After falling to City Oilers 66-79 in Game 2, Tiger Head Power seem to have fallen into a pit of a sorts. They now need to win four of the remaining five games of the best-of-seven series to clinch the championship for the first time since 2011, the last time the five-time champions also played a final.
It seems a big quest for Power to beat City Oilers four of five considering how Oilers are running their offense against a seemingly anemic defense Bernes Akunda is setting up to counter the screens and drive.
But this is not new to Power. They have been two games down and still won a championship. In fact, so was the scenario when they last won a championship. Shooting guard, Joseph Ikong was part of that team and believes Power can still clinch this championship despite being two games down.
“We have been in this situation before” Ikong who had an off night on Friday with 8 points told Kawowo Sports after Game 2. “We are just two game down but we are not out. It is a series of seven”
Power started the game with energy but only lasted for two quarters as there wasn’t a lot of complementary scoring from the team with star player Norman Blick going scoreless much to the disappointment of Ikong and the coach. No surprise Power had a prolonged team talk in the locker rooms after the game.
“We did not get a lot of help from our best players but team has met and agreed that every one has to make a contribution towards the team if we are going to win.”
With Game 3 on tonight at the MTN Arena, Power will want to pull one back from an all round contribution from the team to build on the strong starts.
“We have to be consistent. We always have strong starts but then fall off when the guys who come on are not contributing.” Ikong said.
“I have had a bad day in office today which happens but it wont be the same on Sunday (today)”
Caption: Tiger Head Power’s guard Joseph Ikong (L) says Power can recover from the 2 game deficit
