Season 52...Featured Game No. 3...Los Angeles at Dallas

DALLAS 87, LOS ANGELES 57

WHIZ KIDS ROLL OVER DEFENDING CHAMPS

DALLAS -- It's early, but it's time to nickname the uber-talented Dallas quintet whose oldest starter is just entering his third season and features three rookies, two of whom are bona fide competitors for All-MBA. Newcomers Kopi Luwak and Biggus Dickus join last season's All-MBA players Juzan Djinn and Rookie of the Year Satan Israel, giving coach Naceg Gecan a four-some where it could be argued that any of the four are the best player on the team. 

We're calling them the Whiz Kids, ala the youthful 1950 Philadelphia Phillies who surprised everyone by winning the National League pennant and the early 1940s University of Illinois basketball team, which also dominated despite youth.

Oh, by the way, these new Whiz Kids defrocked two-time defending champion Los Angeles (now 1-2) in this cross-over game 87-57. 

POINTS PREVENTED BY QUARTERS

Los Angeles...4...10...0...2  Total=16

Dallas.............4....0....1...4  Total=9

Top Individuals in points prevented

1. Great Gruncle Terry, Los Angeles 5

2. Pete Marzano, Dallas 4

2. Reed Lemur, Dallas 4

PLAYER OF THE GAME

32 GVP...7-foot rookie center BIGGUS DICKUS of Dallas had the best game of his young career, dominating Swordfish Willie Shingles of Los Angeles. The rookie prize of the Season 52 draft, Dickus scored a game-high 24 points on 12 of 18 shooting (0 for 1 at foul line) while pulling down 7 rebounds. The big guy also led his team in blocked shots, swatting away 3. 

Other 20-plus GVP performers

28 GVP...Prize rookie point guard Kopi Luwak passed the acid test that was defensive genius Great Gruncle Terry with absolute aplomb. Luwak picked on Terry so often that he came up with the first triple-double of his career. The 6-2 point guard scored 15 points, including 3 long bombs, registered a game-high 8 assists and snagged 5 rebounds.

27 GVP...The old man of the Demons, third-year star Juzan Djinn, filled up the stat columns thusly...16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocked shots and 2 assists. He destroyed Flufferton Springs.

25 GVP...Los Angeles rookie forward Vuil'Raith Cabal led L.A. in scoring with 20 points and tied for team-high in rebounds with 4. The 6-10 Cabal also blocked 1 shot.

25 GVP...Second-year wunderkind forward Satan Israel contributed 17 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist despite fouling out.

MBA Standings … Season 52

EAST DIVISION

DALLAS………………….3-0

OKLAHOMA CITY…..2-0

CHARLESTON………..2-1

PHILADELPHIA………1-1

MILWAUKEE……….. 0-3

 

 

WEST DIVISION

SACRAMENTO…3-0

SAN JOSE………….1-2

SEATTLE…………..1-2

LOS ANGELES…..1-2

GILLETTE………….0-3

 

NEXT UP:  Philadelphia locks horns with first-place Oklahoma City in a test of early-season strength for the two playoff contenders in the bloody, bloody East Division battleground.