Drileba shines as Namuwongo levels NBL finals
The Blazers trailed the Oilers 26-24 at halftime, but just like they did in Game 3, they used a stronger second-half showing to secure another victory and lift their hopes of winning a first championship.
Tony Drileba. File photo
By Charles Mutebi
Journalists @New Vision
National Basketball League Finals
Game 4 results
Women
JKL 69 Jaguars 61
(JKL lead series 3-1)
Men
Namuwongo 71 Oilers 64
(Series tied 2-2)
Tony Drileba drained a team-high 15 points, while Ivan Muhwezi and Joel Lukoji contributed 11 and 10 points respectively as the Namuwongo Blazers leveled the National Basketball League (NBL) Finals at two games apiece with a 71-64 Game 4 victory.
The Blazers trailed the Oilers 26-24 at halftime, but just like they did in Game 3, they used a stronger second-half showing to secure another victory and lift their hopes of winning a first championship.
The Oilers were led by their star duo of Chad Bowie and Kurt Weigscheider, with a game-high 21 and 20 points respectively, but they got little help from the others. Mer Maker with eight points was the next-highest scorer for the defending champions, who are now in danger of going behind after opening the series 2-0.
Game 5 is tomorrow at Lugogo.
"It is now a best-of-three series," said Drileba after Game 4.