German League Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Game 5: May 24, 2008 - GERMANY

May 18, 2013

German League Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Game 5: May 24, 2008

Pascal Roller (Photo: Deutsche Bank Skyliners)

Deutsche Bank Skyliners became the last team to reach the German League semifinals by edging Bayer Giants Leverkusen 58-59 in do-or-die Game 5 of the best-of-five series on Saturday. The Skyliners won the series 2-3 by taking a thriller that went down to the wire. Pascal Roller paced the winners with 16 points. Jimmy McKinney added 14 while Ilian Evtimov had 13 for the Skyliners. Ransford Brempong, Brant Bailey and Beckham Wyrick each had 14 points for Leverkusen, that played its last game in this city after 14 years in the German first division. With Bayer stepping down as the main sponsor, the team will probably move to Dusseldorf next season. It all came down to the final seconds, as Brempong made foul shots to give Leverkusen a 58-57 edge. Roller drew a foul and calmly made both free throws for a 58-59 Skyliners edge with 7 seconds to go. Tyrone McCoy had time for a potential game-winning shot, but his running jumper did not fall in. As such, the best-of-five semifinals will be Alba Berlin vs. EWE Baskets Oldenburg and Deutsche Bank Skyliners vs. Telekom Baskets Bonn.

Quarterfinal Playoffs, best of 5 games

Record	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
3	Alba Berlin (1)	105	83	95	x	x
0	Bremerhaven (8)	65	78	73	x	x
1	Brose Baskets (4)	54	63	77	70	x
3	EWE Baskets (5)	55	64	47	83	x
1	Artland Dragons (2)	99	82	76	55	x
3	Telekom Baskets (7)	89	86	77	77	x
2	Bayer Giants (3)	78	66	82	75	58
3	Deutsche Bank (6)	75	74	79	77	59

Quarterfinal Playoffs round games
Game 1	Alba Berlin vs. Bremerhaven	105-65	May 15
Game 1	Artland Dragons vs. Telekom Baskets	99-89	May 14
Game 1	Bayer Giants vs. Deutsche Bank	78-75	May 15
Game 1	Brose Baskets vs. EWE Baskets	54-55	May 15
Game 2	Bremerhaven vs. Alba Berlin	78-83	May 18
Game 2	Telekom Baskets vs. Artland Dragons	86-82	May 17
Game 2	Deutsche Bank vs. Bayer Giants	74-66	May 17
Game 2	EWE Baskets vs. Brose Baskets	64-63	May 18
Game 3	Alba Berlin vs. Bremerhaven	95-73	May 20
Game 3	Artland Dragons vs. Telekom Baskets	76-77	May 20
Game 3	Bayer Giants vs. Deutsche Bank	82-79	May 19
Game 3	Brose Baskets vs. EWE Baskets	77-47	May 21
Game 4	Telekom Baskets vs. Artland Dragons	77-55	May 22
Game 4	Deutsche Bank vs. Bayer Giants	77-75	May 22
Game 4	EWE Baskets vs. Brose Baskets	83-70	May 23
Game 5	Bayer Giants vs. Deutsche Bank	58-59	May 24