Austrian League playoffs, Semifinals, Game 3: May 5, 2008
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The Kapfenberg Bulls scored their first win of the Austrian League semifinals Monday by topping the Oberwart Gunners 90-86, while BSC Raiffeisen Furstenfeld regained home-court advantage by besting Allianz Swans Gmunden 87-97. The Bulls trailed 39-41 at halftime, but pulled away in the third quarter to take the lead and held on to win and close the gap in the best-of-five series to 2-1. Corey Hallett and Kevin Nelson scored 18 points each to pace Kapfenberg, while Jasmon Youngblood netted 27 in defeat. Meanwhile Furstenfeld won its second straight against Gmunden 87-97 behind 25 points and 5 assists from Samo Grum. The game was tied 43-43 at halftime, but Furstenfeld took both the third and fourth period 22-27 to take a 2-1 series lead. Anthony Shavies added 20 points and 5 assists and Michael Fraser had 19 points and 9 rebounds for the victors. Deteri Mayes led the Swans with 30 and Kevin Johnson and Ian Boylan added 18 each in defeat.
| Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | | 2 | Oberwart Gunners(1) | 89 | 95 | 86 | May 8 | *May 10 | | 1 | Kapfenberg (5) | 74 | 85 | 90 | - | - | | 2 | BSC Raiffeisen (2) | 80 | 102 | 97 | May 8 | *May 10 | | 1 | Allianz Swans (3) | 84 | 99 | 87 | - | - |
| Semifinal Playoffs games | | Game 1 | Oberwart Gunners vs. Kapfenberg | 89-74 | April 30 | | Game 1 | BSC Raiffeisen vs. Allianz Swans | 80-84 | April 30 | | Game 2 | Oberwart Gunners vs. Kapfenberg | 95-85 | May 3 | | Game 2 | BSC Raiffeisen vs. Allianz Swans | 102-99 | May 3 | | Game 3 | Kapfenberg vs. Oberwart Gunners | 90-86 | May 5 | | Game 3 | Allianz Swans vs. BSC Raiffeisen | 87-97 | May 5 | | Game 4 | Kapfenberg vs. Oberwart Gunners | - | May 8 | | Game 4 | Allianz Swans vs. BSC Raiffeisen | - | May 8 | | Game 5 | Oberwart Gunners vs. Kapfenberg | - | *May 10 | | Game 5 | BSC Raiffeisen vs. Allianz Swans | - | *May 10 |
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