The Invaders beat the Emeralds big to advance to the West Finals for the third consecutive year, and for the third consecutive year, our opponent is the Kansas City Marshals, who have beaten us the last two times. Of course, the major difference is that this year, we're the #2 seed and they're the #1, so we're shipping up to KC to try and get revenge for the last two years. The other big difference is that we're mostly healthy this time around (with one notable and obvious exception) while the Marshals are the ones dealing with the injury bug, but we can't take that for granted. Leading us into our biggest game of the year is Albuquerque's second-highest scorer on the season, G/F Jaylen Brown.

It only took us three years, but the Invaders have finally beaten the Marshals and have advanced to our first AltBA Finals of the modern era. Now, we face an even bigger challenge, as we'll match up against the reigning champion New York Sentinels. They finished the regular season with the league's best record, so we'll be heading up to the Big Apple for this one, but joining us for the first time in nearly two months will be star center Joel Embiid. While he won't be able to play his normal minutes over the week, his presence will be a huge boost to the team. Coincidentally, he was our third-highest scorer this season due to the missed time, so he would've been on the graphic anyway.

Good luck to the Sents, and let's have a Finals!

Congrats on a great season, Invaders! It was only a matter of time before The Querq brought home the crown.