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STUNNER! Kirkland's 49-Point Explosion Leads Winless Warriors Past Favorite Gunslingers!

UPSET OF THE SEASON! In the most shocking result of the year, the previously winless Woodward Avenue Warriors (0-5) defended their home court and stunned the preseason league favorite Gunslingers, 124-111. A capacity crowd of 19,999 at the M-1 Superdome witnessed their team get its first win in spectacular fashion.

The Warriors, who played at the same effort level as their highly-favored opponent, won this game with a blistering offensive display and a dominant third quarter where they outscored the Gunslingers 36-20.

The story was G. Kirkland. The Warriors' small forward was simply transcendent, erupting for a season-high 49 points (18-31 FG), 10 rebounds, and 7 assists in a legendary performance. The entire team was on fire, shooting a scorching 57.9% (11-for-19) from three-point range. M. Senghor added 17 points on 5-for-8 shooting, while Y. Diarra chipped in 15 points and 8 boards.

The high-powered Gunslingers' offense showed up, but their defense did not. M. Vasil (30 points) and T. Wirayuda (27 points, 6 assists) were fantastic, and M. Macolino notched a bizarre near triple-double with 6 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists. Despite dishing out 32 assists, the Gunslingers had no answer for Kirkland and couldn't overcome the Warriors' red-hot shooting.

The Warriors get their first joyful win of the season, moving to 1-5. The stunned Gunslingers are dealt their second loss, falling to 4-2.

What a treat, thanks! Missed the gunslingers upset wow.

I personally don't look at this as an upset. Have you looked at the DMI ratings of the Warriors roster. They are loaded with good players.

We can agree that Warriors is a good team, they should not be 1-5.

But I think it's fair to point out that Slingers had close to double the DMI of Warriors when they played, had higher ratings in 5 out of 6 categories, and they played at equal enth. Slingers did play a scrub at Center, but Vasil was the main defender on Kirkland, so I'd say that didn't matter too much. Maybe it had the most effect in rebounding, as that was a pretty substantial difference. Also 30FTAs don't help

I think it was just one of those games where Slingers only loses 5% of the time, and he just happened to have that roll of the dice this time. Pretty insane to see every player but one shoot over 50% for Warriors against a top 3 defense in the league

Either way, gunslinger has a huge week: two home games against the top seeds. Could ruin both tough and I's undefeated runs.