Austrian League playoffs, semifinals, Game 3: May 17, 2009 - AUSTRIA

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Austrian League playoffs, semifinals, Game 3: May 17, 2009

Deteri Mayes - Allianz Swans Gmunden (Photo: panthers.at)

Allianz Swans Gmunden survived a triple-overtime thriller to beat Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions 107-110 and become the first to advance to the Austrian League finals. Meanwhile WBC Kraftwerk Wels moved within one win of eliminating defending champ BSC Raiffeisen Furstenfeld by winning Game 3 94-81 to take a 2-1 series lead. Deteri Mayes scored 28 points and Shelton Colwell added 20 to pace the Swans to an epic win. Traiskirchen led by 4 with a minute to play in regulation before an Anthony Fisher basket and a Peter Hutter tip-in knotted the game with 23 seconds left in regulation. Benni Danek’s potentially game-winning layup bounced out setting up the first extra period. Traiskirchen’s Deven Mitchell forced the second overtime by tying the game at 75-75 after 45 minutes. With players dropping like flies due to fouls – six players fouled out in the end – reserves played bigger roles. Gmunden’s Florian Schoninger tied the game at 93-93 with a pair of free throws with 28 seconds to play in the period and the Lions were unable to convert at the other end, setting up a third overtime. Alas Gmunden had more energy and Mayes’s free throw with 2 seconds left helped ice the win. Mitchell scored 37 and Frederico Vay had 25 in defeat. Wels used a 26-13 second quarter to take a 51-33 halftime lead en route to its win over Furstenfeld. Tilo Klette paced Wels with 27 points and Davor Lamesic added 16. Bryan Lucas led Furstenfeld with 18.

Semifinals Playoffs, best of 5 games

Record	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
3	Allianz Swans (1)	101	99	110	x	x
0	Arkadia Traiskirchen (5)	74	80	107	x	x
1	Raiffeisen Fürstenfeld (2)	84	99	81	May 20	*May 23
2	Kraftwerk Wels (3)	76	113	94	-	-

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	107-110	May 17
Game 3	Kraftwerk Wels vs. Raiffeisen Fürstenfeld	94-81	May 17
Game 4	Kraftwerk Wels vs. Raiffeisen Fürstenfeld	-	May 20
Game 5	Raiffeisen Fürstenfeld vs. Kraftwerk Wels	-	*May 23