Bulgarian League playoffs, Semifinals, Game 1: May 5
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Lukoil Academic Sofia downed Spartak Pleven 102-89 in Game 1 of the best-of-five Bulgarian League semifinals behind an amazing performance from the trio of Willie Deane, Pero Antic and Nenad Canak, who combined for 81 points. Deane had 41 – including 27 in the first half – but the game was balanced in the third quarter when the hosts were led just 64-58 with six minutes left in the quarter. A 13-4 run closed the contest, with Lukoil making another big 12-0 run to end the match. Sasa Topchov scored 24 points for Spartak. Balkan Botevgrad got a thrilling 74-75 win away over Levski Sofia to lead that series 1-0. Balkan took the decisive one-point lead with 6 seconds remaining through Pavel Boljkovac. Ivan Lilov led the way scoring 25 points.
| Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | | 1 | Lukoil Academic (1) | 102 | May 6 | May 9 | May 10 | *May 13 | | 0 | Spartak Pleven (4) | 89 | - | - | - | - | | 0 | Levski (2) | 74 | May 6 | May 9 | May 10 | *May 13 | | 1 | Balkan (3) | 75 | - | - | - | - |
| Semifinal games | | Game 1 | Lukoil Academic vs. Spartak Pleven | 102-89 | May 5 | | Game 1 | Levski vs. Balkan | 74-75 | May 5 | | Game 2 | Lukoil Academic vs. Spartak Pleven | - | May 6 | | Game 2 | Levski vs. Balkan | - | May 6 | | Game 3 | Spartak Pleven vs. Lukoil Academic | - | May 9 | | Game 3 | Balkan vs. Levski | - | May 9 | | Game 4 | Spartak Pleven vs. Lukoil Academic | - | *May 10 | | Game 4 | Balkan vs. Levski | - | *May 10 | | Game 5 | Spartak Pleven vs. Lukoil Academic | - | *May 13 | | Game 5 | Levski vs. Balkan | - | *May 13 |
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