And The Winner Is ...!

TNL 79 - MN Heat Elite 74 in OT

After 2 hours and 47 fouls the Express take out the Elite in overtime. In what was a fiercely competitive game by both teams, you walked away from this one only thinking about the officiating and the score table.

There was a number of head scratching fouls called and blunder after blunder at the scorers table. Probably the BIGGEST blunder of them all happened with the score 48-41 TNL. TNL scores and they give the points to the Elite for a 48-43 score while the Express are on the foul line shooting 2 and make both for a SCOREBOARD score of 50-43. The game is halted and both teams go to the table ... the score is then changed to 50-41. The two points where rightfully taken away from the Elite but NOT given to the Express. The game is stopped again and we end up with a score of 50-45 ... and NO real explanation is given. After all the mishaps and all of the deliberation the score should have been 52-41 TNL.

The Express keep the Elite at bay until the Elite make a late run to get back in the game and tie it up. TNL end up with the ball with the score tied at 69-69 with 16 seconds left. Cummings gets loose on the baseline but can't convert his reverse layup, Sewer gets the rebound and misses a hurried 7 footer to send the game into overtime.

In OT the Elite gets the first basket before TNL puts them away with 6 close to the basket points from Ismail and 2 free throws a piece from Duberry and Knopke for the win.

Duberry - 19
Ismail - 10
Sewer - 8
Knopke - 15
Ristanovic - 4
Zimmermann - 17
Cummings - 6