It might Not quite have been the National league final repeat it was hoped to be.The key Ballon players of previous seasons having chosen to try out their skills in the Superleague left a young Ballon team to face an in form Titans team.The little Argentinian Lutauro controlled the game from start to finish,hitting 8pts, while Paulius Pelzius (16pts) and Andre Tongo(24pts) were unstoppable on the offensive end.The score at the end of the first quarter was 28-15 to the Titans.In the second quarter the Titans built on their lead through some fine outside shooting and slashing to the basket from Brendan barile(13pts) the Galweigians introduced some of their bench players to develop their strength and Depth for future challenges,and were leading at the half by 21 points 25-46.
In the third quarter,Coach Jack Consodine availed of the opportunity to build on the Titan lead with the use of his panel to full effect.New York talisman Brendan Barile and Conal Mc michael(10pts) disrtibuted the ball well and got good buckets from the big Lithuanian Gintaris and the reounding machine that is Taofik Mustaffa(6pts).74-40 by the end of the third.
The Final quarter was All Titans with u20’s Tomz chipping in 6points, Garrity with 2 of his own and the Argentinian rhino Lautoro, scoring 6pts,15 steals and nailing a big 3 on the buzzser for a 37 point victory.Ballon 56, Titans 93.