SEVEN RECORDS SET OR TIED BY NAF NAF
AND COMPANY IN SEASON 40 CLINCHER
OKLAHOMA CITY -- With the ecstatic home crowd whooping it up and imploring their beloved Lariats to hit the century mark, Hall of Fame guard Naf Naf rose up for the 19th time behind the 3-point line and with 2 time units remaining in the game, buried a record 12th trey of the contest, giving his charges 100 points in this title-clinching game.
With that bucket, the following records were set or tied:
* Naf Naf tied his own personal best one-game mark of 44 points in one game, originally set in Season 38. This tied the third-highest point total ever scored by one player in one game.
* Naf Naf's 44 points set a new individual playoff scoring mark for one game, eclipsing the 41-point effort he established two games earlier.
* Naf Naf's 12 3-pointers made breaks the playoff record of 11 he set two games earlier.
* Naf Naf's 12 3-pointers tied his own overall record of 12 treys he set in Season 38.
* Naf Naf's last trey helped set a new playoff team record of 16 3-pointers, eclipsing the 15 the Lariats scored two games earlier when they tied Houston's Season 33 playoff record.
* Naf Naf's last trey tied the all-time team mark of 16 jointly held by Dallas over Milwaukee in Season 30 and Oklahoma City vs. Seattle in Season 38.
Additionally, Naf Naf set a new playoff scoring average of 32 points per game, blowing past the longstanding former record of 27.6 points per game held by Hall of Fame guard Dan Mann of Milwaukee some 29 seasons past, way back in Season 11.
This was the second championship won by the Lariats, the first coming in Season 35, both under head coach Benny Gumm, in whose honor thousands of sticks of gum were dropped from the Saddle Dome ceiling, much to the chagrin of the stadium janitors who watched in dismay, armed with large scrapers they would be forced to utilize late into the evening.
It is also the fifth title won by Dave Masterson franchises in the last six seasons, with Lariats championships serving as bookends.
PLAYER OF GAME
NAF NAF of Oklahoma City had what was probably the finest individual playoff game in MBA history. He needed 28 points to set a new overall playoff scoring mark and came away with 44...despite the fact that he sat out the second half of the third quarter. Six points separated him from the all-time scoring mark of 50. In this game he was 15-for-23, going 12-for-19 from 3-Point Land, adding 3 rebounds and 3 assists and totally dominating veteran guard Ginger Vampire, Seattle's best player. Naf Naf finished with a flurry, scoring 17 points in the final quarter.
OTHER 20-PLUS GVP PERFORMANCES
-- Hall of Fame Lariats center Max Payne earned the fifth ring of his career, one short of the record. He was Oklahoma City's center when they won in Season 35, then left for four seasons to play for two other franchises (where he added his third and fourth rings) and returned to secure another Oklahoma City championship. He has now surpassed Diamond Dallas Paige and Jonny Cockaroo to become the most honored center in the history of the MBA. In this game, the 15th-year vet scored 15 points, had 2 assists, 1 steal and led everyone in both rebounds (8) and blocked shots (3).
-- Oklahoma City rookie forward Sloppy Dollop had his finest game of the playoffs, netting 22 points, grabbing 5 rebounds and dishing 2 assists, dominating Jairo Capoiera all game.
-- Tea Time Typhoo, the power forward for Seattle, was the team's lone bright spot, getting a team-high 22 points and pulling down 5 rebounds.
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41 Naf Naf, Oklahoma City, Playoffs Season 40
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41 Ching-Chong Chung, Houston, Season 31
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