Unbelievable early season 39 game

Dallas 102, Charleston 98 in OVERTIME!

This was one of the best games ever played in the MBA as the two powerhouse teams from different divisions locked horns and battled like maniacally possessed Greeks and Trojans.
No Helen was needed in this all-out war.
The game was close throughout with a pair of unlikely 3-point shots from Demons players determining the outcome.
The fourth quarter saw eight different lead changes, with Charleston finally gaining a 3-point advantage. Then, with 8 time units left, forward Sven Marquardt who had missed 6 treys to that point, rose up, launched and tied the contest 88-88.
Then with 5 time units left, Marquardt, not normally a good shot from outside, launched a medium shot and hit it to give his team a 90-88 lead.
A missed 3-pointer by Mel A. Noma of Charleston was tipped in by teammate B. Quiet to tie it up 90-90.
Marquardt then tried yet another trey, but this one missed.
Art Vandelay of Charleston rebounded got the ball to Noma for a last-ditch medium shot....but he too, missed, sending this madman game to overtime.

OVERTIME

In the short overtime period, the lead changed hands five more times until Bootlace Barnaby of Dallas, not a good 3-point shooter, nailed one, was fouled, and then hit the resultant free throw, giving his team a 100-96 advantage and 10 ticks left.
The teams exchanged late baskets and Dallas escaped with an impressive road victory (which, by the way, makes the West 3-0 in crossover games early on...an unusual MBA occurrence where the East almost always dominates).

Four other abnormalities happened in this game.
1) All five starters from both teams had 20+ GVP games.
2) Charleston shot 73 percent from the field...and lost. (Dallas shot 62.7 percent but out-rebounded the home team 24-15).
3) There were no steals by either team in this game...both teams really took care of the ball.
4) Either team had a chance to win the game in regulation had they made their free throws. Dallas was 13 for 23 at the line and Charleston was 5 for 11...the only weakness displayed in an otherwise superior contest.

PLAYER OF GAME
-- Dallas center Naceg Gecan, who had 17 points through sheer force of will while playing against one of the best defensive centers in the game, J.J. Gargantuan. Gecan had a game-high 11 rebounds and numerous put-backs, got 2 assists and 1 blocked shot.

20-PLUS GVP PERFORMANCES
-- Dallas point guard Bootlace Barnaby had 19 points, tied for game-high with 6 assists and grabbed 3 rebounds.
-- T. Kanes Masterson, playing his first game for his new Dallas team, led everyone in scoring with 25 points, getting 1 assist.
-- Veteran power forward Gulemon Mon-Mon contributed 16 points and 6 rebounds, adding 4 assists for the Dallas victors.
-- Sven Marquardt, small forward for Dallas, playing his first game for the Demons, came up huge with 23 points and 4 rebounds.
-- Jesus Moron Joseph, Charleston's guard, had 12 points, tied for game-high with 6 assists, and grabbed 2 rebounds before fouling out.
-- Beezow Bop-Bop, Charleston's other guard, knocked in 20 points, had 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocked shots.
-- Charleston center J.J. Gargantuan had 17 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 blocked shot.
-- Charleston forward B. Quiet had 20 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 blocked shot.
-- Art Vandelay, late of Chicago, playing his first game for the Mountaineers, led his team with 23 points, grabbed 2 rebounds and had 1 assist.

WEST STANDINGS
1st-- Seattle 1-0 (tie-breaker division win)
2nd--San Jose 1-0 (tie-breaker points differential)
3rd--Sacramento 1-0 (tie-breaker points differential)
4th-- Dallas 1-0
Last--Oklahoma City 0-1

EAST STANDINGS
1st--Chicago 1-0
2nd--Charleston 0-1 (tie-breaker points differential)
3rd--Philadelphia 0-1 (tie-breaker points differential)
4th--Milwaukee 0-1 (tie-breaker points differential)
Last--Houston 0-1

UPCOMING GAMES
Seattle at Sacramento in battle of unbeatens
Milwaukee at Houston
Chicago at Charleston
Philadelphia at Oklahoma City in a cross-over
Dallas at San Jose in a early showdown game