February 08, 2012

      BLB - Belgium

Belgian League Finals, Game 3: May 31, 2008
Spirou Basket, Belgian League champion 2007-08 (photo: spiroubasket.com) A Justin Hamilton layup in the closing seconds lifted Spirou Basket Charleroi to its seventh Belgian championship on Saturday night. Charleroi beat Basket Bree 59-61 in Game 3 to sweep the best-of-five Belgian League Finals and capture its first championship since 2004. It was a topsy-turvy game, which Bree seemed to control when it held Charleroi scoreless for more than nine minutes in the second period as it scored 14 straight points en route to a 28-17 halftime lead. Bree's advantage reached 15 in the third period before Matt Walsh heated up and helped bring Charleroi to 44-37 heading into the fourth quarter. Walsh hit another triple with just over three minutes remaining to cap a 0-8 run that gave the visitors their first lead since the first period. Dor Fisher responded for Bree, but that would be the hosts’ last lead. Wes Wilkinson and Tremmell Darden pushed Charleroi ahead by three, before a Michael Meeks triple tied the game at 59-59 with a minute remaining. Charleroi held for the last shot and had Hamilton soar for the game-winning basket in the last seconds. Walsh led the winners with 19 points and Hamilton finished with 9. Meeks paced Bree with 16 points and Doron Perkins recorded 10 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists in defeat. MORE

Finals Playoffs, best of 5 games
Record Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
0 Basket Bree (1) 71 70 59 x x
3 Spirou Basket (2) 75 88 61 x x
Belgian League champion 2007-08: Spirou Basket Charleroi

Semifinals Playoffs, best of 3 games
Record Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
2 Basket Bree (1) 75 85 x
0 Generali Okapi Aalstar (6) 60 79 x
2 Spirou Basket Charleroi (2) 72 73 x
0 Dexia Mons-Hainaut (4) 61 54 x

Qualifying Round Playoffs, best of 3 games
Record Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
0 Telindus BC Oostende (3) 71 76 x
2 Generali Okapi Aalstar (6) 79 80 x
2 Dexia Mons-Hainaut (4) 83 86 x
0 Belgacom Liège Basket (5) 75 84 x

Finals games
Game 1 Basket Bree vs. Spirou Basket 71-75 May 27
Game 2 Spirou Basket vs. Basket Bree 88-70 May 29
Game 3 Basket Bree vs. Spirou Basket 59-61 May 31

Semifinals games
Game 1 Basket Bree vs. Aalstar 75-60 May 20
Game 1 Spirou Basket vs. Dexia Mons 72-61 May 20
Game 2 Aalstar vs. Basket Bree 79-85 May 22
Game 2 Dexia Mons vs. Spirou Basket 54-73 May 22

Qualifying Round games
Game 1 BC Oostende vs. Aalstar 71-79 May 13
Game 1 Dexia Mons vs. Belgacom Liège 83-75 May 13
Game 2 Aalstar vs. BC Oostende 80-76 May 15
Game 2 Belgacom Liège vs. Dexia Mons 84-86 May 15



STANDINGS TG W L P+ P-
1 Basket Bree 36 27 9 2920 2657
2 Spirou Basket Charleroi 36 27 9 2792 2481
3 Telindus BC Oostende 36 25 11 2848 2595
4 Dexia Mons-Hainaut 36 23 13 2983 2730
5 Belgacom Liège Basket 36 20 16 2722 2710
6 Generali Okapi Aalstar 36 17 19 2763 2752
7 VOO Verviers-Pepinster 36 15 21 2814 2967
8 Antwerp Diamond Giants 36 11 25 2704 2936
9 Spotter Leuven 36 9 27 2470 2759
10 Optima Gent 36 6 30 2543 2972

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