Italian League playoffs, Quarterfinals, Game 4: May 16-17, 2008
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Lottomatica Roma bested Tisettanta Cantu on the road 53-66 Saturday to advance to the Italian League semifinals, while Armani Jeans Milano and Premiata Montegranaro meet Sunday in a decisive Game 5 after Montegranaro took Game 4 on Friday. Roma moves on to face Air Avellino in the semifinals. Roma used a 0-9 run bridging the third and fourth quarters to take a 1-point lead to double digits and the defense held Cantu to 9 fourth-quarter points to win the series 3-1. Erazem Lorbek and Roko Ukic scored 12 points apiece to lead Roma. Gerald Fitch and Herve Toure netted 12 apiece for Cantu. Meanwhile Luca Vitali and Montegranaro held off Milano and Dusan Vukcevic’s late charge to win 83-86 and bring the deciding game back home. Vitali put Montegranaro up 62-73 midway through the fourth quarter, but Travis Watson and Danilo Gallinari sparked an 8-0 run that brought Milano back. However from that point on Montegranaro had an answer to every Mailno basket and despite a pair of three-pointers and another score by Vukcevic in the final minute, Vitali was there to seal the Montegranaro win. Sharrod Ford led Montegranaro with 20 points and 10 rebounds, Jobey Thomas added 16 points and Vitali and Kiwane Garris finished with 13 each. Gallinari posted 23 points and 10 boards for Mliano, Vukcevic added 18, Melvin Booker 13 and Watson 11.
| Quarterfinal Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | | 3 | Montepaschi Siena (1) | 91 | 72 | 85 | x | x | | 0 | Upim Bologna (8) | 72 | 69 | 74 | x | x | | 2 | Montegranaro (4) | 73 | 73 | 72 | 86 | May 18 | | 2 | AJ Milano (5) | 69 | 101 | 90 | 83 | - | | 3 | Lottomatica Roma (2) | 85 | 73 | 86 | 66 | x | | 1 | Tisettanta Cantù (7) | 59 | 75 | 67 | 53 | x | | 3 | Air Avellino (3) | 103 | 96 | 89 | x | x | | 0 | Capo d'Orlando (6) | 92 | 86 | 79 | x | x |
| Quarterfinal Playoffs games | | Game 1 | Montepaschi Siena vs. Upim Bologna | 91-72 | May 10 | | Game 1 | Montegranaro vs. AJ Milano | 73-69 | May 10 | | Game 1 | Lottomatica Roma vs. Tisettanta Cantù | 85-59 | May 11 | | Game 1 | Air Avellino vs. Capo d'Orlando | 103-92 | May 11 | | Game 2 | Upim Bologna vs. Montepaschi Siena | 69-72 | May 12 | | Game 2 | AJ Milano vs. Montegranaro | 101-73 | May 12 | | Game 2 | Tisettanta Cantù vs. Lottomatica Roma | 75-73 | May 13 | | Game 2 | Capo d'Orlando vs. Air Avellino | 86-89 | May 13 | | Game 3 | Montepaschi Siena vs. Upim Bologna | 85-74 | May 14 | | Game 3 | Montegranaro vs. AJ Milano | 72-90 | May 14 | | Game 3 | Lottomatica Roma vs. Tisettanta Cantù | 86-67 | May 15 | | Game 3 | Air Avellino vs. Capo d'Orlando | 89-79 | May 15 | | Game 4 | AJ Milano vs. Montegranaro | 83-86 | May 16 | | Game 4 | Tisettanta Cantù vs. Lottomatica Roma | 53-66 | May 17 | | Game 5 | Montegranaro vs. AJ Milano | - | May 18 |
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