SLIDESHOW Playoffs Game 4

EBTV Rewind with Jeff Nordgaard

The famed Athens derby will have a new chapter written in Berlin after Panathinaikos and Olympiacos both clinched spots at the 2009 Final Four, which will take place at the o2 Arena in the German capital on May 1-3. They join defending champion CSKA Moscow, which booked its ticket on Tuesday. The last remaining berth will be decided next Thursday when Regal FC Barcelona hosts Tau Ceramica in an all-Spanish League clash in Game 5 of the best-of-five series. Olympiacos triumphed over Real Madrid 75-78 in the Spanish capital to win that series 3-1. Ioannis Bourousis stepped up with Nikola Vujcic sidelined with an injury and posted 25 points and 3 blocked shots to lead the Reds, while Zoran Erceg scored all of his 7 points in the last four minutes, including the go-ahead three-pointer in the final minute. Panathinaikos bested Montepaschi Siena 84-91 to wrap up its series. Drew Nicholas matched his season high with 19 points – including 5-for-7 shooting from downtown – to lead six Greens’ scorers in double figures. Barcelona blasted Tau Ceramica 63-84 to force a Game 5. Jaka Lakovic scored 15 points and 5 assists and Juan Carlos Navarro returned from injury to drain 3 threes for the winners. A playoff record 30-point third quarter, which featured runs of 10 and 11 unanswered points, was the difference as the Barca defense held Tau to a season-low in scoring. Game 5 will take place on Thursday at 20:45 CET at the Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona with everything at stake for these two rivals.

Olympiacos vs. Real Madrid	Regal FC Barcelona vs. Tau Ceramica
3-1	2-2
Panathinaikos vs. Montepaschi Siena	CSKA Moscow vs. Partizan
3-1	3-0

Game 4 MVP: Terrell McIntyre
He buried 6 of 11 shots from long-range, 5 of 6 two-pointers and all of his 7 free throw attempts without a miss. To his 35 points, McIntyre added 3 rebounds, 3 assists, a steal and 5 fouls drawn for a performance index rating of 37.

	RANKING
	MCINTYRE, TERRELL 37 BOUROUSIS, IOANNIS 34 RAKOCEVIC, IGOR 23 GRIMAU, ROGER 20 PEKOVIC, NIKOLA 19
	POINTS
	MCINTYRE, TERRELL 35 BOUROUSIS, IOANNIS 25 RAKOCEVIC, IGOR 21 BULLOCK, LOUIS 19 NICHOLAS, DREW 19
	TOTAL REBOUNDS
	REYES, FELIPE 10 ILYASOVA, ERSAN 8 CHILDRESS, JOSH 7 HERVELLE, AXEL 7 SATO, ROMAIN 7
	ASSISTS
	SPANOULIS, VASSILIS 10 LOPEZ, RAUL 5 LAKOVIC, JAKA 5 NAVARRO, JUAN CARLOS 4 RAKOCEVIC, IGOR 4

Olympiacos vs. Real Madrid

Regal Barcelona vs. Tau Ceramica