Swiss League Playoffs, Semifinals, Game 3: May 3, 2008
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Olympic Benetton Fribourg and Lugano Tigers each took 2-1 leads in their respective semifinals series by winning game-3. Olympic thrashed SAV Vacallo 75-50, while the Tigers downed Birstal Starwings 79-62. Fribourg got off to an amazing start and built a 30-9 lead at the end of the first quarter, closing definitively the game with another 22-11 charge after halftime to enter the final period ahead 66-32. Tresore Quidome had 14 points, Pascal Perrier-David 12 and Marcus Sloan 11 for the winners, while Nikola Dacevic nailed 23 for Vacallo. Lugano Tigers downed Birstal Starwings 79-62 as Andrija Crnogorac had 16 points and Duane Erwin 12. The hosts led 26-14 after 10 minutes, but the Starwings reacted in the second quarter to get on 39-37 at halftime. Defense was the key for the Tigers, who allowed just 25 points in the second half to take the win and the series lead.
| Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | | 2 | Benetton Fribourg(1) | 75 | 89 | 75 | May 7 | *May 10 | | 1 | SAV Vacallo (5) | 83 | 51 | 50 | - | - | | 2 | Lugano Tigers (2) | 88 | 76 | 79 | May 7 | *May 10 | | 1 | Birstal Starwings (3) | 77 | 85 | 62 | - | - |
| 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 | 51-89 | April 27 | | Game 2 | Birstal Starwings vs. Lugano Tigers | 85-76 | April 26 | | Game 3 | Benetton Fribourg vs. SAV Vacallo | 75-50 | May 3 | | Game 3 | Lugano Tigers vs. Birstal Starwings | 79-62 | May 3 | | Game 4 | SAV Vacallo vs. Benetton Fribourg | - | May 7 | | 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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