One final time

Monday, 14 April 2008

The Road to the finals for the Titans Titans defeat SWAT (Friday Night) The Titans came in on Friday night going up against the SWAT team. This was the same SWAT team that had thoroughly beaten the Titans in the last meeting of the season. SWAT came out with the same game plan as the week before and that probably is what undid them, as the Titans who were much more prepared sliced and diced their way through the traps and were able to dominate the paint. Stanley especially was a monster grabbing rebound after rebound and getting many and 1's in the paint. The combination of Juby and Stanley opened up the lane for Raman who drove in to the lane with out fear. On the SWAT side Mohammad Bari had an amazing game taking it to the Titans bigs with no fear, but Davis Samuel picked up 2 quick fouls within the first few minutes of the game and was taken out of his game. SWAT made some runs to pull within 3 points but ultimately the Titans controlled this game from start to finish to win this game easily. Titans defeat Money Crew Titans came out against a weary Money Crew. The Titans went to work immediately inside, with Stanley going up for lay up after lay up. The Money Crew looked weary after giving everything that they had against the HUMANS just two nights before. Fatigue and injuries undid the Money Crew as the Ttians just ran away with this game going up by as much as 18 points before the Money Crew was able to cut it to 14. The Titans controlled this game from start to finish and watching the Money Crew shoot a few air balls it showed the rest of the league that the tired legs of the Money Crew were just too much for them to compete against the Titans. The Titans looked similar to the way they looked in the beginning of the season, they dominated the game from start to finish with great outside shooting that was set up by the domination of Stanley and Juby on the inside. Basketballers road to the Championship Basketballers defeated the Spartans by 3 points when the Spartans couldn't get the final shot off and the Ballers held on by 3 points. Basketballers defeat Triple Threat One of the most eagerly anticipated match ups of the SABL season found #1 Triple Threat going up against the #3 Basketballers. The Basketballers had Baller Nation out in full force. Triple Threat not to be out done had their own section of Triple Threat fans who although didn't have the same numbers, made up for it in their zeal. The Stage was set with both teams going back and forth the Ballers jumping to an early lead, Triple Threat chipping away and then taking the lead back. One one sequence Arif went to the lane only to get fouled hard on the lay up. That wasn't dirty that was just a playoff foul said referee Amir. But the Basketballesr were sending a message to Triple Threat and that message was we are not intimidated. Triple Threat heard that message loud and clear and Arfan Arif blocked a Talha Ghumman shot that even Dikembe Mutombo would have been proud of, and the subsequent primal scream that Arfan let loose let the entire Baller Nation know that Triple Threat will remain the aggressor in this game. Basketballers made it a point to double team All Star Abdullah AbdurRahman any time he touched the ball, forcing him to pass to his teammates for open jump shots and floaters in the lane. Many of those were missed and rebounded by All Star Joe Pena but others found themselves in the hands of All Star Usman Ghumman and his brother Talha. The Ghumman brothers kept banging against Joe and Arfan and for the most part were able to control the glass. With the crowd screaming Defense and the other side screaming Triple Threat, you had to wonder if anyone could communicate on the court. Big free throws were missed on both sides. The Ballers near the end of the second half began to put more and more pressure on Triple Threat and a few costly turnovers were converted and began to send Baller Nation in to a frenzy. Triple Threat regrouped and was able to get some open three point shots but it wasn't meant to be as the shots weren't falling and the Basketballers were rebounding the misses and hitting the free throws. Ultimately Triple Threat knew that it was over and Baller Nation went in to a frenzy, next up was the Titans.

 

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