Portuguese League, Semifinals Game 1: April 26-27, 2007
The Portuguese League semifinals got underway with a pair of upsets as Lusitania Angra PM topped Ovarense Aerosoles 83-93 on Thursday and FC Porto Ferpinta beat Sport Lisboa e Benfica 58-66 on Friday in Games 1. Lusitania, which finished the regular season in fourth place with nine fewer wins than Ovarense, shot its way to victory by making an incredible 13 of 19 three-points attempts (68.4%). Jaime Silva led five Lusitania scorers in double figures with 21 points and Joao Figueiredo added 14 points and 9 assists. Ben Reed posted 25 for Ovarense in defeat. Porto got the best of rival Benfica by dominating the boards 28-45. Julian Banks came off the bench for 17 points and Rodrigo Mascarenhas and John Whorton combined for 23 points and 31 rebounds for Porto. Miguel Minhava led Benfica with 11.


PORTUGUESE LEAGUE: Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games
RecordTeam
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
0
Ovarense Aerosoles (1)
83
April 28
May 3
May 5*
May 7*
1
Lusitania Angra PM (4)
93
-
-
-
-
0
Sport Lisboa e Benfica (2)
58
April 29
May 4
May 6*
May 8*
1
FC Porto Ferpinta (3)
66
-
-
-
-

Quarterfinal Playoffs Games
Game 1
Ovarense Aerosoles vs. Lusitania Angra PM
83-93
April 26
Game 1
Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs. FC Porto Ferpinta
58-66
April 27
Game 2
Ovarense Aerosoles vs. Lusitania Angra PM
-
April 28
Game 2
Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs. FC Porto Ferpinta
-
April 29
Game 3
Lusitania Angra PM vs. Ovarense Aerosoles
-
May 3
Game 3
FC Porto Ferpinta vs. Sport Lisboa e Benfica
-
May 4
Game 4
Lusitania Angra PM vs. Ovarense Aerosoles
-
May 5*
Game 4
FC Porto Ferpinta vs. Sport Lisboa e Benfica
-
May 6*
Game 1
Ovarense Aerosoles vs. Lusitania Angra PM
-
May 7*
Game 1
Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs. FC Porto Ferpinta
-
May 8*

Saturday, April 28, 2007
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