By Tumelo Maseka
MASERU
With just two games left to be the Champions, KAT-All stars are a bit skeptical of what will come around following a 42:39 crush by Simple Talent on Saturday.
This score has unexpectedly prolonged their way to the Major Basketball League (MBL) championship title if they were to get their third win.
The Best 5 Series Champion has to win three matches out of five in the finals so as to get the crown for MBL Champions.
It was a high stakes game between KTA-All stars and Simple-Talent at Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) courts where on one end KAT were looking to wrap up the league while on the other end Simple-Talent had to avoid both elimination and a sweep as well as to keep their finals run alive.
KTA was a bit relaxed in the game since they thought they were going to just claim their victory and eventually be Champions as their main scorers were tired. They suffered from cramps more often which affected their offensive momentum and that was when Simple Talent took the opportunity to make their debuts seen in the game.
However, KTA still has the opportunity to claim their first place in their next game whereas Simple Talent still has to also put all their might in the game to exempt KAT from taking the title.
In an interview with Informative Sport, Simple Talent Captain Bohlokoa Thamae disclosed that since they knew that the odds we against them and that if they lost the game it meant that their tittle race was over, they had to work harder to win.
Thamae said; “We had to make sure that first and foremost, our defense is on point, and that every shot our opponent make was contested. We knew if we used all tragedies – outscoring and contesting every shot – among others, we were going to win and that is what we did to claim the victory”.
KAT-All stars Captain Ratšolo Molupe, on the other side, highlighted that their expectation was to win the game but not giving their all in the game made them to suffer the loss. He made an assurance that even though they lost the game, their next game approach will differ and that they will be mentally stronger.