RIVER DOGS EXORCISE DEMONS, ADVANCE TO FINALS
SACRAMENTO --
RIVER DOGS FIGHT SONG
The R-Dogs,
The R-Dogs,
Everybody loves the R-Dogs!
The R-Dogs,
The R-Dogs,
The Greatest Team Around!
They Might, Just, Never be Good
But We Don't Care
Give That Dog A Bone
They Are the ONLY TEAM for US
The Greatest Team Ara-ounnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd
--written by Phil Davia
They broke out the old song tonight, as the home team Sacramento River Dogs uncharacteristically put on an offensive show to out-point the league's top scoring team and advance to their first Finals series since Season 15.
An outrageous fourth quarter, played at a fever-pitch pace, saw 52 points go up on the board, with Dallas coming from 8 points back to tie the score 69-69 with 42 tics remaining. They took a 2-point lead with 37 left, Sacramento tied it again with 34 remaining at crunch time. From that point on there were three more ties before Dallas took a 1-point lead, Sacramento regained the lead on a trey by Potus Obama; Dallas scored to grab the lead again, and Obama's gigantic trey gave Sacramento a 2-point lead once more.
Smearz finally gave his team some breathing room with another hoop with 15 left, and the R-Dogs led by 4.
When Sacramento's Obama fouled out with 13 ticks remaining, Sacramento held a 83-79 lead.
The last 13 time units went thus:
-- Dallas forward Al A. Orden, having the game of his life, scored down low to bring the Demons within 2 again, 83-81.
-- Peeshie Pooshie, just in for the fouled out Obama, drilled a big-time trey against the team that traded him, increasing Sacramento's lead to 86-81.
-- with 10 left, Dallas guard Bingo Bango misses his 3-point attempt and Gruncle Terry snares the rebound for the R-Dogs.
-- with 8 left, Sacramento center Tree Fiddy has his sure-fire down low shot blocked by Gotoo Grot of Dallas and the Demons take over with 7 left.
-- League MVP Chip Battoe's short-good is denied by Doo-rag Dripp of Sacramento, who then force misses another good shot by Battoe...Pooshie rebounds...4 left.
-- Bango fouls Terry who makes the first of 1 and 1, misses the second...87-81 R-Dogs...Battoe grabs rebound...2 left (fans already celebrating...rippiing off each other's clothes)
-- Bango tries a medium shot...Terry blocks it...(more hysteria in the stands...fornication...murders...baptisms)...ball goes out of bounds...1 tick left
-- Orden's attempt at a 3-pointer is denied by Smearz
-- Game over...River Dogs advance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Note: It must be pointed out that Dallas point guard Bootlace Barnaby was injured in the second quarter with 32 time units remaining and lost for the rest of the game.
PLAYER OF GAME
Fourth-year Dallas forward AL A. ORDEN was magnificent in defeat, scoring a game-high 28 points on a record-tying 12-for-12 shooting day that saw him pop in a pair of treys and slam dunk two. He grabbed 5 rebounds, had 2 assists and almost single-handedly kept Dallas in the game, frustrating Sacramento to no end as he had the best game of his career. He scored 12 points in the madman fourth quarter alone. The only time he missed was at the free throw line, where he was 2 for 4. He had an enormous semifinals, going 25 for 29 from the floor (86 percent). Being denied his last-ditch trey by Smearz at game's end put him in the playoff record book (he would have missed). Orden joins Hall of Fame center Mable Reed, Milwaukee vs. Oklahoma, Season 12; center Diss Reflexia of Seattle, Season 37; and Philadelphia center Q-bert McGuffin, Season 37 with perfect 12 for 12 playoff games.
Other 20-plus GVP performers
-- Sacramento guard Potus Obama moved to the point for Game 3 and responded with a team-high 26-point outburst that included 4 treys, 2 rebounds and a blocked shot before he fouled out. His 4 for 5 from deep and 5 for 7 for the series was insanity itself, since he was just 1 for 11 from that range in the regular season. "He performed like a champion," said coach Frankie Pantangeli, who cursed him up and down the sidelines all season. Obama had 7 points in the killer fourth quarter.
-- The playoffs have been a coming out party for highly touted Sacramento rookie guard Great Gruncle Terry. The No. 1 premium pick ever had a solid but unspectacular season, but was a force against Dallas in the post-season. In this game he was moved from point to two guard to shadow big-scoring Bingo Bango, and halved Bango's scoring average in Game 3. Meanwhile, Terry continued to put up huge offensive numbers, getting 20 points in this game, blocking a team-high 3 shots, grabbing 4 boards and tying for game-high in assists with 4.
-- Veteran Sacramento forward Pap Smearz was frustrated in his inability to stop Al A. Orden (he cold-cocked him the previous game) but contributed 13 points a team-high 5 rebounds and tied for game-high in assists with 4. He scored 7 big points in the fourth quarter.
-- 7-2 second-year center Gotoo Grot of Dallas also began living up to expectations in this post season. The big man scored 18 points for the second game in a row and yanked down a game-high 7 rebounds while blocking one shot against the league's All-MBA center, Tree Fiddy.
-- This was a nightmare game for the MBA's two-time MVP forward Chip Battoe of Dallas. The league's top scorer was held to just 9 points in this crucial contest, averaging just 11 points for the series. But despite his offensive woes, Battoe contributed 5 rebounds, had 2 assists, 1 steal and blocked 7 more shots. He'll undoubtedly be back to improve on those numbers in future playoff appearances.
NEXT UP: The Finals, where the team with the most championships in MBA history will take on the only team without a title. It's Sacramento at Philadelphia for Game 1.
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