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Bulgarian League Semifinals, Game 3: May 9, 2008
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Lukoil Academic and Balkan stormed into the Bulgarian League finals, as both teams swept their respective best-of-five semifinal series against Spartak Pleven and Levski. Defending Bulgarian League champion Lukoil did not find much trouble to thrash Spartak Pleven 78-98 on the road in Game 3 on Friday. As such, Lukoil stays as the heavy favourite to win its sixth consecutive Bulgarian League title. Pero Antic led the winners with 27 points on 4-for-6 three-pointers and 8 rebounds in just 26 minutes. Todor Stoykov and Larry O'Bannon each added 18 points while Nenad Canak had 17 for Lukoil, that led 42-56 at halftime and did not find much trouble to cruise to a well-deserved win. Sasa Topchov had 25 points on 11-for-12 two-pointers for Spartak. Meanwhile, Balkan topped Levski 78-71 to advance to its first league final since it last won the title in 1989. Dwayne Morton paced the winners with 24 points, Ivan Lilov added 21, Atanas Radev had 15 while Pavle Boljkovac got 12 for Balkan. Asen Velikov had 25 points for Levski, that led 37-44 at halftime. Balkan rolled in the third quarter and managed to seal the outcome minutes before the final buzzer. MORE |
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Final Playoffs, best of 5 games
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Record
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Team
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Game 1
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Game 2
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Game 3
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Game 4
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Game 5
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| 0 |
Lukoil Academic (1) |
May 13 |
May 15 |
May 19 |
- |
- |
| 0 |
Balkan (3) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games
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Record
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Team
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Game 1
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Game 2
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Game 3
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Game 4
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Game 5
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| 3 |
Lukoil Academic (1) |
102 |
104 |
98 |
x |
x |
| 0 |
Spartak Pleven (4) |
89 |
77 |
78 |
x |
x |
| 0 |
Levski (2) |
74 |
73 |
71 |
x |
x |
| 3 |
Balkan (3) |
75 |
78 |
78 |
x |
x |
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Quarterfinal Playoff, best of 3 games
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Record
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Team
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Game 1
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Game 2
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Game 3
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| 2 |
Lukoil Academic (1) |
109 |
109 |
x |
| 0 |
Rilski Sportist (8) |
70 |
62 |
x |
| 2 |
Spartak Pleven (4) |
88 |
75 |
81 |
| 1 |
Cherno More Eurohold (5) |
69 |
83 |
80 |
| 2 |
Levski (2) |
91 |
89 |
x |
| 0 |
Yambol (7) |
78 |
80 |
x |
| 2 |
Balkan (3) |
82 |
82 |
x |
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CSKA Interlogic (6) |
69 |
68 |
x |
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Preliminary playoff, best of 3 games
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Record
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Team
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Game 1
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Game 2
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Game 3
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| 2 |
Rilski Sportist (8) |
97 |
92 |
x |
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Dunav 2007 (1-B) |
84 |
89 |
x |
| 2 |
Yambol (7) |
103 |
78 |
105 |
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Academic Varna (3-B) |
83 |
85 |
86 |
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Final games
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Game 1
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Lukoil Academic vs. Balkan
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May 13 |
| Game 2 |
Lukoil Academic vs. Balkan
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-
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May 15 |
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Game 3
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Balkan vs. Lukoil Academic
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-
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May 19 |
| Game 4 |
Balkan vs. Lukoil Academic
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-
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Game 5
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Lukoil Academic vs. Balkan
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Semifinal games
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Game 1
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Lukoil Academic vs. Spartak Pleven
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102-89
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May 5 |
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Game 1
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Levski vs. Balkan
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74-75
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May 5 |
| Game 2 |
Lukoil Academic vs. Spartak Pleven
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104-77
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May 6 |
| Game 2 |
Levski vs. Balkan
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73-78 |
May 6 |
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Game 3
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Spartak Pleven vs. Lukoil Academic
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78-98
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May 9 |
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Game 3
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Balkan vs. Levski
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78-71
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May 9 |
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Quarterfinal games
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Game 1
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Lukoil Academic vs. Rilski Sportist
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109-70
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April 26
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Game 1
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Levski vs. Yambol
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91-78
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April 26
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Game 1
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Balkan vs. CSKA Interlogic
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82-69
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April 26
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Game 1
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Spartak Pleven vs. Cherno More
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88-69
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April 26
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| Game 2 |
Rilski Sportist vs. Lukoil Academic
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62-109
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April 29 |
| Game 2 |
Yambol vs. Levski
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80-89 |
April 29 |
| Game 2 |
CSKA Interlogic vs. Balkan
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68-82
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April 29 |
| Game 2 |
Cherno More vs. Spartak Pleven
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83-75
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April 29 |
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Game 3
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Spartak Pleven vs. Cherno More
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81-80
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May 1
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Preliminary games
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Game 1
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Rilski Sportist vs. Dunav 2007
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97-84
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April 19
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Game 1
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Yambol vs. Academic Varna
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103-83
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April 19
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| Game 2 |
Dunav 2007 vs. Rilski Sportist
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89-92
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April 21 |
| Game 2 |
Academic Varna vs. Yambol
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85-78 |
April 21 |
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Game 3
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Yambol vs. Academic Varna
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105-86
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April 23 |
LAST GAME GAME 14 (32)
April 15-16, 2008
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Day
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Match
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Result
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| Apr. 15 |
Lukoil Academic vs. Balkan
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109-84 |
| Apr. 16 |
Rilski vs. Spartak Pleven
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89-92 |
| Apr. 16 |
Yambol vs. Levski
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77-76 |
| Apr. 16 |
CSKA Interlogic vs. Cherno
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92-98 |
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NEXT GAME
Quarterfinals Playoffs
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Match
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Rilski (8) vs. Dunav 2007 (-)
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Yambol (7) vs. A. Varna (-)
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STANDINGS A-1, PHASE 2
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TG
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W
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L
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P+
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P-
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| 1 |
Lukoil Academic
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32 |
32 |
0 |
3179 |
2435 |
| 2 |
Levski
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32 |
22 |
10 |
2783 |
2450 |
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Balkan
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32 |
20 |
12 |
2538 |
2444 |
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Spartak Pleven
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32 |
16 |
16 |
2556 |
2600 |
| 5 |
Cherno More Eurohold
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32 |
15 |
17 |
2816 |
2813 |
| 6 |
CSKA Interlogic
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32 |
15 |
17 |
2605 |
2721 |
| 7 |
Yambol
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32 |
11 |
21 |
2541 |
2740 |
| 8 |
Rilski Sportist
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32 |
10 |
22 |
2555 |
2726 |
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STANDINGS A-1, PHASE 1
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TG
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W
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L
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P+
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P-
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| 1 |
Lukoil Academic
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18 |
18 |
0 |
1741 |
1304 |
| 2 |
Levski
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18 |
13 |
5 |
1539 |
1339 |
| 3 |
Balkan
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18 |
12 |
6 |
1402 |
1283 |
| 4 |
CSKA Interlogic
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18 |
11 |
7 |
1470 |
1418 |
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Spartak Pleven
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18 |
10 |
8 |
1392 |
1382 |
| 6 |
Cherno More Eurohold
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18 |
9 |
9 |
1518 |
1528 |
| 7 |
Rilski Sportist
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18 |
6 |
12 |
1405 |
1477 |
| 8 |
Yambol
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18 |
6 |
12 |
1363 |
1455 |
| 9 |
Dunav 2007
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18 |
3 |
15 |
1290 |
1573 |
| 10 |
Sliven
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18 |
2 |
16 |
1217 |
1578 |
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