THE DREAM LEAGUE
Asian American / Open Basketball Leagues
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San Jose Vikings AAA 52, Hustlers AAA 47 |
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Playoffs Get Underway 4/9 APRIL 6, 2006 -- We had a three-way tiebreaker in the South to determine the first round matchups. Skillz That Killz won the head-to-head tiebreaker with a combined 2-1 record against both Aball and the Boondocks. Aball was next with a 1-1 record, while the Boondocks were at 1-2. Therefore, the Boondocks were saddled with the S#4 seed which requires them to face the N#5 seed (the Hustlers), with the winner advancing on the same day for the right to play against N#1 (the Piston Hondas). Unfortunately for the Boondocks, the location of the game was dictated by the #1 seed, so they are actually playing on the Hustlers homecourt. Even if the Boondocks lose, they still have double-elimination status. On the other side of the bracket, neither the N#4 T.L Bombers or S#5 San Jose Vikings have double-elimination status, so the loser will go home and the winner will face S#1 Ryusei. Unfortunately for TLB, the location of the game was dictated by the #1 seed, so they are actually playing on the SJ Vikings' (but also Ryusei's) homecourt. In other Round 1 games, Skillz That Killz draws SFFD while Up In Smoke draws Aball. Here are some previews: Boon at Hustl: Boon needs c Alvin Lomotan for rebounds, otherwise it's too much for the scrappy Eric Collado to handle all by himself. Boon's shooting pct is not that good, so rebounding is essential. May simply come down to which team's guards turn the ball over the least. Winner-Boon/Hstl at Pstn: sf Junius Ho and pf Jerome Velasco clean up the boards down low and sg Howie Dee is scoring at a consistent pace from outside, so all cylinders are humming for Piston, who look very tough to beat right now. TLB at SJV: Both teams struggling at shooting outside and finishing down low all season long, but SJV struggling more than TLB. TLB guards might be a little too scrappy for SJV. SJV has to hit from outside and limit turnovers. Winner-TLB/SJV at Ryu: pf Jon Kwok has been lighting it up all season long from outside. Neither TLB or SJV really has anyone to defend him, but if somehow Kwok has off night or is able to be contained, Ryu would be forced to 2nd and 3rd options, which they are sometimes not comfortable with. sf Jimmy Hom has had better seasons, but if he steps up for Kwok where needed, Ryu can go deep into brackets. Abll at UIS: Aball might be better than their record indicates, with 2-point loss to Ryu and 4-point loss to Piston, but they lost to UIS in a head-to-head by 6. UIS sg Gerrick Ong has been the catalyst all season and his physical play could bother Aball's leader Mark Fang. UIS a bit stronger from outside with Lloyd Aguirre and Brian Velasquez, but Aball support players better down low with Josh Lim and Doug Murai. Mirror opposite teams, evenly matched. Both may be stronger than the STK/SFFD matchup. SFFD at STK: STK like Jekyll and Hyde, with losses to Boon, TLB, and mere 4-point win over SJV, while SFFD has two wins over last-place SJV plus 11-point win over STK on 3/26. Flip a coin. SFFD bigger inside, but STK has more mobility. Recaps from 4/2... Ryu 57, Aball 55: Jon Kwok (R) 19 pts. Mark Fang with 21 pts for Aball, Doug Murai 12 pts, Wontae Kim 10 reb. Aball managed only 7 pts in 3rd quarter leading to downfall. STK 61, Boon 47: Boon's best player and rebounder Alvin Lomotan DNP. STK balanced scoring with Jensen Louie 13 pts 12 reb, Joe Aguila 12 pts. Henry Nguyen led Boon with 16 pts but 7 turnovers, Tim Villarruz 10 pts 13 reb. Boon shot just 3-for-14 in 3rd, getting outscored 19-9 and couldn't recover. SFFD 59, SJV 51: Derek Wing (SFFD) only 2 pts from triple-double with 5 minutes to go, but ended 0-for-3 FG and 0-for-4 FT to finish with 8 pts 14 reb 11 ast 4 stl. Joe Chan beneficiary of Wing's dimes with career high 21 pts. Rob Andres (SJV) 15 pts and Pinea Savea 11 pts 21 reb 2 blk. Hstl 53, TLB 45: Mike Chea (T) broke out of slump with 11 pts and c Steve Chow added another 11. TLB finally got some balanced scoring, but couldn't stop Ed Tam (H) 17 pts, Ray Yap 13 pts, Andrew Lim 11 pts, and 3 treys from Henry Nghe for 9 pts.Piston 68, UIS 58: Gerrick Ong and Lloyd Aguirre both DNP for UIS. Walt Garcia led UIS with 19 pts. Piston led by Junius Ho 21 pts 9 reb, Jerome Velasco 18 pts, and Jimmy Chen with hot 3rd quarter of 13 pts, helping stretch 3rd quarter lead to insurmountable 58-41. |
Score by Quarters
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Total |
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| San Jose Vikings AAA | 14 | 13 | 10 | 15 | - | 52 |
| Hustlers AAA | 9 | 7 | 13 | 18 | - | 47 |
Boxscore
| San Jose Vikings AAA - 52 | |||||||||||
| Player | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | F | PTS | |
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| Andres, Rob | DNP | ||||||||||
| Andres, Tony | DNP | ||||||||||
| Bayquen, Macky | DNP | ||||||||||
| Calixto, Ralph | 2 / 8 [0.250] | 2 / 6 [0.333] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Dantes, Jester | DNP | ||||||||||
| Dizon, Patrick | DNP | ||||||||||
| Galinato, Andrew | 7 / 16 [0.438] | 1 / 3 [0.333] | 6 / 6 [1.000] | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | |
| Olimpo, Marthy | 5 / 7 [0.714] | 1 / 1 [1.000] | 1 / 3 [0.333] | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| Olimpo, Reymar | 1 / 7 [0.143] | 0 / 4 [0.000] | 2 / 2 [1.000] | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Olimpo, Romar | DNP | ||||||||||
| Savea, PJ | 4 / 8 [0.500] | 0 / 1 [0.000] | 1 / 1 [1.000] | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| z-Other, 1 | DNP | ||||||||||
| z-Other, 2 | DNP | ||||||||||
| 19 / 46 [0.413] | 4 / 15 [0.267] | 10 / 12 [0.833] | 23 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 52 | ||
| Hustlers AAA - 47 | |||||||||||
| Player | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | F | PTS | |
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| Lam, Quanen | DNP | ||||||||||
| Lam, Tuong | 1 / 6 [0.167] | 0 / 4 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lau, Julian | 2 / 4 [0.500] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 1 / 2 [0.500] | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Lim, Andrew | 3 / 7 [0.429] | 0 / 2 [0.000] | 1 / 2 [0.500] | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| Nghe, Henry | 2 / 4 [0.500] | 2 / 3 [0.667] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tam, Ed | 5 / 7 [0.714] | 1 / 1 [1.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Yang, Victor | DNP | ||||||||||
| Yap, Ray | 4 / 8 [0.500] | 3 / 7 [0.429] | 0 / 2 [0.000] | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Young, Johnie | 2 / 5 [0.400] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 1 / 2 [0.500] | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 19 / 41 [0.463] | 6 / 17 [0.353] | 3 / 8 [0.375] | 29 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 47 | ||