LOS ANGELES COASTS TO ANOTHER EASY WIN
CHARLESTON -- The Los Angeles Big One is now just one victory away from securing its first West Coast franchise championship after spanking the Charleston Mountaineers 83-68 to go 2-0 in the best of 5 Finals.
This was not quite the smashing punishment doled out by L.A. in its Game 1 triumph, but any doubt as to who would come out on top was erased early on. Big One center Chutcher Mouthchair led the early assault with an 11-point first quarter that sparked a 22-15 lead that was never threatened.
The jagged knife being thrust into the bosom of the already short-handed Charleston squad was twisted even more in the fourth quarter when the Mountaineers' acting point guard and top active scorer Cat Timol was injured for the remainder of the playoffs (7-game injury). This makes the fifth major injury suffered by Charleston this season. Timol will be replaced by lifetime cut pile guard Tom Gould.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Since Los Angeles point guard DR. MARCUS BRODY returned to the starting lineup in the second Semifinals game against Dallas, The Big One has a perfect 4-0 playoff record. He was aces again in Game 2 of the Finals, earning his second POG of the playoffs and setting himself up for the vaunted MVP of the Playoffs award. In this game, Brody thoroughly out-played Cat Timol, scoring a game-high 19 points on 9 of 14 shooting (1 for 2 from deep). the 6-1 third-year star tied for game-high with 5 rebounds and was the top assist man on his team with 3, adding 1 assist and 1 more block to his team-high playoff total of 8.
Other 20-plus GVP performers
-- The big guy in the middle for Los Angeles, 6-11 Chutcher Mouthchair, has rendered insignificant the usually potent defense of opposing Hall of Fame center J.J. Gargantuan. Mouthchair put up 17 points and made it look easy with an arresting display of circus moves and dunks. The rebounding machine tied for top honors there with 5, added 1 assist and tied for most blocked shots in the game with 2.
-- Los Angeles small forward Baba Brinkman scored 15 points, grabbed 2 boards, had 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 blocked shot in the win.
-- Second-year, 6-9 power forward Frog Morton of Charleston scored 13 points, had 4 rebounds and 3 assists in the loss.
-- The other Charleston forward, Flip Testerton, led his team in scoring with 15 points and tied for top rebounding honors in the game with 5. He also blocked one shot.
NEXT UP: Los Angeles at Charleston Game 3 in what's sure to be the close-out game of Season 45 and the sweep for the Big One. It will be the last MBA game for starting forwards Sloppy Dollop and Baba Brinkman of Los Angeles and guard Akbar Zagobia of Charleston. Zagobia will be forced to play the point in his final MBA appearance, something he has never done in his career.
Let me know if you really want to play this one, Tyler. It's pretty anti-climatic. But if you want to I'll wait...just give me a day. But I could easily put Charleston out of its misery with another solo shot.
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