How did Madlax almost knock off the crabs?
A close game between those two teams, at this point in the season, is easy to explain:
(1) lots of parity in the elite division; any team can beat any other (or at least come close) on any given day.
(2) MadLax has a lot of talented players; their problem is culture and lack of chemistry; if their studs get hot they can run with anybody; but coming close and actually winning are two different things, so no surprise that MadLax fell short.
(3) Crabs looked at MadLax record and assumed it would be an easy win and took them lightly. Plenty of other teams (including MadLax itself) made that same mistake during the last couple of weeks in the season.
When you add 1, 2, and 3, a close Crabs win is the result.
