Baltic League Playoffs, Eighthfinals Game 1: March 29, 2007 ASK Riga took a step towards the Baltic League quarterfinals Thursday with a convincing 67-86 road win at Lacplesa Alus, while Kalev/Cramo Tallinn edged Barons/LMT 70-67 to set up an exciting second leg in that series. The winners of the two-game eighthfinals series advance to the quarterfinals for a shot at a spot in the Final Four. Ventspils awaits the Kalev/Cramo vs Barons/LMT winner, while Siauliai gets the Riga vs Lacplesa Alus victor. Riga, which went 3-7 in Division I of Phase 2 of the league, overpowered Alus, which was 10-4 in Division II. Sandis Buskevics led Riga with 14 points, while Torraye Braggs posted 12 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists. Rashad Phillips posted 18 for Alus. Meanwhile Travis Reed dominated the paint to the tune of 17 points and 16 rebounds to help Kalev/Cramo past Barons/LMT. The visitors used a 1-8 spurt early in the fourth quarter to go ahead by 5 and led by 3 with less than 2 minutes to go, but Reed, Kristjan Kangur and Kendrick Johnson combined for the game's last 6 points to give Kalev/Cramo the win. Kangir finished with 15 points and 9 boards for Kalev/Cramo, which won Division II with a 10-4 mark. Barons/LMT got 16 points and 9 rebounds from Armands Skele, while Curtis Marshall scored 15 and had 4 steals. BALTIC LEAGUE: Playoffs 1st round, best of 2 games Record Team Game 1 Game 2 1 (+19) ASK Riga (5, division I) 86 March 31 0 (-19) Lacplesa Alus (2, division II) 67 - 0 (-3) Barons/LMT (6, division I) 70 March 31 1 (+3) Kalev/Cramo (1, division II) 67 - 1st round games Game 1 Kalev/Cramo vs. Barons/LMT 70-67 March 29 Game 1 Lacplesa Alus vs. ASK Riga 67-86 March 29 Game 2 Barons/LMT vs. Kalev/Cramo - March 31 Game 2 ASK Riga vs. Lacplesa Alus - March 31 Thursday, March 29, 2007 Euroleague.net