Romanian League Finals, Games 1-2: May 18-19, 2008
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U Mobitelco Cluj Napoca drew first blood in the Romanian League Finals by winning Game, but defending champion CSU Asesoft Ploiesti recovered in time to even the series at 1-1. In the opener, Napoca had a great shooting night – making 46% from downtown – to earn a 72-81 win. The visitors' shooting was juxtaposed by Ploiesti making just 15% from downtown with marksman Arvydas Cepulis struggling with 1-for-9 three-point shooting. Branko Cuic and LeVar Seals paced Napoca with 19 points apiece and Milan Medvedj ran the show with 10 points and 10 assists for the winners. Bojan Obradovic led Ploiesti with 14 points and 9 rebounds, Rashard Griffith added 13 and 6, Cepulis scored 13, Reggie Elliott 11 and Adrian Blidaru 10. In Game 2, Ploiesti dominated the opening period 24-9 and set the tone for what became an 85-66 victory. Cepulis led the charge with 23 points, Griffith added 15, Obradovic 13 and DeAngelo Alexander 12. Zoran Krstanovic led Napoca with a game-high 32.
| Final Playoffs, best of 7 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | G. 2 | G. 3 | G. 4 | G. 5 | G. 6 | G. 7 | | 1 | CSU Asesoft (1) | 72 | 85 | May23 | May24 | - | *- | *- | | 1 | U Mobitelco (3) | 81 | 66 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Final games | | Game 1 | CSU Asesoft vs. U Mobitelco | 72-81 | May 18 | | Game 2 | CSU Asesoft vs. U Mobitelco | 85-66 | May 19 | | Game 3 | U Mobitelco vs. CSU Asesoft | - | May 23 | | Game 4 | U Mobitelco vs. CSU Asesoft | - | May 24 | | Game 5 | CSU Asesoft vs. U Mobitelco | - | - | | Game 6 | U Mobitelco vs. CSU Asesoft | - | *- | | Game 7 | CSU Asesoft vs. U Mobitelco | - | *- |
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