Stafford put up 35.32 and basically played the whole game himself — Joel's offense didn't need much help after that, and it didn't get much either, with Carnell Tate chipping in a heroic 1.1 points from the starting lineup. Final was 149.92–127.04, a comfortable margin that never felt as close as Emmo's 32.3 from Christian Watson might have suggested. The Bears defense coughed up 2.5, Emmo left nearly 10 points on the bench, and suddenly what looked like a winnable game wasn't. Joel has now rattled off four straight in this series — and with Emmo sitting at one playoff win in the all-time books, the regular season is increasingly looking like territory Joel owns outright.