Portuguese League semifinals, Game 5: May 7-8, 2007
Ovarense Aerosoles and Porto Ferpinta will face each other in the Portuguese League finals! Both teams survived by winning Game 5 of their respective semifinals and will go against each other in the best-of-five finals. Ovarense showed its power by simply overwhelming Lusitania Angra PM 92-55 in Game 5 on Monday. Shawn Jackson led the winners with 25 points, Gregory Stempin added 17 while Ben Reed had 14 for Ovarense. Joao Figueiredo had 25 points for Lusitania, but nobody else scored in double digits. Ovarense led 41-19 at halftime and did not find troubles to advance to the final. Meanwhile, Porto made it to the final by downing Benfica 57-73 on the road in Game 5 on Tuesday. Larry Jon Smith paced the winners with 19 points, John Whorton added 12 and Paulo Cunha 11. A 0-9 run broke the game late in the third quarter, 42-55, and Porto managed to return to the Portuguese League finals.

PORTUGUESE LEAGUE: Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games
RecordTeam
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
3
Ovarense Aerosoles (1)
83
87
88
82
92
2
Lusitania Angra PM (4)
93
58
71
87
55
2
Sport Lisboa e Benfica (2)
58
98
84
79
57
3
FC Porto Ferpinta (3)
66
90
87
67
73

Semirfinal 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
87-58
April 28
Game 2
Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs. FC Porto Ferpinta
98-90
April 29
Game 3
Lusitania Angra PM vs. Ovarense Aerosoles
71-88
May 3
Game 3
FC Porto Ferpinta vs. Sport Lisboa e Benfica
87-84
May 4
Game 4
Lusitania Angra PM vs. Ovarense Aerosoles
87-82
May 5
Game 4
FC Porto Ferpinta vs. Sport Lisboa e Benfica
67-79
May 6
Game 1
Ovarense Aerosoles vs. Lusitania Angra PM
92-55
May 7
Game 1
Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs. FC Porto Ferpinta
57-73
May 8

Wednesday, May 09, 2007
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