final
All-Star game


2006-07 BULGARIAN LEAGUE PREVIEW
Few teams have dominated a domestic championship like Lukoil Academic, the four-time Bulgarian League champions. Lukoil is back as the top contender to keep its dynasty alive, as it managed to put together a strong roster in which Lamont Jones, Gjorgji Cekovski, Risto Stefanov or Georgi Davidov return and ULEB Cup all-time top scorer Todor Stoykov is also back after several months elsewhere. Lukoil also inked Lamont Barnes, Bojan Obradovic and Thomas Mobley to round a deep, competitive team. Its main opponent will be CSKA Sofia, ready to bounce back from its recent past and try to win its first Bulgarian League title in many years. Players like Predrag Joksimovic, Greg Danielson, Adrian Pledger, Lior Lubin, Deon Thomas, Leo Palladino or Brad Traina all arrived in Sofia to make CSKA get back to its glory days. Last year's finalists Cherno More IG Varna inked Leven Belberov, Dimitar Horozov or Aleksander Bojic while keeping Bogdan Boev and skilled big man Sasa Topcov. Tundja Yambol will try to reach the semifinals, too, with players like Ninoslav Tmuzic, Martin Horozov or Detcho Koeshinov. All 10 teams will face a round-robin first stage, followed by a second stage and the playoffs, with best-of-three quarterfinals and best-of-five semifinals and finals.

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