Romanian League finals, Game 3: May 23, 2008
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U Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca got a 2-1 lead in the Romanian League finals by topping heavy favourite CSU Asesoft Ploiesti 77-68 at home in Game 3 of the best-of-seven title series on Friday. Asesoft lost the home court advantage, as Mobitelco hosts Game 4 tomorrow. LeVar Seals paced the winners with 21 points. Brad Buckman and Branko Cuic each added 13, Milan Medvedj had 10 while Zoran Krstanovic grabbed 10 rebounds for Mobitelco. Arvydas Cepulis had 23 points for Asesoft, Rashard Griffith added 12, Adrian Blidaru got 11 while Virgil Carutasu pulled down 11 boards for the guests, that trailed 35-34 right after the break. Griffith and Cepulis fueled a 4-14 run that put the defending Romanian League champion back ahead, 39-48. Asesoft kept a 47-54 margin after 30 minutes but a 10-2 run that Seals capped with a triple gave Mobitelco a 57-56 edge with 7 minutes to go. Mobitelco boosted its margin to 74-63 through an outstanding Seals and cruised to a well-deserved win.
| 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 | 68 | May24 | - | *- | *- | | 2 | U Mobitelco (3) | 81 | 66 | 77 | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | 77-68 | 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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