Round 1, Deciding Game 3 Seattle at Charleston Season 36

CHARLESTON 110, SEATTLE 79

RECORD-SETTING PERFORMANCE PUTS CHARLESTON INTO THE FINALS

CHARLESTON -- The Charleston Mountaineers, led for the second game in a row by Hall of Fame center Max Payne, scored a playoff-record 110 points to move past the young Seattle Stampede 110-79 and into the MBA Finals.

The Mountaineers' output eclipsed the 106 points scored by Milwaukee over Dallas in Season 6, a full 30 seasons earlier. This was the first 100-point game for any team in Season 36.

The 7-foot tall, 11th-season veteran Payne may have yielded his All-MBA position to rookie upstart Dis Reflexia of Seattle this season, but the Hall of Famer rose to the challenge in the post-season to outplay his younger foe. Payne, looking to get his third ring for his third different franchise and his second in as many seasons, led everyone in scoring (24 points), rebounds (7) and tied for most blocked shots with Reflexia (3).

Shooting 71.2 percent as a team, the Mountaineers put the game well out of reach by halftime, where they led 60-35. They scored 30 points in each of the first three quarters before settling for 20 in the final quarter on the way to the record.

Charleston last appeared in the MBA Finals in Season 31 when they took a great Philadelphia squad to the five-game limit before bowing. The Mountaineers now await the winner of Game 3, Houston at Oklahoma City, to determine their Finals opponent.

20-PLUS GVP PERFORMANCES
-- Shut out in the first half due mainly to foul trouble, Seattle's rookie guard Wimsy Greenfoyle finished with 17 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.
-- Beezow Bop-Bop, point guard supreme for Charleston, had 21 points, led everyone with 5 assists, grabbed 2 rebounds and blocked 2 shots before fouling out.
-- Chucky "Swishcat" Sellegren of Charleston averaged 20 points per game in round one of the playoffs, finishing with 20 in Game 3, grabbing 2 rebounds and assisting twice.
-- Hall of Fame center Max Payne of Charleston had 24 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 3 blocked shots in his MVP of the Game performance...his second in a row.
-- Second-season Charleston forward Buck Naked enjoyed an 18-point game in which he grabbed 2 rebounds and dished out 3 assists. He was unreasonably smoking from 3-Point Land with a 4 for 5 day beyond the arc. Naked had just 1 trey all season long during the regular campaign.