January 08, 2009
Devotion
Dutch League playoffs, Semifinals, Game 4: May 10, 2008
Kees Akerboom - EiffelTowersDefending 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
RecordTeamGame 1Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
3MyGuide (1)9075 6992 x
1Matrixx Magixx (4)73739173x
3EiffelTowers (2)10288 9395x
1West-Brabant (3)96968686x

Semifinal games
Game 1MyGuide Amsterdam vs. Matrixx Magixx90-73May 2
Game 1EiffelTowers vs. West-Brabant Giants102-96May 1
Game 2Matrixx Magixx vs. MyGuide Amsterdam 73-75May 4
Game 2West-Brabant Giants vs. EiffelTowers96-88May 3
Game 3 MyGuide Amsterdam vs. Matrixx Magixx69-91May 8
Game 3 EiffelTowers vs. West-Brabant Giants93-86May 8
Game 4 Matrixx Magixx vs. MyGuide Amsterdam 73-92May 10
Game 4West-Brabant Giants vs. EiffelTowers86-95May 10

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