Swiss League League Playoffs, Semifinals Game 4: May 9, 2007
Olympic Frbourg will face the defending champion Lugano Tigers in the best-of-five Swiss Legaue finals starting on Saturday at Fribourg's Saint Croix Arena. Olympic downed BC Boncourt 58-75 on the road on Wednesday to take the series 3-1. Dave Esterkamp beat the halftime buzzer to give his side a 31-39 lead, but back from the lockers, the hosts showed a different attitude to come back an take a 44-43 advantage. However, Olympic remained in front at the end of the third quarter 44-49 and then managed the cushion till the final buzzer. Pascal Perrier David and Tresore Quidome led Fribourg with 16 points and Dave Esterkamp had 15, while Jason Ellis and Helgi Magnusson bagged 13 apiece for Boncourt.

SWISS LEAGUE: Playoffs Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games
RecordTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5
3Benetton Fribourg Olympic (1)82839375x
1Basket-Club Boncourt (4)68858958x
3Lugano Tigers (2)7910079xx
0Geneva Devils (6)629666xx

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 Olympic85-83 OTMay 2
Game 2Geneva Devils vs. Lugano Tigers96-100 OTMay 2
Game 3Benetton Fribourg Olympic vs. Basket-Club Boncourt93-89May 5
Game 3Lugano Tigers vs. Geneva Devils79-66May 5
Game 4Basket-Club Boncourt vs. Benetton Fribourg Olympic58-75May 9

Wednesday, May 09, 2007
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