As expected, the defending champion Friborg Olympic and his Dauphin The Lions of Geneva will find themselves in the final of the SB League play-off. Large dominators of the regular season with respectively one and three defeats in 24 games, the two Monsters of Swiss basketball completed their semi-final on Saturday.
After two successes in Saint-Léonard, the Friborgers won in Nosedo on the Massagno prosecution (90-78). As in match no 2, Spinelli fought well in the second half but there had always been a 3 -point shooter – Roberto Kovac or Ross Williams – to calm the Ticino heat at the end of the match.
At the same time, Pully Lausanne lost 76-93 to more than 600 people at the youth valley. He never recovered partial 2-15 – with three awarded shots from the Geneva winger Boris Mbala – cashed in the last two minutes before the break. For the Foxes, the absence of Dequan Morris (injured) during this series weighed with all its weight.
Beaten by Friborg in the SBL Cup final but winners of the Swiss Cup – having released Olympic on their way – the Lions are in the championship final for the first time in 6 years. “Olympic is a favorite but we will try to win there,” said Boris Mbala at a press conference.
If she wants to have a chance to prevent Olympic from winning a 7th follow -up in a row, the team at the end of the lake should be able to count on its top scorer Jaqualyn Gilbreath. The American rear injured in the ankle in match No. 1 against Lausanne on May 3. But it is hoped for the start of the final.
