MVP Votes (Round6)PART AGame 1: TeamAkuma v Shepparton shooters (55372933)Both teams looked inside to score with Akuma playing a man-to-man defense and Ezy trying to stop the likes of Abimbola by running a 3-2. It didn’t work. While both Weipeng and Viojan were solid as usual, combining for 65 of the 94 points scored by the shooters, the trio for TeamAkuma was too much for Ezy’s lot to stop. A great game that went into OT where TeamAkuma outscored the shooters 17-7 to win by 10.
3 votes: X. Weipeng (SHE) 38 pts, 14 reb (7OR) 13.0 rating (against Smeltz)
2 votes: K. Smeltz (TAK) 23 pts (11/14FG), 9 reb 16.0 rating
1 vote: C. Abimbola (TAK) 23 pts (3/4 3PTFG), 5 stls 15.5 rating
NOTE: Very hard to sort votes on this one. I went with Weipeng, despite his 5 TOs, having watched the OT period. Weipeng scored 6 of the 7 points and a couple of key rebounds while Smeltz was unsighted and Abimbola banked a couple of free-throws. Game 2: Los Coolfreakz El’ Ninios v Geelong Vipers (55372935)Well, Latino Heat got the tactics right in this one, using a Patient offense to slow the Vipers’ Princetown, but the Vipers were still able to score a convincing 34 point win. An all-round team performance secured this win.
3 votes: H. Bertens (GEE) 25 pts, 7 asts, 6 stls, 4 reb 15.0 rating
2 votes: B. Greger (GEE) 28 pts, 7 asts, 6 reb 12.5 rating
1 vote: J. kilijanek (LOS) 12 pts, 7 reb 9.5 rating
Game 3: Baxter Bogans v Whompas Donkeys (55372934)The Bogans came out of the gates strong. Trikster’s put Tesone into PF for this one and although he was unable to fully dominate Santana, he kept the latter to a measly 6 rebounds while collected twice as many himself. While the big duos of Sanatna and Vino battled Tesone and Harrower, it was the guards, Asqhari for the Donkeys and Minqxuan for the Bogans, who top scored for their respective teams. Minqxuan was the better dishing out 11 assists to the Bogans big men which was a key factor in the Bogans’ 19 point win over the Donkeys.
3 votes: L. Minqxuan (BAX) 22 pts, 11 asts, 5 reb 15.5 rating
2 votes: J. Tesone (BAX) 19 pts, 12 reb 15.0 rating
1 vote: I. Santana (WHO) 19 pts (8/9) 6 reb 14.5 rating