Bulgarian League Quarterfinals, Game 2: April 29, 2008
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Top three seeds Lukoil Academic, Levski and Balkan all booked their tickets into the semifinals of the Bulgarian playoffs with 2-0 sweeps in the final eight playoffs. All five starters and one bench player scored in double figures as regular season champion Lukoil Academic blasted Rilski Sportist 62-109 on the road. Pero Antic led the way with 22 points, Willie Deane and Larry O'Bannon both had 20 while Riste Stefanov collected 13 points, 7 rebounds and 7 steals. Nenad Canak added 13 points and reserve Todor Stoykov had 11. Rilski wasted a 28-point performance by Aleksandar Gruev. Levski meanwhile finished off Yambol 80-89 behind 20 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists from Stanislav Slaveykov. Vadim Reka was Yambol's top performer off the bench with 17 points and 13 rebounds. The third seed Balkan also moved into the semifinals thanks to a 68-82 road win over CSKA Interlogic. Pavle Boljkovac led the way for Balkan with 28 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 steals, while Josh Washington paced CSKA with 23 points. The fourth semifinalist is yet to be determined as Cherno More Eurohold evened its series at 1-1 with an 83-75 victory at home over Spartak Pleven. Simeon Tsenov and Vladimir Marinov both had 14 points for Cherno, and Sasa Topchov collected 24 points and 10 rebounds off the bench for Pleven.
| Quarterfinal Playoff, best of 3 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | | 2 | Lukoil Academic (1) | 109 | 109 | x | | 0 | Rilski Sportist (8) | 70 | 62 | x | | 1 | Spartak Pleven (4) | 88 | 75 | May 1 | | 1 | Cherno More Eurohold (5) | 69 | 83 | - | | 2 | Levski (2) | 91 | 89 | x | | 0 | Yambol (7) | 78 | 80 | x | | 2 | Balkan (3) | 82 | 82 | x | | 0 | CSKA Interlogic (6) | 69 | 68 | x |
| 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 | 62-109 | April 29 | | Game 2 | Yambol vs. Levski | 80-89 | April 29 | | Game 2 | CSKA Interlogic vs. Balkan | 68-82 | April 29 | | Game 2 | Cherno More vs. Spartak Pleven | 83-75 | April 29 | | Game 3 | Spartak Pleven vs. Cherno More | - | May 1 |
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