Dutch League Semifinals, Game 2: May 3-4, 2008
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MyGuide Amsterdam moved within one win of reaching the Dutch League finals, as it got a 2-0 lead in its best-of-five semifinal series against Matrixx Magixx. MyGuide edged Matrixx Magixx 73-75 in Nijmegen on Saturday. Peter Van Paassen paced the winners with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Teddy Gipson added 15 points, Jeron Roberts had 14 while Tamien Trent got 13 for MyGuide. Tyler Smith had 21 points for Matrixx Magixx, that trailed 46-55 after 30 minutes but got within 73-74 with less than a second to go. Roberts was fouled and missed his second shot to let the clock expire. Meanwhile, the West Brabant Giants downed EiffelTowers Den Bosch 96-88 at home in Game 2 on Friday. Series is tied at 1-1. Arvin Slagter and Andre Harris paced the winners with 17 points apiece, but four other West Brabant players had 13 or more. Travis Young and Kees Akerboom each had 21 points for EiffelTowers, Darrell Tucket added 17 while Dean Oliver had 13 for the guests, that got within 89-87 with 3 minutes to go but never led in the fourth quarter.
| Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | | 2 | MyGuide (1) | 90 | 75 | May 8 | *May 10 | - | | 0 | Matrixx Magixx (4) | 73 | 73 | - | - | - | | 1 | EiffelTowers (2) | 102 | 88 | May 8 | *May 10 | - | | 1 | West-Brabant (3) | 96 | 96 | - | - | - |
| Semifinal games | | Game 1 | MyGuide Amsterdam vs. Matrixx Magixx | 90-73 | May 2 | | Game 1 | EiffelTowers vs. West-Brabant Giants | 102-96 | May 1 | | Game 2 | Matrixx Magixx vs. MyGuide Amsterdam | 73-75 | May 4 | | Game 2 | West-Brabant Giants vs. EiffelTowers | 96-88 | May 3 | | Game 3 | MyGuide Amsterdam vs. Matrixx Magixx | - | May 8 | | Game 3 | EiffelTowers vs. West-Brabant Giants | - | May 8 | | Game 4 | Matrixx Magixx vs. MyGuide Amsterdam | - | *May 10 | | Game 4 | West-Brabant Giants vs. EiffelTowers | - | *May 10 | | Game 5 | MyGuide Amsterdam vs. Matrixx Magixx | - | - | | Game 5 | EiffelTowers vs. West-Brabant Giants | - | - |
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