Nairobi City Thunder are one win away from completing a third consecutive unbeaten Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) men’s premier league championship season after taking a 2-0 lead over Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) in the playoff final staged at Makande Gymnasium in Mombasa on the weekend.Download our MozzartSport App For More NewsThunder opened the best-of-five series playoff with a 78-67 overtime win in Game 1 on Saturday, 26 September after playing to 59-59 draw in regular time.The two-time unbeaten champions came close to losing that streak on Saturday, but a clutch three pointer from Eugene Adera saved face for the moneybags, as he rose above his marker with seconds left to send the match to overtime, where the home side lost their momentum, going down 19-8 to lose the match.Award-winning actor Lupita joins Nairobi City ThunderThe defending champions left nothing to chance in Game 2 on Sunday, skipper Tyler Ongwae and Derrick Ogechi leading the charge with 20 points, for a 72-63 win. It was, however, no walk in the park as the visitors led 39-35 into the halftime break before KPA responded strongly in the third quarter. The hosts outscored Thunder 17-12 to take a narrow 52-51 advantage into the final period.Thunder, however, produced their strongest spell of the game when it mattered most, outscoring KPA 21-11 in the fourth quarter to close out the nine-point victory and take a commanding 2-0 series lead.With action moving to their home turf at Nyayo Indoor Arena, Thunder are now one victory off a third straight KBF title and another unbeaten campaign.##NAJAVA_MECA_9993159##Speaking after the game, coach Bradley Ibs hailed his team’s relentless approach in both matches, adding that they look to get the job done in Nairobi.“I am proud of their will to win. Every time we came back from a hurdle, it felt that we had a group of players that was playing for each other and refused to lose. Ahead of Game 3, we need to rest and get healthy considering we have a couple of players who are sick and had to play with fevers and flus. We want to play our brand of basketball, and I think we will do that in Nairobi,” Ibs said.The championship Game 3 is set for Friday, 2 October 2 at Nyayo Stadium Gymnasium, where they will have the opportunity to close out the series on home court.Kibera coach confident of ending Bullets' WPL dominance