Czech League Finals, Game 1: May 31, 2008
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After an 11-day layoff, defending champion CEZ Basket Nymburk came out rusty, but then outscored Geofin Novy Jicín 12-0 in the final three minutes to record an 84-73 win in Game 1 of the best-of-seven Czech League Finals. Nymburk, which advanced to the finals on May 20, was caught off guard as Kenny Walker and Robert Sarovic teamed for 10 unanswered points in the first period as Novy Jicín went ahead 16-25. The hosts didn’t regain the lead until a Petr Benda basket midway through the second period and the game remained tight from that point. The score was tied at 41-41 at halftime and neither etam led by more than 3 at any point in the third quarter. Marek Stec may have given Novy Jicín hope when he put the visitors up 63-68 with a basket three minutes into the fourth quarter, however Nymburk woke up just in time. Joseph Chapman drilled a triple that would make it 72-73 with just over three minutes remaining only to see the hosts reel off the last 12 points of the game to win in style. Radoslav Rancik led Nymburk with 22 points, Benda added 16, Ladislav Sokolovsky 15 and Monte Mack 11. Sarovic scored 16 for Novy Jicín in defeat. Game 2 is set for Sunday afternoon also in Nymburk.
| Finals Playoffs, best of 7 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | G. 2 | G. 3 | G. 4 | G. 5 | G. 6 | G. 7 | | 1 | CEZ Nymburk (1) | 84 | June1 | June4 | June5 | *June7 | *June11 | *June14 | | 0 | Geofin N. Jicín (2) | 73 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Finals games | | Game 1 | CEZ Nymburk vs. Geofin N. Jicín | 84-73 | May 31 | | Game 2 | CEZ Nymburk vs. Geofin N. Jicín | - | June 1 | | Game 3 | Geofin N. Jicín vs. CEZ Nymburk | - | June 4 | | Game 4 | Geofin N. Jicín vs. CEZ Nymburk | - | June 5 | | Game 5 | CEZ Nymburk vs. Geofin N. Jicín | - | *June 7 | | Game 6 | Geofin N. Jicín vs. CEZ Nymburk | - | *June 11 | | Game 7 | CEZ Nymburk vs. Geofin N. Jicín | - | *June 14 |
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