Ukrainian League Quarterfinals, Game 2: April 18-19, 2008
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BC Kyiv, Azovmash Mariupol, Politekhnika Lvovskaya and Khimik got closer to advance to the Ukrainian League semifinals, as all four teams have a 2-0 lead in their respective best-of-five quarterfinal series. Kyiv edged Dnipro 73-67 at home on Saturday. Artur Drozdov paced the winners with 19 points. Jacob Jaacks added 12 while Marko Maravic and Pooh Jeter each had 10 for Kyiv, that trailed 16-20 after 10 minutes. It all came down to the final minute, as a layup by Faison gave Kyiv a 69-65 edge. Free throws allowed the hosts to get a 2-0 lead in the series. Azovmash had less troubles to thrash Cherkasy Monkeys 84-63 in Mariupol also on Saturday. Panagiotis Liadelis led the winners with 18 points. Rodney Buford added 15, Robert Archibald had 13 while Tomas Delininkaitis got 11 for Azovmash, that led 24-7 after 10 minutes and had already sealed the outcome, 63-43, at the end of the third quarter. In other series, Khimik downed Mykolaiv 94-66 behind 20 points from Jarrius Jackson while Politekhnika Lvovskaya thrashed Sumihimprom 100-74 with 21 points from Juris Umbrasko.
| Quarterfinal Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | | 2 | BC Kyiv (1) | 82 | 73 | April 22 | *April24 | *April28 | | 0 | Dnipro (8) | 66 | 67 | - | - | - | | 2 | Politekhnika (4) | 92 | 100 | April 21 | *April23 | *April26 | | 0 | Sumykhimprom (5) | 85 | 74 | - | - | - | | 2 | Azovmash (2) | 93 | 84 | April 22 | *April24 | *April28 | | 0 | Cherkasy Monkeys (7) | 80 | 63 | - | - | - | | 2 | Khimik (3) | 71 | 94 | April 21 | *April23 | *April26 | | 0 | MBC Mykolayiv (6) | 63 | 66 | - | - | - |
| Quarterfinal games | | Game 1 | BC Kyiv vs. Dnipro | 82-66 | April 17 | | Game 1 | Azovmash vs. Cherkasy Monkeys | 93-80 | April 17 | | Game 1 | Khimik vs. MBC Mykolayiv | 71-63 | April 16 | | Game 1 | Politekhnika vs. Sumykhimprom | 72-85 | April 16 | | Game 2 | BC Kyiv vs. Dnipro | 73-67 | April 19 | | Game 2 | Azovmash vs. Cherkasy Monkeys | 84-63 | April 19 | | Game 2 | Khimik vs. MBC Mykolayiv | 94-66 | April 18 | | Game 2 | Politekhnika vs. Sumykhimprom | 100-74 | April 18 | | Game 3 | Dnipro vs. BC Kyiv | - | April 22 | | Game 3 | Cherkasy Monkeys vs. Azovmash | - | April 22 | | Game 3 | MBC Mykolayiv vs. Khimik | - | April 21 | | Game 3 | Sumykhimprom vs. Politekhnika | - | April 21 | | Game 4 | Dnipro vs. BC Kyiv | - | *April 24 | | Game 4 | Cherkasy Monkeys vs. Azovmash | - | *April 24 | | Game 4 | MBC Mykolayiv vs. Khimik | - | *April 23 | | Game 4 | Sumykhimprom vs. Politekhnika | - | *April 23 | | Game 5 | BC Kyiv vs. Dnipro | - | *April 28 | | Game 5 | Azovmash vs. Cherkasy Monkeys | - | *April 28 | | Game 5 | Khimik vs. MBC Mykolayiv | - | *April 26 | | Game 5 | Politekhnika vs. Sumykhimprom | - | *April 26 |
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