Saturday was a night that the basketball fans of Paix Bouche will not forget.
Both teams from the village faced elimination in the LIME National Basketball Finals being down 2-0, but the boys from Paix Bouche were not ready to disappoint their fans and give up and so we have a game four in the best-of-five series.
Game 1 – Between the Raffoul Snipers and Gloria Shillingford Raptors was what we would call in basketball terms a blow out. The Snipers came roaring out of the blocks to build an early lead on the Raptors. The Snipers played like a team eager to prove the point that they are still the top team in Division 1. The final scores of the game were Snipers 84 points to Raptors 56 points; top-scoring for Snipers were Hendricks Holsborough 28 pts, Dave Alexis 21 pts and Lenin Paul 19 pts while for the Raptors Steve Hypolite 22 pts, Curtis Akiel 10 pts and Devon Barton 8 pts.
Game 2 – Between the Paix Bouche Eagles and Glam X-Men, the Eagles soared to higher heights to spoil the celebrations of the X-Men who could have been national champs with a victory. But the Eagles were not ready to give up after been blown out the night before. The Eagles were playing on full thrusters and even while the game stayed close, the X-Men could not overcome the clutch shooting by the Eagles sharp shooters Andel George and Earl Mathew who made three pointers after three pointers whenever X-Men got close. The finals score of the game was Eagles 78 points to X-Men 67 points; top-scoring for the Eagles were Andel George 24 pts, Earl Mathew 24 pts and Lynvor John 13 pts while Garth Joseph 20 pts, Davidson Toulon 16 pts and Simon Joseph 13 pts for the X-Men.
The games will continue for both divisions in the LIME National Basketball Finals on Wednesday at the Lindo Park from 7 pm.
the PxB village really came out to support the guys. It was really exciting! Great job Eagles and Snipers, I really hope the next game would be played in PxB again!
GRANTED THAT X MEN ARE THE LEAGUE LEADERS AND THEY RIGHTFULLY SHOULD HAVE HOME COURT ADVANTAGE ,THEREFORE, THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON WHY GAME 4 CANNOT BE PLAYED IN pAIX-bOUCHE .IT IS ONLY FAIR THAT TWO GAMES HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLAYED IN LINDO PARK AND ONE PLAYED IN PAIX-BOUCHE .THE RIGHT THING TO DO MR MICKEY ,GOD GARTH AND BARON IS TO PLAY GAME 4 IN PAIX BOUCHE .wE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A FAVOUR BUT THAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE INTEREST OF BASKETBALL AND FAIR NESS TO EAGLES BASKETBALL .THEY WORKED HARD TO BE THERE SO BE JUST IN YOUR JUDGEMENT.A 2 2 1 GAME SERIES.TWO AT LINDO PARK ,TWO AT PAIX BOUCHE AND ONE AT LINDO PARK AGAIN IF NEEDED.
It is nice to know that the sport of basketball is back up again. We can only hope for continued support from everyone in this good thing. Congratulations to our Paix-Bouche Teams; Eagles and Snipers. You have all it takes to take the championship home. More strength, health and good sportsmanship to all ballers. Bless up!
gOOD JOB SNIPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSHHHHH
Congrats to the DABA and the fans coming out,bball on the rise
great job to the organizers of the DABA but just that i believe that it would be fair to have the Game played in Paix Bouche since the 2 previous ones were @ lindo park.
Please consider, good atmosphere. excellent playing facility and 3 of the team are from the north.
Eagles you guys are playing smart Basketball, Great shooting earl and brad but must make mention of the good Defence of tony and abi, you boys played well and to the rest of the team you guys supported well. go get the championship on friday, for sure i see the upset on both sides.
Way to go Paix Bouche Massive. We will all be in town on Wednesday night eventhough its mid-week.
Just do it paix-Bouche. After all we know you can. keep the confidence up and as you know, support is never lacking. All the best!
SNIPERS PLAYED ARE GOOD GAME ILL GIVE THEM THAT, THE CONDITIONS WAS NOT IDEAL FOR THE WESLEY TEAM AS A RESULT CAUSING NUMEROUS TOURNOVERS TO MUCH
RAIN .NEVER THE LESS THERE ARE GAMES TO BE PLAYED GAME 4 IN GOODWILL WESLEY GONNA BOUNCE BACK. THEY KNOW WHAT TO ESPECT AND WHAT ADJUSTMENTS THEY NEED TO MAKE TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. GOOD LUCK TO BOTH
TEAMS BUT I GIVE WESLEY THE DEFINITE EDGE IN GAME 4 .TO WIN IT ALL .