Arizona Closes the Door on Buffalo
Michael Wright
Saturday July 29, 2000
After a grinding battle against San Jose, the Destroyers didn’t go home. Instead they came straight to Phoenix to prepare for a chance that no one thought they’d have. No one, that is, except Ray Bentley and the men who play for him.
"Our team fought their hearts out tonight," Bentley told The Buffalo News, "and they`re hurting right now. But this is something to build on. This was our first playoff game, but it won`t be the last."
The condensed drive chart view of the game, it went like this for Buffalo:
1st Q, Missed FG, Touchdown.
2nd Q, Missed FG, Field Goal, Missed FG.
3rd Q, Field Goal, Touchdown.
4th Q, Touchdown, Touchdown.
 There`s no question Ray Bentley gave Buffalo a shot at glory. Image courtesy of Mike Wright |
For Arizona the drive chart looked like this:
1st Q, Intercepted, Missed FG, Touchdown.
2nd Q, Touchdown, Touchdown.
3rd Q, Touchdown.
4th Q, Touchdown, Touchdown.
Maurice Bryant returned to play and lead all receivers with 9 catches for 112 yards. QB Serdrick Bonner was 26 of 32 for 264 yards, 5 TD’s and 1 INT.
Neither QB was sacked, there were 19 penalties for a total of 92 yards. There was some nastiness between AZ’s Cedric Walker and Buffalo’s Eddie Brown. It appears that Brown scratched Walker’s eye, I’m not sure of the intent but Walker took it quite seriously as you might imagine. Walker was so upset, I thought Coach Danny White was going to toss Walker from the game.
Can Arizona repeat their May 20th, 24 point drubbing of Albany? They have been perfect on the road all season. Mad Mike will be at the Pepsi to bring you words and views…
Michael Wright was a writer for ArenaFan Online from 2000 to 2001.
