THE DREAM LEAGUE
Asian American / Open Basketball Leagues
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New York Fury 59, Da Bien 46 |
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Fury Finish Off #1 Da Bien | |
| May 28, 2008 – Brooklyn, NY (DL) – Da Bien, done? Really? In about as stunning a development as the time Santa Clara knocked off Arizona in the NCAA’s, Da Bien, the NL’s #1 seed all season long by a mile, is done. Dead. Over. Gone. What went wrong? Just a moment ago, they were the darlings of the DL, all but handed the crown with their more than worthy line-up featuring an all-star at nearly every position on the floor. Hey, folks had handed the Patriots the trophy too before the end… What went wrong? How about what went right? By virtue of losing in a semifinal game to the Cruisers just a game ago, Da Bien dropped to the loser’s bracket semifinal against the Fury and that meant there was another team here at play with something to say.
No one doubted Da Bien all season long. Some doubted the Cruisers. As for the Fury? They were just a 4-4 team who had dropped every game they played against those 2 this season. Surely, DB would dust off the Fury so they could quickly get back into the championship round whereby they’d have to beat RL twice to straighten out the mess they made. As sure as it lands on black when you need red at roulette, DB and their red jerseys went out with a whimper, losing a debacle to the Fury, 59-46. Sure, DB was tired. Sure, Harris Chung was cramping up by the 2nd half badly. Sure, Shawn De Los Reyes’ gimpy ankle gave. But wasn’t it just a week ago a feisty Fury had to battle through two games in one night with just 5 players for both games and came away with both? Yes, so pardon the Fury if they refuse to cry Da Bien a river. They will take their spot in the championship against the Cruisers tomorrow, thank you very much. And if they play like they did against Da Bien, they’ll have more than just a shot against the defending champs. First, everyone came on time, got loose and ready – what a concept! Christian Stevens, the biggest perpetrator of tardiness, was the biggest beneficiary of the pregame routine as he wound up with 20 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks to lead the Fury way. He came out quickly with 8 points in the opening quarter and the Fury proved they didn’t come here to mess around, holding a 17-14 lead after 1 and 30-25 lead at the half. Two former MVPs – SDR and Kevin Park – gave their all in the 1st half with 6 and 8 points respectively, but the madder Mo Ghumman (12 pts, 8 rbs, 4 assts, 2 blks) got, the more DB fell behind. The Fury were just too on point tip. Chris Youn, hampered by his own ankle issues, fed his mates (6 assts, 10 rbs) bountifully. James Choi (17 pts) was a thorn in DB’s side every step of the way with his mid-range game and ability to get to the line. The glass-work by the entire team (43-26) was simply magnificent. The fact that the Fury coughed up the ball 20 times to DB’s 8 could be overlooked, so good were they in other areas of the game. Despite their dominance in areas, this wasn’t decided until the 4th though the Fury never trailed since the early moments of the game. Ghumman and guys refused to give in even as they found themselves on the short end of the score for the (stunningly) second game in a row as the 2nd half progressed. Were it not for troubles at the line for SDR (14 pts), DB may well have led headed into the 4th. Maybe that would have given DB some momentum, but maybe that is moot because Stevens came out in the 4th and hit jumper after jumper. During a 13-2 run, he hit 3 of them, and the more his, and other Fury members’, shots dropped, the shorter Da Bien’s season became. DB barely got any field goals in the 4th (only 3, and 2 of them came late), and as the remnants of the game played itself out, and the Fury felt the euphoria of beating the odds to make the finals, the reality of the situation set in. Da Bien. Done. Really. |
Score by Quarters
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Total |
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| New York Fury | 17 | 13 | 10 | 19 | - | 59 |
| Da Bien | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | - | 46 |
Boxscore
| New York Fury - 59 | |||||||||||
| Player | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | F | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chang, Rich | 0 / 1 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Choi, James | 4 / 12 [0.333] | 2 / 3 [0.667] | 7 / 8 [0.875] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
| De Leon, Andrew | 3 / 8 [0.375] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 1 / 1 [1.000] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Hsieh, Ren | DNP | ||||||||||
| Kwok, Jason | DNP | ||||||||||
| Moy, Jeff | 1 / 5 [0.200] | 0 / 2 [0.000] | 0 / 1 [0.000] | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Parekh, Ram | DNP | ||||||||||
| Redhead, Roger | 2 / 5 [0.400] | 2 / 5 [0.400] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Stevens, Christian | 8 / 13 [0.615] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 4 / 6 [0.667] | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 | |
| Takenouchi, Banglee | 1 / 4 [0.250] | 0 / 2 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wang, Alvin | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Youn, Chris | 2 / 7 [0.286] | 1 / 2 [0.500] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 21 / 55 [0.382] | 5 / 14 [0.357] | 12 / 16 [0.750] | 43 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 59 | ||
| Da Bien - 46 | |||||||||||
| Player | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | F | PTS | |
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| Chanthavongsa, Rob | 2 / 7 [0.286] | 0 / 2 [0.000] | 1 / 2 [0.500] | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Chin, Jeff | DNP | ||||||||||
| Chung, Harris | 1 / 8 [0.125] | 0 / 3 [0.000] | 0 / 2 [0.000] | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| De Los Reyes, Shawn | 5 / 14 [0.357] | 0 / 5 [0.000] | 4 / 10 [0.400] | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |
| Ghumman, Mo | 6 / 9 [0.667] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
| Lew, Wilson | 1 / 5 [0.200] | 0 / 3 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Park, Kevin | 4 / 11 [0.364] | 0 / 2 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| Tu, Jeff | 0 / 2 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wong, Rick | 1 / 5 [0.200] | 1 / 4 [0.250] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 20 / 61 [0.328] | 1 / 19 [0.053] | 5 / 14 [0.357] | 26 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 46 | ||
Referees
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