Lexmark forges do-or-die Game 3

ONE FINAL game will decide who will bring home the championship trophy as the Lexmark Stallions forged a winner-take-all battle by tripping the Stream Blue Devils, 55-45, last Sunday in Game 2 of the best-of-three Finals of the Powerade E-League for Basketball at the City Sports Club-Cebu Gym.

The deciding Game 3 will be played this Saturday at the same venue.

Stream took Game 1, 63-54, and needed just one game to seal the championship crown.

But the Blue Devils failed to duplicate their awesome offensive showing in Game 1 while the Stallions displayed a tremendous fighting spirit to send the titular showdown into a sudden-death affair.

Mervin Balansag was the lone Stallion to score in double figures with 13 points but he had four teammates chipping in at least six markers.

Typifying its offensive struggle, Stream could only score 20 points in the first half, allowing the Stallions to bring a 29-20 lead into the third quarter.

Stream appeared on its way to regaining its offensive rhythm by producing 16 points in the third but again faltered in the fourth, where it scored just nine points while allowing Lexmark to score 11.

Sylvester Millevo once again led Stream with 17 points./EDITORIAL ASSISTANT CALVIN D. CORDOVA