Bulgarian League Quarterfinals, Game 1: April 26, 2008
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The Bulgarian League quarterfinals started on Saturday and Lukoil Academic left no doubt about its power by overwhelming Rilski Sportist 109-70 in Game 1 at home. Willie Deane paced the winners with 22 points. Todor Stoykov added 19 off the Lukoil bench, Nenad Canak had 18, Pero Antic posted a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds, Riste Stefanov got 12 points while Larry O'Bannon contributed 10 for the hosts, that led 54-31 at halftime and kept shining after the break to get a massive 39-point win. Spartak Pleven also got closer to the semifinals by downing Cherno More Eurohold 88-69 in Game 1 at home behind 30 points and 9 rebounds from Hrisimir Dimitrov. Meanwhile, Balkan downed CSKA Sofia 82-69 in Game 1 with 19 points from Dwayne Morton and 18 from Ivan Lilov. Levski also took a 1-0 lead in its quarterfinal series with a 91-78 home win against Yambol. Veselin Veselinov had 23 points for Levski. Game 2 takes place on Tuesday.
| Quarterfinal Playoff, best of 3 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | | 1 | Lukoil Academic (1) | 109 | April 29 | *May 1 | | 0 | Rilski Sportist (8) | 70 | - | - | | 1 | Spartak Pleven (4) | 88 | April 29 | *May 1 | | 0 | Cherno More Eurohold (5) | 69 | - | - | | 1 | Levski (2) | 91 | April 29 | *May 1 | | 0 | Yambol (7) | 78 | - | - | | 1 | Balkan (3) | 82 | April 29 | *May 1 | | 0 | CSKA Interlogic (6) | 69 | - | - |
| Quarterfinal games | | Game 1 | Lukoil Academic vs. Rilski Sportist | 109-70 | April 26 | | Game 1 | Levski vs. Yambol | 91-78 | April 26 | | Game 1 | Balkan vs. CSKA Interlogic | 82-69 | April 26 | | Game 1 | Spartak Pleven vs. Cherno More | 88-69 | April 26 | | Game 2 | Rilski Sportist vs. Lukoil Academic | - | April 29 | | Game 2 | Yambol vs. Levski | - | April 29 | | Game 2 | CSKA Interlogic vs. Balkan | - | April 29 | | Game 2 | Cherno More vs. Spartak Pleven | - | April 29 | | Game 3 | Lukoil Academic vs. Rilski Sportist | - | *May 1 | | Game 3 | Levski vs. Yambol | - | *May 1 | | Game 3 | Balkan vs. CSKA Interlogic | - | *May 1 | | Game 3 | Spartak Pleven vs. Cherno More | - | *May 1 |
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