Bulgarian League Preliminary playoff, Game 1: April 19, 2008
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Rilski Sportist and Yambol got a 1-0 lead in their respective best-of-three preliminary playoff series and just need obe more win apiece to advance to the quarterfinals. Rilski Sportist took a 1-0 lead in its series by downing Dunav 2007 97-84 at home on Saturday. Santos Martinez paced the winners with 22 points, Aleksandar Gruev added 21 while Branko Mirkovic got 12 for Rilski, that did not find much trouble to win an important game. Meanwhile, Yambol thrashed Academic Varna 103-83 at home also on Saturday. Kyrylo Skumatov led 6 Yambol players in double digits with 21 points. Stanislav Govedarov added 17 while Martin Durchev had 15 for the winners. Lukoil Academic, Balkan, Spartak Pleven, Levski, CSKA Sofia and Cherno More Eurohold are already into the quarterfinals, that start on April 26.
| Preliminary playoff, best of 3 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | | 1 | Rilski Sportist (8) | 97 | April 21 | *April 23 | | 0 | Dunav 2007 (1-B) | 84 | - | - | | 1 | Yambol (7) | 103 | April 21 | *April 23 | | 0 | Academic Varna (3-B) | 83 | - | - |
| Preliminary games | | Game 1 | Rilski Sportist vs. Dunav 2007 | 97-84 | April 19 | | Game 1 | Yambol vs. Academic Varna | 103-83 | April 19 | | Game 2 | Dunav 2007 vs. Rilski Sportist | - | April 21 | | Game 2 | Academic Varna vs. Yambol | - | April 21 | | Game 3 | Rilski Sportist vs. Dunav 2007 | - | *April 23 | | Game 3 | Yambol vs. Academic Varna | - | *April 23 |
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