May 16, 2008
Swiss League Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Game 4: April 16, 2008
Boncourt and Vacallo both won the fourth games of their respective best-of-five Swiss League quarterfinals to force do-or-die Game 5s over the weekend. Boncourt defeated Birstal Starwings 76-66 led by 19 points from Adam Payton and 15 apiece from Stephen Sir and Carlos Henrique Ferro. Vacallo downed Monthey 78-68 behind 28 points from Rickey Gibson and 21 from Slaven Smilijanic. The other two quarterfinal series ended in three-game sweeps with defending champion Benetton Fribourg Olympic besting the Geneva Devils and the Lugano Tigers sending home Sion Herens.


Quarterfinal Playoffs, best of 5 games
RecordTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
3Benetton Fribourg(1)738285 x x
0Geneva Devils (8)526262xx
2BBC Monthey (4)647782 68April 19
2SAV Vacallo (5)74697478-
3Lugano Tigers (2)737380 x x
0Sion Hérens (7)666066xx
2Birstal Starwings (3)807895 66April 20
2BC Boncourt (6)73838076-

Quarterfinal Playoffs games
Game 1Benetton Fribourg vs. Geneva Devils 73-52April 1
Game 1Lugano Tigers vs. Sion Hérens 73-66April 2
Game 1Birstal Starwings vs. BC Boncourt 80-73April 2
Game 1BBC Monthey vs. SAV Vacallo 64-74April 2
Game 2Geneva Devils vs. Benetton Fribourg 62-82April 6
Game 2Sion Hérens vs. Lugano Tigers 60-73April 5
Game 2BC Boncourt vs. Birstal Starwings 83-78April 5
Game 2SAV Vacallo vs. BBC Monthey 69-77April 5
Game 3 Benetton Fribourg vs. Geneva Devils 85-62April 12
Game 3 Lugano Tigers vs. Sion Hérens 80-66April 12
Game 3 Birstal Starwings vs. BC Boncourt 95-80April 12
Game 3 BBC Monthey vs. SAV Vacallo 82-74April 12
Game 4 BC Boncourt vs. Birstal Starwings 76-66April 16
Game 4 SAV Vacallo vs. BBC Monthey 78-68April 16
Game 5 Birstal Starwings vs. BC Boncourt -April 20
Game 5 BBC Monthey vs. SAV Vacallo -April 19

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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