Latvian League, finals, Game 2: May 11, 2007 ASK Riga took a step closer to winning the Latvian-League title by downing Ventspils 76-71 in Game 2 of the the best-of-seven finals series on Friday. Riga now leads 2-0 and is halfway to becoming the first team other than Ventspils to become the Latvian champion this millennium. The visitors started strong by taking a 13-21 lead at the end of the first quarter, but Riga came back to tie it at halftime, 40-40. The hosts continued to roll in the third period and were ahead 62-55 entering the last 10 minutes. Riga held on from that point for a big win. Aaron Bramlett collected 14 points and 9 rebounds and Curtis Millage added 9 for the winners, while Eddie Shannon posted 17 and Justin Love 15 for Ventspils. LATVIAN LEAGUE: Final Playoffs, best of 7 games Record Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 0 Ventspils (1) - Final 94 71 May 14 May 16 May 18 May 20 May 23 2 ASK Riga (2) - Final 99 76 - - - - - 1 Barons/LMT (3) - 3rd place 88 97 May 15 May 18 May 21 x x 1 Valmiera (4) - 3rd place 91 64 - - - x x Final Playoffs Games Game 1 Ventspils vs. ASK Riga 94-99 May 9 Game 2 ASK Riga vs. Ventspils 76-71 May 11 Game 3 Ventspils vs. ASK Riga - May 14 Game 4 ASK Riga vs. Ventspils - May 16 Game 5 Ventspils vs. ASK Riga - May 18 Game 6 ASK Riga vs. Ventspils - May 20 Game 7 Ventspils vs. ASK Riga - May 23 Saturday, May 12, 2007 Euroleague.net