Ukrainian League playoffs, Quarterfinals Game 3: April 22-23 - Ukraine

May 20, 2013

Ukrainian League playoffs, Quarterfinals Game 3: April 22-23

Randy Culpepper - - Ferro-ZNTU (Photo superleague.ua)

Ferro-ZNTU became the first team into the Ukrainian League semifinals and the only one to sweep – despite not having home-court advantage! – as it knocked out BC Khimik, while BC Donetsk, BC Azovmash and BC Odesa took 2-1 series leads. Regular season champ Donetsk raced ahead in the third quarter and Dnipro’s late comeback came up short as the visitors won 78-82. Viacheslav Kravtsov scored 22 and Ramel Curry 16 for the winners. Azovmash topped Hoverla 72-77 in what was a 1-point game with five and a half minutes to go. But after Yaroslav Lemyk brought Hoverla within 69-72 with three minutes to go, Othello Hunter responded with a pair of baskets for Azovmash, which held on. Jerome Randle scored 20 and Hunter finished with 13 points and 7 rebounds for the winners. Odesa painted Budivelnik into a corner with a 98-99 overtime win. Jason Rowe’s three-pointer with 5 seconds left in regulation tied the game at 82-82 and Zach Morley was unable to score for Budivelnik at the buzzer. In overtime, a Morley triple put Budivelnik up 84-90 and Luis Flores had the visitors up 90-95 with a minute to go, but Rowe charged Odesa with the next 4 points and eventually tied the game from the line with 9 seconds to go. Flores made it 96-98 with a pair of free throws with 5 seconds left, which proved to be enough time for Justin Love to sink a game-winning three, which puts Odesa on the verge of a spot in the semifinals. Love paced the winners with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists and Rowe and Sean King each netted 21 for Odesa. Flores finished with 22 in defeat. Ferro-ZNTU wrapped up its series by beating Khimik 95-79 behind an amazing 40-point effort by Randy Culpepper.

Record	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
2	BC Donetsk (1)	94	76	82	April 25	*April 27
1	Dnipro (8)	72	77	78	-	-
0	BC Khimik (4)	67	76	79	x	x
3	Ferro-ZNTU (5)	85	93	95	x	x
1	Budivelnik (2)	94	90	98	April 25	*April 27
2	BC Odesa (7)	69	95	99	-	-
2	BC Azovmash (3)	103	76	77	April 24	*April 27
1	Hoverla (6)	93	80	72	-	-

Quarterfinals Playoffs round games
Game 1	BC Donetsk vs. Dnipro	94-72	April 17
Game 1	Budivelnik vs. BC Odesa	94-69	April 18
Game 1	BC Azovmash vs. Hoverla	103-93	April 17
Game 1	BC Khimik vs. Ferro-ZNTU	67-85	April 17
Game 2	BC Donetsk vs. Dnipro	76-77	April 19
Game 2	Budivelnik vs. BC Odesa	90-95	April 20
Game 2	BC Azovmash vs. Hoverla	76-80	April 19
Game 2	BC Khimik vs. Ferro-ZNTU	76-93	April 19
Game 3	Dnipro vs. BC Donetsk	78-82	April 23
Game 3	BC Odesa vs. Budivelnik	99-98	April 23
Game 3	Hoverla vs. BC Azovmash	72-77	April 22
Game 3	Ferro-ZNTU vs. BC Khimik	95-79	April 22
Game 4	Dnipro vs. BC Donetsk	0-0	April 25
Game 4	BC Odesa vs. Budivelnik	0-0	April 25
Game 4	Hoverla vs. BC Azovmash	0-0	April 24
Game 5	BC Donetsk vs. Dnipro	0-0	*April 27
Game 5	Budivelnik vs. BC Odesa	0-0	*April 27
Game 5	BC Azovmash vs. Hoverla	0-0	*April 27