Portuguese League Semifinals, Game 2: April 26-27, 2008
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Ovarense Aerosoles and Porto Ferpinta got within one win of making it to the Portuguese League finals, as both teams have a 2-0 lead in their respective best-of-three semifinal playoff series. Ovarense thrashed Casino Figueira Ginasio 85-57 in Game 2 in Ovar on Saturday. Elvis Evora and John Waller paced the winners each with 14 points while Joao Abreu had 13 for Ovarense, that only led 42-39 after 22 minutes. Waller and Nuno Manarte fueled a 14-1 run that broke the game open, 56-40. Ovarense boosted its lead to 70-46 with 7 minutes to go and cruised to a well-deserved win. Meanwhile, Porto edged Vagos 84-81 in Game 2 at home on Sunday. Julian Terrell led the winners with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Nuno Marcal and Joao Figueiredo each added 18 points while Fred Gentry had 17 for Porto. Pedro Nuno had 31 points on 6-for-8 three-pointers to lead Vagos while Ricardo Hill added 20 for the guests, that led 47-55 late in the third quarter. Marcal and Nunio Perdigao allowed Porto to regain the lead, 60-59, after 30 minutes. Vagos did not lead in the fourth period but got within 81-79 with 19 seconds to go. Marcal and Terrell sealed the outcome from the foul line.
| Semifinal Playoff, best of 5 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | | 2 | Ovarense (1) | 75 | 85 | May 1 | *May 3 | *May 5 | | 0 | Ginásio (4) | 55 | 57 | - | - | - | | 2 | FC Porto (2) | 90 | 84 | May 2 | *May 4 | *May 6 | | 0 | Vagos (3) | 87 | 81 | - | - | - |
| Semifinal Playoff games | | Game 1 | Ovarense vs. Ginásio | 75-55 | April 24 | | Game 1 | FC Porto vs. Vagos | 90-87 | April 25 | | Game 2 | Ovarense vs. Ginásio | 85-57 | April 26 | | Game 2 | FC Porto vs. Vagos | 84-81 | April 27 | | Game 3 | Ginásio vs. Ovarense | - | May 1 | | Game 3 | Vagos vs. FC Porto | - | May 2 | | Game 4 | CAB Madeira vs. Ginásio | - | *May 3 | | Game 4 | Belenenses vs. FC Porto | - | *May 4 | | Game 5 | Ginásio vs. CAB Madeira | - | *May 5 | | Game 5 | Vagos vs. Lusitania | - | *May 6 |
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