Swiss League Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Game 2: April 5-6, 2008
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 Harold Mrazek bagged 16 points to lead Benetton Fribourg Olympic to a huge 62-82 away win and a 2-0 series lead over the Geneva Devils in the quarterfinals of the Swiss League playoffs. Fribourg joins Lugano Tigers as the only two teams with 2-0 series leads. The other two quarterfinals are split at 1-1. Fribourg used a decisive 6-15 third-quarter run to take a 41-58 margin into the last quarter. Erroyl Bing added 15 points and Tresore Quidome scored 14 for the winners. Lugano leads its series against Sion Herens after winning Game 2 on the road 60-73 as Jean-Baptiste Bah posted 22 points. A 15-24 run in the first quarter set up a 27-43 halftime lead that gave them enough confidence to control the match in the second half. Dusan Mladjan added 20 points for Lugano. BC Boncourt tied its series edging Birstal Starwings 83-78 behind 27 points from Stephen Sir. And Monthey tied its series beating SAV Vacallo 69-77 on the road behind an amazing performance from Matt Schneidermann who netetd 31 points. Defense was the key, allowing just 5 points to the hosts in the last quarter. After 30 minutes, Vacallo was leading 64-48, and relaxed thinking it had a safe margin, but Monthey never gave up and took a deserved win with an incredible comeback.
| Quarterfinal Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | | 2 | Benetton Fribourg(1) | 73 | 82 | April 12 | *April 16 | *April 19 | | 0 | Geneva Devils (8) | 52 | 62 | - | - | - | | 1 | BBC Monthey (4) | 64 | 77 | April 12 | *April 16 | *April 19 | | 1 | SAV Vacallo (5) | 74 | 69 | - | - | - | | 2 | Lugano Tigers (2) | 73 | 73 | April 12 | *April 16 | *April 19 | | 0 | Sion Hérens (7) | 66 | 60 | - | - | - | | 1 | Birstal Starwings (3) | 80 | 78 | April 12 | *April 16 | *April 20 | | 1 | BC Boncourt (6) | 73 | 83 | - | - | - |
| Quarterfinal Playoffs games | | Game 1 | Benetton Fribourg vs. Geneva Devils | 73-52 | April 1 | | Game 1 | Lugano Tigers vs. Sion Hérens | 73-66 | April 2 | | Game 1 | Birstal Starwings vs. BC Boncourt | 80-73 | April 2 | | Game 1 | BBC Monthey vs. SAV Vacallo | 64-74 | April 2 | | Game 2 | Geneva Devils vs. Benetton Fribourg | 62-82 | April 6 | | Game 2 | Sion Hérens vs. Lugano Tigers | 60-73 | April 5 | | Game 2 | BC Boncourt vs. Birstal Starwings | 83-78 | April 5 | | Game 2 | SAV Vacallo vs. BBC Monthey | 69-77 | April 5 | | Game 3 | Benetton Fribourg vs. Geneva Devils | - | April 12 | | Game 3 | Lugano Tigers vs. Sion Hérens | - | April 12 | | Game 3 | Birstal Starwings vs. BC Boncourt | - | April 12 | | Game 3 | BBC Monthey vs. SAV Vacallo | - | April 12 | | Game 4 | Geneva Devils vs. Benetton Fribourg | - | *April 16 | | Game 4 | Sion Hérens vs. Lugano Tigers | - | *April 16 | | Game 4 | BC Boncourt vs. Birstal Starwings | - | *April 16 | | Game 4 | SAV Vacallo vs. BBC Monthey | - | *April 16 | | Game 5 | Benetton Fribourg vs. Geneva Devils | - | *April 19 | | Game 5 | Lugano Tigers vs. Sion Hérens | - | *April 19 | | Game 5 | Birstal Starwings vs. BC Boncourt | - | *April 20 | | Game 5 | BBC Monthey vs. SAV Vacallo | - | *April 19 |
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