Quarterfinals Preview
8pm Chino Hills vs Pest Control
This game may see 80 points on each side. Chino Hills follows a simple formula. Shot the dang ball. Anything that’s not a three is a bad shot to them. They are loaded with guys who can shoot them also. Umer, Omar and especially Shaheer. The newcomer is one of the toughest bucket getters in the league. But the heart of this team is Zaid Memon. The former champ settles everything down and takes control, him and Abdullah together are the veteran presences on a young Chino Hills squad. Pest Control just pulled a big upset taking down a team many thought could make a push in the playoffs in All Day. Taha did what he did best scoring the basketball but Jon Jon showed us a new side of his game this season. He wasn’t out to score a bunch of points. Instead he took control and did everything the team needed to get the W. This should be a great game and in a close game I’m gonna lead to the best player on the court coming up big at the end. That would be Jon. Pest Control continues the run in a back and forth battle.
Pest Control 74 Chino Hills 68
GAME OF THE YEAR ALERT
9pm Bricklayers vs Tigers
What does a one loss regular season and MVP like campaign by Samad get you. Your first playoff opponent being the only team that beat you. Kommish strikes again. With a squad missing several starters bricklayers lost to this tigers squad minus Sy by one bucket in OT. These teams are built differently. Tigers are a three headed monster led by Amrit with Sy and Ruhel his sharp shooting duo next to him. It’s a devastating inside out combo that can catch fire at any point. Hyder’s squad will combat that with pure hustle and grit. Samad, Hussain, Malik are all players who go at 110% at all times. Add in Neiko in the middle locking down the paint and it will be a tough team to overcome. This one may end up a grind with the teams finding more defense than offense. Captain Jibar has been good finding solutions to problems but there may not be one here. The Bricklayers get it done in a nail biter.
Bricklayers 50 Tigers 47
10pm Panthers vs Knights
This game may get ugly. The Knights barely survived a five man Legend Killers last week. It took some Amged heroics and OT to get it done. That won’t be enough against the huge Panthers squad. Hamza patrolling the wing with Hassib and Imran inside is deadly. The Knights simply don’t have the size to keep up. If Ali and Hassan speed the game up and Jibar uses the springy Abdullah more against this frontline anything can happen but this one may be over quickly.
Panthers 58 Knights 44