Season 51...Featured Game No. 2...Dallas at Los Angeles...plus Los Angeles Golden Team

Los Angeles 77, Dallas 74 (Overtime)

DEFENDING CHAMPS PREVAIL IN O.T.

LOS ANGELES -- A 3-point bucket by last season's MVP Quick Tink to start overtime provided the necessary momentum for the defending champion Los Angeles Big One (now 1-1) to get the better of the visiting Dallas Demons (now 0-2) in this tightly played cross-over contest.

Trailing by 8 at halftime, Dallas came back to take a 2-point lead near the end of regulation, but last season's Rookie of the Year, Flufferton Springs, potted a medium jumper at the horn for The Big One to send the game into the overtime period.

PLAYERS OF THE GAME

29 GVP...After scoring 20 points in his debut as a Los Angeles starter, 6-year veteran forward CHRIST ALMIGHTY rang up 25 big ones to lead all scorers in this important win. The 6-6 Almighty was 11 for 18 from his power forward spot, going 3 for 3 from the foul line and pulling down 3 boards.

29 GVP...Defending All-MBA forward CRENTIS DENTIST of Los Angeles took it to highly-touted Dallas rookie Satan Israel, scoring 20 points and blocking a game-high 5 shots. The 6-6 Dentist, in his 3rd season, drilled 9 shots in 14 attempts, including 1 for 2 from beyond the arc. He was also 1 for 1 from the foul line. Dentist added 3 boards and 1 assist.

Other 20-plus GVP performers

27 GVP...Los Angeles center Quick Tink ran roughshod over big Chochky Galumpkus of Dallas, scoring 18 points, grabbing 4 boards, dishing 3 assists and blocking 2 shots.

26 GVP...Dallas shooting guard Juzan Djinn led his team in scoring, dominating his second-year guard opposite Flufferton Springs. The second-year man popped in 21 points, including a perfect 3 for 3 from deep, while dishing 3 assists, blocking 1 shot and getting 1 board.

26 GVP...Eleven-year veteran forward Al A. Orden of Dallas scored 19 points, led his team with 4 assists and grabbed 3 rebounds. The 6-8 Orden also led everyone with 6 points prevented, stopping three Los Angeles baskets. 

POINTS PREVENTED BY QUARTERS

Dallas.............0...5...6...4...1  Total=16 points prevented

Los Angeles...2...6...5...0...5  Total=18 points prevented

Leaders in points prevented

1. Al A. Orden, Dallas...6

2. Great Gruncle Terry...5

MBA Standings … Season 51

EAST DIVISION

CHARLESTON…… 2-0 (2 division wins)…up from 2nd

PHILADELPHIA…..1-1 (1 division win)…down from 1^st (points differential tie-breaker)

OKLAHOMA CITY..1-1 (1 division win)…up from 4th

MILWAUKEE……….1-1 (0 division wins)…down from 3rd

DALLAS………………..0-2

 

WEST DIVISION

SAN JOSE………….2-0 (2 division wins)

SACRAMENTO…..1-1 (1 division win)…up from 4^th…(points differential tie-breaker)

SEATTLE……………1-1 (1 division win)…down from 2^nd…(head-to-head tie-breaker)

LOS ANGELES….. 1-1 (0 division wins)…down from 3rd

GILLETTE…………..0-2

 

NEXT BRACKET

Sacramento at Philadelphia (cross-over)

Milwaukee at Charleston

Dallas at Oklahoma City

LOS ANGELES AT SAN JOSE (FEATURED GAME)

Seattle at Gillette

The Golden Team of the Los Angeles Big One (including Houston Iguana years) 

(most honored lineups through first 50 Seasons)