{"id":27957,"date":"2016-07-23T06:22:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T06:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=27957"},"modified":"2016-07-23T06:22:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-23T06:22:21","slug":"pro-basketball-league-mumbai-challengers-pip-delhi-capitals-to-enter-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=27957","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball League: Mumbai Challengers pip Delhi Capitals to enter playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-27956\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Mumbai-Challengers-Delhi-Capitals.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"156\" alt=\"Mumbai Challengers Delhi Capitals\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Mumbai-Challengers-Delhi-Capitals.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Mumbai-Challengers-Delhi-Capitals-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Pune:<\/strong> Defending champions Delhi Capitals failed to book their place in the playoffs of the UBA Pro Basketball League season 3 as they lost to Mumbai Challengers on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Riding on Jagdeep (19 points) and Nikhil&#8217;s performance (18 points), Mumbai Challengers pipped Delhi 79-77 to enter the playoffs as Delhi Capitals were left to rue their losses in the first two games of the championship.<\/p>\n<p>Going into the first time out, both were locked at 9-9 but Delhi Capitals, looking to keep their championship hopes alive, took the game in their hands after that and their game plan of keeping a check on Mumbai Challengers&#8217; Ranbir yielded results as they finished the first quarter 23-13.<\/p>\n<p>Mumbai looked rusty initially and Delhi Capitals&#8217; players wasted no time in seizing the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>In the second quarter, the Mumbai Challengers came back strong and their nimble-footwork helped them take the second quarter 41-34. Mumbai&#8217;s Jagdeep and Nikhil helped the Mumbai Challengers regroup and put the pressure back on the defending champions.<\/p>\n<p>For Delhi Capitals, Ramesh Kumar was subdued in the second quarter after scoring eight points in the first quarter. <br \/>At halftime, Mumbai pocketed 13 points from turnovers while the Delhi Capitals had four but Delhi had eight second chance points compared to Mumbai&#8217;s four.<\/p>\n<p>Delhi Capitals needed a sterling performance in the third quarter and they displayed it as they levelled the scores at one point in the quarter. Mumbai Challengers however managed to nudge ahead 60-58 and it set up an exciting last quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth quarter made for exciting viewing and with three minutes left, both teams were tied at 73-73. The last three minutes were enthralling as Delhi Capitals kept pegging back Mumbai Challengers but ultimately came up short and their dream of defending the championship came to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Mumbai Challengers 79 &amp; Delhi Capitals 77<\/p>\n<p>Mumbai Challengers 79 (Jagdeep 19, Nikhil 18, Pruthvi 17) Delhi Capitals 77(Vinay 20, Ramesh 18, Ajay S 12)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-27956\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Mumbai-Challengers-Delhi-Capitals.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"156\" alt=\"Mumbai Challengers Delhi Capitals\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Mumbai-Challengers-Delhi-Capitals.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Mumbai-Challengers-Delhi-Capitals-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Pune:<\/strong> Defending champions Delhi Capitals failed to book their place in the playoffs of the UBA Pro Basketball League season 3 as they lost to Mumbai Challengers on Friday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[15051,466,15054,15116],"class_list":["post-27957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-delhi-capitals","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-mumbai-challengers","tag-uba-pro-basketball-league"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pro Basketball League: Mumbai Challengers pip Delhi Capitals to enter playoffs - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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