Portuguese basketball 2008/09

[nmmb]

Benfica was winning by 19 with about a minute and a half left, then académica started to defend full court and Benfica made lots of turnovers, in 30 seconds they got to within 10 points!

Benfica's players should have dealt better with that press!
And it took 4 or 5 turnovers for the coach to take a time-out and he didn't put the extra guard in that timeout....he waited for another turnover

They could have let the lead they built in the early fouth quarter get away!

To finish i think Benfica has to settle for a starting point guard in my opinion it should be Diogo Carreira, Combining Minhava and João Santos, results in a very passive backcourt!
With Ben Reed it would be another story!

[nmmb]

Game 1:

Benfica 77 - Ovarense 61

I am going to see game 2 live

[rikhardur]

Playoff finals

Benfica 70 Ovarense 62 (2-0)

[rikhardur]

Playoff finals

Ovarense 59 Benfica 75 (0-3)

[Buzissa]

Too much easily to Benfica. I think the difference between the two teams is the bench...

[nmmb]

Benfica 71-63 Ovarense

Benfica is the champion of the first LPB!

[rikhardur]

Uncontested champions. Great season and a title after 14 years.

[nmmb]

I hope next season Benfica has more competition!

And it would be great if they went to an european competition!

[Buzissa]

I'm without doubts about the justice of this win. Only a note: the refs favoured a little bit Benfica. Not big things! They called the foul almost every time that Benfica's players penetrated for the rim, Ovarense had few FT's... But that wasn't the X-Factor. Benfica has a better team!!!