Franchise League Week 2 Write-Ups
by Jason on
Week 2
Game 2 Get That D 67 vs West End Johnnies 70
by CHAS BELLS
Talbot got things going with a drive, and Kerk doing his best Grant impression splashed a 3 5-0. Liam stopped the momentum with a 3. Talbot 3 ball, then he connected on a middy, Kerk with another sexy 3. Joel would cash a jumper, and then dime Harry 15-11. West Ends pssing was so good as Kerk/walker Give nd go magic. Get that D was hanging around though Harry 1-2, followed by a Joel J 17-14. Divine got cooking wth a cut, and then 2 of a steal, and then a nifty drive it was 29-20. Liam would connect on a 3 to keep pace, but Talbot was a man on mission as he slashed in for 2. West end would get the lead up to 13 after another Divine bucket but a nice push from Get that D at the end of the half Civale trey , and then Post Harry 38-30 at the break.
Joel 3 out of the gate , then Civale trey ball, West end would punch back with a big run, and after a Talbot J it was 46-37 with 16 min to go.Talbot went down clutching his knee, and it doesnt look good WTF!! Joel stays with it and got 2, Civale hot from 3, Joel J but West end had an answer all night as Walker post, Kerk splash 3 made it 51-44. Liam wasnt done doing work as he drove in, and then hot another 3 it was just a 53-50 game with 9 to go. Paul got a midrange to go, followed by a big Divine 3 58-50. Joel J/Ini drive /Joel J, but Kerk was the killer tonight as he nailed a bigtime 3 64-56. Civale would not go quietly into the night as he got 2 straight 3’s to go 64-62. Divine converts nice scoop over 2 guys and it was FT time, but West End struggled to put this one way. Joel gets fouled shooitng a 3 he hits all of them 67-67, this one looked like OT. Divine the hero hits crazy floater , and then Get That D had a bad turnover to end it 70-67 thriller!!!!!!
Get that D
Harry-A-) I gota say Harry balled out, passing was good/D was good/ and POST HARRY was here
Joel-B+-He was solid, got lost on D a bit though
Liam-B-) Quiet for stretches then would go on burst, but needs to be more spread out
Ini-C-0-4 ft’s and only 6 pts wont get it done
Civale-B-was toasty from 3 , but where are my rebounds ?
West End
Talbot-A- GET BETTER SOON MY MAN!!!!
Walker-B-) Was quiet but rebounded well
Kerk-A+- Hero mode, played one of the best games ive seen him play
Divine-A-Game winner was crazy, but he finished over double teams a bunch
Paul-B-Rebounded well, and splashed a J
Game 3 1$ for All All for $1 61 VS Luka 64
By CHAS BELLS
Oully came out storming hiting 3 and middy 5-0. Titties finishes obrd, but Keith J kept lead at 5 7-2 17 min. Tits and Oully trade hoops. Koller J, Tities 3 and we were knotted up at9 15 min. Young would give 1$ the edge as he got a 3 to go 16-15, but B.Mac was a bulldozer and ripped off a run byhimself and it was 24-16, as Titties connected. William would hit a ft, and J ball, but Tities jumper kept the edge 26-19. Keith $ a 3,but Koller ord leads to B.Mac trey 29-22. Gold finally in on the act finishes an obrd, but Koller with the 3 gave them fits. 1$ would go on a nice push to end the half Keith 3/Oully transition 2/ Young 3 it was 36-32 at the break.
Tities continued his great night with a J, and then Koller post 40-32. William/B.Mac trade hoops. Williams hits 3 42-37, 42-39 after tough bucket from Keith. Koller middy/ B.Mac drive 48-39 trying to sneak away, but Keith 3 ball keeps them in it 48-42. B.Mac/Koller just kept getting buckets 55-42, but a big Dave 3 gave his team life, and Oully would hit a 3 of his own, and the got a layup 55-50 6 min to go. B.Mac crazy floater but Keith’s 3, made it just a 57-53 game. It would turn into FT time, but Luka could not put this one away, as another Keith 3 made it just 63-61. 1$ would have their chances but some bad possession down the stretch caused the game to end 64-61.
1$
Keith-A-)Shooting was very good, gota call timeouts and get better plays at the end there.
Gold-C+-6 dimes is good, but he was hesitant today, he will get better every week
Oully-B-he was good, this teams needs hm to be great. Take more shots
Young-B-)Much better outing , getting more comfortable
Dave-C-) My main man been very quiet so far
William-B-played ok, but I love his energy , that stuff goes a long way.
Luka
B.Mac-A-) Bullozing and stuffing stas sheets, thats what he does
Koller-A+- My MVP of the session so far
Tities-A-All over the fuckign place, looking like steal of draft
Willy-C-)Mama said their be days like this
Game 4 Super Hoopers 77 vs STAT 69
By CHAS BELLS
Mulv got things going witha trey ball, Harding responds with smooth J. B.Mac /Nair got cutting baskets 7-2 17 min. Frongi trying to get his team going hits 3 8-5. Mulv obrd work, but Rosi splashes 3, and Harding ties it with drive 10-10. Nair j, Harding steal and finish. Rosi would break the tie with 2 straight walk up 3’s 20-14 Super up. Stat bucket but Rosi 3 , you might want to cover that 23-19. Mulv sick pass to Nair, Djorde hook shot to keep pace 25-21 10 min. Harding nice finish, but Mulv hits floater, Stat put in, and another Mulv bucket lead to this game being tied ar 32 all. Djorde /STAT trade post hoops, but a Landon 3 gave Stats team the 37-34 lead at the break.
Harding J , and then another hoop off broken play 38-37 Super back up. Rosi 2-2, but Nair with some razzle dazzle hits middy, Mulv 1-2 to tie things 40-40. Harding 3 ball, but Landon hits a 3 of hs own. Nair liked that so much he hit 2 straight 3’s and then added a J it was a shocking 51-43. Rosi big time 3, why are they letting him shoot? Nair 2-2, Harding drive/Stat 1-2, but then another Nair 57-48. Rosi always turns on in these moments , and he gets a 3 to go, and a runner, after a harding 3 it was 60-56 Stat up. Nair 3 ball up it was good his 5th of the half 63-56. Jakobson nice J, then Rosi tough drive brought them closer. 1 min to go Stas team misses easy shot openign the door for a rosi walk 3 it was up and gooooooooooood we go to OT.
Harding trey, but Nair 3 to tie it. Super would run away after that as Stats team just could connect 77-69 great game, greta win for super.
Stats team
Nair-A-Kids a starrrrrrrr
Landon-B-Nice shooting, he got cooked on the perimiter a lil biy
Mulv-A-) One of the best games Ive seen from him
Stat-B-Good numbers but gota call timeouts and change the D when Rosi is cooking
Super
Rosi-A- Big giant balls 3 ballllllllllllllllllll
Harding-A-Was the smooth assassin killer
Frongi-C+-started well , kinda disappeared
Jakobson-C-) they need a little more from him.
Djorde-B+-He plays like this he will always give youre team a chance to win
B Draft Week 1 Write-Ups
by Jason on
WEEK 1 WRITE-UPS
By Ian Cundall
Robel gets the last laugh in OT win over Harry
Kicking off the Winter 2023 B Draft season we had a matchup between Harry and Robel’s teams. As you’d expect, Harry had his team at the top of his preseason power rankings, while he had Robel’s near the bottom. With tip off seconds away Robel had not arrived so my hope for a competitive game was waning quickly. The start of the game did nothing to change my opinion as while both teams struggled, Harry’s team was struggling less mainly because of Ghost. He was on fire to start the game knocking down short jumpers and hook shots with ease as Robel’s team had no one to guard him (as predicted by me in the preview). Vladi was facilitating things well, aka getting the ball to Ghost and even though Tucker was struggling, he still commanded a lot of attention which gave Ghost that 1v1 matchup. It was 17-7 after another Ghost jump shot, but MacDonald finally got things going with a pair of drives to the rim. He was really the only offense for Robel’s team as he still hadn’t arrived and Joel, Costa and the Great One were off.
With 10 minutes left in the first half, it was 20-15 Harry’s team, but suddenly, the lights dimmed and ominous music started playing. Smoke started pouring in the doors and some cheap pyrotechnics went off. Out of the smoke a large figure emerged, Robel had arrived. You could see the fear come over Harry at this moment and I knew we were in for a game. Robel entered and immediately made an impact on defense grabbing a steal and blocking a shot which led to a Joel and-one to make it a two-point game. After another miss from Vladi, Ben got to the rim to tie it at 20-20, making it a 9-0 run for Robel’s team. Tucker finally stopped the bleeding with his first points of the game and Ghost knocked down a couple more shots giving Harry’s team some life. Robel would score four points in the last few of the half, so we went into halftime with Harry’s team holding a slim lead at 30-26. Ghost led the way for Harry’s team with 16 and Vladi had five points and seven assists. Meanwhile, for Robel’s team, Ben had 12 and every other player had 2-5 points.
Both teams came out sluggish, but after a Joel three, Robel’s team grabbed their first lead since the early stages of the game. The offensive lull continued for the next few minutes as though both teams were getting good looks, nothing was falling. Eventually, after seven or so minutes of the second half had gone by, the lid over the basket came off and Vladi and the Great One exchanged threes. That really opened things up and both teams started to get going and went back and forth within a one basket window. A steal and basket by Ben gave Robel the lead at 41-40, but Gilles answered with a huge three to give Harry the lead back at 43-41. Costa answered with a nice drive to the basket, but then Tucker knocked down his only three to make it 46-43. Some good defense from Post Harry stymied Robel, but he was unable to stop Ben in transition, committing a Harry foul, as Ben threw up a ridiculous floater from the foul line that somehow went in. Ben missed the free throw, but that circus shot made it 48-47. Harry made up for his foul with a clutch jumper to make it 50-47, but a MacDonald layup and Joel steal and layup grabbed them the lead back at 51-50. There were only four minutes left at this point and it seemed clear this one was headed down to the wire.
With two minutes left, Costa knocked down a mid-range jumper to give Robel a three-point lead, but Vladi, who had struggled throughout from deep, knocked down a three to tie it up. Ben carried the ball up the court on the next possession and tried to get to the hoop, but was blocked off and kicked it out to the Great One who knocked down a three to give Robel the lead back. Harry decided not to call a timeout and let things play out and Vladi got a good look to tie it with just over 30 seconds left, but he missed. The rebound somehow made its way out to Ghost who found himself far enough behind the three-point that there was no doubt it was a three when it hit nothing but the net to tie things up at 58. With just over 20 seconds left, Robel decided to hold for the last shot, but the play was not going well and the best they could do was a contested baseline fade away from Joel which rimmed out, sending us to overtime at 58-58!
Overtime started with Harry missing two shots with a Costa miss in between. It was at this moment Joel took over. First, he hit a jumper to give his team a two-point lead. He then stole a bad pass to push the lead to four and made one of two free throws after another miss from Harry’s team, to make it a five-point game at 63-58. Harry’s team had fully fallen apart at this point, and after another Vladi miss, Joel would make one of two free throws again. As Harry’s team pushed looking for any sort of bucket to get them back in the game, Ben got a steal and passed it to Joel who was fouled and made one of two again. Things continued like this for the rest of the game with Harry’s team missing and Joel making one free throw before the game was called. Final 65-58 Robel.
Robel’s team
Joel A-: Quiet first half, but came alive in the second half and overtime, including scoring all seven points in the extra frame.
MacDonald A: Really impressive game with 25/18/6 and played excellent defense as well.
Robel B: Quiet game on offense, but his rim protection and activity on the defensive end really bothered Harry’s teams.
Great One B: Only knocked down two threes, but both came at key points and chipped in with nine rebounds.
Costa C+: Quiet debut, but had a couple nice moves to the hoop and a huge bucket late in regulation.
Harry’s team
Ghost A: Only consistent scorer throughout, knocked down the game tying three at the end of regulation and did a nice job on the boards.
Vladi B-: Did a good job setting up the offense, but struggled with his shot.
Tucker D-: Have to get more than nine points from the first overall pick even on an off-night. Just didn’t seem to be looking for the ball and struggled to find his role around Vladi and Ghost.
Harry C-: Solid defense, but was off with his shot and had some strange decisions which cost his team.
Kenny C+: Typical trick or treat game with some good moments and some bad ones.
Gilles B: Knocked down a huge three in the second half and added solid defense.
By HARRY DEMAKES
Noah Peeks in week 1
I thought this had all the makings of a great week 1 game. Two veteran teams mixing in two rookies to their lineups. Etheridge’s team started their season off differently, by having everyone show up. Ian’s team has everyone too. TO THE ACTION! The biggest storyline coming into this game was the Pollock vs. Weinstein rivalry. Similar to the hammer and nail rivalry, this one was quite one sided throughout the years. This game was no different in the first half as Weinstein struggled to get anything going and Pollock did his thing. Couple this with Lagno being cold and everyone else on Etheridges squad being bad at shooting, led Ian’s team to pick up a decent sized lead. Pollock and Koller were doing most of the heavy lifting combining for 17 of Ian’s 32 points in the first half. Rookie Lucas wasn’t shy in his debut, scoring 7 of his own in the first half. He did lead the team with 4 attempts from deep in the first half. That’s something to keep an eye on as is Noah coming off the bench and shooting it every time he touches it. Ian’s team went into the half up 32-23. This game looked to be heading one way and it was, but the route wasn’t expected. BACK TO THE ACTION! Ian’s team really started to open up the game thanks to….Noah’s hot shooting, as all the shots he was taking finally started to go in. He hit 6 second half treys to break the spirit of his opponents in this half. Couple this with everyone else chipping in here and there, Etheridges team just didn’t have the firepower to stay close. Weinstein and Lagno did finally get things going in this half, but it was a lot of garbage time makes. Not to mention the lack of help else where and the poor defensive effort as a team. I think these guys will be good, but they need some time to jell or a Time Machine for Baxter. 73-54 Final for Ian
Grades: Pollock C+: Pretty pedestrian game for Samuel after starting strong.
Koller B: Solid game outplaying the ghost of Baxter.
Ian B+: Leading this team in assists with all the glory hounds is impressive.
Noah A+: Great game from 3, the best game he’ll have all year and possibly ever again.
Clarke B+: I like Clarkes effort and hustle out there.
Lucas B-: Not a bad debut. I see room for improvement.
Etheridges team:
Lagno C+: Show up in the first half before the game is over.
Weinstein C: Ditto and times 2 here.
Baxter C-: Did he play in the second half? Need more than nothing in a half.
Etheridge B-: Solid game from Mike.
Grinnell C+: Not bad, but I think he can do better.
Glynn C-: I KNOW he can do better.
Civale’s darkest days
Coming into this game I knew exactly what to expect, but Civales team demanded respect. They came into this game with full attendance, while Stairway to Deven was missing Marlier. TO THE ACTION! Stairway to Deven started off a bit slowly in this game, with everyone on their team wanting to touch the ball every chance they got. Everyone on this team outside of maybe Johnson thinks they’re Lebron out there with playmaking and only one of them might be right. AJ, new to this league, started slowly going 2 for 10 from 3. They weren’t really bad looks, but Masone was doing a decent job defensively. The captain Johnson, would pick up the slack though going 3 for 6 from deep in the first half. Everyone else contributed with multiple buckets inside. It was a good balanced effort for Stairway to Deven in the first half. On the other side of the ball, Masone and Cavano did their part as duel first round picks. They combined to score 22 of their teams 34 points. Good thing too, because Civale continued to assault the rim with brick after brick from deep. I’d say something clever about Civale’s talent here, but I need him on Wednesday. Break this slump! Stairway to Deven felt like they were in good control here, but they only went into the half up 36-34. Cavano, led all scorers with 13. BACK TO THE ACTION!
The second half continued the brick fest from deep for Civale’s team. Hanks went 0-4 from deep, 0-7 for the game, which should never happen. Civale and Masone combined to go 0-5. Cavano, didn’t even attempt one out of pure shame. Tommy BIG GUNS hit 2 of 3 to match everyone else’s total in the second half. BIG GUNS also led the team in second half scoring total. These guys offense went to die in the second half and as you could guess this didn’t lead to success. Meanwhile, young AJ found his groove in the latter frame going 3-5 from deep and scoring 19 points. Calvin added 14 of his own. They combined to outscore Civales team in the second half. Obviously, the led to a huge lead and we went into pickup mode for the rest of the evening. Johnson’s team is off and running, while Civale’s team is searching for answers.
Grades:
Civale F-: 0 offensive rebounds?ZERO?!?! This might have been Civale’s worse game ever.
Masone C+: Not his best game, had a tough assignment, but you got picked in the first round too.
Cavano C: 0 offensive rebounds?!?! Attempted only 3 treys? What is this?
Jeffries C: I hope he can give more than this. For his teams sake.
Hanks D: Once you miss the first 3 threes, you stop.
BIG GUNS A: Did all he could out there.
Stairway to Deven:
Calvin B+: Good game here, didn’t dribble across the court looking for drives.
Motha B: Not a bad day. Johnson claims he loves Motha 3s, something I’ll keep an eye on. J
ohnson A-: A Johnson double-double? I like it.
AJ A-: Three ball was off, but otherwise did what was expected.
Deven A: Can’t hate on anything here, very good game 1.
Cam flashes win with his lady in attendance The two newest captains took center stage in the prime time game of the week, with Cam taking on Silva. James was out for Silva’s team, even though he had the balls to show up the night before. Cams team had everyone.
TO THE ACTION!
CACs newest sharpshooter STAT, finally hit a 3 against someone other than me in the first half of this game. He also added 15 more points to tie Casey for the leading first half scorer. In other news, STAT will be drug tested before next weeks games. As I mentioned above, Casey would equal STATs hot start with 18 of his own. The ghost of Nestler, wasn’t doing much to slow him down. The leagues other Ian, was the next leading scorer in the game at 6 points. Nice production from him off the bench, The score was 18–18 Casey and STAT at the half. Everyone else combined for 20 points.
WOOF.
BACK TO THE ACTION!
The slogfest continued in the second half as both teams continued to drive into the big bodies in the post. Manny, finally joined the party, scoring 11 second half points, while Cam added 8. Casey, went invisible in this half, going an ugly 1-5 from the line. The greatest trick Casey ever pulled was fooling you into thinking he was a good free throw shooter. The electric one had a spark in the second half. Taha would score 6 points and had an assist. The ghost of Nestler even added 9. STAT continued is good play though 11 more, including another 3. Admittedly I missed the stretch run to hunt down my food, but it appears Cam iced this game from the line with his girl watching. Therefore he shall be known as Cam Big Dick Letalien. 60-52 Final.
Grades:
Casey C: Did he play in the second half? Someone teach him how to make a free throw too.
Manny C: Reverse Casey’s line, didn’t have a good first half, but my assistant loved his second half.
Cam A: Big Dick iced this one like a good first time captain.
X D+: These guys outdid all my hard work in one game. What happened?
Other Ian B: Did good off the bench. I liked what I saw.
Tom C: Use to be electric, then he betrayed me. Now look at him.
Silva’s team:
Nestler C-; Pretty pedestrian effort in this one. Didn’t even attempt a 3 in the first half.
STAT A: Another good STAT game. Is he back to an elite level?
Silva D: Not the way to start one’s captaincy.
Grey C: Had a couple buckets, but couldn’t convert the good looks
Tahaha C+: Came on strong late, but couldn’t hit a 3.
Franchise Week 1 Write-ups
by Jason on
Franchise League Week 1 Write-ups
Game 1: Hart Foundation vs $1 for All and All for $1
By THE KING
I didn’t have high hopes coming into this game, with Ouellette and Gold being out for Keith’s team. The spread felt the same way as it was deep in the double digits, with HF giving a whole lot of points and rightfully so. HF, had everyone show up for them, while Keith’s team ended up missing Jamaal too and needed Devin to fill-in the entire game. That seemed like an upgrade for Keith, but would it matter. TO THE ACTION!
Boy, did this game suck for the first 10 minutes (and then the following 30), with both teams, but especially Keith’s team struggling to get going. Rookie Tyler Young put on the kind of shooting display captain’s see in their nightmares when drafting a rookie, as he went 0 for 5 from deep in the first half. His shot didn’t look too bad, but it was wayyyy off in this game. DTO and Keith weren’t much help either, as they combined to go 1 for 7 from 3. Keith claims he can shoot 3s, but my eyes and the stats say different. The only one who looked ok, was the one guy not on the team.
On the other side of the court, HF looked pretty lackadaisical themselves, turning the ball over a bunch in the first half. Although, JDM continued his torrid pace from last season, registering a first half double-double and leading all scorers by far, with 16 first half points. The good passing of this team continued as well with multiple guys dishing out at least 2 assists. Something I love seeing from teams. Move that rock people and everyone eats.
HF went into the half with a commanding and insurmountable 34-21 lead. Both teams looked like trash and I wanted to cancel the game here, but I was told we had to play a second half. BACK TO THE ACTION!
At some point in this half, JDM was assaulted by Devin and that put a stop to his good game. To the surprise of no one, that kind of halted HF’s offense in the second half. Armstrong looked like he lost all his powers the mullet gave him. He wasn’t efficient at all from deep and didn’t get anything going on the inside either. These guys only had 23 second half points, which considering their opponent is pretty fucking awful. Leblanc was the only bright spot with 8 second half points. WOOF!
Of course HF’s putrid offense was nothing compared to the continued bag of crap from Keith’s team who kept shooting 3s no matter how many they bricked. Rookie Young, would post another 0 for 5 from deep and Keith added an 0 for 4 in this half as well. At least Keith was able to show some sort of a pulse down low and get to the line. Devin, also caught the disease of 3-pointers from his teammates and went 0 for 5 himself in the second half. If you’re counting at home that’s three players combining to go 0 for 14 from deep. YUCK!
This game took the form of the worst kind of pick-up game late and merifully Marlon called it with a minute and a half left. No one came out the better from this game.
Grades
Keith D+: Keith told anyone who would listen how good he was and that depth didn’t matter, then he laid this egg week 1.
DTO C+: I guess he played ok, but I barely noticed him in this game.
Young D: There’s no way to spin going 0 for 10 from 3 with zero points.
Devin B-: Decent fill-in job with no notice of playing.
Hart Foundation:
JDM A: He was great until he got hurt, then did nothing, but he didn’t need to, so why push yourself?
Brett C-: Brett was pretty mediocre out there, he should start trying to grow back that mullet ASAP.
Chas C+: Not a bad Chas game, but he was struggling a bit with pressure when bringing up the ball. Something to take note of.
Leblanc B+: Solid debut from Leblanc, who I’ve lowered my expectations for, so this is now a good game.
JJ C+: Not too shabby, but I’d like to see at least one first half stat.
Craig A+++: Not for his performance, but for getting himself into a lot better shape. What a stud he’s looking like now.
by CHAS
Game 2
STAT vs Get that D
Liam ripped off 5 pts in about 30 sec, and Harry's Team jumped out 5-0 18min. Joel added another J, but Landon got a middy to go 7-2. Ini scoop /Civale 3/Liam 3 it was an ugly 15-4. Nair in the building now but Harrys team still working, Ini O board put in 17-4. Joel and J.Mul trade J's 19-6. Nair and Mulville both got floaters to go, but Liam kept pace with a drive. Lando put in, Nair trey ball, then Nair powers in for a post bucket, and then he cashed a J, followed by another Landon J wow what a run 24-21. They were not done Stat trey $ we were tied, but a Shaffer 3 ball at the buzzer gave Harry the edge 27-24.
Joel picked up where he left off and splashed a 3 29-24. J.Mul orb and then J, but Joel so hot right now hits another 3 32-26. Mulville put in but there goes Joel again for 3 35-28.Stat Drive but , yup its a theme Joel canned another 3 off Harry dime 38-31 16 min to go ! J.Mul hits J, but Harry hits the captain J47-33. Nair bucket off cut, Mulv J, Nair high off the window, Mulvil 3, what a run but after an Ini up n under it was 49-42.. Stat 3 ball was up and good, he liked that so much he hit another 3, and then Nair wanted to be cool so he hit a 3 they had the lead 51-49!! Liam hits both ft's to tie it at 51 all. Harry had a big stop on Stat, and then Liam with a filthy take for the lead. Nair calmly cashed a J to tie things. Stata converts a big time drive , J.Mul steal, Lanon ft's and that's all she wrote. What a comeback !
Stats Team
Stat-A-) He had some defensive lapses but man were those 3's and drive huge. His motor was very good this game.
MulVille-B- Quiet but solid game, hustled hard on the boards and converted tough buckets in the lane.
J.Mul-C+- Little quiet in his Franchise return , getting settled in with his new squad. had a big steal at the end.
Landon-B- I thought he was solid with made the most of his minutes/opportunities.
Nair-A-) Really came in a provided some real fire power. Gota love the 3 blcks/ 3 steals as well
Get That D
Harry-B-) Not much stats, but I thought he played well. Big D in a huge spot, just couldn't get his guys to close out, or that's what he said.
Ini-B-) he was good very quiet in the 2nd half. needs to be the alpha on this squad.
Shaffer-A-) Was red fire hot, but had some big defensive lapses down the stretch.
Civale-D- He knows it was bad
Liam-A- best 1$ player ever
Game 3
Mac vs Mazz
Sexy Tities got us started going 1-2 from the line. Mazz splashed a 3 , got get out on that 3-1 18 min. Cawley J, but Tits high off glass. Koller lost by the D gets an easy bucket 5-5 16 min. Tits with a dime to Mac, and then Mac by himself to the cup 9-5. Mazz keeping his team in it with the trey 9-8. Cavano answers with a 3 of his own, and then Koller liked that so much he swished a trey ball, he would add a running basket, then a middy, and then a post bucket it was 21-9 wow! Willy Aleen would get on the act nailing two deep ass 3 balls 27-14 after a Cawley bucket stops the floodgates. Tits, and Evan traded buckets , but Corp could not afford to trade, as they do it again after buckets from Cawley, and Mac. Mals would cap off the impressive half with a buzzer-beating 3 it was an ugly 38-21 at the half.
Koller picked up where he left off going 2-2 40-21. Mazz found Luigi with a dime, Cawley to the cup for a mini run, Evan hits a 3 after a Willy bucket 43-29. Mac/Cawley trade buckets. Cavano J , but Mazz's team still fighting Luigi obrd put in /Cawley j 47-35. Koller would go on a 6-0 run pretty much putting this one away, Mazz's team would get with in 11 but this one was over 69-56.
Mac's Team
Cavano-B- He was solid, finding his role on his team, I expect even more production.
Titts-B-) Didnt score it a ton, but he was a terror on D, his hustle was awsome
Mac-A- One of the best players of the night. Was dominant on both ends
Koller-A- Ditto Mac, if they play like this going to be nearly impossible to beat then.
Willy-B- rock solid rookie debut , loves the deep 3!
Mal-A++++++++_ Legend get better, and get back and kick our ass!
Corp
Mazz-C+- Prolly would have been a lower grade but Mazz never gave up despite the tough game, he had 4 blocks and was coaching hard.
Sydorko-B-) Alays brings a strong effort, thought he was rusty on both ends tonight
Evan-B- Thought he was to quiet on D, thought he rebounded and shot well though.
cawley-C+- Scored well, but rebounding was lacking alot
Drew-D- Come on man !! to many turnovers, he will have better nights.
Luigi-B-) Thought he hustled well, kinda a bright spot for them
Game 4
Rosi vs Talbot
Grant trey ball master nails a 3 right out of the gate 3-0. Hardin smooth as butter J 3-2. Frongi converts Harding dime 4-3 18:30. Talbot nice drive, but Frongi crispy from 3, and then adds scoop shot 9-5. Rosi kept it going with a deep trey11-5 16 min mark. Harding 2-2 , but Divine in action with a post bucket 13-7. Harding 2-2 again 15-7. Talbot filthy drive, but Rosi answers with a J. Grant 3 ball its goodTalbot would splash 3 straight 3's suddenly his squad was up 21-18 7 min. Harding answered with a sick jumper 21-20. Walker with the big boy move in the post, but Frongi lined up a 3 and it was good, followed by a Rosi and 1 nice push from them 25-23 after missed ft. Harding pushed the lead to 4 with a smooth J, and then Jakobson got in on the act with 2 broken play layups. t the break it was 31-24.
Frongi and 1 to start half to put them up 10, but Grant canned a 3 to keep pace.
Grant would add a finish off the window, Divine J lead was cut to 36-31. Jakobson ended the mini run with a hoop. Talbot wasn't done as he drove in, and then Divine in the post 38-36 13 min to go in the ball game. Dive post, talbot drive thy had the lead 40-36. Momentum was swinging and swung hard as Kerk the Man lined up deep from 3 and it was a big one. Rosi squad could not recover, as Walker started pounding them in the post, they would get it to with in 7 , but that's all she wrote. Team talbot shuts everyone up 55-47.
Team Rosi
Rosi-C-) Not sure I've seen him play this inefficiently before, very weird game from him. 7 dimes is nice though.
Harding C-)-Kept them in it, but seemed to be rushing a lot. When he uses his smoothness he's great but got flustered tonight
Frongi-B-) Started well but kinda disappeared
Stull-C- Hustled hard had a dime, he will have better days
Jakobson-C+- Got buckets but got roasted in the post.
Team Talbot
Talbot-A+- He plays this this they are a true contender
Divine-B- took him awhile but when he got working int he post it was the key
Grant-A-) Provided scoring and 7 dimes, very impressive
Kerk-B-Did his big man thing, and hit the game changing 3
Orlinksi-C-He hsutled hard , not much on the stat sheet.
Walker-C+- He was good at the end, but they ill need more.