Team of the week belongs to 2004, as it pulled out a thriller in an overtime win
against Dino Raja. Down by double digit in the first half, Ricky Kim's layup
completed a 9-0 run and put the team up by one with just 7 minutes to go. Up 9
points with a minute to go, 2004 made many mental mistakes allowing Dino Raja to
go up by 1 point with 10 seconds left. After the timeout, Che Yii was isolated at the
top of the key and was fouled on a 5 footer with 2 seconds left in the game. He
made one free throw to send the game into overtime. In the OT, Kenny Lee hit a
layup to put the Canes up for good.
Behind Kevin Woo's red hot shooting, Demolition won its first game of the season
against Wilmer Hale, the team Shogunz blew out last week. This game was more
closely contested than that game, and it came down to Kevin's free throw shooting.
In the first game of the night, Shogunz came out flat and went down by more than
25 points against PWC, who was playing without its best player. However, after a
couple timeouts, Johnson and Christian led a valiant comeback, but Shogunz
eventually fall short and lost by 5 points.
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Team of the week belongs to Shogunz, as they defeated Wilmer Hale with ease.
According to Coach Sammy:
Anchored by Johnson Lam's all around performance, the Canes-Shogunz were
able to pull out a W in their season opener. Shogunz started slow, ran
off an early lead and held on in the waning minutes with decent free
throw shooting by big man "Scuba" Dan Liu, Lam and Christian "I'm open"
Tran. In the 1st half, Lam showed his versatility as he led the team in
points, assists and timely rebounds...not to mention fouls (4 at the
half). Big men Scuba Liu, Jaffrey and Peter "Hurricane" Tran bumped and
bruised and provided all the toughness in the paint. At the start of the
second half, some timely outside shooting by MR "I'm Open" and civil war
veteran Sam Moy helped maintain the lead, as Lam sat fearing his 5th
foul and assault charges from the men in stripes. OG'rs Jwu and Randy
Lui provided leadership, savvy and much needed fouls, as there were
times the opponents made us look more like Slo-gunz. Wrap-up: a win is a win.
As for 2004, despite strong effort from Ricky Kim, it wasn't able to hold on to the
double-digit lead and eventually succumbed to two 6-8 Euro twin towers. With just 6
players, Demolition also had a tough night out and lost by double-digits.
Behind Johnson, Kevin and Ricky, Hurricanes X were able to hold on the 11 point
half time lead and won the 2006 BasketballCity Summer League. The MVP of the
season went to Desmond Lui, who played all five positions during the season.
Front: Victor Chow, Ricky Kim, Kevin Woo, Johnson Lam, Christrian Tran (Not Pictured)
