Season 52 Playoffs...Finals Game 3...Milwaukee at Dallas

 

Dallas 96, Milwaukee 50 (Slaughter Rule Enforced)

DEMONS DELIVER WIN FOR THE AGES

DALLAS -- The Milwaukee Greyhounds paid the price for poking the bear and winning Game 2. With the Finals tied 1-1, the Dallas Demons, led by arguably the best guard combo in the MBA, destroyed the visitors with a playoff-record 46-point annihilation, 96-50. The tandem of Kopi Luwak and Juzan Djinn combined for 51 points, exceeding the amount of the entire Milwaukee team.

Dallas is now ahead 2 to 1 in the Finals; one win away from a championship.

The beating, which began at the first tip and never let up, surpassed the longtime record of 40 points for the margin of victory, set way the hell back in Season 8 by Charleston over Houston in the semifinals. 

Boasting the top defense all season long, the Whiz Kids from Big D held Milwaukee to the absurd shooting percentage of 35 percent. Meanwhile, Dallas was ringing up its 96 points based on a 64.4 percent marksmanship and 13 of 14 from the foul line.

Still dominating in rebounds after having tied a one-game playoff mark in the Semifinals vs. San Jose (34 rebounds), the Demons outdid Milwaukee 32-15, more than doubling them off the glass. 

This was the first Slaughter Rule win by Dallas in the Finals after they destroyed San Jose twice in that manner in the Semifinals. It was the fourth time they've beaten Milwaukee this season against the one defeat. 

Mind you, this is all being done without the services of outstanding Dallas forward Satan Israel, injured for the entire playoffs.

The Finals now return to Milwaukee, where the Greyhounds will likely still be licking their wounds prior to the Game 4 tip-off. A Dallas victory gives the franchise its sixth championship. Vegas has them at an overwhelming 1 to 20 pick to win this next game and the title.

PLAYERS OF THE GAME

36 GVP...Firing treys like a gattling gun and connecting on 5 of 11, MBA Rookie of the Year KOPI LUWAK of Dallas racked up a game-high 26 points, while skying for a game-high 7 rebounds and tying for game-high in assists with 3. The 6-2 Luwak destroyed Flip Phelps with 10 of 18 shooting (1 for 1 from the foul line).

AND

36 GVP...In addition to dropping 25 points on the Greyhounds, third-year guard JUZAN DJINN of Dallas held Milwaukee's top scorer, Thomas Thomas Thomas to a mere 7 points, causing him to go 3 for 12 from the floor. Part of that defense was Djinn's game-high 4 blocked shots. The 6-2 Djinn also contributed 6 rebounds and added 1 assist. Except for treys, he was super efficient, going 10 for 14 with all of his misses being from deep (1 for 5). 

Other 20-plus GVP performers (none from Milwaukee)

24 GVP...Dallas rookie forward Pete Marzano continues to play like a veteran. In this game he scored 14 points, adding 6 rebounds, 2 blocked shots and a game-high 2 steals.