GINGER VAMPIRE SHINES IN FINAL ALL STAR APPEARANCE FOR VICTORIOUS WEST
SACRAMENTO -- Ginger Vampire and his West Division cohorts came from behind in the fourth quarter to capture this All Star contest 71-69.
It was Vampire who tied the score 58-58 on a fourth-quarter trey, capping a 9-2 West run to put them back in the game.
The lead then changed hands several times down the stretch before Pietro Destroyer of the East had a chance to tie the game with a loose ball 3-pointer that was denied by Bang-Bang Reiner of the West. Vampire then scored again for the West, putting the game out of reach.
The East still holds a 25-17 overall lead in the All Star contests, but the West has come on strong to win the last two in a row and 6 of the last 9.
As for overall All Star Game stat leaders, Hall of Famer Naf Naf's three treys puts him just two behind Cheetos Jones in All Star Game Threes.
Here's the leaders list in that department:
24--Cheetos Jones
22--Naf Naf
18--Mamadou Zongo
17--Ching-Chong Chung
17--Yipeekayee Masterfalcon
15--Tommy Zoop
15--Uncle Bob Masterson
15--Didger A'Doo
15--Doug Fresh
14--Cappy Gambol
14--Stu Nod
ALL STAR GAME MVP
Point guard GINGER VAMPIRE of the Oklahoma City Lariats, playing in his seventh and final All Star Game, won MVP honors for the first time. He follows last season's Oklahoma City point guard Yipeekayee Masterfalcon as MVP and Naf Naf, the Lariats point guard from Season 39. Vampire is the seventh Lariats player to win the MVP honor. He did so scoring a game-high 24 points, grabbing 6 boards, dishing 2 assists and blocking 1 shot. He was 9 for 19 from the floor, including 3 of 4 from beyond the arc and 3 of 4 from the foul line.
OTHER 20-PLUS GVP PERFORMANCES
-- Bang-Bang Reiner, also of Oklahoma City, registered a triple-double in his first All Star Game appearance, scoring 14 points, grabbing 6 boards and tying for game-high in assists with 5.
-- Naf Naf, the Hall of Fame point guard now playing for Charleston, had 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists for the East in the loss.
-- Charleston center J.J. Gargantuan of Charleston scored 14 points, grabbed a team-high 6 boards , blocked 1 shot, had 1 steal and assisted once for the West.
-- The ancient one, 16-season veteran forward Gulemon Mon-Mon, playing in his final All Star Game, led his team in scoring with 15 points and grabbed 5 boards.
UP NEXT...BRACKET 6
--FEATURED GAME First-place, two-time defending champ Oklahoma City takes its perfect 5-0 mark on the road to San Jose where they play the second-place Fighting Amigos (3-2) who are in a three-way dog fight for the second playoff spot in the West. Hall of Fame center Max Payne returns from his two-game injury for Oklahoma City. First of two straight games between these two.
-- The other two playoff contenders in the West square off as Sacramento (3-2) visits Seattle (3-2), with the winner almost certainly moving into second place. Also the first of two straight games between these two contenders.
-- The East leader Charleston (5-0) goes to Chicago to pound lumps on win-less Chicago (0-5). They beat them 101-78 in their first meeting, the only 100-point game thus far this season. J.J. Gargantuan was the Player of the Game in that one.
-- Second in the East Dallas (2-3) hosts third-place Milwaukee (2-3), with the Demons looking to firm up their playoff grip.
-- A pair of 1-4 teams square off in a cross-over as Los Angeles looks to break its four-game losing streak at Philadelphia, which has lost 3 in a row.
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