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 1st (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 4th…(points differential tie-breaker)
SEATTLE……………1-1
(1 division win)…down from 2nd…(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
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