Season XI Overview
Season XI finally kick started. To many surprises, the number of players on courtside hit 29 although a number of our veteran players weren't yet present. Game finally started around 19:45 as teams were finally divided into 4. To easily summarize the teams is as follow:
Team 1 : Indian Community Consists of mainly of the runner-ups of last season
Team 2 : Monday Team The monday basketball team led by Tae+ wanted to test their might with our reknowned EIS Lover Tournament
Team 3 : Pete & Mark Pete & Mark brought their pals to which a couple had been present on pre-season to also test their might.
Team 4 : EIS Veterans All other EIS Veterans were drafted to Team 4 to complete the quartlet
Matchday Report
Match 1 : Team 1 (23) 47 : 36 (16) Team 2
Team 1: Vikram 23 pts., Rishi 11 pts.
Team 2: JJ 15 pts., Cat 10 pts.
Tae+ & co. had brought their team to compete with the runner-up team of Season X with Le Champ, half court specialist, and veterans Joke & Pa Mamalek joining up. Game was up and running with Karun and Rishi hitting jumpers to pull Team 1 up for a 12-4 lead. Cat of Team 2 stepped up big to hit a couple of jumpers to pull within 3 (15-12). However, Vikram showed his worth by hitting shots all around town to close the half 23-16.
In the second half, Le Champ was finally introduced into the fray. With JJ (scoring all 15 pts in 2nd half) getting hot, Team 2 were threathening to start a comeback as the lead was slashed to 3 on a 36-33. As the points been closing down, Rishi & Vikram hit a crucial back-to-back 3 pointer to lead Team 1 to a big 9 pt-lead en route to a beautiful victory.
Match 2 : Team 3 (25) (37) (40) : 40 (37) (20) Team 4
Team 3: Wut & Bo 8 pts., Dennis & Pete 7 pts.
Team 4: Dev 15 pts., Eddie & Saar 9 pts.
Pete, Mark, & co combined for Team 3 as veterans of EIS Lovers bombarded team 4. Game started in style as the double PG Dennis and Pete passed the ball around well with Team 3 hitting jumpers around the clock. Stars of Team 4 were ice-cold as most probably Dev & Saar not hitting their potential shots. Team 3 led 25-20 in the first half.
Second half, Team 3 started to used their height advantage as Wut, Jay, Bo, and Mark bombarded Team 4 within the skeleton zone. It's the usual technique of basketball. If you got height, use it....Team 3 led 33-25. As Team 3 used their height, Team 4 also got their guns out as Eddie, Dev, and Saar buried numerous far-away shots to bring the game leveled at 35-35 with 2 minutes remaining. Both teams struggle for basket as it ended 37-37 in regular time.
As a 3-minute OT started, Dev popped up big and hit a 3-pointer with 1:28 remaining. Team 3 then had to rush their offensive and was brought down as Pete (2003) missed an open fast break lay-up. The game seems to have end as Pete finally made amends as he hit the final 3-pointer with 2 seconds left to bring the game back to a tie.
As the time was 9:15 no double OT was available as both sides shared a draw.
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