Season 59 Featured Game No. 8...Seattle at Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES 88, SEATTLE 66 (Slaughter Rule Enforced)

BIG ONE POUNDS ON SEATTLE

LOS ANGELES -- The march toward a perfect regular season continues for the powerul Los Angeles Big One (now 7-0), who easily dispatched visiting Seattle (now 3-5) 88-66.

L.A. started the game with a 10-0 run and was never really threatened, with all five starters getting 20 or more GVP points in the win. Los Angeles also dominated defensively, preventing 22 Seattle points, while the Stampede was shut out in that department.

Seattle is now hanging onto its playoff hopes by a C-hair and faces the prospect of playing The Big One again in its next outing.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

33 GVP...Los Angeles power forward GRAND DEMUR FUYACHO has avoided injury this season and has put all of his fourth-year talent on display. The 6-10 power house came into the game third in the league in rebounding and tops in blocked shots with a career-high scoring average. He snagged his second POG of the season, dominating his opposite, Erik A. Crocidale. Fuyacho scored 19 points on 8 of 11 shooting (3 for 3 free-throwing), pulled down 5 rebounds, led everyone in steals with 3 and blocked a game-high 4 shots, adding 2 assists. Additionally he stopped two baskets by the opposition for 4 points prevented. After consecutive seasons in which he suffered three-game injuries, Fuyacho is making a case for his first All-MBA foil star. He's officially become a scoring threat at 15.3 ppg in addition to all his other talents.

Other 20-plus GVP performers

32 GVP...Los Angeles point guard Pinky Toe...26 points (3 treys)...4 rebounds...2 assists.

25 GVP...Seattle small forward J.J. "Jake" Pickle...20 points...3 rebounds...1 steal...1 assist.

24 GVP...Retiring Seattle point guard Ehhy Table...15 points (3 treys)...5 assists...3 rebounds...1 steal.

23 GVP...Los Angeles center Otzie "the Frozen Hunter" Bolzano...12 points...6 rebounds...4 assists...1 blocked shot.

21 GVP...Los Angeles rookie two guard Braddah Wayne...12 points...4 rebounds...2 blocks...2 assists...1 steal...5 points prevented.

20 GVP...Los Angeles small forward Big "Blue" Bottle...13 points...4 rebounds...2 assists...1 block

POINTS PREVENTED

Los Angeles 22

Seattle 0

TOPS IN POINTS PREVENTED

1. Joestradamus Walsh, Los Angeles 6

2. Braddah Wayne, Los Angeles 5

3. Grand Demur Fuyacho, Los Angeles 4

MBA Standings … Season 59

EAST DIVISION

DALLAS…………………6-1

PHILADELPHIA………6-1

MILWAUKEE………..4-3

CHARLESTON……….1-6 (eliminated)

OKLAHOMA CITY….0-7 (eliminated)

 

WEST DIVISION

LOS ANGELES….8-0 clinched division

SAN JOSE…………3-4

SACRAMENTO…3-4

SEATTLE………….3-5

GILLETTE…………2-5

NEXT UP:  Gillette at Sacramento, with the home team River Dogs looking to supplant San Jose in second place in the West. But hey, the way the West is playing out, Gillette can still be considered a playoff contender, especially with a win. First of two consecutive meetings between these two.