CHARLESTON -- Tyler predicted a first-round win by one of his teams, and the always over-achieving Seattle Stampede delivered with an 84-78 Game 1 shocker.
After leading by as many as 20 points midway through the third quarter, Seattle's lead shrunk to a single point, 73-72, with 17 time units remaining in the game before they regained their footing down the stretch.
The home team Mountaineers still only trailed by four points when Beezow Bop-Bop blocked a Ginger Vampire shot out of bounds with 6 time units remaining. On the subsequent out-of-bounds play, Jairo Capoeira took a pass down low, scored and was fouled by B. Quiet, who became the second Charleston player to foul out. Capoeira, the Player of the Game, then hit the free throw to more or less seal the deal.
Capoeira and Bob Kittle, the two holdovers from the Seattle title team of Season 37, were joined by team newcomer Tea Time Typhoo in racking up big 20-point scoring games. Typhoo was largely responsible for the first half lead, when he scored 18 of his 22 points.
Also having a stellar first half was cut pile acquisition Shits McGriddle, who spelled Seattle center Matthew Scott Chemers when he got into foul trouble. McGriddle, who was a Charleston backup for six seasons, scored all 7 of his points in the first half and ended up tying for game-high in rebounds with 7.
Now Tyler has a decision to make with the usual Seattle starter George Gershwin coming back from injury. Who gets cut, McGriddle or Chemers...and who starts?
PLAYER OF GAME
JAIRO CAPOEIRA thoroughly out-played All-MBA forward B. Quiet, getting the first triple-double of his career and fouling out Quiet in the process. He scored 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting, including 1-for-2 from beyond the arc. Additionally, the fourth-year player slammed a few home, was a perfect 5-for-5 from the foul line, grabbed 5 boards, tied for game-high in assists and got the only steal of the game.
OTHER 20-PLUS GVP PERFORMERS
-- Shooting guard Bob Kittle of Seattle took a lot of shots (18) to get to his 20 points, but he ran Jesus Moron Joseph ragged and fouled him out in the process. Kittle hit a number of big treys among his game-high 4, grabbed 2 rebounds and had 1 assist.
-- Seattle power forward Tea Time Typhoo, who played his first two seasons with Charleston, was the game's top scorer with 22 points. He was largely responsible for the first-half Stampede surge. Typhoo added 3 rebounds and 1 assist.
-- Beezow Bop-Bop, who played point guard for Charleston in this one, kept his counterpoint Ginger Vampire from going off. But although Bop-Bop had a team-high 17 points, he did so shooting less than 50 percent. He also added 4 rebounds and had 2 big blocks on Vampire makes during the failed comeback.
-- The MBA assist leader Jesus Moron Joseph of Charleston was one rebound shy of a triple-double before fouling out with 30 time units left in the game and his team down 73-64. Joseph tied for game-high in assists with 5, had 11 points and 4 boards, also blocking 1 shot.
-- Charleston center J.J. Gargantuan scored 14 points, had 3 rebounds, 2 blocked shots and 1 assist in the loss.
NEXT UP: Oklahoma City, ahead in the best of three semis 1-0, looks to get to its first Finals since Naf Naf joined the team as they travel to Milwaukee.
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