May 16, 2008
Portuguese League Quarterfinals, Game 3: April 17-18, 2008
Greg Stempin - Ovarense Aerosoles 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
RecordTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
3Ovarense(1)8168 82xx
0Barreirense (8)805777xx
2Ginásio (4)7976 63April 19*April 21
1CAB Madeira (5)577480--
2FC Porto (2)77 77 74April 20 *April 22
1Belenenses (7)748373--
2Vagos (3)8174 76April 20 *April 22
1Lusitania (6)718668--

Quarterfinal Playoffs games
Game 1Ovarense vs. Barreirense 81-80April 12
Game 1Ginásio vs. CAB Madeira 79-57April 12
Game 1FC Porto vs. Belenenses77-74April 13
Game 1Vagos vs. Lusitania 81-71April 13
Game 2Ovarense vs. Barreirense 68-57 April 14
Game 2Ginásio vs. CAB Madeira 76-74April 14
Game 2FC Porto vs. Belenenses77-83April 15
Game 2Vagos vs. Lusitania 74-86April 15
Game 3 Barreirense vs. Ovarense 77-82April 17
Game 3 CAB Madeira vs. Ginásio 80-63April 17
Game 3 Belenenses vs. FC Porto 73-74April 18
Game 3 Lusitania vs. Vagos 68-76April 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

Sunday, April 20, 2008
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