THE DREAM LEAGUE
Asian American / Open Basketball Leagues
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Lifeline 58, Last Minute 44 |
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Playoffs Get Underway 4/9 APRIL 6, 2006 (8:00AM) -- Unlike the NBA's Western Conference, the top conference teams in AAA-6FT all fell nicely into place. Five Ten Lite is #1, Kurruption is #2, and Lifeline is #3. The Underdawgs got #4 over #5 Squad Up due to their head-to-head result, but it really doesn't matter since both teams got double-elimination status and face each other in the first round anyways. The more compelling race was at the bottom where three teams, Last Minute, the West Coast Ballaz, and the Manatees, were tied at 2-6. The worst of those teams would be stuck with the #8 seed and be forced into a possible doubleheader situation, since a 9-team bracket would call for a #8 vs #9 game for the right to face #1 (Five Ten Lite). The head-to-head matchups didn't solve anything because the West Coast Ballaz beat Last Minute which beat the Manatees which beat the West Coast Ballaz. The record against common opponents wouldn't change anything since each team played every other team once, so all three teams were 1-5 against the rest of the field. So it came down to strength-of-victory. As we explain each and every season when this comes up, the NFL doesn't give a specific definition, so Dream League interprets that as the point differential in games won. The reason why we don't compare point differential in the games involving just the teams in question is because we believe it must be compared against the rest of the field and we trust there must've been a good reason for the NFL to spend a million bucks to come up with their tiebreaker system involving so-called strength of victory. In layman's terms, it's better to compare a subset of teams outside of the vacuum of the subset and along with the greater sampling, as well as to assume that how you won tells more about you than how you lost. The Manatees had a forfeit win, so throw out that sample. The other win was by 10 points, which far exceeded the average margin of victory for Last Minute (9 points and 1 point) and the West Coast Ballaz (7 points and 1 point). Therefore, the West Coast Ballaz end up with the #8 seed. Last Minute is #7 and the Manatees are #6. The Manatees have a slightly later game than the usual preference due to scorekeeper constraints and a myriad of other reasons forcing many games to be scheduled during the midday, including the Boyz/WCB doubleheader situation in the morning. Here are some previews of Round 1... #9 Boyz vs #8 WCB: Boyz actually won regular season matchup 55-31, but that was way back on 1/29, so who knows what can happen this time around. This one's pretty much a toss-up. Winner of Boyz/WCB vs #1 Lite: Lite is just way too versatile, especially with leaper Huy Nguyen collecting any garbage that might get thrown up. With Nguyen, it's a lot easier for the rest of the crew to take some risks and if all else fails, everybody get out of Nguyen's way. The line on this one should be double-digits. #5 Sqad vs #4 Under: Wow, this one's gonna be a nailbiter, but the Underdawgs have more experience. Sqad has the tenacity, but sometimes their emotions create a roller coaster effect. Give a slight edge to the Underdawgs due to their tenure in the league. #6 Mana vs #3 Life: As Boun Khamnouane's three-point shooting goes, so go the Manatees. Any of his misses will surely be collected on the boards by Life's rebounding fiend Kevin Cheng. Manatees only lost by 2 in regular season matchup vs Life, but Cheng was a DNP. Life has a few more pieces, almost like a Five Ten Lite Lite, and last season's leading scorer for the champion FAO squad, Paul Nguyen, has been deferring all season long. #7 Last at #2 Kurr: Going to be tough for any player on Last to keep up with Kurr's Rod Campbell, who stands out with Lite's Nguyen as the MVP candidates. However, Kurr is a tad bit one-dimensional with Campbell, so if somehow he's not producing and Last's Al Onia is hitting, we might see a reversal of fortune. |
Boxscore
| Last Minute - 44 | |||||||||||
| Player | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | F | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chan, Mark | 1 / 8 [0.125] | 0 / 4 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dizon, Don | 1 / 3 [0.333] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Maiden, Enrique | DNP | ||||||||||
| Maiden, Justin | DNP | ||||||||||
| Monasterial, JJ | 2 / 3 [0.667] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Monasterial, Rich | 1 / 4 [0.250] | 1 / 1 [1.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Nguyen, Vinh | 1 / 2 [0.500] | 0 / 1 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Onia, Al | 5 / 12 [0.417] | 1 / 3 [0.333] | 2 / 3 [0.667] | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| Pineda, Edellbert | 2 / 5 [0.400] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tandoc, Mark | DNP | ||||||||||
| Thornton, Ben | DNP | ||||||||||
| Ursal, Reno | DNP | ||||||||||
| Wong, Ben | 7 / 9 [0.778] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
| 20 / 46 [0.435] | 2 / 9 [0.222] | 2 / 3 [0.667] | 35 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 44 | ||
| Lifeline - 58 | |||||||||||
| Player | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | F | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheng, Kevin | 5 / 8 [0.625] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| Chin, Andrew | 3 / 6 [0.500] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 1 / 1 [1.000] | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Kagehiro, Erin | 3 / 10 [0.300] | 1 / 2 [0.500] | 1 / 2 [0.500] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Lam, Steven | 3 / 4 [0.750] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 1 / 2 [0.500] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Nguyen, Paul | 5 / 10 [0.500] | 0 / 1 [0.000] | 3 / 6 [0.500] | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Park, Andy | DNP | ||||||||||
| Tsai, Michael | DNP | ||||||||||
| Ushijima, Zand | 5 / 10 [0.500] | 2 / 2 [1.000] | 1 / 2 [0.500] | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |
| 24 / 48 [0.500] | 3 / 5 [0.600] | 7 / 13 [0.538] | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 58 | ||