Bulgarian League playoffs, Semifinals, Game 2: May 6
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 Lukoil Academic Sofia and Balkan Botevgrad are just a win from the Bulgarian League finals after each wonning Game 2 of their respective best-of-five semifinals series. Lukoil Acadcemic scored its 36th straight win of the season by thrashing Spartak Pleven 104-77 behind 26 points and 10 rebounds from Pero Antic and 23 from Nenad Canak. Academic led 56-46 at halftime and increased the cushion minute-by-minute during the second, with a final 21-10 run in the last quarter. Balkan took a crucial step to reach the Bulgarian League finals by winning their second game in a row at Levski, 73-78. Atanas Radev had 21 points for Balkan, while Dwayne Morton contributed with 18 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 blocks. Leading 36-41 at halftime, Pavle Boljkovac beat the third-quarter buzzer from halfcourt to lead 56-62, then they keep Levski scoreless for more than three minutes to reach a double digit cushion, 56-66, never looking back.
| Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | | 2 | Lukoil Academic (1) | 102 | 104 | May 9 | May 10 | *May 13 | | 0 | Spartak Pleven (4) | 89 | 77 | - | - | - | | 0 | Levski (2) | 74 | 73 | May 9 | May 10 | *May 13 | | 2 | Balkan (3) | 75 | 78 | - | - | - |
| 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 | 104-77 | May 6 | | Game 2 | Levski vs. Balkan | 73-78 | 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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