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Pune Peshwas stun Chennai Slam
Last season runner-up Pune Peshwas beat defending champion Chennai Slam 77-74 in an exciting encounter of the second UBA Professional Basketball League, at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here on Saturday.
Hyderabad: Last season runner-up Pune Peshwas beat defending champion Chennai Slam 77-74 in an exciting encounter of the second UBA Professional Basketball League, at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here on Saturday.
Pune started with a three-guard lineup with Ajinkya Mane, Siddhanth Shinde and Narender Grewal. Chennai stuck to their usual starting five, which has resulted in 4 wins out of the 6 games they have played.
Slam centre Gopal Ram started the game well, taking advantage of mismatches down low to score in the paint. Gopal was complemented well by Niagerain baller Agu who was able to penetrate the Pune defense to either score or create for his teammates.Slam ended the first half up 42 to 29.
In the second half, Pune coach Nandu Mehta scored a masterstroke by putting in veteran reserve guard Karna Mehta.
His instant offense sparked the Pune comeback and they ended the third quarter up by 6 points 57 to 51. In the fourth, 8 straight points by Karna Mehta (16 points), coupled with some late buckets by centre Ravi Kumar maintained Pune’s slim lead.
Results: Pune Peshwas 77 (Siddhanth Shinde 19, Karna Mehta 16) bt Chennai Slam 74 (Gopal Ram 24, Chukwunanu Agu 16); Delhi Capitals 104 (Vinay Kaushik 22, Yudhvir Singh 14, Satyajeet 13) bt Mumbai Challengers 94 (Gagandeep Singh 24, Nikhil Dahiya 20, Karan Pal Singh 20, P Reddy 17)
