Dutch League playoffs, Semifinals, Game 4: May 10, 2008
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Defending champion EiffelTowers Den Bosch and regular season champion MyGuide Amsterdam will clash for the Dutch League title after each ended their semifinals series on Saturday with respective victories. The EiffelTowers eliminated the West Brabant Giants 3-1 after an 86-95 win in Game 4. The visitors took control with an 8-26 second period and led 50-72 heading into the fourth quarter. The Giants challenged, but it proved to be too little, too late. Travis Young paced Den Bosch with 20 points, Kees Akerboom netted 18, Robert Owens 15 and Dean Oliver scored 10 and dished 5 assists. Devonne Giles led the Giants with 21 points and 8 rebounds. Amsterdam topped Matrixx Magixx 73-92 to win that series 3-1. The top seeds outscored their opponents 25-51 in the middle two periods to take control and effectively end the series. Teddy Gipson paced Amsterdam with 17 points, Mohamed Abukar added 16, Stefan Wessels 15, Petervan Paassen 14 and Avis Wyatt 11. Chris Copeland scored 17 to lead Matrixx Magixx in defeat.
| Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | | 3 | MyGuide (1) | 90 | 75 | 69 | 92 | x | | 1 | Matrixx Magixx (4) | 73 | 73 | 91 | 73 | x | | 3 | EiffelTowers (2) | 102 | 88 | 93 | 95 | x | | 1 | West-Brabant (3) | 96 | 96 | 86 | 86 | x |
| Semifinal games | | Game 1 | MyGuide Amsterdam vs. Matrixx Magixx | 90-73 | May 2 | | Game 1 | EiffelTowers vs. West-Brabant Giants | 102-96 | May 1 | | Game 2 | Matrixx Magixx vs. MyGuide Amsterdam | 73-75 | May 4 | | Game 2 | West-Brabant Giants vs. EiffelTowers | 96-88 | May 3 | | Game 3 | MyGuide Amsterdam vs. Matrixx Magixx | 69-91 | May 8 | | Game 3 | EiffelTowers vs. West-Brabant Giants | 93-86 | May 8 | | Game 4 | Matrixx Magixx vs. MyGuide Amsterdam | 73-92 | May 10 | | Game 4 | West-Brabant Giants vs. EiffelTowers | 86-95 | May 10 |
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