DEMONS DIE VALIANTLY TO DEFENDING CHAMPS
DALLAS -- The 0-2 ledger on the back of their envelope will fail to reflect the mighty battles fought by the Dallas Demons against the heavily favored defending champions from Oklahoma City.
After going down in overtime in the first playoff skirmish, the home team Demons and their veteran front line again gave the Lariats all they could handle in Game 2 before bowing 79-78.
In a game in which they never led, Dallas scored the first 6 points of the fourth quarter and tied the score 63-63 with 54 time units remaining. They remained solidly in the game, despite losing both starting guards, Bootlace Barnaby to injury and Wimsy Greenfoyle to fouls, and playing with two under 6-foot rookies for the last 30 time units.
With 5 time units remaining and his team down 3 points, 15-season veteran Gulemon Mon-Mon grabbed a Lariat miss and took his hulking, slow, 6-11 body the length of the court to score and get his team within 1 point, 79-78.
But the savvy Lariats used three of the remaining four time units before Sloppy Dollop missed a short jumper, and the last hope of the Demons faded when Oklahoma City's Hall of Fame center, Max Payne, secured the rebound as the buzzer sounded.
This may be the last hurrah for the Dallas team, with four of its five starters of retirement age and one for sure, Wimsy Greenfoyle, going off to the greener envelopes beyond the MBA.
Now Oklahoma City awaits the winner of the other series to see if it can hang on to the treasured title of MBA champions.
PLAYER OF GAME
GULEMON MON-MON, the seemingly ageless power forward of the Dallas Demons, was spectacular in defeat, scoring a team-high 23 points and pulling down a game-high 7 rebounds. Mon-Mon, who spent nine of his 15 seasons playing for Oklahoma City, torched his old team with an 11 for 12 shooting day, going 1 for 2 from beyond the arc, with that long ball the only one he missed all game. He also pounded down a dunk and dished out 1 assist. He did all this despite taking a 30-time unit rest in the third quarter.
OTHER 20-PLUS GVP PERFORMANCES
-- Point guard Yipeekayee Masterfalcon, POG of Game 1, was again excellent for Oklahoma City in this one, scoring a game-high 24 points, including a pair of clutch treys down the home stretch. He also had 2 rebounds and 4 assists.
-- Akbar Zagobia, acquired in the only off-season trade of the preseason by the Lariats, has been a valuable addition, especially thus far in the post-season. He scored 15 points, grabbed 2 rebounds and dished out 3 assists.
-- Power forward Pap Smearz of Oklahoma City popped in 12 points, blocked 2 shots, grabbed 2 boards and assisted on a game-high 8 buckets in the win.
-- 6-10 Dallas center Naceg Gecan played Hall of Famer Max Payne to a virtual standstill. Gecan scored 14 points, pulled down 6 rebounds, blocked 1 shot and had 1 assist.
-- Dallas' small forward Matthew Vanden Boogart scored 20 points, grabbed 3 rebounds and had 1 assist. We are forced to admit after nine seasons, that this guy is a player.
NEXT UP: Overall MBA favorite Charleston looks to wrap up its semifinal series in front of the San Jose fans. Coach Augustus McCrae of the Fighting Amigos is seriously thinking of shaking up the lineup by substituting second-year center Hunk R. Down for two-time All-MBA pivot Pippi Pippistrelli.
"We've lost by 19 points and 20 points to this team this season," said McCrae. "So fuck it."
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