EIS Lovers Season XIV Semi_final match

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Semi-Final Matchday Report

1st Match : Jolly Family 63 : 67 Old or Married
Jolly Family: Dev 25 pts., Amnath 11 pts.
Old or Married: Vikram 22 pts., Ake 14 pts.

Last season's champion and 2nd place come head to head for the final match. Last season, trailing by 1, Dev hit the game-winning 3 pointer that sent Jolly Family to Season XIII Championship. This season, Jolly Family are trying to extend their championship title.

Old or Married deployed a 3-forward line-up against the sharp-shooting Jolly Family. With pure determination, Old or Married went strong on defense and was able to hit Jolly Family on the break. Dev, held to 4 first half points, subbed out 5 minutes from halftime as Old or Married held a huge 37-22 lead.

Second half, the Old or Married were strung by flushes of quickness as Robin, Tor+, & Amnart hit many fast break points to suddenly pull the game within 4 at 55-51. Vikram who bullied the backline whole night, continued his stride to pull Old or Married up by 7 at 62-55 with 2 minutes remaining.

It might look its over, but Dev popped at 3 pointer, and a steal by Robin on the inbound pass presented Dev with the back-to-back 3 pointer pulling Jolly down by 1 at 62-63. Jolly Family then hit another basket to lead by one with 15 seconds remaining. Joke was fouled as he attempted the game winning shot. He split the free-throw to send the game to overtime.

At overtime, Mamalek hit the games only basket, and as both team started to tire, Tom was fouled with 20 seconds remaining. Though he missed both shots, Ake got the rebound and was sent to the free throw line by Jolly Family. As Ake hit both his free throws, Jolly Family hopes had fainted and will come back to claim the trophy next season.



2nd Match : The Lovers 49 : 54 Chinese Revolution
The Lovers: Pete 28 pts., Mark 8 pts.
Chinese Revolution: Michael 17 pts., Andy 13 pts.

With both teams bowing out on the semi-finals last season, this season one team will progress to the finals. As The Lovers brought their perfect 5, Chinese Revolution had a 8 player line-up.

Chinese Revolution started brightly as a strong defense gifted Kal & Andy easy baskets as Chinese Revolution led since the first basket and closed the half with a 28-24 lead.

Second half, The Lovers started strong as Pete outstepped Kirk, got fouled, and hit his shot. Pete's 3-point play started The Lovers running, but who could have wonder that Ker & Mikey subsequently hit their 18-footer baskets to evenly match The Lovers game. With the Lovers pulling within 1 at 44-43 with 8 minutes remaining, Ker requested a time-out to change the team's gameplan.

Sebastian, Ayush, and Aey was sent into court to try to outrun The Lovers, who had no subs available today. First signs of fatigue shown as Leo fell on a defensive play and probably twisted his ankle. As the Finals was just a grasp away, Leo continued playing and hit a fatal shot below the basket to pull The Lovers within 2 at 48-46.

As both teams missed their next shot, Kal was sent free on a fast break attempt and hit a huge foul-in fast break attempt to a 4 point lead en route to Chinese Revolutions 54-49 win.


PA+ Mamalek's first to reach 100th career season match.

After being with the EIS Lovers since the beginning, PA+ Mamalek was vital member of our community as he was always encouraging us young youths to love basketball as he constantly never-endingly spoiled us with loving foods & drinks spanning possibly up to 10 years, if my memory serves me right, since when most of us are still studying until most of us got married.

We congratulate on Pa+ Mamalek's personal achievement. In 100 games, Pa+ Mamalek averages 4.5 pts./game and 0.16 fouls/game.

This season PA+ Mamalek was a key member in Old & Married run to the finals as he enjoys his best season ever averaging up to 8 pts./game with 3 games scoring over double figures.