5v5 Draft Week 2 Write-Ups
by Jason on
WEEK 2 WRITE-UPS
BY: SHAWN WISE & DREW DEBARI
The Lost Boys vs The Reboot
The Lost Boys found themselves this week with a statement win against The Reboot. The Lost Boys put on a clinic in this game. Andre’s pick swapping with Jamil during the draft definitely paid off for them in this game. Aidan was unguardable/unguarded. I’m not sure which one it was since they switched the person guarding him multiple times, but he continued to get wide open looks. Drew led all players with 11 rebounds and had an efficient 19 points on his way to his first double-double of the season. Ryan has a scary fall in the second half going up for a rebound with Jamil. Luckily, he was alright and able to lead his team with 24 points, 9 rebounds.
This game was not pretty and it was not a good week for everyone but Rich and Jamil. The rest of the team combined for just 9 points. Ghost was missing his patented mid-range jumpers. Chris Whitney missed several good looks as well. I love Drew’s hustle on the boards but there is no way Drew should ever out rebound Chris Whitney let alone get twice as many. I’m going to chalk this one up to just a bad night for now. Hopefully they’ll be able to reboot for the next game.
Final Score: The Lost Boys win 81-53
Player of the game: Aidan Enright
GAME 2
Ok so with Jamil playing the late game, I thought this one would have a little less Jawing to start…I was wrong. However it wasn’t between teams. Emmanuel quickly got T’d up just a couple minutes in to the game, and continued to talk with the ref (whose name is Justbelieveme - fact). At one point Justbelieveme saw an Eye Roll from Emmanuel and exclaimed “yo you’re acting like a female.” Entertainment AND basketball people.
On to the actual game. The basketball in the first 10 minutes could be described as shaky as best, as no one really went on a run or did anything special. Halfway into the first half the score was sitting at 11-9 Miller Time. A sweet play followed the halfway point with Ty getting a great steal, going to the length of the floor, trailed by Marcus who had a great finish at the rim. Kyle on MT hit his first 3, but proceeded to miss his next 5. As soon as I wrote that he popped one from NBA range to hit his 2nd of the day. But MT was cold overall, and was trailing 25-19 at the half. Quick fashion note – I may be an old man, and I know the kids like the short shorts these days, but Ty’s shorts were shooooooort. Like the size my 7 year old daughter wears. Just saying bro - no one needs to see those upper thighs.
Quick stat note - Kunal was 3/7 from at the half (didn’t attempt one in the 2nd half), but his 3’s were interesting. Banked one in, a couple airballs. But hey I’d take 3/7 any night.
Again the 2nd half started out pretty uneventful with BH seeing their lead peak at 8, only to go completely cold for a few minutes in a row. With just over 10 to play, Alex Yuen sets up Kyle for a sweet dime, which ignited Kyle on a hot streak and also gave MT their first lead of the half at 36-35. (And yes Alex looked over to make sure he got his assist). Kyle would hit a few more as MT extended their lead to 8 with just 5 to go, and from there most of BH decided to call it a night.
Final score Miller Time 51 - Brick House 45
Player of the game: Would have definitely been Emmanuel if BH had gotten the win. He did a little bit of everything to try and will his team to a victory. But honors go to Kyle Miller, who dropped 21 of his teams 51 on 5/11 shooting from 3.
GAME 3: Live ’95 vs The Swish Kebabs
Well rested after a week 1 bye, Live ’95 came out energized and ready to play. This might have been one of the better games I have seen from Marquis. He picked up right where he left off last season making his first 3 of the season. Slow starts plagued Marquis at times last season but that was not the case this season. He would have 16 of his eventual 28 points at halftime. His 2nd round draft pick, Jake Jobe, looks like he might be the steal of the draft (21 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals). The two of them look like they already have great chemistry and play well
5v5 Draft Week 1 Write-Ups
by Jason on
5v5 DRAFT WEEK 1 WRITE-UPS
BY SHAWN WISE & DREW DEBARI
Week 1 in the books, and the basketball was actually way better than I would have expected! Joe from Reboot had 4 o boards in the first 6 minutes of the game…..and missed 3 of the 4 putback attempts. Hey gotta pad those stats! 10 Minutes in however it was Brick House who found themselves ahead 16-10 on the back on 4-6 shooting from deep. Marcus was also cleaning up misses from Reboot, collecting 6 of his 8 d boards in the first half. The game continued the same way until half where Brick House held a 25-21 lead. Rich was keeping Reboot alive with a 12/7 first half.
Brick House couldn’t find the basket to start the 2nd half. Jamil, after missing on his first 3 (or more) shot attempts of the day, hit a wide open 3, and started jawing a bit, giving Reboot their first lead of the night at 28-25. Aron, who put up a blank 1st half stat line started to get going as well, with a sweet steal and coast to coast layup which bumped Reboot’s lead up to 40-29 with just 10 to play.
Brick House would push back, with Marcus having a great and-1 finish on Chris (but missed the FT) making it 40-35 with 8 left. It went back and forth from here, with the lead teetering between 5-10. Then Corey hit a 3, closing the gap to 48-44 with just 90 seconds left. That would be the last bucket of the game for Brick House, and they eventually fell to Reboot by a final of 54-44.
Player of the game: Rich - A very ball dominant and volume based scorer, but he ended being efficient enough to get his team the win tonight, while filling up the stat line. 23pts, 10rb, 3stl, 2blk, 1 ast. 5/5 from the line.
The Swish Kebabs vs The Lost Boys
GAME OF THE NIGHT
The Lost Boys started the game with a 1-point advantage due to an equipment violation on The Swish Kebabs (bring a CAC jersey). The Lost Boys began the game by clogging the paint on defense and were able to build a double digit first half lead. Cote and Nett were able limit Jacob’s impact in the paint. Nett’s jump shot was efficient all game. He was perfect 2-2 from three and it felt like he was 6-9 from 2. The Lost Boys would take 35-28 lead into half.
The Swish Kebabs did not start the game well. Jacob’s first two picks in the draft didn’t score in the first half. If it wasn’t for James Bohnaker’s hot shooting this game could have gotted out of hand before the second half. Not sure what was said at half time, but The Swish Kebabs were a completely different team in the second half. Early in the second half they would go on an 11-0 run to eventually take the lead. The game would be back and forth until the end.
The Swish Kebabs would be trailing in the final minute when two clutch 3s from Rafael allowed them to inch out a hard fought 2-point victory.
Player of the game: James Bohnaker. His jump shot kept them in the game in the first half and led the way during the 2nd half comeback.
Left, Right, Goodnight vs It’s Miller Time
This game was a lot closer than I thought it would be. What Miller Time lacks in size they make up for in hustle. It seemed like they got to every 50-50 ball and refused to go away and somehow ended up with more offensive boards than the larger LRG team. I can see this team being a pain in the ass to play against each week, but a lack of size will ultimately be their undoing. One thing we learned from the Millers, they love to take 3s. Kyle attempted 12 and Jacob attempted 7. Kyle only had one basket that wasn’t a 3.
I was not impressed with the performance of LRG. They were able to eek out a win here, but it was not a strong showing for anyone not named Allen. Nika had a respectable but seemed to disappear at times. Before the game, I thought Nika and Allen would dominate the offensive boards but 0 combine offensive rebounds between the two of them isn’t going to cut it most nights. The rest of the team shooting an abysmal 2-15 from 3 didn’t help much either. If Allen wasn’t a bulldozer driving to the basket over and over again. I don’t see them winning this one. Allen will need more from his teammates going forward, but he was enough to carry them to victory.
Player of the game: Allen Williamson scoring just under half your teams points in a victory gets you the nod.