DALLAS--For the second year in a row the Philadelphia Phobia eliminated the Dallas Demons in a decisive third game of the semifinals, winning 59-57 in a contest befitting its significance.
Philadelphia got unlikely heroics from the usually role-playing Zingo Mamaluke, who led the victors with 19 points, including 13 in the third quarter and a short jumper that gave his team a four-point lead with time running out.
The final points came from Dallas stalwart Hacksaw Rooney, who again led all players in scoring with 21 and kept his team in the contest throughout. Subbing for the injured Hall of Famer Mamadou Zongo throughout the series, Rooney, playing in his last season, missed a fast break basket with four ticks left that would have tied the game.
A lynch mob (or was it a congratulatory crowd) was awaiting Rooney outside the locker room as we went to press.
Philadelphia,already holding a record 11 titles, now awaits the winner of the next game between San Jose and Milwaukee to contest the MBA championship.
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