40th Street Black
Years ago
Eagles by a Bee's
Eagles defeated the Warriors by 1 point, 91 - 90 on a lay up with .0000000001 of a second to go.
Amazing game with both teams getting good leads but unable to get away.
Eagles started impressively and were up by over 15 in the first quarter, Warriors were very tenative and played like white guys dancing to R n B, absolutely no rhythm.
Cam Wilson started to two step and 5 minutes into the 2nd quarter the Warriors were doing the running man, exploding from defense and fast breaking their way back into the game.
Dix played his usual solid game but it was the supporting cast that got the Eagles the W.
Dougie Mac played larger than his usual self. Matthew Gange kept them in the game in the last quarter when it could easily have blown out. Jason Farman was solid all night.
The Sullivan Vs Wilson match up was a classic, Wilson having more influense and better stats but it was Sully hitting the game winner while Wilson was on the bench, fouled out with 5 to go.
The last foul by Wilson was a very poor call.
The loss of Wilson hurt the Warriors, his leadership would have carried them thru as they were up by 8. Unfortunately it wasn't the only bad call over the last 5 minutes and the officiating over the last 10 seconds will be debated for many years to come.
Warriors had the ball with the shot clock running down, the ball was knocked loose and several players grabbed for the ball, it was loose on the ground, after several dives it was stacks on the mill with a jump ball and the Warriors with the possesion arrow.
Should the shot clock have been reset?
Score bench said no, Warriors had to inbound with 3 seconds on the shot clock and 10 seconds to go in the game. A pass to Puddifoot under the hoop with enormous pressure had him airball(violation and side ball?). Eagles grabbed the airball and with 6 seconds to score had to go the length of the court and score to win.
Matt Sutton with the ball was flying down the sideline, he hit a double team at mid court and spun out of control, landing face down on the floor with the ball. He pivoted his body(travel!) and made the pass to Sully who laid it up with a .00000001 to go.
one crazy game and the Warriors would feel hard done by. Yes they should have closed the game out better but the Eagles supporting cast played great and they were helped by some questionable. officiating.
