Domestic leagues: Rilski lost to Lukoil, down 0-1 in the semifinals

BC Rilski Sportist lost to Lukoil Academic in 74:98 in the first game of their semifinal series in the Bulgarian NBL. After that loss they are down 0-1 in the best of five series. The second game is going to be played again in Pravets, in Saturday.   Rilski couldn′t rely on their top scorer this season Ivan Lilov, who is suffering from a minor injury. In his absence Aleksandar Gruev scored 17 points. Bogdan Boev added 15, while Martin MArinov finished with 13.   Devin Green scored 19 points for Lukoil in just 25 minutes of playing action. Travis Peterson added 16, while five other players finished in double digits as well.