Austrian League playoffs, semifinals, Game 2: May 14, 2009
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 Allianz Swans Gmunden cruised to a 2-0 lead in the Austrian League semifinals, while WBC Kraftwork Wels outlasted defending champion BSC Raiffeisen Furstenfeld Panthers 99-113 in overtime to even that series at 1-1. Shelton Colwell dominated inside with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocked shots to lead Gmunden to a 99-80 victory over the Traiskirchen Lions. The Swans raced out to a big early lead before the Lions came back and tied the score at 38-38 by halftime. However Gmunden outscored Traiskirchen 30-17 in the third quarter and never looked back en route to a 19-point victory. Anthony Fisher added 16 points and 7 assists, Peter Hutter scored 15 and dished 6 assists, Deteri Mayes scored 13 and Elijah Palmer 12. Deven Mitchell paced the Lions with 20 points and Fabricio Vay added 19. Bruce Fields, Davor Lamesic and Brandon Thomas combined for 85 points, including several key baskets in the extra period to lead Wels to victory. At the end of 40 tense minutes, Lamesic put Wels up 2 with 11.3 seconds to play, but Austen Rowland hit a pair of free throws with 2.2 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the score at 90-90 and force overtime. In the overtime period, Wels regained the momentum behind the three-point shooting of Fields and Thomas and held on for the win. Fields totaled 33 points, Lamesic netted 28 and Thomas added 24 points and 7 assists for the winners. Sasa Ocokoljic posted 23 points and 10 rebounds for Furstenfeld in defeat.
| Semifinals Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record |
Team |
Game 1 |
Game 2 |
Game 3 |
Game 4 |
Game 5 |
| 2 |
Allianz Swans (1) |
101 |
99 |
May 17 |
*May 20 |
*May 23 |
| 0 |
Arkadia Traiskirchen (5) |
74 |
80 |
- |
- |
- |
| 1 |
Raiffeisen Fürstenfeld (2) |
84 |
99 |
May 17 |
May 20 |
*May 23 |
| 1 |
Kraftwerk Wels (3) |
76 |
113 |
- |
- |
- |
| Semifinals Playoffs round games |
| Game 1 |
Allianz Swans vs. Arkadia Traiskirchen |
101-74 |
May 10 |
| Game 1 |
Raiffeisen Fürstenfeld vs. Kraftwerk Wels |
84-76 |
May 10 |
| Game 2 |
Allianz Swans vs. Arkadia Traiskirchen |
99-80 |
May 14 |
| Game 2 |
Raiffeisen Fürstenfeld vs. Kraftwerk Wels |
99-113 |
May 14 |
| Game 3 |
Arkadia Traiskirchen vs. Allianz Swans |
- |
May 17 |
| Game 3 |
Kraftwerk Wels vs. Raiffeisen Fürstenfeld |
- |
May 17 |
| Game 4 |
Arkadia Traiskirchen vs. Allianz Swans |
- |
*May 20 |
| Game 4 |
Kraftwerk Wels vs. Raiffeisen Fürstenfeld |
- |
May 20 |
| Game 5 |
Allianz Swans vs. Arkadia Traiskirchen |
- |
*May 23 |
| Game 5 |
Raiffeisen Fürstenfeld vs. Kraftwerk Wels |
- |
*May 23 |
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