Scoring the final eight points for his team in the game, Yang Jing-min single-handedly rallied Taiwan Beer from behind to top the dmedia Numen in a 77-74 thriller at the Taipei County Sports Complex on Friday evening.
The newly acquired power forward for Taiwan Beer who has not been as consistent as his team would have liked after proving himself with four outstanding seasons on the Bank of Taiwan roster, finally answered the call with the game on the line to deliver a much-needed win for the defending champs.
The win not only helped the beer crew get back on track after a disappointing loss to the last-place bankers last Sunday, but also propelled them to a tie for second place with the Numen as the regular season winds down.
The contest began with the Numen firing from behind the three-point line at will by converting four long three's to enjoy a narrow 21-20 over Taiwan Beer.
But the speedy transition game of Taiwan Beer that led to several uncontested fast-break buckets would spark a 14-0 run that put the men in their familiar green ahead by as many as 11 points before dmedia answered with a 7-3 run to end the first half trailing 36-43.
After a stunning 11-0 run by Taiwan Beer to put them ahead 54-36 early in the third, the Numen finally found their shooting range with a pair of three-pointers by Hsin Jin-jang to keep the Taiwan Beer lead under 10 at 59-51 heading into the final quarter.
The Numen actually claimed a brief 64-61 lead with a 10-2 run in the fourth. But that was the extent they were able to hang with Taiwan Beer as Yang rose to the occasion by scoring eight in a row to make it 77-69 before his club held off the Numen for the win.
Three different players scored in double-digits four the beer crew led by Yang's game-high 18, while fellow teammates Ho Sho-cheng and Luo "the Natural" Hsin-liang chipped in 15 and 13 points respectively in the big victory. Point guard Yen Hsing-shu also deserved worthy praises for his uncanny ability to spot Yang with a season-high of eight assists on the night.
Pure Youth 98, Dinos 107
Behind a season-high 38 points by their top gun Chen "Airman" Hsin-an, the Yulon Dinos cruised past Pure Youth Constructions in a 107-98 final to extend their winning streak at seven in a row.
Having already clinched the regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the playoffs with three wins last weekend, the Dinos were more interested in protecting their starters than beating the builders by a ton (only one Dinos starter played longer than 30 minutes).
Chen dominated in the first half with 20 points before finishing out the game with 18 for a season-high 38 points.
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