EIS Lovers Season VIII Matchday 1

Team Names

Since except Pa+ Sumitr who named his own team, I random the names up to make it feel more like a competition atmosphere. The team name are of the following:

Team 1 : Clutchers

Comprised of many good mid-range to 3-point shooters, the likes of Jai, Karun, Wu, and Tor+ seems to be hitting big shots on the correct time. Therefore naming the team CLUTCHERS.

Team 2 : Bulldozers
The core of this team likes to drive in and hit shots in the paint. Over 90% points scored by key guys Michael, Benz, and Dennis were scored with drives, lay-ups, and put backs all in the paint earning them the name BULLDOZERS.

Team 3 : Champs

PA+ Sumitr says so. And that's the reason behind the team. He won't let anybody off the hook if we don't come up with the championship title at the end of the season. Big climb but never impossible.

Team 4 : Gigantos

As the name says. Accumulating all the 3 tallest guys in the team with Vikram, Jay, and Mark height way above average, GIGANTOS suits their team.

Matchday Report

We're finally back from almost a 3-month break from season 7. Players are long geared up to the season opener with new faces such as Pong coming back after being gone for 5 straight seasons.

Here are the match results

Match 1 : Clutchers (29) 45 : 44 (22) Bulldozers

Clutchers: Jai & Tor+ 11 pts.

Bulldozers: Dennis 20 pts., Benz 13 pts.

The pundit's favourites will probably favour Bulldozers but as they game started the Clutchers stepped up with brother's Tor+ & Tae+ hitting 3 consecutive back-to-back 3 pointers which was so crucial the Bulldozers morale dipped and Clutchers ended the half with a 7-point lead. In the second half, Bulldozers finally got into their stream with Benz, Dennis, and Michael hitting steam by aggressively scoring basket inside the paint. Bulldozers finally led 36-35 with 5 minutes remaining. As Karun split his free-throw attempt, the game was tied at 36-36. As the game was starting to get out of hand, James continuously and cleverly hacked Benz down low as Benz was able to only convert 2 of his 6 attempts.

With 2 minutes remaining, Bulldozers lead 41-38. As Dennis hit another of his traditional bank-shots down low, Wu responded with another big basket. With the score at 43-40, Clutchers' Tor+ missed the game tying 3-pointer but somehow the ball bounced towards Jai who unbelievably hit the game's most potential shot.

With 5 seconds remaining, Dennis leaped behind the defense and was fould with 1.3 seconds remaining. Under pressure, Dennis missed the first shot, but recovered to hit the second free throw which as most thought would probably win the game. But as amuzing as the game was played in the last 3 minutes, the last play was worth a thousand as Wu fed Tor+ who hit an unbalanced fade-away shot to send the Clutchers to their season opener victory.

And this is the real entertainment at EIS Lovers Tournament.

Match 2 : Champs (18) 48 : 54 (26) Gigantos

Champs: Robin 20 pts., Eddie 13 pts.

Gigantos: Vikram 24 pts., Jay & Job 10 pts.

With Gigantos occupying a tight back 3, Champs were in big disarray as Gigantos slowly chipped in points around the arch with PA+ Mamalek going big with 3 consecutive mid-range baskets. Champs pulled back to 26-18 with Joke's wonder 3-pointer buzzer beater beyond the arch.

Second half was another story as Champs finally found their feet with better defensive plays with Eddie and Robin sneaking many back-to-back baskets. Champs slimmed the deficit to 39-40 and that was the closest they got as Gigantos finally got tall and bombarded Champs backcourt. A deserved victory!!