O Fer Nice Cup Runneth Over for Mazz Co.
Big Nice 59 Shut Up Tibbs! 50

Facing a 13 point halftime deficit, Big Nice never panicked.  They’ve been here, done that so many times in the A2, they’re losing track.  All it took was an uptick in defense and some patient offense to get back in the game.  A 17-2 run to start the second half is what resulted.  Fizzle and JPress started the run off, getting out on the break, beating the SUT defense back time after time.  I wasn’t sure which team was playing with the lead, and which was playing from behind. 

To cap off the run, the Finals MVP, the statuesque one himself, TiCal nailed back to back threes to give Big Nice their first lead of the game since early on.  Like since 3-2.  He’s effecient, that’s for sure, picks his spots, and ran the offense flawlessly in the second half.  After that, it was only a matter of the clock running out.  Well that’s not entirely true, MJD and Majic did try to rally the troops, trading buckets with Big Nice for the next couple minutes. 

But yea, it was all in vein, another 8-0 run, led again by Finn and his team-high 16 points, put the game out of reach.  Hell they didn’t even need to be in the Maz-Zone to have a successful night, everyone else picked up the slack when called upon.  The D truely was stiffling in the second half, everyone helping, recovering, causing turnovers and just being a general pain in the ass.  Despite the fact that Big Nice only shot 13-28 from the free throw line (very un-Big Nice of them, really) SUT was never able to trim the double digit lead to below 6. 

The low scoring game was just the kind of contest that Big Nice felt comfortable with winning.  The SUT offense is at it’s best when wheeling and dealing, and there was very little of that last night.  No fast break 3s for RoY, no missed layup opportunities for yours truely, no AO barreling to the whole.  In all, it made for such an ugly game, I felt bad for the Dragon and Lighthouse on the balcony taking it all in.  For me, that makes 0-3 against Big Nice in the A2 Finals, as they celebrated their fourth Championship in style, the only way they know how, by watching Fizzle drink out of the Golden Chalice at the 9s after the game.  Yea I was there, I took the defeat and humiliation in stride, it’s nothing I’m not used to. 

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