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🏆 The YNG Dreamerz Are Your OTE Champions
Eli Ellis will go down as the OTE GOAT after hitting the greatest shot in OTE history, as he knocked down a buzzer-beating triple to to give the YNG Dreamerz their first ever tile. Read all about the iconic shot and historic night down below.
Miles Lally
March 14, 2025
The YNG Dreamerz Are Your OTE Champions
Eli Ellis and the YNG Dreamerz won their first ever OTE Championship on the play of a lifetime, as Eli drilled a buzzer-beating three to perfectly cap off his storybook career at OTE. Eli was named the unanimous OTE Finals MVP after knocking down the shot that will go down as the greatest play in OTE history 🤯
With the game tied at 90 apiece and 18 seconds remaining all eyes were on Eli as he dribbled the ball down the court in preparation for the final shot of the series. Eli was blanketed by Micah Tucker and as he tried to shake loose he seemingly lost the ball with just a couple seconds left. Eli barely managed to regain possession and squeak a shot up over the outstretched hand of Tucker and it was straight cash as Eli goes down as the OTE GOAT and the Dreamerz unbelievable season comes to an end 🥹
Prior to Eli’s legendary game-winner the City Reapers were in the midst of an all-time comeback attempt of their own. The Reapers trailed by nine with five and a half minutes remaining and gritted their way back into the game, with Micah Tucker knocking down a free throw with 30 seconds left to tie the game up for the first time since the game was knotted up at 4-4 early in the first quarter 😔
Even before the iconic shot, Eli was special in this game, scoring a game-high 32 points while also pulling down ten rebounds for his first double-double with boards of the season. Eli wasn’t alone in this one though, as Jaiden Haynes chipped in a cool 21 points as he was the Dreamerz second leading scorer all series long. Abu Yarmah had his best game of the Finals as he notched his first double-double of the playoffs with ten points and 13 boards 💪
Meleek Thomas did everything in his power to keep the City Reapers alive in the series, scoring 29 points and making hustle play after hustle play as he put everything on the line to keep the Reapers in it. Micah Tucker had the game of his life with 22 points, including the game-tying free throw with 30 seconds left, while also posting five boards and three assists 💀
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