Ouyang Jin-hehn's two clutch free throws with eight seconds remaining gave the ETTV Antelopes a 76-75 win to upset the heavily favored Taiwan Beer in Super Basketball League action at the Taipei Physical Education College Gymnasium on Saturday night.
Without lead scorer Yang Yu-ming in their lineup because of a family emergency, the shorthanded Antelopes let it all hang out on a tremendous fourth-quarter effort to upend the brew crew to avoid what would have been a 0-5 sweep for the season against the men in green.
"I just told the guys to ignore the pressure and treat them like any other team," Antelopes coach Lee Yun-shiang said.
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The Antelopes overcame two sizable leads -- a 12-point lead in the first quarter and a six-point lead in the final quarter -- to deal Taiwan Beer a devastating loss that cost them the second-place spot in the standings.
"This [losing to an underdog] has got to stop if we want to make a run at the title," Taiwan Beer coach Yen Jia-hua said. "They didn't even have their best man on the floor."
After grabbing an early 27-15 lead in the first quarter, the beermen fell into a serious scoring drought, putting only 11 points on the board in the second quarter to lead by just five at the half.
Tigers 106, YMY 80
Against a YMY squad that was missing its top scorer and two point guards, the Dacin Tigers bullied their way to a 106-80 victory to secure second place in the standings.
The high-flying Tigers made several long-range threes to start off the game, doubling up on YMY in a 31-15 first quarter.
Despite playing their bench players for most of the second quarter, the Tigers maintained a 20-point cushion.
The Tigers poured in the points during the second half, boosting their lead to 35 points before settling for the 106-80 final.
Team icon Tien Lei had his usual 20-plus-point game with 24, followed by guards Chang Chih-fong's 17 and Su Yi-jeh's 12.
Forward Lin Yi-hui also netted 17 points for the big cats.
Without its starting backcourt, YMY resorted to its frontcourt trio for the bulk of the scoring, with forwards Jien Jia-hong and Tsou Tsong-kai ringing up a team-high 20 and 15 points, respectively
It was YMY's 23rd consecutive loss.
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