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May 18, 2013

Latvian League Finals, Game 3: May 15, 2011

VEF Riga needed and extra session to edge Ventspils 85-90 on the road in Game 3 of the best-of-seven Latvian League finals and now leads the series 2-1. Bojan Bakic led the way for the winners with 20 points, Kaspars Berzins added 19, Sandis Valters 14, Dairis Bertans 12 and Tyler Cain 10. Akselis Vairogs of Ventspils led all scorers with 22 points, Oritseweyunmi Efejuku netted 20, Janis Strelnieks 14, Brandon Hunetr 13 and Demond Carter 10. Vairogs made it 24-9 late in the first quarter for Ventspils, but after reaching a 38-21 advantage with a Maris Gulbis three, VEF went on a 1-14 run to get within 39-35 late in the second. Bojan Bakic gave VEF its first advantage, 46-48, from downtown, before Cain pushed the guests to 59-68 and Vairogs scored to finish the third quarter at 61-68. Efejuku gave the hosts the lead from the foul line at 71-70. The teams then exchanged leads, Berzins scored 2 free throws to get to 73-75, then an Efejuku slam tied the score on 75-75. In the last minute nobody was able to score and the game went to overtime. Strelnieks completed a three-point-play to put Ventspils in front 80-77, but a 0-7 Riga run capped by Berzins made it 80-84 to set up the victory.

Record	Team	Game1	G. 2	G. 3	G. 4	G. 5	G. 6	G. 7
2	Ventspils(1)	70	75	90	May18	*May21	*May24	*May27
1	VEF Riga (2)	79	72	85	-	-	-	-
3	3rd Liepajas (3)	100	81	93	x	x	-	-
0	3rd Barons (5)	79	71	88	x	x	-	-

Final and 3rd place Playoffs round games
Game 1	Ventspils vs. VEF Riga	70-79	May 8
Game 1	Liepajas Lauvas vs. Barons/O!.	100-79	May 10
Game 2	VEF Riga vs. Ventspils	72-75	May 11
Game 2	Barons/O!Karte vs. Liepajas L.	71-81	May 13
Game 3	Ventspils vs. VEF Riga	85-90	May 15
Game 3	Liepājas Lauvas vs. Barons/O!.	93-88	May 17
Game 4	VEF Riga vs. Ventspils	0-0	May 18
Game 5	Ventspils vs. VEF Riga	0-0	*May 21
Game 6	VEF Riga vs. Ventspils	0-0	*May 24
Game 7	Ventspils vs. VEF Riga	0-0	*May 27