00:00 Maloney Pacers and KG Elite already booked their spots in the semifinals of
00:05 the under-23 basketball tournament Momentum 2 but in the other group
00:10 featuring NCA Warriors and Spartans TT it left all to play for.
00:17 It was that type of in-your-face type of match. NCA in all blue while Spartans TT
00:28 were in red and white. The two teams were tied at 25 apiece after the first round.
00:32 In the second quarter Spartans TT took a slender lead as Idris Martin was fouled on the buzzer
00:38 by Isaiah Simon. In a game like this he landed all his free throws.
00:43 The third quarter saw both the teams having their moments on top
00:53 but surely they kept it close with Spartans TT ahead.
00:57 Into the decisive quarter where boys become men.
01:00 The tension was there and they would carry it down to the final whistle.
01:04 NCA started celebrating early with just over eight seconds to go when Javon George was fouled.
01:19 NCA taking a two-point lead but then Zachary Julian was fouled by George with 1.7 seconds on
01:27 the clock remaining. Julian lands all three shots and gesticulates to the loud NCA fans.
01:34 Oh how humbling the final moments would be. In the final second of the match the birdie landed.
01:41 0 more minutes remaining. Adam Salazar is somewhere under there. What a match he had.
02:07 33 points. He find a way to get out of it just as he dug NCA out of short defeat.
02:13 Turned them a spot in this weekend's semifinals against the KG Elite. Sergio Dufour, TV6 Sport.
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