Manayunk Sport and Social Playoff Basketball #2 vs #7

#2-seed DEFENDING CHAMPIONS DOMINATE 2nd HALF with 10 straight 3's, SUFFOCATING ZONE DEFENSE:
Gustine Lakes, 11.8.11
After watching the Division 1 #1 seed go down in overtime the day before, wondered if the the lower-seed magic would continue in the extremely competitive division. Early on it looked like a game bound for a close finish

The #7-seed LenahanRealty.com lived on the perimeter and it worked to their favor going into the half with a 1pt lead against the #2-seed defending champion Team Lang. LenahanRealty had some tall guys who loved to shoot outside and knocked a bunch down in the first half while Lang stayed in a 3-2 zone D, the same D that's given so many teams trouble throughout the Summer and Fall league.

In the 2nd half, the guy they call Chuck hit shot after shot to keep Team Lang relavant early in the half. It was like every play I heard, "Yea Chuck...That's it Chuck." Once the defending champs found a rhythm - using their experience, familiarity, unselfish team play and hustle - the game opened up.
Team Lang started the half on a 11-2 run after LenahanRealty shot a little cold. But LehananRealty rallied back, cutting the lead to 3 after the short, smooth PG knocked down a big three with 10 minutes left. The very next possession only up by 3, Team Lang's Steve (Kerr) hit a big three to start the onslaught. Only up by 3 with 10minutes left, by the time the clock read 6-minutes, Team Lang was up by 20. Team Lang's quick releasing PG, Mike, hit 4-straight threes within a 2-minute span to lead to the team to the Division-1 semi finals.

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Sports

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• Manayunk
• Sport
• and
• Social
• Club
• Basketball
• 2011
• Fall
• Playoffs
• Defending
• Champions
• semi-finals