Season 48 Finals Game 2...Sacramento at Milwaukee

 Milwaukee 84, Sacramento 66

GREYHOUNDS TIE FINALS 1-1

MILWAUKEE -- Not so fast, there, Sacramento.

The Milwaukee Greyhounds reversed Game 1 roles with its canine opponents, lifting their collective back leg and using the visiting River Dogs as fire hydrants to mark their home court territory with an 84-66 victory.

The Finals series, which most had already conceded to the favored Sacramento squad, is now even at one game each, with each team having pounded their foe by 18 points.

It now goes back to Sacramento, where the River Dogs hope to use their No. 1 defense to cool off the 65.5 percent shooting that Milwaukee displayed in this one. 

Milwaukee, led by the MBA's Most Improved Player award winner, Wardy Joubert, could not be stopped, especially in the fourth quarter when they simply would not allow the River Dogs to make a serious run at the lead.

The Greyhounds, the No. 1 rebounding team in the MBA, controlled the boards again in this game to stay unbeaten on their home court in Season 48.

It was their first Finals win in Milwaukee since Season 32.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

Milwaukee's best player in the Season 48 post-season has not been league MVP Lannigan Lord Hobo, but third-year forward WARDY JOUBERT III, who came into the game with a team-high 17-point playoff average and proceeded to knock down the only 30-point scoring game in this post-season. The 6-9 Joubert was unstoppable, especially in the first half, and the Greyhounds kept feeding him the ball to establish their 8-point halftime lead. Joubert scored 12 points in the first quarter, followed by 10 more in the second. He slowed down somewhat in the second half, but never totally cooled off. His 3-point bomb on the last time unit of the game gave him the magic total of 30. He was 12 for 21 from the floor (1 for 3 from deep) and 5 for 7 from the foul line. James Payne of Sacramento just could not guard him. Additionally, Joubert plulled down 4 rebounds, doled out 2 assists and had 1 steal. 

Other 20-plus GVP performers

-- Milwaukee point guard Fatty McButterpants is scoring less these days but enjoying it more. The 6-7 distributor passed out a team-high 7 assists while scoring 10 points and grabbing 4 boards in the big win. 

-- Milwaukee center Sabado Gigante played a solid game with 12 points, a team-high 2 steals, 1 assist and a 6-rebound effort that tied for game-high.

-- 10-year-man Ape Con Myth used his 6-10 frame to score 16 points, grab 2 boards, dish 2 helpers and snag 1 steal.

-- Can't pin this loss on Sacramento forward Doo-rag Dripp, who continued his blistering 20-point playoff average with another 20-point game, tops on his team. The 6-7 Drippster also tied for team-best in rebounds with 4, while coming up with a game-high 3 steals. He added 3 assists as well.

DID YOU KNOW? Going by combined GVP, these two Finals teams are among the leaders in the MBA in guard combo, forward combo and front line combo.

Guards

1. Sacramento, with Great Gruncle Terry and Potus Obama (45.0)

2. Milwaukee, with Fatty McButterpants and Lannigan Lord Hobo (44.2)

3. San Jose, with Jesse Shershot and Mister Methane (42.4)

4. Oklahoma City, with Handsy Joe Potatoe and Hurricane Furrwizard (40.9)

Forwards

1. Milwaukee, with Ape Con Myth and Wardy Joubert III (42.7)

2. Charleston, with Frog Morton and Muscle Shoals (42.4)

3. Seattle, with Charles Broccoli and Reed Lemur (41.2

4. Sacramento, with Doo-rag Dripp and James Payne (40.9)

Front Court (adding center to forwards total)

1. Milwaukee, adding Sabado Gigante with Myth and Joubert (64.5)

2. Sacramento, adding Tree Fiddy with Dripp and Payne (64.3)

3. Seattle, adding Willie Carry McCoffee to Broccoli and Lemur (61.4)