MBA Finals Game 4

Seattle 91, Philadelphia 87

YOUNG STAMPEDE CLINCH FIRST FRANCHISE CHAMPIONSHIP

SEATTLE -- The Seattle Stampede, playing before a raucous and appreciative home crowd won a wild and wooly Game 4 of the Season 37 finals, to nab the first title in the long history of this original franchise.

Following a first-quarter barrage of 5 Stampede treys that had the joint jumping, the home team went out to as much as a 14-point lead in the first half, only to see a game Philadelphia team close within 4 points late in the contest.

The game's exciting conclusion played out thusly:

15 TUs left, Seattle leads 85-81
13 TUs left, Seattle forward Vermin Supreme, subbing for fouled out Jairo Capoeira, hits a cold-blooded medium jumper with Philadelphia's Gabba Penton all over him...Seattle leads 87-81
12 TUs left, Philadelphia rookie point guard Mel A. Noma scores down low cutting the Seattle lead to 87-83.
10 TUs left, Seattle power forward Sven Marquardt hits a short jumper following a pass from Bob Kittle, Seattle 89-83.
9 TUs left, Philadelphia's Pythogoras Theorum makes short jumper, Phobia within 4 again, 89-85.
8 TUs left, Seattle rookie guard Bob Kittle makes a strong drive to the hole and scores his 20th point of the game, Seattle up 91-85.
5 TUs left, Philadelphia's Theorum misses short jumper, Seattle's Marquardt gets rebound, all but ending Phobia hopes.
Philadelphia would score once more before game's end, followed by Seattle coach Neville Chamberlin stripping bare and running wildly around the arena before being knocked to the floor by a security guard and removed.
But they could not remove the smile from the Stampede leader's face.

20-plus GVP Performances
-- Mel A. Noma returned to the lineup for the first time in the finals for Philly and the rookie point guard had a perfect 7 for 7 game for 15 points. He added 4 assists and a rebound.
-- T.Kanes Masterson of Philadelphia finally came up big offensively for the Phobia, leading his team with 22 points and winning co-MVP of the Game honors. He tied for game-high in rebounds with 6 and added 1 assist.
-- Philadelphia forward Pythogoras Theorum had 14 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and led all with 2 steals.
-- Playing in what turned out to be the final game of his career, retiring Philadelphia forward Gabba Penton went out with a 16-point effort, grabbed 2 boards and assisted 3 times.
-- Rookie point guard Bob "Fats" Kittle of Seattle played a whale of a game, scoring 20 points, directing the new champs with a game-high 7 assists and grabbing 2 rebounds. He won co-MVP of the Game honors in this biggest of all games.
-- Seattle super center Dis Reflexia led everyone in scoring with 23 points, thoroughly outplaying Philadelphia's fine 7-footer Q-Bert McGuffin for the second consecutive contest. Reflexia was held to 1 rebound. He's a lock to win the MVP of the Playoffs award.
-- Stampede power forward Sven Marquardt did his share of the dirty work in this championship run and in this game. He scored 14 points and grabbed a game-high (tied) 6 rebounds.

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