Swiss League Finals, Game 3: May 24, 2008
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 Benetton Fribourg Olympic won its 15th Swiss League title on Saturday by downing Lugano Tigers 73-59 in Game 3 of the best-of-five finals series at St. Croix Arena in Fribourg. Pascal Perrier-David scored 16 points to lead the champs. After a first balanced quarter, which ended at 19-19, the hosts sparked a 20-8 run to lead 39-37 at halftime. Back from the lockers, the Tigers tired to get back, but Olympic maintained a double-figure margin, 59-48, after 30 minutes and increased it with a 20-6 partial in the final 10 minutes. Dave Esterkamp added 14 points and Erroyl Bing and Harold Mrazek had 12 apiece. Dusan Mladjan was the main contributor for Lugano.
| Finals Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | | 3 | Benetton Fribourg(1) | 82 | 70 | 73 | x | x | | 0 | Lugano Tigers (2) | 60 | 56 | 59 | x | x | | Swiss League champion 2007-08: Benetton Fribourg Olympic |
| Finals games | | Game 1 | Benetton Fribourg vs. Lugano Tigers | 82-60 | May 13 | | Game 2 | Lugano Tigers vs. Benetton Fribourg | 56-70 | May 17 | | Game 3 | Benetton Fribourg vs. Lugano Tigers | 73-59 | May 24 |
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