SBBL - Final Game 2 - Xiong Jiayun, Showstoppers held Cheesecake 108-98 tied up series 1-1.
They know they can't contain Cheesecake Severino Perez and Vincent Katic, and this is what SS coach whisper to Alfredo Countiho & Xiong Jiayun : "Make them on our shoes as well".
Defense win Championship, offense win games. Showstoppers picked the second option by letting Coutinho & Jiayun in full attack mode, which cornered their defender into foul trouble. Perez & Katic pick up their 3rd fouls in the middle of 2nd quarter and have to sit, and letting SS to coup up 9 point lead to halftime.
Cheesecake did regroup, cutting up the 11 points deficit into 5, butthe 3rd quarter is belong to SS forwards, Giuseppe & Pedro Pineda, as Giuseppe was the main attackers, but as he is double-teamed, the creative Italian managed to dished out pair of assists towards Pedro Pineda for easy dunks. Giuseppe scored 8pts on 3rd quarter and keep SS lead 72-65.
Cheesecake kept getting close by trailing only 73-79, but Pedro Pineda and Xiong Jiayun extend back the lead to 10. And as Cheesecake made their final pushes behind Katic & Viktor Sramek to get 84-91, Coutinho & Pineda both hit a three pointer to ice the victory 108-98.
Oztogar led Cheesecake with 29pts & 18rebs, Viktor Sramek has 21pts. Katic only played 19 minutes with 19pts, and Perez shot terribly 2-13 from the field with 6pts and 5 assists. Both were picking up their sixth fouls.
SS were led by Xiong Jiayun 26pts, Pineda has 23pts 11rebs, Coutinho has 16pts. Giuseppe scored 10pts 7asts & 7rebs.
Tiebreaker Game 3 will be held on tomorrow Oct 30th 2011 at Cheesecake arena 6pm.
Last edited by SGP_BigBen(SGP-U21-Manager) at 10/29/2011 9:19:49 AM