Season 50 Playoffs...Finals Game 1...Philadelphia at Los Angeles

 Los Angeles 94, Philadelphia 67 (slaughter rule enforced)

BIG ONE BLITZES PHOBIA

LOS ANGELES -- Anticipating a combative game and Finals series, MBA fans instead witnessed a Game 1 whooping as the seemingly unstoppable Los Angeles Big One trounced the visiting Philadelphia Phobia 94-67.

This was win number 11 in a row for L.A., and it was far more decisive than the 69-63 triumph they enjoyed over Philly during the regular season. 

The Phobia was coming off a slaughter-rule win of its own over San Jose which put them in these Finals, and after trailing by just 3, 23-20 after the first quarter, they appeared to be worthy foes for Los Angeles. 

But the East Division champs lost ground quickly in the second quarter and the game was soon out of hand. Twenty-one fouls (and two foul-outs) by Philly, combined with a smoking 72.5 percent shooting percentage for the game by The Big One spelled massacre in the initial jousting of this best-of-five championship. 

Veteran point guard Great Gruncle Terry, who already shares the single-game record for assists (13), tied the playoff record with 10 helpers before being pulled early due to the slaughter rule. Terry joins Bullet Bob Sixgun of Charleston vs. Philadelphia in Season 5 and Tubes Mullard of Houston vs. Seattle in Season 28 in the record book.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

All-MBA Rookie of the Year FLUFFERTON SPRINGS continues to shine in his initial go-round in the league, this time destroying fellow rookie Ehhy Table for a game-high 25 points while pulling down 4 boards and adding 1 assist. The lefty marksman was 10 for 14 from the floor, potting 3 of 6 from deep and going 2 for 4 from the free throw line. He's now averaging a league-leading 26 points per game in the post season after finishing third in the regular season scoring race. He's the favorite right now for Playoff MVP.

Other 20-plus GVP performers

-- Seventh-year star point guard Great Gruncle Terry of Los Angeles totally out-played Little Dickie Papers of Philadelphia. In addition to scoring 10 points, Terry ran the show on offense with a record-tying 10 assists, blocked a game-high 3 shots  and snagged 3 boards. Wherever he goes, teams get better, and it's happening again this season.

-- Second-year Los Angeles forward Turk Attaturk had his way with highly-touted Philly forward D. Fenestration. Attaturk, not usually an offensive force, scored 17 points and pulled down a game-high 6 rebounds. Additionally, the 6-6 Attaturk had 2 blocked shots, 2 assists and 1 steal.

-- The most overwhelming one-on-one defeat was registered by All-MBA forward Crentis Dentist of Los Angeles over fellow All-MBA forward Wawa Wewa of Philly. While Wewa fouled out with just 2 points, Dentist scored 19, swiped a game-high 2 steals, grabbed 4 boards and had 1 assist. 

-- The only player to get a good-game nod here was Phobia center Taco Toosdae, who scored a team-high 14 points and pulled down a team-high 4 rebounds. He also had 1 assist and his team's lone blocked shot.

NEXT UP: A thoroughly whipped Philadelphia team will try to regroup on its home court for Game 2. But the big question is, "how do you slow down The Big One?"