Linden Zone finals on at MSC tonight

Oct 03, 2012 Sports

– Royals, Jets # 1 teams to beat

Royals and Jets # 1 are undoubtedly the teams to beat in the Linden Zone Finals of the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball Championships tonight when five teams compete for two spots in the National Round-of-16 at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Court.

Chris Williams

Marlon Pollydore

Royals ensured that they were back in contention for the $1M winner-take-all first place prize in Linden last Wednesday night when they topped the toughest group of the Mining Town to come away with the ‘team to beat’ tag in the community’s deciding round.
Royals, who was a quarter-finalist last year, is a combination of both youth and skill in likes of Marlon Pollydore, Chris Williams, Harold Adams and Alwyn Rodney. The quartet seemed to be clinical against a host of seasoned players and teams in Linden.
That will extend that form and though they appeared to be short on energy down to crunch time, Royals will remain in contention for one of the two spots up for grabs. The composition of what can be called mostly guards will bring their ‘A’ game tonight.
Kevin ‘Two Feet’ Joseph and his Jets # 1, who finished second in the same group as Royals will also be a force to reckon with in the Linden Zone Finals. One of their main keys to victory has to be the gigantic Shane Webster’s dominance of the paint.
Royals and Jets # 1 battled in a clash of the titans in the group last week with Adams, a forward, doing an excellent job on Webster of the Jets # 1. Royals will be keen to contain a tiring Webster based on when their game will be played in the group of top contenders.
From the preliminary group that included Royals and Jets # 1, the big surprise was Backcourt in the Linden Zone Final. Backcourt were seemingly out of the competition last week, but squeezed through to the Finals after a shootout against Assassins. The other two teams in the Linden Zone Finals are Ghetto and Jets from the first round in Linden two weeks ago. (Edison Jefford)