Season 50 Playoffs...Finals Game 2...Los Angeles at Philadelphia

Los Angeles 76, Philadelphia 75

BIG ONE HANGS ON BY A POINT

PHILADELPHIA -- The Los Angeles Big One warded off a determined Phobia bunch 76-75 to capture their 12th consecutive win and put them just one win away from the Season 50 MBA championship.

The teams now return to L.A. where a huge crowd of Hollywood weirdos and celebrities expect to see their team clinch the title and join the ranks of some of the historically great MBA squads.

After getting trounced in Game 1, Philly gave it all they had, but they are now looking at the wrong end of a broomstick as The Big One eyes a Finals sweep.

The final time units of the game went thusly:

-- Philly forward D. Fenestration hit a short jumper to pull his team within a point 74-73 with 8 ticks remaining.

-- Great Gruncle Terry of Los Angeles then drove past Dick Papers, stopped and popped an open medium jumper that increased his team's lead to 3...76-73 with just 3 ticks remaining.

-- Phobia center Taco Toosdae made a strong drive to the basket from the top of the key, only to have his shot blocked by L.A.'s Quick Tink who trailed the play, with the ball going out of bounds. Two time units remained.

-- This gave Philly a chance to tie things up with a 3-point bucket, but nobody could apparently get open beyond the arc and they were forced into a down-low shot by Fenestration, who converted, making the score 76-75, with L.A. still leading and in posession with one time unit left. Only a blocked shot, followed by a fast break basket from Philadelphia would save the home team.

-- Flufferton Springs of Los Angeles launched a no-good trey at the horn and The Big One escaped with the victory.

The Phobia led by a point with 35 ticks remaining during the  tense down-the-stretch action, but when L.A. took the lead by a point with 32 left, the home team never again re-gained the advantage.

One big moment came with 27 ticks left when Rookie of the Year Flufferton Springs of L.A. hit his only bucket of the game, a 3-pointer that fouled out Ehhy Table of Philadelphia. Springs hit the subsequent charity toss and The Big One was up by 5.

The Big One shot the eyes out again, making 69.6 percent of their shots after shooting 72.5 percent in Game 1. And while they were going 10 for 10 at the foul line, the Phobia kind of shot themselves in the foot with a 12 for 18 performance there.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

Second-year Philadelphia forward D. FENESTRATION, who usually defers to the other big scorers on his team, turned up his game to lead everyone in scoring with 24 points. Fenestration, who was dominated by Turk Attaturk in the previous game, totally turned the tables on his opposite in this game. The 6-7 Fenestration went 10 for 13 including a pair of dunks and was 4 for 6 from the foul line. He also led everyone in rebounding with 7 caroms, led his team in blocks with 2 and dished out 3 assists. 

Other 20-plus GVP performers

-- Los Angeles point guard Great Gruncle Terry dominated his counterpart, Little Dickie Papers, for the second game in a row, out-scoring him 21-2 and tossing salt on that wound by dribbling past him and sticking what turned out to be the winning basket. Terry's 21 points led the victors. He also had the most steals in the game with 2 and paced his club with 4 rebounds. The 7-season star added a blocked shot and an assist. 

-- Crentis Dentis played his usual excellent game for L.A. The forward scored 17 points, grabbed 3 boards, had 1 assist and 1 blocked shot.

NEXT UP: Back to La La Land for what the odds-makers are predicting will be a clean playoff sweep for The Big One.