Tuesday, May 02, 2006

SBL Finals - Yulon routed TB to take 2-0 lead

Yulon finally played like it should have played. In the first convincing victory in weeks, Yulon routed Taiwan Beer 92-62 to take a 2-0 lead in the SBL Finals Sunday night.

Meanwhile, Dacin also led Bank of Taiwan 2-0 in the best-of-five third-place series and was one win away from claiming the series.

Chou Shih-yuan kept his hot shooting in the first quarter, dropping three 3-pointers and quickly opened up the score for Yulon. Dinos' effective defense forced Taiwan Beer into an array of bad shots, also limiting TB leading scorer Lin Chi-jay to his playoff low 3 points in the game.

Game 2: Yulon 92-62 TB (46-24)
Yulon: Tsun Wen-din 27p+11rb+5a, Lee Hsueh-lin 18p, Chou Shih-yuan 16p(4-6 3PT)
TB: Lin Kwan-lun 12p+5a, Wang Jian-wei 10p

3rd-Place Series
Dacin leads 2-0

Game 1: Dacin 111-94 BOT (65-40)
Dacin: Tien Lei 34p+17rb, Lin Yi-huei 22p, Cheng Chan-jun 15p, Su Yi-chieh 12p+6a
BOT: Yang Chin-min 26p, Lin Chun-feng 24p+8a

Game 2: Dacin 108-101 BOT (57-52)
Dacin: Tien Lei 25p+6rb+3blk, Chang Chi-feng 24p+8rb+7a, Yen Jia-wei 21p(5-8 3PT), Lin Yi-huei 17p
BOT: Yang CHin-min 31p+10rb, Lin Chun-feng 21p, Ju Yong-hong 19p+8rb