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FINALS --GAME 2--CHARLESTON AT SAN JOSE

Charleston Rebels 71, San Jose Fighting Amigos 68

The Charleston Rebels knotted up the MBA finals at one game apiece with a 71-68 hard-fought road victory.
The Rebs fired out of the gate and led 25-13 after one quarter. The only thing working for the Fighting Amigos at that point was the strong game of Rookie of the Year/MVP Saggital Occlusal, who kept his team within striking distance.
Behind the efforts of the 6-8 "Sag Man" and his 22 first-half points, San Jose had whittled the lead to nine by halftime. As the Amigos continued to slowly come back, the saving grace for the Rebels was their tenacious defense, which accounted for eight steals in the game, just one shy of the playoff record set by Oklahoma over Milwaukee in Season 18.
Time ran out for the home team, but the Fighting Amigos came close when Zlatko Korkovics' desperation three-quarter court shot just missed at the final horn.

Game MVP--Saggital Occlusal, San Jose
Top Scorer--Saggital Occlusal, San Jose, 28 points
Top Rebounder--Hacksaw Rooney, San Jose, 9 rebounds
Top Assists--Newty McNewtsalot, Charleston, 4 assists
Top Steals--Sho Ca Toa, Charleston 4 steals
Tops in Blocked Shots--Saggital Occlusal, San Jose, 2

Score by Quarters
Charleston 25--43--61--71
San Jose 13--34--54--68

FINALS GAME THREE--SAN JOSE AT CHARLESTON

San Jose Fighting Amigos 72, Charleston Rebels 65

It was a madman, scream-job of a contest, another hard-fought, knock-down drag-out contest by the two teams who finished 1-2 in defense during the regular season. Points were at a premium. For the third straight contest, the winning team scored in the low 70s and the loser failed to crack the 70 mark.
Charleston roared out of the gate with an 18-11 lead, but foul trouble by Kippy Kinski and Soh Ca Toa and a crippling injury to the league's leading rebounder Newty McNewtsalot early in the second quarter had the Rebs playing with three bench players as San Jose surged back into contention.
McNewtsalot suffered a caved-in face when he caught an inadvertent elbow and he will be out for the remainder of the playoffs. Jim Linzy, who has been superb off the bench for Charleston (and at after-game get-togethers playing guitar in the hotel lounges) will start in McNewtsalot's place. But Linzy is more of a big forward and will be forced into a ball-handling position at small forward.
With the score 50-49 in the third quarter, Benny Gumm of Charleston and Funsy VanSlochum of San Jose went at it at mid court and both were assessed technicals. Saggital Occlusal again sparked the Amigo comeback in the third and helped secure the game in the fourth. He followed his 28 point performance of game two with a 26-pointer in game three.
A fourth-quarter technical foul on coach Bill Rustler of Charleston proved too much for his team to overcome as the visiting squad won for the third time in the finals.
The Amigos now return home leading the best of five series 2-1. They have a superb a chance to win their first MBA title before their adoring, sombrero-wearing fandom. Should they win it all, the tequila will flow, for it will mark the first time in MBA history that a team finished atop the heap after coming in last the previous season.

Game MVP--Saggital Occlusal, San Jose
Top Scorer--Saggital Occlusal, San Jose, 26 points
Top Rebounders--Benny Gumm and Jonny Cockaroo of Charleston, 7 rebounds each
Top Assists--Jonny Cockaroo, Charleston, 3 assists
Top Steals--Saggital Occlusal and Felipe Jazzman of San Jose, 1 steal each
Tops in Blocked Shots--Saggital Occlusal, San Jose, 4

SCORE BY QUARTERS
San Jose 11--35--58--72
Charleston 18--37--52--65