Portuguese League Quarterfinals, Game 3: April 17-18, 2008
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Ovarense Aerosoles became the first team to advance to the Portuguese League semifinals by sweeping its best-of-five quarterfinal series against Barreirense. Ovarense made it to the next round by downing Barreirense 77-82 in Game 3 on Thursday. Graham Brown led the winners with 23 points and 15 rebounds. Gregory Stempin added 16 points, Joao Abreu had 13 while Rui Mota got 10 for Ovarense, that trailed 38-36 at halftime but managed to seal an important win in the second half. CAB Madeira registered its first playoff win this season by thrashing Casino Figueira Ginasio 80-63 behind 30 points and 8 assists from Jose Costa. Joao Manuel added 19 points, but Ginasio still leads the series 2-1. Porto Ferpinta bounced back from its loss in Game 2 and regained the home court advantage by edging Belenenses Hyundai Lusifor 73-74 on the road on Friday. Joao Figueiredo had the game-winning basket with a second to go. Paulo Cunha led Porto with 15 points while Nuno Marcal added 14. Lance Soderberg led Belenenses with 26 points and 12 rebounds. Vagos Lusavouga Dewalt also got a 2-1 lead by topping Lusitania Angra PM 68-76 behind 24 points from Pedro Nuno and 20 from Tyrone Levett.
| Quarterfinal Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | | 3 | Ovarense(1) | 81 | 68 | 82 | x | x | | 0 | Barreirense (8) | 80 | 57 | 77 | x | x | | 2 | Ginásio (4) | 79 | 76 | 63 | April 19 | *April 21 | | 1 | CAB Madeira (5) | 57 | 74 | 80 | - | - | | 2 | FC Porto (2) | 77 | 77 | 74 | April 20 | *April 22 | | 1 | Belenenses (7) | 74 | 83 | 73 | - | - | | 2 | Vagos (3) | 81 | 74 | 76 | April 20 | *April 22 | | 1 | Lusitania (6) | 71 | 86 | 68 | - | - |
| Quarterfinal Playoffs games | | Game 1 | Ovarense vs. Barreirense | 81-80 | April 12 | | Game 1 | Ginásio vs. CAB Madeira | 79-57 | April 12 | | Game 1 | FC Porto vs. Belenenses | 77-74 | April 13 | | Game 1 | Vagos vs. Lusitania | 81-71 | April 13 | | Game 2 | Ovarense vs. Barreirense | 68-57 | April 14 | | Game 2 | Ginásio vs. CAB Madeira | 76-74 | April 14 | | Game 2 | FC Porto vs. Belenenses | 77-83 | April 15 | | Game 2 | Vagos vs. Lusitania | 74-86 | April 15 | | Game 3 | Barreirense vs. Ovarense | 77-82 | April 17 | | Game 3 | CAB Madeira vs. Ginásio | 80-63 | April 17 | | Game 3 | Belenenses vs. FC Porto | 73-74 | April 18 | | Game 3 | Lusitania vs. Vagos | 68-76 | April 18 | | Game 4 | CAB Madeira vs. Ginásio | - | April 19 | | Game 4 | Belenenses vs. FC Porto | - | April 20 | | Game 4 | Lusitania vs. Vagos | - | April 20 | | Game 5 | Ginásio vs. CAB Madeira | - | *April 21 | | Game 5 | FC Porto vs. Belenenses | - | *April 22 | | Game 5 | Vagos vs. Lusitania | - | *April 22 |
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