The Chiba Jets move to 7-0 and the EASL Finals after a tough win over Joseph Lin and the New Taipei Kings in the semifinals at Hoops Dome in Lapu-Lapu.
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00:00 (crowd cheering)
00:02 - Number 10, Xavier Cooks.
00:06 (crowd cheering)
00:09 Number 10, Chan Yu-Chun.
00:12 (crowd cheering)
00:15 Number 11, Wang Bo-Chi.
00:17 - In the second semifinals of the EASL Final Four,
00:23 live from the Hoopstome in Cebu.
00:26 And we begin this ball game with the Chiba Jets
00:30 on the attack.
00:31 And the Chiba, or rather the New Taipei Kings up by two.
00:35 - Pick and pop for John Mooney.
00:38 Money in the bank for Mooney.
00:40 - Watching this game, watching is supposed to be two boys,
00:43 but today only Joseph Lemons playing.
00:46 Oh, get away by Mooney!
00:48 - What a play.
00:49 - As we take a look at this last play,
00:51 Mooney just going baseline,
00:53 deceiving the whole already 14-11
00:57 with less than five minutes gone by in this game.
00:59 - Look at that high pick set by Mooney for Yuki Togashi.
01:02 And then he rolls to the basket.
01:04 The extra pass!
01:05 - Chemistry still starting to build.
01:08 - Watch this pass on our replay.
01:10 And don't look past the Mooney,
01:11 and then the extra pass to Xavier Cooks.
01:14 And they feel this combination is gonna bring them
01:17 to the final and maybe to the championship.
01:19 - Ren Kanashika is also in the game as Togashi
01:22 hits another three.
01:24 That's the second triple of the game.
01:25 And Togashi, the 31-year-old veteran,
01:30 hitting threes and giving them an eight-point lead.
01:35 Lead is down to four here.
01:37 The biggest was at eight, Joseph Linn.
01:39 Oh, from downtown!
01:42 - And he's saying, "Jeremy,
01:43 you just watch your younger brother."
01:45 - Straight points by the new Taipei Kings,
01:49 anchored with this three-point shot by...
01:52 You know, it's all about leveling up from second place.
01:56 These two teams wanna be champions.
01:57 Oh, there's an outside shot.
01:59 That's nothing but net.
02:01 Patrick Ochiba is pacing Yuki Togashi.
02:05 There's an outside shot.
02:09 - Short offensive rebound picked up by Ira Brown.
02:13 And a three-point shot missed, however, by Ogawai,
02:16 and there's gonna be a whistle.
02:18 - Why they're number one in rebounding.
02:20 One offensive rebound after the other,
02:22 and then getting the putt back.
02:23 That's Xavier Cooks.
02:25 Again, Chiba Jets, stepping on the gas.
02:29 Going for a throttle. - Oh, the U-roll!
02:33 - Xavier Cooks talking to his Jets defenders,
02:37 saying, "You put up a knee when you made that foul.
02:41 Don't do that."
02:42 - Togashi's back on the floor.
02:44 Oh, look at that hesitation!
02:46 And then the three-point shot!
02:48 - Woo!
02:49 And the crowd is going crazy!
02:52 - He's a magician, the way he's been playing.
02:55 Behind the back, the twirl move, the deception,
02:59 the separation, head on the basket from three-point distance.
03:02 - Just toying, toying with his guard.
03:05 Oh, look at that ankle breaker!
03:07 Togashi with another! - Got it again!
03:09 - With another basket!
03:11 And then, of course, now the famous ankle breaker,
03:16 bringing down Lee Kaian and nailing the middie
03:20 for the final basket of the quarter.
03:23 Quincy Davis, the naturalized player,
03:26 and a great finger roll there coming from Hayden Blankley,
03:29 avoiding the block and hanging in the air.
03:31 - With two fouls in the first quarter.
03:34 - Ren Kaneshika back in the game.
03:36 Here's Blankley.
03:37 Whoa! - That's the shot!
03:38 - That's the first three!
03:39 - That's the shot that we promised as two!
03:42 And Yuki Togashi has been silenced here
03:45 in the second quarter.
03:46 - Cooks. - Xavier Cooks.
03:47 - Left hand! - What a move!
03:48 - You don't want to see 6'9" the way he is.
03:52 You want to make him go inside, exploit his height,
03:57 and find out what he can do by that time, an outside shot.
04:00 Now, you're not seeing ball movement from Chiba.
04:03 They're taking one shot.
04:06 They're not passing the ball. - Nice fake!
04:07 Oh, what a move! - He'll score!
04:08 He will score!
04:10 Oh, what a move!
04:11 - Yang Jin Min!
04:14 - And watch it here.
04:15 That move, the fake.
04:16 - That's the one, the first one.
04:17 - And then the second fake. - The second one.
04:19 - And then the- - Three by Ira Brown.
04:21 Hara takes the three.
04:22 That's too long.
04:23 Offensive rebound by Xavier Cook.
04:25 (siren blaring)
04:27 - Again, that length of Xavier Cooks.
04:30 And then the championship game.
04:31 Winner of this one against the Solansky Knights
04:35 for a million dollars, John Mooney.
04:38 - Pass by Ira Brown.
04:40 Let's watch this.
04:41 Dance by Yuki to Ira, and a beautiful drop pass to John.
04:46 And let's see what they can do here with Day.
04:48 Now he's coming close to the basket.
04:50 And that's the shot that we were looking for.
04:54 He doesn't have to take the three-point shot all the time.
04:58 - And he will not challenge that one.
05:00 Bounce pass to Day, and a beautiful cut by Hayden Blankley.
05:04 And that is the 15th lead change of the game.
05:13 - Oh, wow, what a beautiful move there.
05:17 Four seconds to shoot.
05:22 Whoa!
05:25 And that is another lead change.
05:31 16th in the game.
05:33 The Jets back on top.
05:35 Here's Lin, trying to get back the lead.
05:39 And he does!
05:39 (crowd cheering)
05:42 - Third person to foul.
05:46 - Here's that shot by Togashi.
05:48 Almost an unbelievable shot.
05:50 And then answered by Joseph Lin,
05:53 brother of Jeremy Lin, of course,
05:56 but who has played like the NBA superstar in this.
06:00 Every, now the scoring is slowed down.
06:03 Kenito, the offense and the defense starting to play.
06:06 You can really feel it.
06:07 Nice fake again by Young, but that's blocked!
06:10 By Xavier Cooks!
06:11 Let's see.
06:12 - Long arms of Xavier Cooks.
06:15 - The anticipation of Cooks.
06:17 Let's see if that's a good call.
06:19 That was just a going up.
06:20 - Coming from the outside.
06:22 - Yes!
06:23 - Well, actually he was blocked,
06:25 got the ball back from Cooks,
06:26 and then beating the shot clock with a layup.
06:29 Oh, Cooks!
06:31 With a slam with two hands.
06:33 - And they're still in the long court here.
06:35 10 seconds on their shot clock.
06:37 - Thirds a three point shot.
06:38 No, no, he faked it.
06:39 Togashi will pull the trigger.
06:41 Yes, sir!
06:42 - Oh, yes!
06:42 - Yuki Togashi three!
06:45 - And take that from behind.
06:46 - In the meantime, here was that last shot
06:49 from Yuki Togashi.
06:51 Togashi, this will be a close one.
06:53 And you know, when a lot is at stake,
06:56 and there's a great pass inside.
06:58 Coming from Harath to Booney,
07:00 and the lead is back with the Chiba Jets.
07:02 - Cooks actually could have gone straight to the hole.
07:04 Wanted to play unselfish basketball, lost control.
07:07 Here's Joseph Lin.
07:08 For three! - Oh, yes!
07:10 Joseph Lin!
07:12 - And Togashi is gonna be given a rest
07:14 as we take a look at that three point conversion
07:17 from Joseph Lin.
07:18 Hamdin, Manigault, trying to clear space.
07:23 Lin with another three.
07:25 Yes, sir! - Got it in!
07:26 - Nishimura missing the outside shot.
07:30 Here's Manigault, quickly to Young.
07:33 With a left hand!
07:34 Five straight points!
07:36 And the new Taipei Kings are back on top by four.
07:41 With about six and a half remaining
07:44 in this second semifinals.
07:46 Outside shot by Hara.
07:48 What a tough shot!
07:49 Even Joseph Lin couldn't believe that went in.
07:53 One out of four so far.
07:55 Here's Joseph, looking to add to his total.
07:58 Another three point shot.
07:59 Bad! - Got it again!
08:02 The man's on fire!
08:03 - They're on top by one,
08:05 with about five minutes remaining in this game.
08:08 Inside pass, Davis is back on the floor.
08:12 And he will score!
08:14 Plus a foul against John Mooney.
08:17 - Getting the points, we're talking of Manigault and Day,
08:20 but they're making the plays.
08:22 - Manigault, of course, Davis,
08:24 already a Taiwanese now,
08:25 as Austin Day falls away.
08:27 Beautiful! - Oh, what a shot!
08:29 That's a tough one.
08:30 But he had the height advantage over Ira Brown,
08:34 but that was still a tough shot, falling away.
08:37 - Three point lead for the Kings.
08:40 Trying to put away the undefeated Jets,
08:44 but not if Togashi can help him.
08:47 Wow!
08:48 - Joseph Lin on Togashi.
08:50 There's the pick, and then the drive.
08:52 There he goes!
08:53 - Beautiful shot! - And there's the shot!
08:55 What a pick, and what a drive by the magician!
08:58 13 to go.
09:00 Again, you see that pick set by Mooney,
09:03 and then the drive, the strong drive towards the basket.
09:06 And Day just allowing him to--
09:09 - The Kings down by five.
09:11 They have put up a gallant stand here.
09:13 Austin Day gets the basket, asking for a foul.
09:17 There was contact, no whistle though.
09:20 He may have stepped on the backcourt there,
09:23 may have gotten away from that.
09:24 Mooney's inside on a pass by Togashi!
09:27 - And Togashi making things happen.
09:30 - Joseph Lin gives it to Day.
09:31 They're down by five, two possessions here.
09:34 Day, strong drive, uses the left block by Cox!
09:39 20 plus points, he's got six blocks in the game.
09:43 Unbelievable defense.
09:46 But in the end, talent prevailed,
09:49 and the Chiba Jets will go on to win this one
09:52 as Joseph Lin will take the final shot of the game,
09:55 and that'll do it.
09:57 An eight-point win for Coach John Patrick.