Swiss League Playoffs, Semifinals, Game 1: April 22-23, 2008
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SAV Vacallo and Lugano Tigers started their respective best-of-five semifinal series with wins. Vacallo , the recent Swiss Cup winners, scored an amazing 75-83 away victory at St. Croix Arena over defending champion Fribourg Benetton Olympic. A 14-27 partial sparked the guests in the last 10 minutes and was crucial after the two teams fought neck and neck for the first 30 minutes. Martin Mihajlovic scored 23 and grabbed 7 boards for Vacallo, who got 18 from Nikola Dacevic. Tresore Quidome had 18 points for Fribourg. Lugano downed Birstal Starwings 88-77. The hosts never trailed and were led by Dusan Mladjan’s 25 points. Jean-Baptiste Bah and Andrija Crngorac drilled 17 points apiece, while Jarred McCurry contributed with 21 points for the Starwings.
| Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | | 0 | Benetton Fribourg(1) | 75 | April 27 | May 3 | *- | *May 10 | | 1 | SAV Vacallo (5) | 83 | - | - | - | - | | 1 | Lugano Tigers (2) | 88 | April 26 | May 3 | *May 7 | *May 10 | | 0 | Birstal Starwings (3) | 77 | - | - | - | - |
| Semifinal Playoffs games | | Game 1 | Benetton Fribourg vs. SAV Vacallo | 75-83 | April 22 | | Game 1 | Lugano Tigers vs. Birstal Starwings | 88-77 | April 23 | | Game 2 | SAV Vacallo vs. Benetton Fribourg | - | April 27 | | Game 2 | Birstal Starwings vs. Lugano Tigers | - | April 26 | | Game 3 | Benetton Fribourg vs. SAV Vacallo | - | May 3 | | Game 3 | Lugano Tigers vs. Birstal Starwings | - | May 3 | | Game 4 | SAV Vacallo vs. Benetton Fribourg | - | *- | | Game 4 | Birstal Starwings vs. Lugano Tigers | - | *May 7 | | Game 5 | Benetton Fribourg vs. SAV Vacallo | - | *May 10 | | Game 5 | Lugano Tigers vs. Birstal Starwings | - | * May 10 |
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