Portuguese League 2006/07

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LCB Playoffs 2007 semi-finals - game 2

Ovarense 87 Lusitânia 58 (1-1)

OVARENSE
Cordell Henry 24 pts + 8 rebs
Shawn Jackson 13 pts + 3 steals
Ben Reed 11 pts + 6 rebs
Gregory Stempin 9 pts + 5 rebs
Élvis Évora 8 pts + 7 rebs
Rui Mota 8 pts

LUSITÂNIA
Graham Brown 22 pts
Willie Taylor 9 pts
Mike Williams 8 pts + 6 rebs
Anastácio Sami 6 pts
Jim Clement 5 pts

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LCB Playoffs 2007 semi-finals - game 2

Benfica 98 Porto 90 (1-1)

BENFICA
Ashante Johnson 22 pts + 9 rebs
Brooks Sales 18 pts + 12 rebs (double-double) + 3 steals
Tyson Wheeler 18 pts + 7 assists
Ian Stanback 15 pts + 10 rebs (double-double)
Miguel Minhava 10 pts
Steven Burtt 9 pts
Leroy Watkins 6 pts + 5 rebs

PORTO
Paulo Cunha 20 pts + 5 rebs + 5 steals (!)
Julian Blanks 20 pts + 16 rebs
T.J. Sorrentine 13 pts + 5 assists + 3 steals
Nuno Marçal 11 pts
Rodrigo Mascarenhas 9 pts + 14 rebs + 3 steals
Larry Jon Smith 9 pts
John Whorton 8 pts + 5 rebs

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LCB Playoffs 2007 semi-finals - game 3

(yesterday) Lusitânia 71 Ovarense 88 (1-2)

LUSITÂNIA
Mike Williams 19 pts + 5 rebs + 3 steals
Graham Brown 18 pts + 11 rebs (double-double) + 4 blocks
Willie Taylor 18 pts
João Figueiredo 11 pts + 7 assists

OVARENSE
Ben Reed 32 pts + 6 rebs
Gregory Stempin 16 pts + 6 rebs
Nuno Perdigão 11 pts + 6 assists
Miguel Miranda 11 pts
Élvis Évora 6 pts + 6 rebs
Rui Mota 5 pts


Porto 87 Benfica 84 (2-1)

PORTO
John Whorton 19 pts
Julian Blanks 17 pts + 6 assists + 3 steals
Paulo Cunha 16 pts + 6 rebs + 3 steals
Rodrigo Mascarenhas 13 pts + 12 rebs (double-double)
Nuno Marçal 10 pts + 5 rebs
T.J. Sorrentine 8 pts
Jorge Coelho 6 pts + 5 rebs

BENFICA
Tyson Wheeler 21 pts + 8 assists
Brooks Sales 19 pts + 8 rebs
Ian Stanback 11 pts + 8 rebs
Carlos Andrade 11 pts
Ashante Johnson 10 pts + 5 rebs
Leroy Watkins 8 pts + 5 rebs + 3 steals

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LCB Playoffs 2007 semi-finals - game 4

Lusitânia 87 Ovarense 82 (2-2)

LUSITÂNIA
Graham Brown 20 pts + 16 rebs (double-double)
Mike Williams 18 pts + 7 rebs + 3 steals
João Figueiredo 17 pts
Nuno Sousa 8 pts + 4 steals
Jaime Silva 8 pts
Willie Taylor 6 pts

OVARENSE
Cordell Henry 24 pts
Ben Reed 19 pts + 11 rebs (double-double) + 5 assists
Shawn Jackson 16 pts + 10 rebs (double-double) + 4 steals
Élvis Évora 10 pts
Miguel Miranda 8 pts + 6 rebs
Gregory Stempin 5 pts + 7 rebs


This series are very interesting at this stage, the decisive game will take place and really there's no prediction I can make, although Ovarense was always the favorite team to win the series as well as the title. But who knows, Lusitânia is the revelation team this year and they're proving it until the last minute.

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LCB Playoffs 2007 semi-finals - game 4

Porto 67 Benfica 79 (2-2)

PORTO
John Whorton 16 pts
Paulo Cunha 12 pts + 7 rebs
Rodrigo Mascarenhas 8 pts + 13 rebs
T.J. Sorrentine 6 pts + 5 assists
Julian Blanks 6 pts
Jorge Coelho 6 pts
Augusto Sobrinho 6 rebs

BENFICA
Tyson Wheeler 17 pts + 6 rebs
Carlos Andrade 16 pts + 5 rebs
Ashante Johnson 15 pts + 8 rebs
Leroy Watkins 13 pts + 5 rebs
Brooks Sales 11 pts + 8 rebs
Miguel Minhava 7 pts + 4 steals


Another decisive game will be held with home court advantage for Benfica. Still, like the other series, quite unpredictable, although I think Porto will win it. They usually (and traditionally) bear pressure much easily than Benfica, it's a sort of a syndrome for the reds.

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LCB Playoffs 2007 semi-finals - game 5

Ovarense 92 Lusitânia 55 (3-2)

OVARENSE
Shawn Jackson 25 pts + 7 rebs + 3 steals
Gregory Stempin 17 pts
Ben Reed 14 pts + 6 assists
Élvis Évora 8 pts
Miguel Miranda 7 pts + 5 rebs
André Pinto 5 pts

LUSITÂNIA
João Figueiredo 22 pts
Anastácio Sami 7 pts + 5 rebs
Graham Brown 7 pts + 5 rebs
Mike Williams 7 pts + 5 rebs
Jaime Silva 5 pts


Lusitânia absolutely chocked... So Ovarense is in the final, tomorrow the other team will be known, Porto or Benfica.

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LCB Playoffs 2007 semi-finals - game 5

Benfica 57 Porto 73 (2-3)

BENFICA
Miguel Minhava 13 pts
Ashante Johnson 12 pts
Brooks Sales 10 pts
Leroy Watkins 9 pts
Tyson Wheeler 7 pts
Ian Stanback 6 pts + 7 rebs

PORTO
Larry Jon Smith 19 pts + 6 rebs
John Whorton 12 pts + 7 rebs + 3 blocks
Paulo Cunha 11 pts + 7 rebs + 5 steals (!)
Rodrigo Mascarenhas 9 pts + 10 rebs
T.J. Sorrentine 9 pts
Nuno Marçal 7 pts


Predictably Benfica didn't handle the pressure and ended up being smashed by Porto at home. The syndrome continues...
So, Porto and Ovarense are in the final.






The draws and the dates of the final (best of seven series) are set:


Ovarense vs Porto


game 1: Ovarense vs Porto, 11th May
game 2: Ovarense vs Porto, 13th May
game 3: Porto vs Ovarense, 17th May
game 4: Porto vs Ovarense, 19th May
game 5*: Ovarense vs Porto, 22nd May
game 6*: Porto vs Ovarense, 24th May
game 7*: Ovarense vs Porto, 26th May


* - if necessary

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LCB Playoffs 2007 Finals - game 1

Ovarense 83 Porto 46 (1-0)

OVARENSE
Cordell Henry 17 pts
Gregory Stempin 13 pts + 11 rebs (double-double)
Shawn Jackson 12 pts + 9 rebs
Ben Reed 12 pts + 5 assists
Nuno Perdigão 7 pts
Élvis Évora 6 pts + 9 rebs
Rui Mota 5 pts

PORTO
Rodrigo Mascarenhas 8 pts + 9 rebs
John Whorton 8 pts + 5 assists
Jorge Coelho 7 pts
Paulo Cunha 5 pts
Julian Blanks 5 pts
Larry Jon Smith 5 pts


Porto got totally smashed! Unbelievable. The team was somewhat unstable in some periods during the regular season, but in the playoff games they showed their true side, but surely not on this one. I didn't watch the game, but judging by the rest of the stats Ovarense set up an amazing defense.

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Ovarense vs Porto (game 2) online broadcast here.

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LCB Playoffs 2007 Finals - game 2

Ovarense 79 Porto 87 (1-1)

OVARENSE
Ben Reed 21 pts + 9 rebs
Cordell Henry 18 pts
Élvis Évora 13 pts + 11 rebs (double-double)
Gregory Stempin 13 pts + 9 rebs
Shawn Jackson 9 pts + 7 rebs

PORTO
Julian Blanks 28 pts
John Whorton 18 pts + 9 rebs + 3 blocks
Larry Jon Smith 18 pts + 9 rebs
Paulo Cunha 9 pts
Nuno Marçal 5 pts + 5 rebs
Augusto Sobrinho 5 pts

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LCB Playoffs 2007 Finals - game 3

(yesterday) Porto 68 Ovarense 64 (2-1)

PORTO
Julian Blanks 17 pts + 8 assists + 3 steals
John Whorton 16 pts + 9 rebs
Larry Jon Smith 15 pts
Rodrigo Mascarenhas 8 pts + 11 rebs
Paulo Cunha 6 pts
Nuno Marçal 6 pts

OVARENSE
Ben Reed 20 pts + 8 rebs
Élvis Évora 14 pts + 6 rebs
Cordell Henry 12 pts + 4 steals
Gregory Stempin 10 pts
Rui Mota 5 pts

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LCB Playoffs 2007 Finals - game 4

Porto 66 Ovarense 73 (2-2)

PORTO
Julian Blanks 16 pts + 5 rebs + 3 steals
Rodrigo Mascarenhas 12 pts + 6 rebs
Nuno Marçal 10 pts + 5 rebs
Larry Jon Smith 10 pts
John Whorton 9 pts + 8 rebs
Paulo Cunha 7 pts

OVARENSE
Cordell Henry 21 pts + 7 assists
Gregory Stempin 18 pts + 6 rebs
Ben Reed 14 pts + 5 rebs
Rui Mota 9 pts
Élvis Évora 6 pts + 9 rebs
Shawn Jackson 5 pts + 7 rebs

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LCB Playoffs 2007 Finals - game 5

Ovarense 76 Porto 82 (2-3)

OVARENSE
Cordell Henry 21 pts
Gregory Stempin 20 pts + 6 rebs
Élvis Évora 10 pts + 7 rebs
Ben Reed 10 pts + 5 rebs
Shawn Jackson 6 pts + 8 rebs
Miguel Miranda 6 pts + 6 rebs

PORTO
Paulo Cunha 18 pts + 10 rebs (double-double)
John Whorton 17 pts + 7 rebs + 3 blocks
TJ Sorrentine 14 pts
Rodrigo Mascarenhas 11 pts + 11 rebs (double-double)
Larry Jon Smith 8 pts
Jorge Coelho 7 pts
Julian Blanks 5 pts

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Ovarense vs Porto (game 7) online broadcast here.

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LCB Playoffs 2007 Finals - game 6

(24th May) Porto 75 Ovarense 86 (3-3)

PORTO
TJ Sorrentine 17 pts
Paulo Cunha 16 pts + 5 rebs
Larry Jon Smith 15 pts
Julian Blanks 11 pts + 5 rebs + 6 assists + 3 steals
Augusto Sobrinho 6 pts
Rodrigo Mascarenhas 5 pts + 6 rebs

OVARENSE
Gregory Stempin 24 pts + 11 rebs (double-double)
Shawn Jackson 21 pts + 4 steals
Ben Reed 18 pts + 9 rebs
Élvis Évora 12 pts + 6 rebs
Cordell Henry 5 pts + 5 assists