Experience came through in a big way for the Sina Lions on Tuesday night, as the group of thirty-somethings feasted off the young and restless Dacin Tigers in the series clincher by a final score of 81-69.
Veteran point guard Chou Jung-san (
Chou also found a wide-open Luo Hsin-liang (
The dynamic backcourt dual combined to ring up 37 points and 11 assists in an offensive outpouring for the Lions.
The Tigers failed to play the game at the upbeat pace. Despite a 30-point effort by All-Star power forward Tien Lei (
The Tigers' intention to get the Lions frontcourt into early foul trouble worked partially as far as limiting the potency of Lions power forward Liu Yi-shiang (
"We all know that the lack of depth has been a concern for us all season long," Lions coach Hu Tsai-lin (
Offensively for the Tigers, second-chance put-backs kept them within striking distance of the Lions in the first half.
The Tigers were often boxed out from the boards by the Lions.
"Hats off to the Lions, they really did a great job in neutralizing our speed advantage," Tigers head coach Liu Jia-fa (劉嘉發) said.
"Once we fell behind, our players became impatient and rushed too many shots."
The victory earned the Lions a date with the top-seeded Yulon Dinos in a best-of-five championship series starting tomorrow night at the Taipei Sports Education College Arena.
All eyes will be on how the Lions frontcourt shuts down the Dinos scoring tandem of Chen Hsin-an (
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