BUZZER BEATER BEST NEWS!!Well, the 1st round is over and Nippon had a 11-5 record. (Headhunters 5-3, Stunners 6-2).
I know I won't make the next round but Stunners still has a small chance.(Lots of games left to play in Europe). So let's look at the last games of the 1st round...
The Nippon Cup winners(HeadHunters) played the Nederlands Cup winners( Il Grillo) and it was a good game.
(58676808)The key to this game was REBOUNDING!! 58 rebs to 25...YIkes!! And the beast of the game went to Y. Chi Cuong with his 28 pts and 22 rebounds(3 less than the other team got). And C. Baroncini with his 24 pts and 17 rebs as he man handled ex-Nippon MVP P. Madany all night. P. Madany must have had some skill drops to only pick up 2 rebounds on the night. And the bench beast goes to Motoori, 16 pts 5 rebs in 14 minutes...Wow!!
PS. I think I could have beaten MMM if my SG would have been healthy for the cup final..The Nippon Champs Stunners finsihed off round 1 against the Malta champs and it wasn't even close.
(58676763) What was worse than the score was the rebounding difference. 72 to 34 and Stunners ran a 3-2 zone....WOW!!!! The beast of the game went to 2 time JBBL MVP L. Yongliang who had 25 pts and 21 Rebs....Nice!! Oishi is also proving a beast at 32...
Now Stunners must cross his fingers and hope for some upsets..