May 23, 2012
Swiss League Playoffs, Semifinals Game 1: April 28, 2007
Olympic Fribourg and Lugano Tigers won the opening games of their respective best-of-five Swiss League semifinals series at home. Fribourg topped Boncourt 82-68 and Lugano beat Geneva Devils 79-62. Olympic took a 29-16 lead in the first quarter with an amazing shooting performance (12-of-16), but the visitors came back and tied the score at 57-57 early in the last quarter. That's when Dave Esterkamp scored 7 straight points to give Fribourg a 72-61 cushion. Esterkamp finished with 21 points and Lorenzo Orr 19 for Fribourg, while Hugues Jannel led Boncourt with 17. In the other game, the Tigers led 35-27 at halftime and produced their biggest effort in the third quarter for a 59-44 advantage after 30 minutes. Nikola Dacevic contributed 16 points and Edwin Draughan 15, while Robert Johnson led the guests with 18.


SWISS LEAGUE: Playoffs Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games
RecordTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5
1Benetton Fribourg Olympic (1)82May 2May 5May 9*May 12*
0Basket-Club Boncourt (4)68----
1Lugano Tigers (2)79May 2May 5May 9*May 12*
0Geneva Devils (6)62----

Semifinal Playoffs Games
Game 1Benetton Fribourg Olympic vs. Basket-Club Boncourt82-68April 28
Game 1Lugano Tigers vs. Geneva Devils79-62April 28
Game 2Basket-Club Boncourt vs. Benetton Fribourg Olympic-May 2
Game 2Geneva Devils vs. Lugano Tigers-May 2
Game 3Benetton Fribourg Olympic vs. Basket-Club Boncourt-May 5
Game 3Lugano Tigers vs. Geneva Devils-May 5
Game 4Basket-Club Boncourt vs. Benetton Fribourg Olympic-May 9*
Game 4Geneva Devils vs. Lugano Tigers-May 9*
Game 5Benetton Fribourg Olympic vs. Basket-Club Boncourt-May 12*
Game 5Lugano Tigers vs. Geneva Devils-May 12*
Saturday, April 28, 2007
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