DALLAS 75, OKLAHOMA CITY 61
DEMONS FAR FROM DEAD
DALLAS -- The Dallas Demons showed that they are definitely still in this championship series, besting the upstarts from Oklahoma City 75-61 to make the Finals 2 games to 1, with the Lariats still clinging to the advantage.
The series returns to Oklahoma City for Game 4, with the Lariats looking at their best chance to put away the five-time defending champs.
Although Dallas won this game by 14, Oklahoma City made things interesting in the fourth quarter. The Lariats, getting almost no offense from anybody with the exception of their center Poop-Rupiah 3000, trailed by 19 points early in the third quarter. Pressure defense by Dallas led to numerous turnovers by the visitors (and 7 eventual steals for Dallas) as the Mighty Demons pounded the Lariats in the second quarter on the way to a 43-26 lead.
In the third quarter, Oklahoma City defenders held Dallas to just 10 points while the Lariats rallied for 18 of their own. And when Ol' Roy of Oklahoma City opened the fourth quarter with a 3-point bomb, the 19-point lead had been cut to 6 and the game was on.
Oklahoma City whittled away at the Dallas lead, getting it down to a 2-point advantage with half the last quarter still to go. But that was as close as the visitors could get before running out of gas. And when Dallas' Hall of Fame center Biggus Dickus hit a short jumper at the 17 time unit mark, the Demons lead at 10 seemed insurmountable. It was.
Dallas went on to shoot 61.1 percent for the game with its defense yielding just 49.2 percent accuracy for Oklahoma City.
'PLAYERS OF THE GAME
26 GVP...Fourth-year veteran forward VENIAL SINN got a surprise start...the first of his career, in place of Nick Kenpoop at the power position. He responded with a POG performance that helped spark the champions to the win. The 6-8 twin (brother Mordle Sinn plays for Sacramento) tied for game-high in scoring with 16 points while pilfering a game-high 3 steals, pulling down 4 boards, blocking 2 shots and assisting 1 time. He was 7 for 8 from the floor, his only miss coming from deep, and he slammed home three while going 2 for 3 at the foul line. Coach Buzzy Bazinski assures fans that his team will not go without Sinn the next game.
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26 GVP...Retiring Hall of Fame center BIGGUS DICKUS was not ready to call it a career yet. After yielding 12 points to his opposite, center Poop-Rupiah 3000, in the first quarter, Dickus only allowed the biggest gun on Oklahoma City to score 4 more points the rest of the game. Meanwhile, Dickus matched 3000's 16-point game-high total in points and pulled down a team-best 5 boards. The big 7-footer added 2 assists, 2 blocked shots and 1 steal, playing his usual solid game in the middle. He was 8 for 14 from the floor.
Other 20-plus GVP performers
25 GVP...Oklahoma City center Poop-Rupiah 3000...16 points (4 slams)...6 rebounds...3 blocked shots.
NEXT UP: Game 4 marks a return to Oklahoma City, where the Lariats try to complete what everyone thought was impossible. A win by Dallas would be foreboding, indeed.
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